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Luton, Bedfordshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Moree New South Wales [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [2]

Stockport, Cheshire [2]

West Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Bedfordshire [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Brentford, London [1]

Bulnoo Ayres [1]

Clayworth, Retford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Cockermouth England [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Ecclesfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Erina New South Wales [1]

Gosford New South Wales [1]

Goulbourn New South Wales [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Henfields, Beverley, East Yorkshire [1]

Hoxton, Shoreditch, London [1]

Hoyland Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Kendal, Westmorland [1]

Langport, Somerset [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leyton Essex [1]

Lincoln [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Marshchapel, Lincolnshire [1]

Merionethshire [1]

Middlesex England [1]

Newark, Notts [1]

Newark-on-Trent [1]

Newington, London [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Perth Western Australia [1]

Petersham New South Wales [1]

Rotherhithe, Surrey, England [1]

Sheriff Hutton, York, Yorkshire [1]

Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire [1]

Sherriff Hutton, Yorkshire [1]

Small Heath, Warwickshire [1]

Walthamstow, Essex, England [1]

Walworth, London [1]

Warwickshire [1]

Whitchurch, Shropshire [1]

Williams Town New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [180]

Serjeant [22]

Gunner [18]

Corporal [16]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Driver [14]

Lieutenant [12]

Sapper [11]

Captain [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1 - later Leading Aricraftman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Second Lieutenant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major/ Adjutant [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [26]

Royal Engineers [25]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Army Service Corps [16]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [295]

Royal Navy [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [24]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

K [405]

Contribution

Military Service [399]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Luton, Bedfordshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Moree New South Wales [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Bendigo Victoria [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [2] Stockport, Cheshire [2] West Hartlepool, Durham [2] Bedfordshire [1] Bermondsey [1] Brentford, London [1] Bulnoo Ayres [1] Clayworth, Retford, Nottinghamshire [1] Cockermouth England [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Ecclesfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Erina New South Wales [1] Gosford New South Wales [1] Goulbourn New South Wales [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Henfields, Beverley, East Yorkshire [1] Hoxton, Shoreditch, London [1] Hoyland Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Kendal, Westmorland [1] Langport, Somerset [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leyton Essex [1] Lincoln [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Marshchapel, Lincolnshire [1] Merionethshire [1] Middlesex England [1] Newark, Notts [1] Newark-on-Trent [1] Newington, London [1] Peckham, London [1] Perth Western Australia [1] Petersham New South Wales [1] Rotherhithe, Surrey, England [1] Sheriff Hutton, York, Yorkshire [1] Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire [1] Sherriff Hutton, Yorkshire [1] Small Heath, Warwickshire [1] Walthamstow, Essex, England [1] Walworth, London [1] Warwickshire [1] Whitchurch, Shropshire [1] Williams Town New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [180] Serjeant [22] Gunner [18] Corporal [16] Second Lieutenant [15] Driver [14] Lieutenant [12] Sapper [11] Captain [4] Lance Corporal [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1 - later Leading Aricraftman [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Commissary [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major/Second Lieutenant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major/ Adjutant [1] Nursing Sister [1] Paymaster Lieutenant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [26] Royal Engineers [25] Royal Field Artillery [22] Army Service Corps [16] Machine Gun Corps [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] London Regiment [11] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [7] Manchester Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Essex Regiment [5] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Canadian Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [295] Royal Navy [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [24] Australian Imperial Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

K [405]

Contribution

Military Service [399] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [12] India [1]

George Kirkby

Born 1896

Died 1994

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51131 Air Mechanic 1 - later Leading Aricraftman Royal Air Force

British Army 3430 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 51131 Air Mechanic 1 Royal Flying Corps

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Arthur Kirkby

Born 1891

Died 1969

British Army M2/053409 Private Army Service Corps Army Reserve Class W

British Army M2/053409 Private Army Service Corps Various motor transport companies

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Thomas Kirkby

Born 1895

Died 1977

British Army M2/053410 Private Army Service Corps Various motor transport companies

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Edward Kirkby

Born 1900

Died 1959

British Army 1963 Private Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 92000 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 4381612 Private Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards Territorial Force) 5th Battalion

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Frederick William Kirkby

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 33115 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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William Dixon Kirkby

Born 1893

Died 1958

British Army 1810 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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William Kirkby

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 223488 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Kirkby

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283888

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Thomas Kirkby

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146201

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William Ewart Kirkby

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 12673 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 295174 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/7th Battalion.

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Frank Howard Kirkby

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98678

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Lawrence Kirkby

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94348

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Bertram Kirkby

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130640 Air Mechanic

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William Kirkby

Born 1892

Died 1956

British Army 906 Driver Acting Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 624319 Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company

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Henry Kirkby

Died 1917

British Army 5510 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 5791 Serjeant Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 5510 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Edward Kirkby

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198394

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Ernest Rothwell Kirkby

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13997

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Fred Kirkby

Died 1916

British Army 23581 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

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William Henry Kirkby

Born 1873

Died 1943

British Army Captain Officer Training Corps

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Lionel Wynn Kirkby

Born 1891

Died 1953

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/2198 Wellington Infantry Battalion

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