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Caltowie South Australia [6]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Camberwell, London [3]

Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Carlsruhe Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Wallington, Surrey [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bowrung Victoria [1]

Bradford [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire, England [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Chapelton, Clarendon, Middlesex [1]

East Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Easter, Devon [1]

Eccleshill, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Ennis, Clare [1]

Glasgow [1]

Great Houghton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Hemingstone, Suffolk [1]

Hillston New South Wales [1]

Horsham Victoria [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England [1]

Huddesfield [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lanreath, Cornwall [1]

Laxfield, Suffolk [1]

Leeds England [1]

Llandudno, Carnarvonshire [1]

London England [1]

Manchester England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Miles Queensland [1]

Netherton, Worcestershire [1]

Nitherton, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [261]

Gunner [35]

Corporal [22]

Serjeant [21]

Driver [19]

Lance Corporal [15]

Sapper [14]

Captain [12]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Major [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Pioneer [5]

Commander [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bugler [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain, Acting Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Major [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Nurse [1]

Officers Clerk [1]

Plumber's Mate [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [36]

Royal Engineers [36]

Royal Field Artillery [34]

West Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

West Riding Regiment [19]

Army Service Corps [15]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [11]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

London Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Tank Corps [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Hussars [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Herefordshire Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Service

British Army [436]

Royal Navy [41]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

K [573]

A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [560]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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People [574] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Caltowie South Australia [6] Adelaide South Australia [4] Camberwell, London [3] Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Bermondsey, London [2] Carlsruhe Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Wallington, Surrey [2] Aberdeen [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bowrung Victoria [1] Bradford [1] Bradford, Yorkshire, England [1] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Brighouse, Yorkshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Chapelton, Clarendon, Middlesex [1] East Fremantle Western Australia [1] Easter, Devon [1] Eccleshill, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Ennis, Clare [1] Glasgow [1] Great Houghton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Hemingstone, Suffolk [1] Hillston New South Wales [1] Horsham Victoria [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England [1] Huddesfield [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lanreath, Cornwall [1] Laxfield, Suffolk [1] Leeds England [1] Llandudno, Carnarvonshire [1] London England [1] Manchester England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Miles Queensland [1] Netherton, Worcestershire [1] Nitherton, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [261] Gunner [35] Corporal [22] Serjeant [21] Driver [19] Lance Corporal [15] Sapper [14] Captain [12] Second Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [7] Major [7] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Pioneer [5] Commander [4] Lieutenant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Bugler [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Corporal 2nd [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sub Conductor [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain, Acting Major [1] Chaplain [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Major [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Munitions Worker [1] Nurse [1] Officers Clerk [1] Plumber's Mate [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [36] Royal Engineers [36] Royal Field Artillery [34] West Yorkshire Regiment [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] West Riding Regiment [19] Army Service Corps [15] Machine Gun Corps [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [11] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Suffolk Regiment [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] London Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Tank Corps [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Hussars [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Scottish Rifles [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Herefordshire Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Military Foot Police [3] Rifle Brigade [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Service

British Army [436] Royal Navy [41] Australian Imperial Force [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

K [573] A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [560] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Frederick Kitson

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2459 Private Manchester Regiment

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Norman Kitson

Died 1918

British Army 17/552 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 17/552 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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John Kitson

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 13693 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Arthur Kitson

Died 1916

British Army 18399 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 18399 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Arthur Kitson

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 42397 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Charles H Kitson

Died 1918

British Army 32412 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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James Kitson

Died 1916

British Army 14387 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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David Kitson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 7319 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 200804 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Henry J Kitson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 7436 Private London Regiment

British Army 353680 Private London Regiment

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Albert Kitson

Died 1917

British Army 4419 Herefordshire Regiment

British Army 20505 King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 27773 Private Border Regiment

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George Frederick Kitson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219372

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Harold Kitson

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267771

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Luke Kitson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22909

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Richard Kitson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83987

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John James Kitson

Australian Imperial Force 6875

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Percy Kitson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 31740 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 31740 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Charlie Kitson

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 43721 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 43721 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William H Kitson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 53448 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 53448 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Frank Percy Kitson

Died 1915

British Army 2288 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2288 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Charles Ephraim Kitson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 37574 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 37574 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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