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Sydney New South Wales [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

London England [6]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [5]

London, Middlesex [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Cookham, Berkshire [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Alton, Hampshire [2]

Bald Hills Queensland [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Deniliquin New South Wales [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Derby [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [2]

Kapunda South Australia [2]

Kennington, London [2]

Lithgow New South Wales [2]

Liverpool [2]

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [2]

Nhill Victoria [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Terowie South Australia [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

Waterford [2]

Whissonsett, Norfolk [2]

Aberdare, Glamorgan [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Batemans Bay New South Wales [1]

Bath, Somerset, England [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Beaminster, Dorset [1]

Beechworth Victoria [1]

Been, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Berkshire, England [1]

Bishop Stortford [1]

Bishops Waltham, Hampshire [1]

Blackmoor, Hampshire [1]

Bognor, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [790]

Gunner [88]

Serjeant [75]

Corporal [66]

Driver [56]

Sapper [51]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Lieutenant [28]

Lance Corporal [18]

Acting Corporal [11]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Bombardier [8]

Pioneer [8]

Rifleman [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Captain [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Trooper [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Major [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Saddler [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Stoker [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

3rd Serjeant [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Bombadier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [100]

Royal Engineers [97]

Army Service Corps [88]

Labour Corps [87]

Royal Garrison Artillery [52]

London Regiment [49]

Royal Army Medical Corps [42]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [36]

Machine Gun Corps [34]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [29]

Middlesex Regiment [26]

Royal Fusiliers [25]

Hampshire Regiment [24]

Northumberland Fusiliers [24]

Somerset Light Infantry [24]

Norfolk Regiment [21]

Royal Irish Regiment [21]

West Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Rifle Brigade [20]

The Queen's Regiment [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Naval Division [15]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Essex Regiment [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Worcestershire Regiment [12]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Northamptonshire Regiment [11]

Royal Horse Artillery [11]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

Grenadier Guards [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

South Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1224]

Royal Navy [119]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [91]

Australian Imperial Force [85]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

L [1643]

D [16]

Contribution

Military Service [1611]

Merchant Navy [43]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Canada [2]

India [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [8] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] London England [6] Southampton, Hampshire, England [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [5] London, Middlesex [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Brighton, Sussex [3] Cookham, Berkshire [3] Hackney, London [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Alton, Hampshire [2] Bald Hills Queensland [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Deniliquin New South Wales [2] Deptford, London [2] Derby [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Guernsey, Channel Islands [2] Kapunda South Australia [2] Kennington, London [2] Lithgow New South Wales [2] Liverpool [2] Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [2] Nhill Victoria [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Terowie South Australia [2] Wandsworth, London [2] Waterford [2] Whissonsett, Norfolk [2] Aberdare, Glamorgan [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Batemans Bay New South Wales [1] Bath, Somerset, England [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Beaminster, Dorset [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Been, Buckinghamshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Berkshire, England [1] Bishop Stortford [1] Bishops Waltham, Hampshire [1] Blackmoor, Hampshire [1] Bognor, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [790] Gunner [88] Serjeant [75] Corporal [66] Driver [56] Sapper [51] Second Lieutenant [32] Lieutenant [28] Lance Corporal [18] Acting Corporal [11] Acting Serjeant [9] Bombardier [8] Pioneer [8] Rifleman [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Captain [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Trooper [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Major [4] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Temporary Major [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Saddler [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Stoker [2] Temporary Captain [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 3rd Serjeant [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Bombadier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [100] Royal Engineers [97] Army Service Corps [88] Labour Corps [87] Royal Garrison Artillery [52] London Regiment [49] Royal Army Medical Corps [42] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [36] Machine Gun Corps [34] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [29] Middlesex Regiment [26] Royal Fusiliers [25] Hampshire Regiment [24] Northumberland Fusiliers [24] Somerset Light Infantry [24] Norfolk Regiment [21] Royal Irish Regiment [21] West Yorkshire Regiment [21] Rifle Brigade [20] The Queen's Regiment [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Royal Army Service Corps [17] Royal Berkshire Regiment [16] Leicestershire Regiment [15] Royal Naval Division [15] Durham Light Infantry [14] Liverpool Regiment [14] Royal Defence Corps [14] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Essex Regiment [12] Manchester Regiment [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Worcestershire Regiment [12] Devonshire Regiment [11] East Surrey Regiment [11] Northamptonshire Regiment [11] Royal Horse Artillery [11] South Wales Borderers [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Cheshire Regiment [10] Grenadier Guards [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] South Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1224] Royal Navy [119] Canadian Expeditionary Force [91] Australian Imperial Force [85] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

L [1643] D [16]

Contribution

Military Service [1611] Merchant Navy [43] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Canada [2] India [2] Australia [1] France [1] Ireland [1]

Cyril Dunman Lacey

Born 1884

Died 1941

British Army Temporary Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion

British Army Temporary Captain / Acting Major (whilst 2nd in command of Battn) King's Royal Rifle Army 9th Battalion

British Army Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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William J Lacey

Born 1890

Died 1949

British Army 52586 Acting Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 52586 Acting Bombadier Royal Horse & Field Artillery 14th Battery

British Army Sig. Sgt Royal Horse Artillery

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Joseph Edward Lacey

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 2260 Private London Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 470382 Private London Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 470382 Rifleman London Regiment 12th battalion lond Battalion

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John Lacey

Born 1873

Died 1914

British Army 6533 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Stanislaus Lacey

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2176 Lance Corporal 12th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Rostron Lacey

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army R/16600 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 13th Battalion.

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John Charles Lacey

Born 1890

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2527396

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2527396 Private Canadian Infantry

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Sydney James Lacey

Born 1893

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 977 Private 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion

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Henry Percy Walter Lacey

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 9169 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 9169 Corporal Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Lacey

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army S4/140095 Private Army Service Corps

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William Victor Lacey

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 150801 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Albert E Lacey

Born 1892

British Army 656076 Private London Regiment

British Army 656076 Private (Rifleman) London Regiment 21st (County of London) Battalion (1st Surrey Rifles)

British Army 656076 Private (Rifleman) London Regiment 23rd Battalion

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Reginald Lacey

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy K2491

Royal Navy K/2491(PO) Leading Stoker HMS Hampshire

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Herbert Lacey

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 8817 Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 8817 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8817 Lance Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Frank Philip S Lacey

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps, att R.F.C.

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Charles William Lacey

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 92613 Sapper Royal Engineers No. 2 Depot Coy. (Newark)

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John Dell Lacey

Born 1861

Died 1915

British Army 20091 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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William George Lacey

Born 1899

Died 1943

Royal Navy M26738

Royal Navy C/M 26738 Chief Petty Officer Sick Berth

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Patrick Lacey

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81068

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John Henry Lacey

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 121 Private Manchester Regiment 1st. Batallion

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