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Southwold, Suffolk [3]

Ayr Queensland [2]

Charlton, Kent [2]

Cunnamulla Queensland [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

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Suffolk [1]

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Tiverton, Devon [1]

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Wells, Somerset [1]

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Private [267]

Gunner [29]

Driver [26]

Serjeant [22]

Sapper [20]

Corporal [16]

Lance Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Pioneer [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Ships Corporal [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Davadar [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal /Temporary Company Serjeant Major Instructor [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Second Corporal Lieutenant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Corporal Private [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [36]

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Labour Corps [30]

Army Service Corps [25]

London Regiment [18]

Norfolk Regiment [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Military Foot Police [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Lancers [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [418]

Royal Navy [31]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

L [527]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [515]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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Place of birth

London England [3] Southwold, Suffolk [3] Ayr Queensland [2] Charlton, Kent [2] Cunnamulla Queensland [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bolehill, Matlock, Derbyshire [1] Braidwood New South Wales [1] Brentford [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Casino New South Wales [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Chorlton Upon Medlock Manchester Lancashire [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dulverton [1] Dulverton England [1] East Ham, London [1] East Harling, Norfolk [1] Essex [1] Exeter, Devon, England [1] Exton, Somerset [1] Finninghan, Suffolk [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Great Yarmouth Norfolk [1] Hackney, London [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Kentish Town, Middlesex [1] Kiama New South Wales [1] Limehouse, London [1] Manchester England [1] Manchester Lancashire [1] Milford, Derbyshire [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Paris [1] Rotherhithe, London [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] South Shields, Durham, England [1] Southwold, Suffolk, England [1] Suffolk [1] Surrey [1] Tiverton, Devon [1] Tottenham, Middlesex [1] Upper Norwood, London [1] Wandsworth, London [1] Wells, Somerset [1] Westbourne, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [267] Gunner [29] Driver [26] Serjeant [22] Sapper [20] Corporal [16] Lance Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [8] Lieutenant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Company Serjeant Major [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Bombardier [3] Pioneer [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Ships Corporal [2] Staff Nurse [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Davadar [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal /Temporary Company Serjeant Major Instructor [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Unpaid Lance Corporal [1] Second Corporal [1] Second Corporal Lieutenant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Corporal Private [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [36] Royal Field Artillery [33] Labour Corps [30] Army Service Corps [25] London Regiment [18] Norfolk Regiment [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Machine Gun Corps [15] Devonshire Regiment [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Suffolk Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] The Queen's Regiment [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Somerset Light Infantry [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] East Kent Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Military Foot Police [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Welsh Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Lancers [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [418] Royal Navy [31] Canadian Expeditionary Force [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Australian Imperial Force [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

L [527] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [515] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

John Henry Land

Born 1883

Died 1953

British Army 471036 Rifleman London Regiment 12th (County Of London) Battalion

British Army 471036 Sergeant London Regiment 12th (County Of London) Battalion

British Army 3557 Sergeant London Regiment 12th Battalion

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Ernest Land

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 15695 Private Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion.

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Ronald John Land

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment 13th Battalion attached 6th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Winfield Land

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 57149 Private Yorkshire Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

British Army 237541 Private Labour Corps 692nd Agricultural Coy

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Percy John S Land

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army 330187 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery Devonshire. [RGA - (TF)]

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William Arthur Land

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263997

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Alfred Horace Land

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165885

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James Land

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 41514 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 139016 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 139016 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 65 th Coy.

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Harry John Land

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112682

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Alfred Spencer Land

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196266

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Alfred Tom Land

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194679

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Robert Samuel Land

Born 1885

Died 1952

British Army 10716 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Lawrence Land

Died 1918

British Army 47408 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Archibald John Land

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57067

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Ernest George Land

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 26698 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Frank Henry Land

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15280

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Sidney Arthur Land

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 149054

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Sidney Land

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 172995

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Donald Land

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 782323

Canadian Expeditionary Force 782323 Sergeant Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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George William Land

Born 1891

Died 1918

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