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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Plymouth, Devon [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Grafton New South Wales [4]

Hong Kong [4]

Battersea, London [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Garstang, Lancashire [3]

Glasgow Scotland [3]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [3]

Newton Abbot, Devon [3]

Woodburn New South Wales [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Auckland [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bombay [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Creswick Victoria [2]

Glasgow [2]

Grantville Victoria [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [2]

Ivybridge, Devon [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Malvern Victoria [2]

Newton Abbott, Devon [2]

Nhill Victoria [2]

Paisley,Renfrewshire,Scotland. [2]

Plymouth, Devon, England [2]

Poplar, Middlesex, England [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Selworthy, Somerset [2]

Taralga New South Wales [2]

72, Harvey Street, Liverpool [1]

Aberavon, Neath, Glamorgan [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Antwerp [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1]

Argyle New South Wales [1]

Argyllshire [1]

Ascot Vale Victoria [1]

Ashfield New South Wales [1]

Augathella Queensland [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Balhannah South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [692]

Gunner [83]

Serjeant [69]

Driver [47]

Corporal [44]

Captain [41]

Lieutenant [38]

Second Lieutenant [35]

Lance Corporal [33]

Sapper [32]

Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Major [12]

Pioneer [12]

Acting Corporal [8]

Bombardier [6]

Sister [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Commander [4]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Boy [2]

Brigade Colonel [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Nurse [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1st Class Chaplain [1]

1st Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Adjutant Captain [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [86]

Royal Engineers [70]

Army Service Corps [64]

Labour Corps [64]

Devonshire Regiment [57]

Royal Garrison Artillery [50]

Highland Light Infantry [47]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [40]

Machine Gun Corps [40]

Royal Scots [28]

Scottish Rifles [27]

London Regiment [26]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [21]

East Lancashire Regiment [19]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [18]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [16]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Gordon Highlanders [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Somerset Light Infantry [14]

Army Cyclist Corps [13]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Cameron Highlanders [12]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Royal Flying Corps [12]

Royal Highlanders [12]

Seaforth Highlanders [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Essex Regiment [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Service

British Army [1121]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [178]

Australian Imperial Force [126]

Royal Navy [119]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [84]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [1713]

D [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1653]

Merchant Navy [44]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

India [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Plymouth, Devon [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Exeter, Devon [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Grafton New South Wales [4] Hong Kong [4] Battersea, London [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Garstang, Lancashire [3] Glasgow Scotland [3] Lowestoft, Suffolk [3] Newton Abbot, Devon [3] Woodburn New South Wales [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Auckland [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bombay [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Creswick Victoria [2] Glasgow [2] Grantville Victoria [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire [2] Ivybridge, Devon [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Malvern Victoria [2] Newton Abbott, Devon [2] Nhill Victoria [2] Paisley,Renfrewshire,Scotland. [2] Plymouth, Devon, England [2] Poplar, Middlesex, England [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Selworthy, Somerset [2] Taralga New South Wales [2] 72, Harvey Street, Liverpool [1] Aberavon, Neath, Glamorgan [1] Aberdeen [1] Acton, Middlesex [1] Antwerp [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1] Argyle New South Wales [1] Argyllshire [1] Ascot Vale Victoria [1] Ashfield New South Wales [1] Augathella Queensland [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Balhannah South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [692] Gunner [83] Serjeant [69] Driver [47] Corporal [44] Captain [41] Lieutenant [38] Second Lieutenant [35] Lance Corporal [33] Sapper [32] Lieutenant Colonel [12] Major [12] Pioneer [12] Acting Corporal [8] Bombardier [6] Sister [5] Able Seaman [4] Commander [4] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Rifleman [4] Sergeant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Boy [2] Brigade Colonel [2] Cook's Mate [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Nurse [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1st Class Chaplain [1] 1st Lieutenant Colonel [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Adjutant Captain [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Matron [1] Boy 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [86] Royal Engineers [70] Army Service Corps [64] Labour Corps [64] Devonshire Regiment [57] Royal Garrison Artillery [50] Highland Light Infantry [47] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [40] Machine Gun Corps [40] Royal Scots [28] Scottish Rifles [27] London Regiment [26] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Royal Scots Fusiliers [21] East Lancashire Regiment [19] King's Own Scottish Borderers [18] Manchester Regiment [18] Royal Fusiliers [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [16] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Rifle Brigade [15] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Gordon Highlanders [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Somerset Light Infantry [14] Army Cyclist Corps [13] Middlesex Regiment [13] Cameron Highlanders [12] Canadian Infantry [12] Durham Light Infantry [12] Royal Flying Corps [12] Royal Highlanders [12] Seaforth Highlanders [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] Liverpool Regiment [11] Royal Naval Division [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Essex Regiment [9] Royal Air Force [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [7]

Service

British Army [1121] Canadian Expeditionary Force [178] Australian Imperial Force [126] Royal Navy [119] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [84] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [1713] D [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1653] Merchant Navy [44] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [34] India [1]

Ronald Lang

Born 1895

Died 1976

British Army 120,632 Private Royal Fusiliers 21st (S) Battalion

British Army 120,632 Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army 120,632 Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Godfrey George Lang

Born 1867

Died 1923

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Major West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Brigade Colonel West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Lang

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 1628 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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William Nelson Lang

Died 1916

British Army 14206 Lance Corporal Highland Light Infantry

British Army 14206 Lance Corporal Highland Light Infantry 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glasgow).

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Samuel Evans Lang

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 662 Acting Serjeant British West Indies Regiment

Other Empire Force 51 Trinidad Light Infantry Volunteers

British Army 662 Sergeant British West Indies Regiment attached 3rd Armoured Train 1st Battalion

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Thomas A Lang

Born 1896

Died 1980

British Army 3708 Private London Regiment

British Army 391065 Private London Regiment

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Ummond Lang

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 487360

Canadian Expeditionary Force 487360 Lance Corporal Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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David Walker Lang

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 373110 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas Young Lang

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 6756 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200308 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Henry Astell Lang

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army Major Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Arthur Lang

Died 1916

British Army 15133 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

British Army 15133 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Henry Astell Lang

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army Major Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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William Lang

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 3290 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd/7th Bn.

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Cecil Lang

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 10573 Private Wiltshire 1st Battalion

British Army 10573 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alexander B Lang

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302286

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Stanley Hubert James Lang

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162689

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Albert Henry Lang

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90692

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Adam Lang

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 53367 Private Manchester Regiment

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Frederick Ernest Lang

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247133

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Harry Lang

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266481

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