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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]

Richard Henry Lang

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293661

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Joseph Carrington Lang

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71216

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Ernest Charles Lang

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241958

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Richard Lang

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33899

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Arthur Horace Lang

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

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John Robert Lang

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4069 Border Regiment

British Army 202424 Private Border Regiment

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Thomas Lang

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 35538 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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John Lang

Born 1849

Died 1917

British Army Captain General List

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Francis James Lang

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29903

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William Mclaren Lang

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299796

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Lawrence Lang

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100827

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Adam Peter Lang

Born 1890

Died 1969

Royal Navy 12396 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 12396 Private HMS New Zealand Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 12396 Private HMS Royal Sovereign Royal Marine Artillery

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Frank Richard Lang

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73764

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James Lang

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53919

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William Arthur Lang

Born 1891

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 118021

Canadian Expeditionary Force 118021 Lance Corporal Canadian Forestry Corps

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Robert Brown Lang

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47572

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John Lang

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army R 6032 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Frederick Lang

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236632

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William Binnie Lang

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247051

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Richard Lang

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 1043 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 1043 Corporal Manchester Regiment 3rd

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