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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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Place of birth

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]

Harry Lang

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45154

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William Leonard Lang

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166577

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Frederick Lang

Born 1898

Died 1914

Royal Navy J31448 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Alec Lang

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy K4384 Stoker 1st Class HMS BLACK PRINCE

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William Spencer Lang

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247135

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George Henry Lang

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260091

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Frank Eric Lang

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267714

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John Mcdonald Lang

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 272821

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Elliot Brownlow Lang

Born 1862

Died 1955

British Army Colonel Indian Army/ Staff and Headquarters

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Walter William Lang

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 267412

Canadian Expeditionary Force 267412 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Lang

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 157618

Canadian Expeditionary Force 157618 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

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William Albert Lang

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1004141

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1004141 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

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William Harold Lang

Born 1886

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 294777

Canadian Expeditionary Force 294777 Private Canadian Infantry

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Burnie Lang

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 27367

Canadian Expeditionary Force 27367 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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John Reid Lang

Born 1879

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 65543

Canadian Expeditionary Force 65543 Private Canadian Infantry

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Martin Leonard Lang

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 419136

Canadian Expeditionary Force 419136 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Lang

Born 1877

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 24614

Canadian Expeditionary Force 24614 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Andrew Lang

Born 1871

Died 1917

British Army 67850 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 44733 Private Labour Corps

British Army 67850 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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George Henry Lang

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 24860 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William James Henry Lang

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 14419 Private Devonshire Regiment

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