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Camberwell Victoria [5]

Islington, London [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Reading, Berkshire [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [4]

Battersea, Surrey [3]

Burrowbridge, Somerset [3]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Cumberland New South Wales [2]

Devonshire England [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Frome, Somerset [2]

Gilberton South Australia [2]

Hendon, London [2]

Kintbury, Berkshire [2]

Liverpool England [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Meopham, Kent [2]

Moe Victoria [2]

Portsea, Hampshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Shropshire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Witney, Oxfordshire [2]

Ackleton, Shropshire [1]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Ascot Vale Victoria [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Banstead, London [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey, England [1]

Beaulieu, Hampshire [1]

Bemerton, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Berkshire [1]

Bermerton Salisbury [1]

Berwick Scotland [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [581]

Gunner [73]

Sapper [52]

Serjeant [50]

Corporal [49]

Driver [47]

Acting Corporal [21]

Lance Corporal [21]

Lieutenant [19]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Bombardier [11]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Major [8]

Captain [7]

Able Seaman [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Trooper [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Saddler [2]

Sister [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Gunner [1]

Assistant Cook (Part-time) [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Clerk [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Davadar [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieut-Commander Surgeon [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major General [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [93]

Army Service Corps [83]

Royal Engineers [82]

Labour Corps [63]

Royal Garrison Artillery [41]

London Regiment [34]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

Royal Army Medical Corps [29]

Worcestershire Regiment [29]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [23]

Royal Fusiliers [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [19]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [17]

South Staffordshire Regiment [17]

Somerset Light Infantry [16]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Shropshire Light Infantry [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Essex Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Wiltshire Regiment [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Grenadier Guards [7]

Norfolk Regiment [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Dragoon Guards [6]

Service

British Army [937]

Royal Navy [110]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [78]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [75]

Australian Imperial Force [57]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [1296]

Contribution

Military Service [1273]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

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Place of birth

Camberwell Victoria [5] Islington, London [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Reading, Berkshire [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [4] Battersea, Surrey [3] Burrowbridge, Somerset [3] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Bermondsey, London [2] Cumberland New South Wales [2] Devonshire England [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Frome, Somerset [2] Gilberton South Australia [2] Hendon, London [2] Kintbury, Berkshire [2] Liverpool England [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Meopham, Kent [2] Moe Victoria [2] Portsea, Hampshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Shropshire [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Weymouth, Dorset [2] Witney, Oxfordshire [2] Ackleton, Shropshire [1] Albert Park Victoria [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Ascot Vale Victoria [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Banstead, London [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey, England [1] Beaulieu, Hampshire [1] Bemerton, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Berkshire [1] Bermerton Salisbury [1] Berwick Scotland [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Birmingham England [1] Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1] Bourke New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [581] Gunner [73] Sapper [52] Serjeant [50] Corporal [49] Driver [47] Acting Corporal [21] Lance Corporal [21] Lieutenant [19] Second Lieutenant [16] Bombardier [11] Acting Serjeant [8] Major [8] Captain [7] Able Seaman [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Trooper [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Saddler [2] Sister [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Gunner [1] Assistant Cook (Part-time) [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Cadet [1] Clerk [1] Company Serjeant Major /Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Davadar [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieut-Commander Surgeon [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major General [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private 1st Class [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [93] Army Service Corps [83] Royal Engineers [82] Labour Corps [63] Royal Garrison Artillery [41] London Regiment [34] Machine Gun Corps [31] Royal Army Medical Corps [29] Worcestershire Regiment [29] Royal Berkshire Regiment [23] Royal Fusiliers [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [19] Hampshire Regiment [17] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [17] South Staffordshire Regiment [17] Somerset Light Infantry [16] Rifle Brigade [15] Middlesex Regiment [13] Shropshire Light Infantry [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [13] Devonshire Regiment [12] Durham Light Infantry [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [12] Manchester Regiment [12] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Essex Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Liverpool Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] Wiltshire Regiment [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] Cheshire Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Grenadier Guards [7] Norfolk Regiment [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Royal Naval Division [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Dragoon Guards [6]

Service

British Army [937] Royal Navy [110] Canadian Expeditionary Force [78] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [75] Australian Imperial Force [57] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [1296]

Contribution

Military Service [1273] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Austin James Langford

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army 166 Private Rifle Brigade

Royal Navy PLY B6903 Private Royal Marines Light Infantry

British Army 200154 Private Rifle Brigade 18th London Battalion

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John Langford

Born 1896

Died 1952

British Army 16329 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 16329 Private South Staffordshire 4th Battalion

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George Thomas Langford

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 18543 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 18543 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16th Battalion

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Clarence Adrian Langford

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 42725 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Territorial Battalion.

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Martyn Henry Langford

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy Lieut-Commander Surgeon H.M.S. "Challenger"

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Benjamin Langford

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 16717 Private Somerset Light Infantry 7th Btn

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Adam Langford

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 21768 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 21768 Private Grenadier Guards 4th Battalion

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Horace Langford

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 16516 Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

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Jacob Langford

Born 1876

Died 1943

British Army 9680 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 603152 Private Labour Corps

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Henry Langford

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298554

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William Edward Thomas Langford

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 372111 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4555 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Leonard Langford

Born 1863

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409276

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Fred Langford

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188641

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Henry Langford

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145115

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John Harold Langford

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51873

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Arthur Sydney Langford

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26529

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Wilfred Charles Langford

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406083

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Thomas Langford

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222150

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Arthur Langford

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43380

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Bertie John Acland Langford

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 27785 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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