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Sydney New South Wales [4]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Fulham London [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

Addiscombe, Surrey [1]

Ashfield New South Wales [1]

Barnet [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bishop Norton, Lincolnshire [1]

Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [1]

Buckingham Tasmania [1]

Denmark Western Australia [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Dublin [1]

East Ham, Essex [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Fulham, Middlesex [1]

Glenorchy Victoria [1]

Glympton, Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1]

Goldington, Bedfordshire [1]

Goldington, Beds [1]

India [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Leamington, Warwickshire [1]

Lismore Victoria [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Loretts Kirkwall, Orkney [1]

Notting Hill, London [1]

Port Adelaide South Australia [1]

Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Saint Marys, Orkney [1]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

South Kensington London [1]

Tamworth New South Wales [1]

Tonbridge Wells [1]

Upper Tooting, Surrey [1]

Watsons Bay New South Wales [1]

Wimbledon Surrey [1]

Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [109]

Gunner [23]

Corporal [15]

Lieutenant [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Serjeant [12]

Sapper [9]

Captain [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [2]

Driver [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Sister [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Colonel [1]

Commanding [1]

Director [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Forewoman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant (Emergency) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major and Quarter Master [1]

Pioneer [1]

Principal [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Major [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Worker [1]

Writer 3rd [1]

Unit

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Labour Corps [14]

Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

London Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Seaforth Highlanders [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Scots [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Young Mens Christian Association [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Infantry [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1/10th Gurkhas [1]

2nd Natal Light Horse [1]

Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [207]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

Royal Navy [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [293]

Contribution

Military Service [290]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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Sydney New South Wales [4] Melbourne Victoria [3] Carlton Victoria [2] Fulham London [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] Addiscombe, Surrey [1] Ashfield New South Wales [1] Barnet [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishop Norton, Lincolnshire [1] Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [1] Buckingham Tasmania [1] Denmark Western Australia [1] Derbyshire [1] Dublin [1] East Ham, Essex [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Fulham, London [1] Fulham, Middlesex [1] Glenorchy Victoria [1] Glympton, Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1] Goldington, Bedfordshire [1] Goldington, Beds [1] India [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Leamington, Warwickshire [1] Lismore Victoria [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Loretts Kirkwall, Orkney [1] Notting Hill, London [1] Port Adelaide South Australia [1] Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Saint Marys, Orkney [1] Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] South Kensington London [1] Tamworth New South Wales [1] Tonbridge Wells [1] Upper Tooting, Surrey [1] Watsons Bay New South Wales [1] Wimbledon Surrey [1] Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [109] Gunner [23] Corporal [15] Lieutenant [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Serjeant [12] Sapper [9] Captain [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Bombardier [2] Driver [2] Lance Corporal [2] Sister [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Colonel [1] Commanding [1] Director [1] Engineer Commander [1] Forewoman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant (Emergency) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major and Quarter Master [1] Pioneer [1] Principal [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Major [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Worker [1] Writer 3rd [1]

Unit

Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Labour Corps [14] Royal Engineers [12] Royal Field Artillery [11] Army Service Corps [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] London Regiment [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Seaforth Highlanders [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Scots [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Young Mens Christian Association [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Infantry [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Scottish Rifles [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1/10th Gurkhas [1] 2nd Natal Light Horse [1] Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [207] Australian Imperial Force [24] Royal Navy [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [293]

Contribution

Military Service [290] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Harry Phillip Walter Laughton

Born 1890

Died 1918

South African Services 2nd Natal Light Horse

British Army Royal Berkshire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force School of Instruction

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Charles Laughton

Born 1899

Died 1962

British Army 42063 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 48603 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Elvira Sibyl Laughton

Born 1888

Died 1959

Royal Navy Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS)

Royal Navy Principal Women's Royal Naval Service

Royal Navy Director Women's Royal Naval Service

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Charles Laughton

Born 1879

British Army 5947 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 80474 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 80474 Company Serjeant Major South Wales Borderers 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion

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Joseph Thornton Laughton

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 763750 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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George A Laughton

Born 1886

Died 1921

British Army 217389 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 217389 Sapper Royal Engineers "Q" Depot Company

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Walter Laughton

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 8469 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 8469 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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David Laughton

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy M34139 Writer 3rd H.M.S. "Victory I"

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George Granville Richard Laughton

Died 1915

British Army 5/2386 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army TF/2386 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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Francis Eugene Laughton

Born 1887

Died 1955

British Army Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

British Army Captain Cameron Highlanders 1st Bn

British Army Captain Cameron Highlanders 2nd Bn

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Walter Joseph Laughton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120460

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Andrew Euson Laughton

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94258

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Henry George Horne Laughton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236116

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William Edward Field Laughton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53858

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Edwin Alfred Laughton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234090

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Hubert Henry Schomberg Laughton

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Van Wyck Laughton

Born 1897

Died 1966

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Harold R Laughton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 361 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 361 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Samuel Laughton

Died 1916

British Army 11/1088 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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George Laughton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 19470 Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 19470 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

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