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Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Enfield, Middlesex [2]

Great Burstead, ESSEX [2]

Upton Park, Essex [2]

Witpoort, Transvaal [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Billericay, ESSEX [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset, England [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol England [1]

Burnham on Crouch, Essex [1]

Carston, Somerset [1]

Colchester, Essex, England [1]

Corston, Somerset [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Essex [1]

Gloucester [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex [1]

Hectorville South Australia [1]

Henham, Essex [1]

Kyneton Victoria [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Little Feldham, Essex, England [1]

Liverpool England [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Lock Victoria [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Mudgeeraba Queensland [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [1]

Nudgeeraba Queensland [1]

Pilton, Somerset [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Prahran Victoria [1]

Puncknowle, Dorset [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Shepton Mallet, Somerset [1]

St Arnaud Victoria [1]

Stanton, Oxfordshire [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Taunton, Somerset [1]

Tooting [1]

Transvaal, Witpoort [1]

Vauxhall, London [1]

Warrnambool Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [122]

Gunner [20]

Driver [13]

Serjeant [11]

Lieutenant [9]

Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Sapper [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commandant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [1]

Quartermaster and Honorary Captain [1]

Rifleman [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Waggoner [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1/Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Engineers [15]

Labour Corps [14]

Essex Regiment [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Hussars [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

County of London Yeomanry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Orthopaedic Unit Attached Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Labour Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [192]

Royal Navy [24]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [276]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [267]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [277] Stories Communities

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Newcastle New South Wales [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Enfield, Middlesex [2] Great Burstead, ESSEX [2] Upton Park, Essex [2] Witpoort, Transvaal [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Billericay, ESSEX [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bridgwater, Somerset, England [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol England [1] Burnham on Crouch, Essex [1] Carston, Somerset [1] Colchester, Essex, England [1] Corston, Somerset [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Essex [1] Gloucester [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hampstead, Middlesex [1] Hectorville South Australia [1] Henham, Essex [1] Kyneton Victoria [1] Lambeth, London [1] Little Feldham, Essex, England [1] Liverpool England [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Lock Victoria [1] Marylebone, London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Mudgeeraba Queensland [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [1] Nudgeeraba Queensland [1] Pilton, Somerset [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Prahran Victoria [1] Puncknowle, Dorset [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Shepton Mallet, Somerset [1] St Arnaud Victoria [1] Stanton, Oxfordshire [1] Sunderland, Durham [1] Taunton, Somerset [1] Tooting [1] Transvaal, Witpoort [1] Vauxhall, London [1] Warrnambool Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [122] Gunner [20] Driver [13] Serjeant [11] Lieutenant [9] Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Sapper [5] Acting Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commandant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [1] Quartermaster and Honorary Captain [1] Rifleman [1] Surgeon Lieutenant [1] Waggoner [1] Warrant Officer Class 1/Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [19] Army Service Corps [17] Royal Engineers [15] Labour Corps [14] Essex Regiment [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] London Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Hussars [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] County of London Yeomanry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Orthopaedic Unit Attached Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps Labour Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [192] Royal Navy [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Australian Imperial Force [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [276] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [267] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Frank Laver

Died 1917

British Army 271537 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 235027 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Bertie Laver

Died 1916

British Army F/2914 Private Middlesex Regiment

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George William Laver

Died 1916

British Army 2446 Acting Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 2446 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry

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Rudolph John Laver

Died 1915

British Army 13625 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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St. Clair Laver

Died 1916

British Army 21300 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 21300 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Arnold Laver

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95419

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George Archie Laver

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101497

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Charles Hardiman Laver

Born 1893

Died 1961

British Army 949 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Regiment of Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Harold Francis Laver

Australian Imperial Force 479

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Walter Mumford Laver

Australian Imperial Force

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Albert Stanley Laver

Australian Imperial Force 26

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William Laver

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 814755

Canadian Expeditionary Force 814755 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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Cecil George Laver

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184526

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William Henry Laver

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188986

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John Laver

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 321826

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Reginald Rayner Laver

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137864

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Sidney Laver

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84116

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Archibald Charles Laver

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243375

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J Laver

Died 1916

British Army 7774 Serjeant Essex Regiment

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William Laver

Died 1916

British Army 13209 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 13209 Acting Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 13209 Corporal Essex Regiment

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