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Sydney New South Wales [9]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [6]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Goulburn New South Wales [4]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [3]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Glasgow Scotland [3]

Gulargambone New South Wales [3]

Gympie Queensland [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Salford, Lancashire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Shepparton Victoria [3]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [3]

Aberdeenshire [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

Bacup, Lancashire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Broadwater New South Wales [2]

Carrickfergus, Antrim [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Exmouth, Devon [2]

Fifeshire Scotland [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Renfrewshire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Haslingden, Lancashire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kent England [2]

Mytholmroyd [2]

Northampton [2]

Saint Lukes, London [2]

Todmorden, Lancashire [2]

Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

46 Belmont Gardens Hillhead Glasgow Lanarkshire [1]

6 Bowmont Terrace, Strathburgo, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Aberdeenshire Scotland [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Rank

Private [1448]

Gunner [154]

Driver [128]

Serjeant [97]

Corporal [89]

Sapper [83]

Lieutenant [59]

Second Lieutenant [59]

Lance Corporal [57]

Captain [42]

Acting Corporal [26]

Pioneer [20]

Acting Serjeant [17]

Rifleman [11]

Bombardier [9]

Major [9]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Worker [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Lance Bombardier [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Commander [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Reverend [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Captain /Temporary Major [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Sergeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Chaplain [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [177]

Labour Corps [172]

Army Service Corps [167]

Royal Engineers [152]

Royal Garrison Artillery [94]

Royal Army Medical Corps [78]

London Regiment [67]

Gordon Highlanders [51]

Machine Gun Corps [49]

Royal Scots [46]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [42]

Scottish Rifles [41]

Royal Fusiliers [40]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [40]

West Yorkshire Regiment [38]

Royal Highlanders [37]

Lancashire Fusiliers [36]

South Staffordshire Regiment [35]

Highland Light Infantry [34]

Liverpool Regiment [34]

East Lancashire Regiment [33]

Seaforth Highlanders [33]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [31]

Manchester Regiment [30]

Middlesex Regiment [30]

Northamptonshire Regiment [30]

York and Lancaster Regiment [29]

Essex Regiment [28]

Cheshire Regiment [26]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [26]

West Riding Regiment [26]

Bedfordshire Regiment [25]

Northumberland Fusiliers [25]

Royal Army Service Corps [24]

Worcestershire Regiment [24]

Cameron Highlanders [23]

Suffolk Regiment [23]

Royal West Kent Regiment [22]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [18]

Royal Irish Rifles [17]

Canadian Infantry [16]

Royal Air Force [16]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [16]

East Kent Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Service

British Army [2195]

Royal Navy [186]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [172]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [156]

Australian Imperial Force [113]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [2917]

H [2]

A [1]

G [1]

J [1]

S [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2855]

Merchant Navy [47]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [61]

Canada [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [9] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Paisley, Renfrewshire [6] Ballarat Victoria [4] Goulburn New South Wales [4] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [3] Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Belfast, Antrim [3] Glasgow Scotland [3] Gulargambone New South Wales [3] Gympie Queensland [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Salford, Lancashire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Shepparton Victoria [3] Smethwick, Staffordshire [3] Aberdeenshire [2] Ayr, Ayrshire [2] Bacup, Lancashire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Broadwater New South Wales [2] Carrickfergus, Antrim [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Darlington, Durham [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Exmouth, Devon [2] Fifeshire Scotland [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Glasgow, Renfrewshire [2] Hackney, London [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Haslingden, Lancashire [2] Islington, London [2] Kent England [2] Mytholmroyd [2] Northampton [2] Saint Lukes, London [2] Todmorden, Lancashire [2] Warrington, Lancashire [2] Watford, Hertfordshire [2] 46 Belmont Gardens Hillhead Glasgow Lanarkshire [1] 6 Bowmont Terrace, Strathburgo, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Aberdeenshire Scotland [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Albany Western Australia [1]

Rank

Private [1448] Gunner [154] Driver [128] Serjeant [97] Corporal [89] Sapper [83] Lieutenant [59] Second Lieutenant [59] Lance Corporal [57] Captain [42] Acting Corporal [26] Pioneer [20] Acting Serjeant [17] Rifleman [11] Bombardier [9] Major [9] Staff Serjeant [7] Worker [7] Able Seaman [6] Lance Bombardier [6] Temporary Captain [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Serjeant Major [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Commander [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Reverend [4] Staff Nurse [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Captain /Temporary Major [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Sergeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Chaplain [2] Deck Hand [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [177] Labour Corps [172] Army Service Corps [167] Royal Engineers [152] Royal Garrison Artillery [94] Royal Army Medical Corps [78] London Regiment [67] Gordon Highlanders [51] Machine Gun Corps [49] Royal Scots [46] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [42] Scottish Rifles [41] Royal Fusiliers [40] Royal Scots Fusiliers [40] West Yorkshire Regiment [38] Royal Highlanders [37] Lancashire Fusiliers [36] South Staffordshire Regiment [35] Highland Light Infantry [34] Liverpool Regiment [34] East Lancashire Regiment [33] Seaforth Highlanders [33] King's Royal Rifle Corps [31] Manchester Regiment [30] Middlesex Regiment [30] Northamptonshire Regiment [30] York and Lancaster Regiment [29] Essex Regiment [28] Cheshire Regiment [26] King's Own Scottish Borderers [26] West Riding Regiment [26] Bedfordshire Regiment [25] Northumberland Fusiliers [25] Royal Army Service Corps [24] Worcestershire Regiment [24] Cameron Highlanders [23] Suffolk Regiment [23] Royal West Kent Regiment [22] Royal Lancaster Regiment [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] Royal Irish Fusiliers [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [18] Royal Irish Rifles [17] Canadian Infantry [16] Royal Air Force [16] Royal Naval Division [16] Yorkshire Light Infantry [16] East Kent Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [15]

Service

British Army [2195] Royal Navy [186] Canadian Expeditionary Force [172] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [156] Australian Imperial Force [113] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [2917] H [2] A [1] G [1] J [1] S [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2855] Merchant Navy [47] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [61] Canada [1]

Herbert Law

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 32539 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 32539 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Malcolm Colin Macgregor Law

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant West Riding Regiment 6th Battalion

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Frederick William Law

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 6456 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 373385 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frederick Samuel Law

Born 1883

Died 1929

British Army 202959 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Clarence David Law

Born 1899

Died 1954

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Gideon Law

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 25726 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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William Kenneth Law

Born 1891

Died 1964

British Army Captain West Riding Regiment 6th Battalion

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Alexander Law

Born 1870

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109757 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force 2nd School of Military Aeronautics

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Paul Law

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1650 Private West Riding Regiment 4th Battalion

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James Herbert Law

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 23992 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Fergus O'connor Walter Law

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 39704 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Joseph Law

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 12679 Private Cheshire Regiment Depot Battalion

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Arthur Henry Law

Born 1868

Died 1917

British Army T4/110877 Private Army Service Corps 42nd Divisional Train,

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William Law

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283119

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John Law

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51267

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Harold Law

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 28405 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 50391 Private Suffolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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William Law Jones Law

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278100

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John Tait Law

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187271

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William Law

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122171

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Charles Law

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264743

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