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Albury Victoria [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Cooktown Queensland [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Finchley, London [1]

Grahamstown, Cape Province [1]

Homerton, London [1]

Hornsey Rise, Middlesex [1]

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Liversedge, Yorkshire [1]

Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Place of Enlistment - Narrandera New South Wales [1]

Port Fairy Victoria [1]

Ringwood, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Rossburn MB [1]

Sandford Victoria [1]

Sangor [1]

Tocumwal New South Wales [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent, [1]

Warrnambool Victoria [1]

West Ham, London [1]

Willesden, London, Middlesex [1]

Woodgreen, London [1]

Yarrawonga Victoria [1]

Yorkshire, England [1]

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Private [88]

Gunner [13]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Sapper [7]

Serjeant [7]

Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Captain [5]

Driver [4]

Major General [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Commander [2]

Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Colonel [1]

Colonel /Temporary Major General [1]

Corporal Paid Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Flight Serjeant Pilot [1]

Lance Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Private /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [17]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Staff [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Bedford Yeomanry [2]

County of London Yeomanry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

General Headquarters Staff [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancers [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

28th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Canadian Infantry Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [163]

Royal Navy [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

L [208]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [208]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

India [1]

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People [209] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Albury Victoria [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Cooktown Queensland [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Finchley, London [1] Grahamstown, Cape Province [1] Homerton, London [1] Hornsey Rise, Middlesex [1] Kensington [1] Kensington London [1] Liversedge, Yorkshire [1] Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Place of Enlistment - Narrandera New South Wales [1] Port Fairy Victoria [1] Ringwood, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Rossburn MB [1] Sandford Victoria [1] Sangor [1] Tocumwal New South Wales [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent, [1] Warrnambool Victoria [1] West Ham, London [1] Willesden, London, Middlesex [1] Woodgreen, London [1] Yarrawonga Victoria [1] Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [88] Gunner [13] Second Lieutenant [11] Lieutenant [10] Sapper [7] Serjeant [7] Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [6] Captain [5] Driver [4] Major General [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Commander [2] Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Brigadier General [1] Colonel [1] Colonel /Temporary Major General [1] Corporal Paid Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Flight Serjeant Pilot [1] Lance Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Nursing Sister [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Private /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [17] Labour Corps [15] Royal Field Artillery [12] Middlesex Regiment [11] London Regiment [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] East Kent Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Hampshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Staff [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Bedford Yeomanry [2] County of London Yeomanry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] General Headquarters Staff [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Lancers [2] Military Foot Police [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 28th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Canadian Infantry Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [163] Royal Navy [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Australian Imperial Force [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

L [208] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [208] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5] India [1]

Edward Enfield Lawford

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Deccan Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

Indian Army Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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Herbert Martin Benson Lawford

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 9 Battalion

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Arthur Robert Melville Lawford

Born 1866

Died 1919

British Army SptS327 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd (Service) Battalion

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Harold William Lawford

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/4036 Auckland Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Sydney Stewart Lawford

Born 1889

British Army 535 Private Bedford Yeomanry

British Army 535 Private Bedford Yeomanry

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Edward Enfield Lawford

Born 1882

Died 1917

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

Indian Army Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers Attached 20th Deccan Horse

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J. Wyatt Lawford

Born 1873

Died 1919

British Army S4/126070 Private Army Service Corps

British Army S4/126070 Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army S4/126070 Serjeant Royal Army Service Corps

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Flora Lawford

Born 1883

Died 1961

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford

Born 1865

Died 1953

British Army Brigadier General Commanding 22nd Infantry Brigade, 7th Division France

British Army Major General General Officer Commanding 41st Division Italy

British Army Major General General Officer Commanding 41st Division, Flanders (Presentation of medals to 10th R.W. Surreys at Steenvoorde)

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Arthur Robert Melville Lawford

Born 1867

Died 1919

British Army 327 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Frank Lawford

Died 1918

British Army 33159 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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John George Lawford

Died 1914

British Army L/10432 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Robert Joseph Lawford

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 15174 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Wilfred Lawford

Died 1917

British Army 155197 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Andrew William Lawford

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156735

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Arthur Loraine Lawford

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181308

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Arthur Lot Lawford

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194463

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Ronald Bruce Lawford

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64697

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Bertram Charles Lawford

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145993

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Eardley Haydon Lawford

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1877

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