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Blackwood Victoria [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Manaccan, Cornwall [2]

Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Amshire England [1]

Annandale New South Wales [1]

Apsley Victoria [1]

Arbroath, Forfar [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Birmingham [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Coombes, Kent [1]

Cornwall England [1]

Coverton, Cornwall [1]

Denton Manchester [1]

Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

East Ham, West Ham, Essex [1]

Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Haggerston London, Middlesex [1]

Hornsey, London [1]

Horsham, Sussex [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Leeds [1]

Lillimur Victoria [1]

London England [1]

Mount Compass South Australia [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Paddington, London, Middlesex [1]

Poplar, East London [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Poplar, London, Middlesex [1]

Port Albert Victoria [1]

Port Pirie South Australia [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Saint Peters Port Guernsey [1]

Saint Peters Port Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

South Yarra Victoria [1]

Staint Albans, Hertfordshire [1]

Surbiton, London [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Trebridge, Kent [1]

Vauxhall, Warwickshire [1]

Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

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Private [72]

Corporal [10]

Driver [9]

Gunner [9]

Sapper [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Serjeant [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Captain [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Major [2]

Petty Officer [2]

1st Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Cadet [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Lance Naik [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

lance corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Army Service Corps [9]

London Regiment [9]

Labour Corps [8]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Naval Division [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Field Ambulance [1]

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

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Grenadier Guards Infantry [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [143]

Royal Navy [37]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Last name first letter

L [229]

Contribution

Military Service [225]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Blackwood Victoria [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Manaccan, Cornwall [2] Tamworth New South Wales [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Amshire England [1] Annandale New South Wales [1] Apsley Victoria [1] Arbroath, Forfar [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Birmingham [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Coombes, Kent [1] Cornwall England [1] Coverton, Cornwall [1] Denton Manchester [1] Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] East Ham, West Ham, Essex [1] Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Haggerston London, Middlesex [1] Hornsey, London [1] Horsham, Sussex [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Leeds [1] Lillimur Victoria [1] London England [1] Mount Compass South Australia [1] Paddington, London [1] Paddington, London, Middlesex [1] Poplar, East London [1] Poplar, London [1] Poplar, London, Middlesex [1] Port Albert Victoria [1] Port Pirie South Australia [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Saint Peters Port Guernsey [1] Saint Peters Port Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] South Yarra Victoria [1] Staint Albans, Hertfordshire [1] Surbiton, London [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Trebridge, Kent [1] Vauxhall, Warwickshire [1] Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [72] Corporal [10] Driver [9] Gunner [9] Sapper [8] Acting Corporal [7] Serjeant [7] Lance Corporal [6] Captain [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Major [2] Petty Officer [2] 1st Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Leading Cook's Mate [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Cadet [1] Engineer Captain [1] Lance Naik [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] lance corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18] Royal Field Artillery [11] Army Service Corps [9] London Regiment [9] Labour Corps [8] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Naval Division [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Border Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Field Ambulance [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Grenadier Guards Infantry [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [143] Royal Navy [37] Australian Imperial Force [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Last name first letter

L [229]

Contribution

Military Service [225] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Maurice Theodore Lawrance

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army SD/2110 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion attached 116th Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry

British Army SD/2110 Acting Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 12th (2nd South Downs) Battalion

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Arthur Alfred Lawrance

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 371075 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3122 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Charles Lawrance

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242707

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Reginald Kerby Lawrance

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243485

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Frank William Lawrance

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217415

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Horace Mannie Lawrance

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67385

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Alfred Arthur Lawrance

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235425

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Ernest Edward Lawrance

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210007

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Ian Mcleod Lawrance

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 400960

Canadian Expeditionary Force 400960 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Horace Wilfrid Lawrance

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 3850 Private London Regiment

British Army 531450 Private London Regiment

British Army 531450 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Albert Edward Lawrance

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227097

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George Lawrance

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204970

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John Henry Lawrance

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 23928 Serjeant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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William Thomas Lawrance

Australian Imperial Force 6346

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Thomas Blight Lawrance

Australian Imperial Force 11966

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Charles John Lawrance

Australian Imperial Force B6803

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Archibald George Robert Lawrance

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 11199 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

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William Lawrance

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242607

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Peter Lawrance

Born 1880

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1231 Sapper No. 3 Company, Mining Corps, Australian Engineers

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Herbert E Lawrance

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 4281 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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