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Sunderland, Durham [5]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Blandford, Dorset [2]

Brixton, Surrey [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Folkestone, Kent [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [2]

Northumberland England [2]

Nottingham [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Staines, Middlesex [2]

Walworth, London [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Acton, London [1]

Acton, London, Middlesex [1]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1]

Basseterre [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Berry New South Wales [1]

Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [1]

Biccles England [1]

Blackheath New South Wales [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

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Bungay, Suffolk [1]

Cambridge [1]

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Campbell Town New South Wales [1]

Campbell Town, NSW [1]

Durham [1]

Durham England [1]

East Ham, Essex [1]

East Ham, London [1]

Elham, Folkestone, Kent [1]

Essex England [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Finchley, London [1]

Finsbury Park, London [1]

Finsbury, London [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [375]

Gunner [51]

Driver [37]

Sapper [30]

Corporal [29]

Serjeant [27]

Lance Corporal [10]

Lieutenant [9]

Bombardier [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Captain [6]

Major [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Pioneer [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Band Boy [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Hon Capt [1]

Hon Cpt [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Musician [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Roman Catholic Chaplain [1]

Saddler [1]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [59]

Royal Engineers [53]

Army Service Corps [43]

Labour Corps [41]

Durham Light Infantry [35]

Northumberland Fusiliers [35]

Royal Garrison Artillery [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

London Regiment [19]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Norfolk Regiment [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Dorsetshire Regiment [10]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Hussars [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Army Pay Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [3]

Service

British Army [594]

Royal Navy [74]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [27]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

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Contribution

Military Service [764]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

Saint Kitts and Nevis [1]

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Sunderland, Durham [5] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Blandford, Dorset [2] Brixton, Surrey [2] Camberwell, London [2] Folkestone, Kent [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [2] Northumberland England [2] Nottingham [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Staines, Middlesex [2] Walworth, London [2] Wandsworth, London [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Acton, London [1] Acton, London, Middlesex [1] Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1] Basseterre [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Berry New South Wales [1] Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [1] Biccles England [1] Blackheath New South Wales [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bungay, Suffolk [1] Cambridge [1] Campbell Town NSW [1] Campbell Town New South Wales [1] Campbell Town, NSW [1] Durham [1] Durham England [1] East Ham, Essex [1] East Ham, London [1] Elham, Folkestone, Kent [1] Essex England [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Finchley, London [1] Finsbury Park, London [1] Finsbury, London [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [375] Gunner [51] Driver [37] Sapper [30] Corporal [29] Serjeant [27] Lance Corporal [10] Lieutenant [9] Bombardier [8] Acting Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [6] Captain [6] Major [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Bombardier [3] Pioneer [3] Staff Nurse [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Corporal 2nd [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Band Boy [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Chaplain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Hon Capt [1] Hon Cpt [1] Leading Seaman [1] Musician [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Roman Catholic Chaplain [1] Saddler [1] Saddler Staff Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [59] Royal Engineers [53] Army Service Corps [43] Labour Corps [41] Durham Light Infantry [35] Northumberland Fusiliers [35] Royal Garrison Artillery [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] London Regiment [19] Royal Fusiliers [17] Yorkshire Regiment [17] Norfolk Regiment [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [12] Dorsetshire Regiment [10] Suffolk Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Essex Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Cambridgeshire Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Hussars [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Army Pay Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [4] Corps of Hussars [4] East Kent Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Canadian Mounted Rifles [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [3]

Service

British Army [594] Royal Navy [74] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41] Canadian Expeditionary Force [27] Australian Imperial Force [25] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

L [782]

Contribution

Military Service [764] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Canada [2] Australia [1] Saint Kitts and Nevis [1]

Charles Thomas Laws

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213596

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Alfred John Laws

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226329

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John William Miller Laws

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283688

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George Robert Laws

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127513

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Herbert Henry Laws

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 12934 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 12934 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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George H Laws

Died 1916

British Army 3769 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/17755 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Edward Laws

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 032671 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Frederick William Laws

Died 1917

British Army 40736 Private Suffolk Regiment

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George Laws

Died 1918

British Army 143238 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Laws

Died 1915

British Army 15285 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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George Burgess Laws

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 47165 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Alfred William Laws

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 6901 Private Border Regiment

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Bernard Courtenay Laws

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Arthur J Laws

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 71167 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Anthony Laws

Died 1916

British Army 23/609 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Edward Laws

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 9476 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Arthur Laws

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 16692 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 16692 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Reginald Arthur Laws

Died 1917

British Army 78657 Private Tank Corps

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John W Laws

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 16613 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Joseph George Laws

Died 1918

British Army 44038 Private Essex Regiment

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