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Richmond Victoria [6]

Cootamundra New South Wales [3]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bundanoon New South Wales [2]

Durham [2]

Farnborough, Kent [2]

Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Halesowen England [2]

Holloway, London [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Tatura Victoria [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Battersea, Surrey, England [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bideford, Devon, England [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Cambridge England [1]

Canterbury [1]

Darlington, County Durham [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Dymock, Gloucestershire [1]

East Ham, Essex [1]

Erdington Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Fish Creek Victoria [1]

Forest Gate, West Ham, Essex [1]

Gillingham, Kent, England [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Kent [1]

Leicester [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Maclean New South Wales [1]

Malvern Link, Worcestershire [1]

Maryborough Victoria [1]

Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1]

Murwillumbah New South Wales [1]

Norfolk England [1]

Old Brentford [1]

Rank

Private [278]

Gunner [32]

Driver [23]

Corporal [21]

Serjeant [19]

Sapper [17]

Lieutenant [14]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lance Corporal [8]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Captain [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Bombardier [3]

Rifleman [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Admiral [1]

Assistant Surgeon [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Major [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Serjeant /Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Shipwright Lieutenant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Lieutenant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [40]

Royal Field Artillery [39]

Labour Corps [35]

Army Service Corps [19]

Rifle Brigade [16]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

London Regiment [13]

The Queen's Regiment [13]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Dragoon Guards [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Hussars [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Service

British Army [433]

Royal Navy [48]

Australian Imperial Force [44]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [613]

A [1]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [601]

Merchant Navy [9]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Richmond Victoria [6] Cootamundra New South Wales [3] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bundanoon New South Wales [2] Durham [2] Farnborough, Kent [2] Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Halesowen England [2] Holloway, London [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Tatura Victoria [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Battersea, Surrey, England [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bideford, Devon, England [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham England [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Cambridge England [1] Canterbury [1] Darlington, County Durham [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Dymock, Gloucestershire [1] East Ham, Essex [1] Erdington Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Fish Creek Victoria [1] Forest Gate, West Ham, Essex [1] Gillingham, Kent, England [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Kent [1] Leicester [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Maclean New South Wales [1] Malvern Link, Worcestershire [1] Maryborough Victoria [1] Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] Murwillumbah New South Wales [1] Norfolk England [1] Old Brentford [1]

Rank

Private [278] Gunner [32] Driver [23] Corporal [21] Serjeant [19] Sapper [17] Lieutenant [14] Second Lieutenant [11] Lance Corporal [8] Pioneer [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Captain [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Bombardier [3] Rifleman [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Sister [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Admiral [1] Assistant Surgeon [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Commander [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Honorary Major [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Major [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Serjeant /Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Shipwright Lieutenant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Lieutenant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [40] Royal Field Artillery [39] Labour Corps [35] Army Service Corps [19] Rifle Brigade [16] Machine Gun Corps [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Middlesex Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] London Regiment [13] The Queen's Regiment [13] Durham Light Infantry [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Suffolk Regiment [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Essex Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Shropshire Light Infantry [7] South Wales Borderers [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Cambridgeshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Dragoon Guards [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Yorkshire Hussars [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Border Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Service

British Army [433] Royal Navy [48] Australian Imperial Force [44] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [613] A [1] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [601] Merchant Navy [9] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Canada [1]

Samuel Layton

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 20719 Private Worcestershire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Abel Layton

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 14428 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick Layton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33688

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Edward George Layton

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1425 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Arthur Richard Layton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101154

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Fred Layton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118111

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John Layton

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25441

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Sidney Layton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133675

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Frederick William Layton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106742

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Henry Layton

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101575

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Harry Edward Layton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199684

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William Percy Layton

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104410

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John Stanislaus Layton

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 794000

Canadian Expeditionary Force 794000 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur James Layton

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9248

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Harold Leslie Layton

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44240

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John Henry Layton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62924

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Arthur Layton

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 19331 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 19331 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

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Joseph Layton

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 14574 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 32989 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 32989 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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George W Layton

Died 1916

British Army 4163 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Frederick George Layton

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1876 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 200366 Private Essex Regiment

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