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Perth Western Australia [3]

Southwark, London [3]

Alcester, Warwickshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

York Western Australia [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bedale, Yorkshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Campbell Town, Tasmania [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Derby [1]

Drimnagh,Co.Dublin. [1]

East Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Gresford New South Wales [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Kingston-upon-Hull [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Maryborough Victoria [1]

Mount Moriac Victoria [1]

Normanby Victoria [1]

Northampton England [1]

Northumberland England [1]

Orange, New South Wales [1]

Ripon, Yorkshire [1]

Runton, Norfolk [1]

Sassafras Victoria [1]

Shanghai [1]

South Shields, Durham, England [1]

Standon, Hertfordshire [1]

Standon, Hertfordshire. [1]

Stepney England [1]

Surrey [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Truganina Victoria [1]

Willoughby New South Wales [1]

Woolwich,London. [1]

York, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [143]

Gunner [28]

Captain [15]

Serjeant [14]

Sapper [13]

Corporal [12]

Driver [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Major [5]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Bombardier [2]

Nurse [2]

Rifleman [2]

Special Military Probationer [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corpor [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Unpaid Lance Bombardier [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain and then Major in same year [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Second Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant/ Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Surgeon-Captain [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [30]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Royal Engineers [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

London Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

King Edward's Horse [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Imperial Army [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Infantry Battalion [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [272]

Royal Navy [24]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [358]

M [4]

B [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [361]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

South Africa [1]

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People [364] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Perth Western Australia [3] Southwark, London [3] Alcester, Warwickshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] York Western Australia [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bedale, Yorkshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Campbell Town, Tasmania [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Derby [1] Drimnagh,Co.Dublin. [1] East Hull, Yorkshire [1] Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Gresford New South Wales [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hampstead, Middlesex [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Holloway, London [1] Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Kingston-upon-Hull [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Maryborough Victoria [1] Mount Moriac Victoria [1] Normanby Victoria [1] Northampton England [1] Northumberland England [1] Orange, New South Wales [1] Ripon, Yorkshire [1] Runton, Norfolk [1] Sassafras Victoria [1] Shanghai [1] South Shields, Durham, England [1] Standon, Hertfordshire [1] Standon, Hertfordshire. [1] Stepney England [1] Surrey [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Truganina Victoria [1] Willoughby New South Wales [1] Woolwich,London. [1] York, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [143] Gunner [28] Captain [15] Serjeant [14] Sapper [13] Corporal [12] Driver [11] Lieutenant [11] Second Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Corporal [6] Major [5] Pioneer [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Acting Captain [2] Bombardier [2] Nurse [2] Rifleman [2] Special Military Probationer [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corpor [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Unpaid Lance Bombardier [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain and then Major in same year [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Forewoman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Second Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant/ Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Surgeon Lieutenant [1] Surgeon-Captain [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [30] Royal Field Artillery [24] Royal Engineers [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] London Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Norfolk Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Shropshire Light Infantry [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] King Edward's Horse [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Coldstream Guards [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Imperial Army [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Infantry Battalion [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Service

British Army [272] Royal Navy [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23] Australian Imperial Force [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [358] M [4] B [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [361] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [9] South Africa [1]

William Victor Leake

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223834

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Raymond Ernest Alver Leake

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 270013

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Samuel Parlow Leake

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292017

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Arthur Leake

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army 20896 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Frederick H. Leake

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 26372 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Charles Leake

Died 1917

British Army R/15744 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/15744 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Frederick George Leake

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 129270 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 129270 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Harry Leake

Died 1917

British Army 12/684 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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David Leake

Died 1917

British Army 270221 Private Royal Scots

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William James Leake

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 266831 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Stephen Leake

Died 1918

British Army 17907 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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John Robert Leake

Born 1884

Died 1914

Royal Navy 304084 Acting Leading Stoker HM Submarine D5

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Harry Wyborn Leake

Born 1889

Australian Imperial Force 161 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "A" Company

Australian Imperial Force 161 Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Australian Imperial Force 161 Sergeant 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Fred Peter Leake

Australian Imperial Force 3465

Australian Imperial Force 1023

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Lancelot Luke Leake

Australian Imperial Force 3062

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Charles Edward Leake

Born 1893

Died 1966

Royal Navy Surgeon Lieutenant Royal Naval Division

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Albert Henry Leake

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242468

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William Gerard Leake

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 100865

Canadian Expeditionary Force 100865 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Leake

Died 1917

British Army 5/4701 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 235279 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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George E. Leake

Died 1916

British Army 2640 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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