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Sydney New South Wales [3]

Ditton, Kent [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

St Nicholas Aberdeen [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Billericay, ESSEX [1]

Blacklands, Sussex [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Chester, Cheshire, England [1]

Cunnamulla Queensland [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Eyebury Farm, Peterborough [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Kilburn, London [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Norfolk [1]

North Barsham Norfolk [1]

Norwich, Norfolk, England [1]

Orange New South Wales [1]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England [1]

Pudsey, Yorkshire, England [1]

Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Southampton [1]

Westminster, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [56]

Driver [12]

Serjeant [8]

Corporal [7]

Sapper [7]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Commander [1]

Major [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Telephonist [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [14]

Royal Engineers [13]

Labour Corps [9]

London Regiment [9]

Army Service Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

2nd Australian Tunneling Corp [1]

59th Rifles [1]

59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) [1]

Army Service Corps Labour Company [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Corps of Royal Engineers [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Gravesend Post Office [1]

HMS Acheron [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps ex Essex Regiment [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lancers of the Line [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

NZ Rifle Brigade [1]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Order of Saint John Brigade Hospital [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Service

British Army [100]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Royal Navy [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [126]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Canada [1]

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People [134] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [3] Ditton, Kent [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] St Nicholas Aberdeen [2] Aberdeen [1] Billericay, ESSEX [1] Blacklands, Sussex [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Chester, Cheshire, England [1] Cunnamulla Queensland [1] Dover, Kent [1] Eyebury Farm, Peterborough [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Kilburn, London [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Norfolk [1] North Barsham Norfolk [1] Norwich, Norfolk, England [1] Orange New South Wales [1] Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England [1] Pudsey, Yorkshire, England [1] Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Southampton [1] Westminster, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [56] Driver [12] Serjeant [8] Corporal [7] Sapper [7] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant [3] Pioneer [3] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Commander [1] Major [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Telephonist [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [14] Royal Engineers [13] Labour Corps [9] London Regiment [9] Army Service Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [4] Gordon Highlanders [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Tank Corps [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 2nd Australian Tunneling Corp [1] 59th Rifles [1] 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) [1] Army Service Corps Labour Company [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Corps of Royal Engineers [1] East Kent Regiment [1] General List [1] Gravesend Post Office [1] HMS Acheron [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps ex Essex Regiment [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lancers of the Line [1] Military Foot Police [1] NZ Rifle Brigade [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Order of Saint John Brigade Hospital [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1]

Service

British Army [100] Australian Imperial Force [9] Royal Navy [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [126] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [7] Canada [1]

Charles Lawrence Leeds

Born 1887

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 23/188 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 23/188 Rifleman NZ Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 2nd Australian Tunneling Corp

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Alexander Fraser Leeds

Born 1887

Died 1926

British Army 3/5122 Private Gordon Highlanders

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James Luke Leeds

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279969

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David Steele Leeds

Born 1897

Died 1952

British Army L/7089 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Stanley Leeds

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company

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Frederick James Leeds

Died 1917

British Army 29546 Serjeant Corps of Royal Engineers FENNY STRATFORD SIGNAL DEPOT

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John Leeds

Born 1891

Died 1929

Canadian Expeditionary Force 439749

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Fracis Herbert Leeds

Born 1882

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 447115

Canadian Expeditionary Force 447115 Private Canadian Infantry

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George Leeds

Born 1900

Died 1985

Royal Navy J91273

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Robert W. Leeds

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 3053 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 326100 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 326100 Corporal Cambridgeshire Regiment

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George Leeds

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 15726 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery

British Army 15726 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Leeds

Died 1917

British Army 39321 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 62031 Private Labour Corps

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Claude Henry John Leeds

Died 1915

British Army 85 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Ernest John Leeds

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 895466 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Temple Leeds

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 8094 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army GS/62959 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Thomas Louis Leeds

Born 1869

Died 1926

British Army Major Scinde Rifles

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) Kut Relief Force, Mesopotamia

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Alan Whitney Leeds

Australian Imperial Force 4087

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Herbert Leeds

Died 1915

British Army 1479 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Ernest Albert Leeds

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 55410 Private Manchester Regiment

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Clive Gladstone Leeds

Australian Imperial Force 32081

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