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Sydney New South Wales [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Rush, Dublin [7]

Plymouth, Devon [6]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Goulburn New South Wales [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

London England [3]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Ballina New South Wales [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Clayton Victoria [2]

Clermont Queensland [2]

Condoblin New South Wales [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Egerton Victoria [2]

Euroa Victoria [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Haggerston, London [2]

Hay New South Wales [2]

Holborn, London [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Nailsworth, Gloucestershire [2]

New Norfolk Tasmania [2]

Northumberland [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Tonbridge, Kent [2]

Totnes, Devon [2]

Waratah Tasmania [2]

Aguster Western Australia [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Barossa Goldfields South Australia [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [1]

Berkeley, Gloucestershire [1]

Berkshire England [1]

Bethersden, Kent [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Blackheath, London [1]

Rank

Private [1041]

Gunner [102]

Driver [87]

Serjeant [75]

Corporal [65]

Sapper [58]

Lance Corporal [43]

Second Lieutenant [27]

Lieutenant [26]

Pioneer [23]

Acting Corporal [15]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Captain [13]

Bombardier [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Worker [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Major [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Munitions Worker [2]

Nurse [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Trooper [2]

1st Class Master Gunner [1]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Armourer Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Armourer Serjeant Major [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [134]

Royal Engineers [122]

Royal Field Artillery [117]

Army Service Corps [97]

Royal Garrison Artillery [64]

Machine Gun Corps [51]

London Regiment [50]

Royal Army Medical Corps [46]

Northumberland Fusiliers [43]

Cheshire Regiment [40]

Lancashire Fusiliers [35]

Manchester Regiment [35]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [29]

Gloucestershire Regiment [28]

Middlesex Regiment [28]

Liverpool Regiment [27]

Durham Light Infantry [25]

Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Welsh Regiment [24]

West Yorkshire Regiment [24]

East Lancashire Regiment [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

South Lancashire Regiment [21]

Leinster Regiment [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [18]

Connaught Rangers [17]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [17]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Suffolk Regiment [17]

West Riding Regiment [17]

Royal Irish Rifles [16]

South Staffordshire Regiment [15]

South Wales Borderers [15]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Scottish Rifles [13]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Wiltshire Regiment [12]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

East Kent Regiment [11]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1578]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [202]

Royal Navy [162]

Australian Imperial Force [111]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [103]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

L [2237]

H [3]

S [2]

A [1]

C [1]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2174]

Merchant Navy [53]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

Germany [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [13] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Rush, Dublin [7] Plymouth, Devon [6] Melbourne Victoria [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Goulburn New South Wales [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] London England [3] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Ballina New South Wales [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Clayton Victoria [2] Clermont Queensland [2] Condoblin New South Wales [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Egerton Victoria [2] Euroa Victoria [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Haggerston, London [2] Hay New South Wales [2] Holborn, London [2] Lambeth, London [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Nailsworth, Gloucestershire [2] New Norfolk Tasmania [2] Northumberland [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Saint Helens, Lancashire [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Tonbridge, Kent [2] Totnes, Devon [2] Waratah Tasmania [2] Aguster Western Australia [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Barossa Goldfields South Australia [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Beaconsfield Tasmania [1] Berkeley, Gloucestershire [1] Berkshire England [1] Bethersden, Kent [1] Birmingham England [1] Blackheath, London [1]

Rank

Private [1041] Gunner [102] Driver [87] Serjeant [75] Corporal [65] Sapper [58] Lance Corporal [43] Second Lieutenant [27] Lieutenant [26] Pioneer [23] Acting Corporal [15] Acting Serjeant [14] Captain [13] Bombardier [10] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Worker [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Staff Nurse [5] Temporary Captain [5] Able Seaman [4] Major [4] Rifleman [4] Sergeant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Munitions Worker [2] Nurse [2] Nursing Sister [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Trooper [2] 1st Class Master Gunner [1] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Armourer Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Armourer Serjeant Major [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [134] Royal Engineers [122] Royal Field Artillery [117] Army Service Corps [97] Royal Garrison Artillery [64] Machine Gun Corps [51] London Regiment [50] Royal Army Medical Corps [46] Northumberland Fusiliers [43] Cheshire Regiment [40] Lancashire Fusiliers [35] Manchester Regiment [35] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [29] Gloucestershire Regiment [28] Middlesex Regiment [28] Liverpool Regiment [27] Durham Light Infantry [25] Yorkshire Regiment [25] Welsh Regiment [24] West Yorkshire Regiment [24] East Lancashire Regiment [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] South Lancashire Regiment [21] Leinster Regiment [18] Royal Army Service Corps [18] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [18] Connaught Rangers [17] Royal Fusiliers [17] Royal Irish Fusiliers [17] Royal Naval Division [17] Suffolk Regiment [17] West Riding Regiment [17] Royal Irish Rifles [16] South Staffordshire Regiment [15] South Wales Borderers [15] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14] Royal Defence Corps [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Canadian Infantry [13] Devonshire Regiment [13] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Scottish Rifles [13] East Surrey Regiment [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Wiltshire Regiment [12] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] East Kent Regiment [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1578] Canadian Expeditionary Force [202] Royal Navy [162] Australian Imperial Force [111] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [103] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

L [2237] H [3] S [2] A [1] C [1] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2174] Merchant Navy [53] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [46] Germany [1]

John Alfred Leonard

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108648

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James William Leonard

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275681

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Alfred Frederick Leonard

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 14528 Private Grenadier Guards

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Thomas Henry Leonard

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 48087 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Howard Leonard

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1725 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Territorial Battalion.

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John Richard Lock Leonard

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army G13827 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st H.S. Garrison Battalion.

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Arthur Leonard

Born 1897

British Army W/2435 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Gilbert Leonard

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194234

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Michael Leonard

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99674

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John Leonard

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133071

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George Samuel Leonard

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193996

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Terrence Leonard

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88736

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Charles Leonard

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63072

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George Robert Leonard

Born 1895

Died 1961

British Army 235026 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 3317 Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 200993 Gloucestershire Regiment

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Hugh Leonard

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97286

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Charles Arthur Leonard

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192891

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John Hutchinson Leonard

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41418

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Walter James Leonard

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160794

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William Leonard

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94147

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Joseph Leonard

Born 1884

Died 1950

British Army Private

British Army 2180 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 316755 Private Royal Fusiliers

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