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Sydney New South Wales [5]

Brighton Victoria [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bromley Kent [2]

Douglas, Isle of Man, England [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Mount Cole Victoria [2]

Prittlewell [2]

Southend, Essex [2]

Stepney [2]

Syston, Leicester [2]

Abergavenny, Wales [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Billesdon, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Billesdon, Leicestershire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Clutton, Somerset [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Derby [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

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East Ham, Essex [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Fawley, Hampshire [1]

Finsbury, London [1]

Forbes New South Wales [1]

Forest Gate, Essex, England [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Harpenden, Herts [1]

Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Hornsey, London [1]

Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Isle of Man, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1]

Kent England [1]

Knightstown, Kerry [1]

Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Private [302]

Serjeant [27]

Gunner [24]

Driver [21]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Corporal [19]

Sapper [18]

Lance Corporal [13]

Lieutenant [13]

Captain [12]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Major [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Commander [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Captain/ Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Lieutenant Colonel Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Lieutenant Quartermaster [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Nursing Staff [1]

Pilot Officer Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [37]

Army Service Corps [34]

Leicestershire Regiment [34]

Royal Engineers [29]

Royal Field Artillery [26]

London Regiment [22]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Bedfordshire Regiment [13]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [4]

Connaught Rangers [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Artillery [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [485]

Royal Navy [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [660]

R [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [646]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Isle of Man [2]

Canada [1]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [5] Brighton Victoria [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bromley Kent [2] Douglas, Isle of Man, England [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] Islington, London [2] Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Mount Cole Victoria [2] Prittlewell [2] Southend, Essex [2] Stepney [2] Syston, Leicester [2] Abergavenny, Wales [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Billesdon, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Billesdon, Leicestershire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Clutton, Somerset [1] Deptford, London [1] Derby [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Earlsfield, London [1] East Ham, Essex [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Fawley, Hampshire [1] Finsbury, London [1] Forbes New South Wales [1] Forest Gate, Essex, England [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Harpenden, Herts [1] Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Hornsey, London [1] Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Isle of Man, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1] Kent England [1] Knightstown, Kerry [1] Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Private [302] Serjeant [27] Gunner [24] Driver [21] Second Lieutenant [20] Corporal [19] Sapper [18] Lance Corporal [13] Lieutenant [13] Captain [12] Acting Serjeant [6] Major [6] Acting Corporal [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Brigadier General [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Commander [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Captain [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Captain/ Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] L/Cpl [1] Lieutenant Colonel Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Lieutenant Quartermaster [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nursing Sister [1] Nursing Staff [1] Pilot Officer Honorary Lieutenant [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [37] Army Service Corps [34] Leicestershire Regiment [34] Royal Engineers [29] Royal Field Artillery [26] London Regiment [22] Machine Gun Corps [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Bedfordshire Regiment [13] Liverpool Regiment [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [11] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [8] Royal Naval Division [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [4] Connaught Rangers [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Artillery [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] British West Indies Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [485] Royal Navy [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] Australian Imperial Force [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [660] R [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [646] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [11] Isle of Man [2] Canada [1] South Africa [1]

Percival Lionel Thomas Lewin

Born 1897

Died 1919

South African Services Corporal South African Field Artillery

Royal Navy Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant 14th Wing

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Ernest Edward Lewin

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army G/7354 Colour Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/7354 Company Serjeant Major Middlesex Regiment

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Francis Harold Lewin

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Captain Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Captain The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Herbert William Lewin

Born 1879

Died 1947

British Army Temp Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Temp Captain Army service Corps

British Army Captain Acting Major Royal Army Service Corps

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Thomas Lewin

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 202433 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 202433 Lance Corporal 5th Kings (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd Battalion

British Army 202433 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Kenneth Robert Lewin

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Edward Chaloner Lewin

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Thomas Lewin

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185511

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William Richard Lewin

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98444

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Sydney P Lewin

Died 1917

British Army R29358 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps "C" Coy 11th Battalion

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Fred Lewin

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44770

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Ralph Guy Lewin

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226777

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Albert Edward Lewin

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 17737 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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David Joseph Lewin

Born 1884

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 127525

Canadian Expeditionary Force 127525 Corporal Canadian Infantry 2nd Reserve Battalion

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Thomas Lewin

Born 1876

Died 1915

Royal Navy 4343B Seaman HMS Goliath

Royal Navy 4343B Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4343B Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath."

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Frederic Harry Lewin

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army Captain Connaught Rangers

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William George Lewin

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30184

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Leon Lewin

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42252

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George Lewin

Born 1866

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284808

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Harold Lewin

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133301

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