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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]

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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]

Joseph Robert Lewin

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309654

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Ambrose Arthur Lewin

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408665

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Walter A Lewin

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 7485 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 202874 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Robert William Lewin

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237584

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Horace Lewin

Died 1916

British Army 18411 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 18411 Acting Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 18411 Acting Serjeant Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Arthur Lewin

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 25828 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 25828 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Claude John Lewin

Born 1899

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

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Harry Lewin

Died 1915

British Army 97940 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Tom Lewin

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 3974 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 200992 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Cecil Charles Humphreys Lewin

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 21416 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 21416 Warrant Officer Class 2 Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry

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C E Lewin

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's Regiment

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Eric Sinclair Lewin

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army G/19707 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 19707 L/Cpl Middlesex Regiment

British Army L/Cpl The Middlesex Regiment 21st Battalion

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William Francis Lewin

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 441918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 441918 Cadet Canadian Infantry

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Charles Elisha Lewin

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224939

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Francis Hutchinson La Primaudaye Lewin

Born 1880

Died 1953

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Commander

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Arthur Cooper Lewin

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82921

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Reginald Tickman Lewin

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310719

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Arthur Lewin

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230254

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F E Lewin

Died 1917

British Army 55508 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 102248 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas James Lewin

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 26848 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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