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Carlton Victoria [3]

Avoca Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Shepton Mallet, Somerset [2]

Berwick [1]

Camperdown Victoria [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Killuran, County Clare [1]

Lanark, Lanarkshire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Port Melbourne Victoria [1]

Richmond Victoria [1]

Rockhampton Queensland [1]

Shepton Mallett, Somerset [1]

Trentham Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [64]

Gunner [10]

Driver [9]

Lance Corporal [4]

Corporal [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major /Acting 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Scots [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Connaught Rangers [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

Scottish Rifles [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Irish Guards [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Hussars [1]

London Regiment [1]

New Zealand Training Unit [1]

Otago Infantry Regiment [1]

Pontoon Park Royal Engineers [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Fusiliers Depot [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Scots Guards [1]

Scottish Horse [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Tank Corps [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [98]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Royal Navy [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Last name first letter

L [130]

Contribution

Military Service [127]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Carlton Victoria [3] Avoca Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Shepton Mallet, Somerset [2] Berwick [1] Camperdown Victoria [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Killuran, County Clare [1] Lanark, Lanarkshire [1] Liverpool [1] Port Melbourne Victoria [1] Richmond Victoria [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1] Shepton Mallett, Somerset [1] Trentham Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [64] Gunner [10] Driver [9] Lance Corporal [4] Corporal [3] Sapper [3] Acting Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major /Acting 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Army Service Corps [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Scots [8] Labour Corps [7] Connaught Rangers [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] Scottish Rifles [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Engineers [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Irish Guards [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Hussars [1] London Regiment [1] New Zealand Training Unit [1] Otago Infantry Regiment [1] Pontoon Park Royal Engineers [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Fusiliers Depot [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Scots Guards [1] Scottish Horse [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] Tank Corps [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [98] Australian Imperial Force [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Royal Navy [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Last name first letter

L [130]

Contribution

Military Service [127] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [3] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

James Francis Leyden

Born 1882

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 15194 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion

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Martin Leyden

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 5054 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 5054 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion (BEF)

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Robert Martin Leyden

Born 1893

British Army 7/2077 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 315510 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 35th (Res) Battalion

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John Leyden

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army M2/168292 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/168292 Private Royal Army Service Corps M.T. Coy.

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William Albert Leyden

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army Private Royal Ordnance Corps

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Thomas Leyden

Died 1918

British Army S/2082 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Michael Leyden

Died 1918

British Army 6259 Private Connaught Rangers

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Peter Leyden

Died 1916

British Army 12269 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 12269 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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John Vincent Leyden

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 87614 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Martin Leyden

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 5054 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 5054 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

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William Leyden

Died 1915

British Army 2015 Private Royal Scots

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Richard Leyden

Died 1918

British Army M2/106370 Private Army Service Corps

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E. Leyden

Born 1892

Died 1966

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 227736 Royal Field Artillery

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John Leyden

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 10047 Private Royal Scots

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Joseph Leyden

Died 1917

British Army 45233 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Michael Leyden

Died 1915

British Army S/2401 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Francis Henry Leyden

Born 1883

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 89588 New Zealand Training Unit

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John Leyden

Born 1894

British Army 7/2057 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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Charles Ambrose Leyden

Australian Imperial Force

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John Ambrose Leyden

Australian Imperial Force 2263

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