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Trowbridge, Wiltshire [3]

Allendale Victoria [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackfriars, London [1]

Blackfriars, Middlesex [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire, England [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Godalming, Surrey [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Great Eversden, Cambridgeshire [1]

Gundagai New South Wales [1]

Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

Jamieson Victoria [1]

Jersey, Channel Isles [1]

Kinsale, Cork [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Mitcham, Surrey [1]

Norfolk England [1]

North Shields [1]

Northumberland [1]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Saint Heliers Jersey [1]

Saint Heliers, Channel Islands [1]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

Southwark, London [1]

St. Pancras [1]

Sutton Veny, Wiltshire [1]

Talbot Victoria [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Tramore Sunderland [1]

Tullock near Monmouthshire [1]

Twickenham, Middlesex [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Weymouth [1]

Rank

Private [169]

Driver [20]

Gunner [17]

Serjeant [12]

Corporal [11]

Captain [7]

Sapper [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Pioneer [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Bed Steward [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Quarter Master Lieutenant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Conductor [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [26]

London Regiment [24]

Army Service Corps [19]

Labour Corps [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Dorset Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

County of London Yeomanry [2]

Dragoons [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Yeomanry [2]

Postal Section Royal Engineers [2]

Service

British Army [265]

Royal Navy [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [346]

Contribution

Military Service [343]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [346] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Trowbridge, Wiltshire [3] Allendale Victoria [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackfriars, London [1] Blackfriars, Middlesex [1] Bradford, Yorkshire, England [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Godalming, Surrey [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Great Eversden, Cambridgeshire [1] Gundagai New South Wales [1] Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Jamieson Victoria [1] Jersey, Channel Isles [1] Kinsale, Cork [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Mitcham, Surrey [1] Norfolk England [1] North Shields [1] Northumberland [1] Oxford, Oxfordshire [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Saint Heliers Jersey [1] Saint Heliers, Channel Islands [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1] Southwark, London [1] St. Pancras [1] Sutton Veny, Wiltshire [1] Talbot Victoria [1] Tottenham, London [1] Tramore Sunderland [1] Tullock near Monmouthshire [1] Twickenham, Middlesex [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Weymouth [1]

Rank

Private [169] Driver [20] Gunner [17] Serjeant [12] Corporal [11] Captain [7] Sapper [7] Lieutenant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Pioneer [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Bed Steward [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Deck Hand [1] Flying Officer [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Quarter Master Lieutenant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Conductor [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [26] London Regiment [24] Army Service Corps [19] Labour Corps [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Royal Fusiliers [11] Royal Engineers [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Dorset Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] County of London Yeomanry [2] Dragoons [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Lancers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Norfolk Yeomanry [2] Postal Section Royal Engineers [2]

Service

British Army [265] Royal Navy [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [346]

Contribution

Military Service [343] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Robert Frederick Lindsey

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 5142 Private London Regiment

British Army 322348 Rifleman London Regiment 2/6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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William Thomas Lindsey

Born 1873

British Army 310 Warrant Officer Class 2 Norfolk Regiment

British Army 310 Colour Sergeant Norfolk Yeomanry

British Army 310 Quarter Master Serjeant Norfolk Regiment 5th Battalion

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Alfred Lindsey

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121804

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Arthur Lindsey

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125640

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George Lindsey

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300271

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Samuel Lindsey

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 42449 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/7th Battalion.

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Walter Tom Lindsey

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12247

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William Coats Lindsey

Born 1896

Died 1945

British Army Northumberland How Battery

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14115 Air Mechanic 1st Class British Army Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14115 Corporal Mechanic British Arny Royal Flying Corps

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William Bernard Henry Lindsey

Born 1898

Died 1920

British Army 203097 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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Tom Lindsey

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 241914 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William Lindsey

Born 1888

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Bed Steward Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Bed Steward Mercantile Marine - SS Maloja

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Percival Samuel Lindsey

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234183

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Ernest Albert Lindsey

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 19454 Private Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 19454 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Edward Lindsey

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97539

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Arthur Ernest Lindsey

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248152

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Sainthill William Lindsey

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125016

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Henry Bassett Lindsey

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5208 Private London Regiment

British Army 702035 Private London Regiment

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Harold Lindsey

Born 1891

Died 1920

British Army M/298754 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M/298754 Transport Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army M/298754 Serjeant Royal Army Service Corps

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Ernest Lindsey

Died 1918

British Army 52880 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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James Lindsey

Died 1916

British Army 20/206 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

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