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Exeter, Devon [3]

Bow, London [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Halesworth, Suffolk [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Lewes, Sussex [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Worcester [2]

Ascot, Berkshire [1]

Barcaldine Queensland [1]

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Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Crayford, Kent [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Guildford England [1]

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Hornsey, London [1]

Horton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Invercargile [1]

Lewis, Sussex [1]

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Newcastle New South Wales [1]

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Plaistow, Essex [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Ramsdell Hampshire [1]

Saffron Walden, Essex [1]

Saint Michaels, Hampshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Southwark, London [1]

Staines, Middlesex [1]

Stockton on Tees [1]

Sussex [1]

Twyford, Berkshire [1]

Westcott, Surrey [1]

Weymouth, Dorset, England [1]

Wollongong New South Wales [1]

Yorkshire Woodhouse Mill, Nr Sheffield [1]

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Private [132]

Driver [14]

Gunner [13]

Serjeant [12]

Corporal [9]

Sapper [8]

Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major /Temporary Mechanist Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Air Mechanic First Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler Driver [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Royal Engineers [14]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

London Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

Labour Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Army Service Corps attached Field Ambulance [1]

Australian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Australian Trench Mortar Battery [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Service

British Army [199]

Royal Navy [45]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

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L [281]

Contribution

Military Service [276]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [2]

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United Kingdom [12]

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Place of birth

Exeter, Devon [3] Bow, London [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Fulham, London [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Halesworth, Suffolk [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Lewes, Sussex [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Worcester [2] Ascot, Berkshire [1] Barcaldine Queensland [1] Bellerive Tasmania [1] Berkshire England [1] Betsham, Kent [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Crayford, Kent [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Guildford England [1] Hackney, London [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hornsey, London [1] Horton, Buckinghamshire [1] Invercargile [1] Lewis, Sussex [1] Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] North Fleet, Kent [1] Northfleet, Kent [1] Plaistow, Essex [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Ramsdell Hampshire [1] Saffron Walden, Essex [1] Saint Michaels, Hampshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Southwark, London [1] Staines, Middlesex [1] Stockton on Tees [1] Sussex [1] Twyford, Berkshire [1] Westcott, Surrey [1] Weymouth, Dorset, England [1] Wollongong New South Wales [1] Yorkshire Woodhouse Mill, Nr Sheffield [1]

Rank

Private [132] Driver [14] Gunner [13] Serjeant [12] Corporal [9] Sapper [8] Lance Corporal [4] Acting Corporal [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major /Temporary Mechanist Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Air Mechanic First Class [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler Driver [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Mechanist Serjeant Major [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [18] Royal Fusiliers [15] Royal Engineers [14] Royal Field Artillery [13] London Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [9] Labour Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Hampshire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Army Service Corps attached Field Ambulance [1] Australian Machine Gun Corps [1] Australian Trench Mortar Battery [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Connaught Rangers [1]

Service

British Army [199] Royal Navy [45] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Australian Imperial Force [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

L [281]

Contribution

Military Service [276] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

William Henry Lipscombe

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52181

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Joseph Athelston Lipscombe

Born 1884

Died 1966

Royal Navy F12738

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212738 Air Mechanic First Class

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William Lipscombe

Born 1894

Died 1959

British Army 205016 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 140515 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Hugh Graham Lipscombe

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167428

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Oliver Percy Lipscombe

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 17322 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 17322 Acting Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 17322 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Charles Henry Lipscombe

Born 1895

Died 1954

British Army 3887 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3/4th Battalion

British Army 201278 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3/4th Battalion

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Harry Lipscombe

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 29228 Private Highland Light Infantry

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William Lipscombe

Died 1915

British Army 14873 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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James Leonard Lipscombe

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70900

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Albert Lipscombe

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125907

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Harry Lipscombe

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3223 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Archibald Lipscombe

Died 1916

British Army 2880 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 8872 Private London Regiment

British Army 8872 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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Bertie Lipscombe

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 205584 Private London Regiment

British Army 205584 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Percy William Lipscombe

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3050 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 235005 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Wilfred George Lipscombe

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 9233 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 9233 Private The Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick George Lipscombe

Born 1884

Died 1919

Royal Navy Z/327 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Bristol Z/327 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 4836/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Christopher Charles Lipscombe

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207173

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Anthony Victor Lipscombe

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276498

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Jesse Lipscombe

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army G/16851 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/16851 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Edwin Charles Lipscombe

Died 1916

British Army S/6933 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army S/6933 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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