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Devonport, Devon [9]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [8]

Gisborne Victoria [5]

London England [5]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [4]

Hoxton, London [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Barnstaple, Devon [3]

Bridgwater, Somerset [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Dartmouth, Devon [3]

Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Fitzroy Victoria [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Clifford, Yorkshire [2]

Devon [2]

Double Bay New South Wales [2]

East Sydney New South Wales [2]

Fareham, Hampshire [2]

Gallymont New South Wales [2]

Kingston, Surrey [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Millicent South Australia [2]

Newport, Isle of Wight, England [2]

Port Lincoln South Australia [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Snodland, Kent [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Stoke Damerel, Devon [2]

Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Totnes, Devon [2]

Woodnewton, Northants [2]

Worthing, Sussex [2]

Allandale South Australia [1]

Aller, Somerset [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Arreton, Isle of Wight [1]

Assington, Suffolk [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Backwell, Somerset [1]

Balham, London [1]

Bareilly, North West India [1]

Barnstaple England [1]

Rank

Private [882]

Gunner [113]

Driver [94]

Corporal [73]

Sapper [68]

Serjeant [52]

Lance Corporal [44]

Acting Corporal [27]

Lieutenant [21]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Captain [17]

Pioneer [14]

Bombardier [11]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Major [7]

Rifleman [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Leading Stoker [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Daffadar [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Transport 2nd Corporal [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Band Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chief Petty Officer Victualling [1]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Commander [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [124]

Royal Engineers [105]

Army Service Corps [93]

Devonshire Regiment [77]

Labour Corps [77]

London Regiment [74]

Royal Garrison Artillery [65]

Rifle Brigade [45]

Somerset Light Infantry [41]

Hampshire Regiment [37]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

Dorsetshire Regiment [30]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

Middlesex Regiment [26]

The Queen's Regiment [25]

Royal Fusiliers [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Norfolk Regiment [21]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [20]

East Surrey Regiment [19]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [19]

Suffolk Regiment [19]

Royal West Kent Regiment [16]

Welsh Regiment [16]

Essex Regiment [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [15]

Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Tank Corps [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Wiltshire Regiment [13]

Royal Horse Artillery [12]

South Wales Borderers [12]

Worcestershire Regiment [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Service

British Army [1365]

Royal Navy [206]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [109]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [81]

Australian Imperial Force [80]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [1885]

B [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1844]

Merchant Navy [27]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [9] Bristol, Gloucestershire [8] Gisborne Victoria [5] London England [5] Plymouth, Devon [5] Cardiff, Glamorgan [4] Hoxton, London [4] London, Middlesex [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Barnstaple, Devon [3] Bridgwater, Somerset [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Dartmouth, Devon [3] Dorchester, Dorset [3] Fitzroy Victoria [3] Lambeth, London [3] Andover, Hampshire [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Clifford, Yorkshire [2] Devon [2] Double Bay New South Wales [2] East Sydney New South Wales [2] Fareham, Hampshire [2] Gallymont New South Wales [2] Kingston, Surrey [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Millicent South Australia [2] Newport, Isle of Wight, England [2] Port Lincoln South Australia [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Snodland, Kent [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Stoke Damerel, Devon [2] Tamworth New South Wales [2] Totnes, Devon [2] Woodnewton, Northants [2] Worthing, Sussex [2] Allandale South Australia [1] Aller, Somerset [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Arreton, Isle of Wight [1] Assington, Suffolk [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Backwell, Somerset [1] Balham, London [1] Bareilly, North West India [1] Barnstaple England [1]

Rank

Private [882] Gunner [113] Driver [94] Corporal [73] Sapper [68] Serjeant [52] Lance Corporal [44] Acting Corporal [27] Lieutenant [21] Second Lieutenant [21] Captain [17] Pioneer [14] Bombardier [11] Acting Serjeant [8] Major [7] Rifleman [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Able Seaman [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Leading Stoker [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Daffadar [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Transport 2nd Corporal [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Band Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Chief Petty Officer Victualling [1] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Commander [1] Engineer Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [124] Royal Engineers [105] Army Service Corps [93] Devonshire Regiment [77] Labour Corps [77] London Regiment [74] Royal Garrison Artillery [65] Rifle Brigade [45] Somerset Light Infantry [41] Hampshire Regiment [37] Machine Gun Corps [31] Dorsetshire Regiment [30] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] Middlesex Regiment [26] The Queen's Regiment [25] Royal Fusiliers [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Norfolk Regiment [21] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [20] East Surrey Regiment [19] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [19] Suffolk Regiment [19] Royal West Kent Regiment [16] Welsh Regiment [16] Essex Regiment [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [15] Leicestershire Regiment [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Royal Berkshire Regiment [15] Royal Sussex Regiment [15] Royal Naval Division [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Liverpool Regiment [13] Tank Corps [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Wiltshire Regiment [13] Royal Horse Artillery [12] South Wales Borderers [12] Worcestershire Regiment [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] Canadian Infantry [10] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Manchester Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Service

British Army [1365] Royal Navy [206] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [109] Canadian Expeditionary Force [81] Australian Imperial Force [80] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [1885] B [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1844] Merchant Navy [27] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [33] South Africa [1]

Faithful Lock

Born 1898

Died 1970

Royal Navy 2090 S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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William Absalom Lock

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Henry Jess Lock

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 30024 Private Welsh Regiment 8th Battalion

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Albert Edward Lock

British Army 201005 Private East Surrey Regiment

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William Lock

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 58005 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Lock

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 146073 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 146073 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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Samuel Lock

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 24817 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Thomas H Lock

British Army 1013 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 955281 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Lock

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 10705 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 10705 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Henry John Lock

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines - HMS BULWARK

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James Lock

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37997

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Charles Henry Lock

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47977

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Robert Lock

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195508

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George William Lock

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146676

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Frederick John Lock

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125973

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George William Lock

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66521

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Robert Sidney Lock

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30111

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Ferdinand Lock

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146260

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William Lock

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215618

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Maurice Lock

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212022

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