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Sydney New South Wales [12]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [11]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [9]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

London, Middlesex [7]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Gawler South Australia [6]

Islington, London [6]

Ramsgate, Kent [6]

Antwerp [5]

Battersea, London [5]

Devonport, Devon [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Goondiwindi Queensland [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Trowbridge, Wiltshire [4]

Yass New South Wales [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Birchs Bay Tasmania [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Boweya North Victoria [3]

Bridgewater Victoria [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [3]

Chelmondiston, Suffolk, England [3]

Kingston Tasmania [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Parramatta New South Wales [3]

South Melbourne Victoria [3]

Tonbridge, Kent [3]

Barkingside, Essex [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Bedworth, Warwickshire [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, Surrey [2]

Bourke Victoria [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Coolamon New South Wales [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Dorking, Surrey [2]

Dorset, England [2]

East Grinstead, Sussex [2]

Erith, Kent [2]

Footscray Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1680]

Gunner [194]

Corporal [140]

Driver [133]

Serjeant [121]

Sapper [91]

Second Lieutenant [75]

Lieutenant [74]

Lance Corporal [66]

Captain [60]

Acting Serjeant [30]

Acting Corporal [28]

Major [19]

Pioneer [18]

Bombardier [16]

Rifleman [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Staff Serjeant [13]

Acting Bombardier [12]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Worker [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Muleteer [6]

Commander [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Transport Serjeant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Major [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [222]

Labour Corps [203]

Royal Engineers [193]

Army Service Corps [192]

Royal Garrison Artillery [130]

London Regiment [127]

Royal Army Medical Corps [91]

Machine Gun Corps [71]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [68]

Royal Fusiliers [58]

Middlesex Regiment [54]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [52]

Hampshire Regiment [50]

Suffolk Regiment [42]

The Queen's Regiment [40]

Manchester Regiment [39]

Wiltshire Regiment [39]

Lancashire Fusiliers [38]

Liverpool Regiment [38]

Royal West Kent Regiment [35]

Royal Sussex Regiment [34]

Royal Army Service Corps [32]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [32]

Rifle Brigade [31]

Durham Light Infantry [30]

Gloucestershire Regiment [30]

East Surrey Regiment [29]

Essex Regiment [29]

North Staffordshire Regiment [29]

Welsh Regiment [29]

Devonshire Regiment [28]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [28]

Northamptonshire Regiment [27]

Northumberland Fusiliers [27]

Army Veterinary Corps [26]

Dorsetshire Regiment [26]

Cheshire Regiment [25]

Royal Naval Division [25]

West Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [24]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

Leicestershire Regiment [22]

Somerset Light Infantry [22]

South Wales Borderers [22]

East Kent Regiment [20]

East Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Norfolk Regiment [20]

Yorkshire Regiment [20]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [19]

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [2655]

Royal Navy [312]

Australian Imperial Force [263]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [187]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [187]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [43]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [4]

Last name first letter

L [3717]

T [3]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3634]

Merchant Navy [69]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [67]

Canada [3]

Germany [2]

India [2]

France [1]

Netherlands [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [12] Birmingham, Warwickshire [11] Portsmouth, Hampshire [9] Brisbane Queensland [7] London, Middlesex [7] London, Middlesex, England [7] Melbourne Victoria [7] Gawler South Australia [6] Islington, London [6] Ramsgate, Kent [6] Antwerp [5] Battersea, London [5] Devonport, Devon [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Goondiwindi Queensland [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Trowbridge, Wiltshire [4] Yass New South Wales [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Birchs Bay Tasmania [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Boweya North Victoria [3] Bridgewater Victoria [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [3] Chelmondiston, Suffolk, England [3] Kingston Tasmania [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Parramatta New South Wales [3] South Melbourne Victoria [3] Tonbridge, Kent [3] Barkingside, Essex [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Bedworth, Warwickshire [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bermondsey, Surrey [2] Bourke Victoria [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Coolamon New South Wales [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Dorking, Surrey [2] Dorset, England [2] East Grinstead, Sussex [2] Erith, Kent [2] Footscray Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1680] Gunner [194] Corporal [140] Driver [133] Serjeant [121] Sapper [91] Second Lieutenant [75] Lieutenant [74] Lance Corporal [66] Captain [60] Acting Serjeant [30] Acting Corporal [28] Major [19] Pioneer [18] Bombardier [16] Rifleman [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Staff Serjeant [13] Acting Bombardier [12] Company Serjeant Major [10] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Worker [7] Able Seaman [6] Colour Serjeant [6] Muleteer [6] Commander [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Trooper [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [4] Brigadier General [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Transport Serjeant [4] Acting Captain [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Major [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [222] Labour Corps [203] Royal Engineers [193] Army Service Corps [192] Royal Garrison Artillery [130] London Regiment [127] Royal Army Medical Corps [91] Machine Gun Corps [71] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [68] Royal Fusiliers [58] Middlesex Regiment [54] King's Royal Rifle Corps [52] Hampshire Regiment [50] Suffolk Regiment [42] The Queen's Regiment [40] Manchester Regiment [39] Wiltshire Regiment [39] Lancashire Fusiliers [38] Liverpool Regiment [38] Royal West Kent Regiment [35] Royal Sussex Regiment [34] Royal Army Service Corps [32] Royal Berkshire Regiment [32] Rifle Brigade [31] Durham Light Infantry [30] Gloucestershire Regiment [30] East Surrey Regiment [29] Essex Regiment [29] North Staffordshire Regiment [29] Welsh Regiment [29] Devonshire Regiment [28] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [28] Northamptonshire Regiment [27] Northumberland Fusiliers [27] Army Veterinary Corps [26] Dorsetshire Regiment [26] Cheshire Regiment [25] Royal Naval Division [25] West Yorkshire Regiment [25] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [24] Worcestershire Regiment [23] Leicestershire Regiment [22] Somerset Light Infantry [22] South Wales Borderers [22] East Kent Regiment [20] East Yorkshire Regiment [20] Norfolk Regiment [20] Yorkshire Regiment [20] King's Own Scottish Borderers [19] Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [2655] Royal Navy [312] Australian Imperial Force [263] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [187] Canadian Expeditionary Force [187] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [43] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [4]

Last name first letter

L [3717] T [3] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3634] Merchant Navy [69] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [67] Canada [3] Germany [2] India [2] France [1] Netherlands [1]

Albert Arthur Lucas

Born 1895

Died 1920

British Army 1621 Private London Regiment

British Army 6121 PTE London Regiment 10th lond Battalion

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Willis Lucas

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 6057 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 6057 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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George R Lucas

Born 1898

Died 1920

British Army 20014 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 66894 Private Royal Defence Corps

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William George Lucas

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 14004 Lance Serjeant Coldstream Guards 4th Battalion

British Army 14004 Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards

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Donald Leslie Lucas

Born 1900

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86646 Boy

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Dennis Lucas

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 373750 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6872 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Ernest Lucas

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 8866 Lance Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8866 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 7th Battalion

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Samuel Lucas

Born 1867

Died 1916

British Army 1392 Colour Sergeant Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion

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Henry Lucas

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 44330 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 44330 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 39th Siege Batt

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Albert Lucas

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 11599 Corporal Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion

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Alfred Lucas

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army M2/034778 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/034778 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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James Carter Lucas

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 240768 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/6th

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Thomas Lucas

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 40327 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 55th Field Amb

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John Henry Lucas

Born 1874

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS/108450 Stoker HMS Orwell

Royal Navy 174231 Stoker 1st Class HMS Goliath

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Keith Lucas

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

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George Lucas

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97967

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Charles William Lucas

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 372644 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5303 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frederick Charles Lucas

Born 1870

Died 1916

British Army SS/18155 Private Army Service Corps

British Army SS/18155 Private Army Service Corps A Coy

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Thomas Turner Lucas

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 82568 Company Serjeant Major London Regiment

British Army 2889 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army GS 82568 Company Serjeant Major Royal Fusiliers

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William Herbert Lucas

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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