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Sydney New South Wales [7]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [3]

Maryborough Victoria [3]

Desborough, Northants [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Windsor Victoria [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Aylestone, Leicester [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Hendon, London [1]

Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Holbeach, Lincolnshire [1]

Isleworth, Middlesex [1]

Islington, London [1]

Junee New South Wales [1]

Kensington, Middlesex [1]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1]

Ledbury, Herefordshire [1]

Littlehampton South Australia [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Memorial Hall, London [1]

Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Mount Barker South Australia [1]

Northampton [1]

Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Rotherhithe, London [1]

Saint Marys, Lincolnshire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Sparkbrook, Warwickshire [1]

St Botolph, London [1]

St George Queensland [1]

St Pauls Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Stechford, Worcestershire [1]

Weston, Spalding, Lincolnshire [1]

Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [157]

Gunner [17]

Driver [16]

Corporal [15]

Sapper [14]

Serjeant [10]

Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain 4th Class [1]

Captain Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Clerk [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Filter [1]

Forewoman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant/Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [28]

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Labour Corps [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Engineers Transport [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Leinster Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [258]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Royal Navy [21]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [352]

Contribution

Military Service [343]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [7] Bedford, Bedfordshire [3] Maryborough Victoria [3] Desborough, Northants [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Windsor Victoria [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Aylestone, Leicester [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Hendon, London [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1] Holbeach, Lincolnshire [1] Isleworth, Middlesex [1] Islington, London [1] Junee New South Wales [1] Kensington, Middlesex [1] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1] Ledbury, Herefordshire [1] Littlehampton South Australia [1] London, Middlesex [1] Memorial Hall, London [1] Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Mount Barker South Australia [1] Northampton [1] Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales [1] Rotherhithe, London [1] Saint Marys, Lincolnshire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Sparkbrook, Warwickshire [1] St Botolph, London [1] St George Queensland [1] St Pauls Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Stechford, Worcestershire [1] Weston, Spalding, Lincolnshire [1] Wimbledon, Surrey [1] Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [157] Gunner [17] Driver [16] Corporal [15] Sapper [14] Serjeant [10] Lance Corporal [5] Acting Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Artificer Engineer [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain 4th Class [1] Captain Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Clerk [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Filter [1] Forewoman [1] Lieutenant [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Quarter Master Serjeant/Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Quartermaster Sergeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [28] Royal Field Artillery [27] Labour Corps [15] Army Service Corps [14] London Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] The Queen's Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Engineers Transport [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3] West Riding Regiment [3] British West Indies Regiment [2] Corps of Dragoons [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Leinster Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [258] Australian Imperial Force [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Royal Navy [21] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [352]

Contribution

Military Service [343] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Harry Manton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 131439 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "A" Bty. 117th Bde.

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Henry Hector Manton

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army TT/03540 Acting Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army TT/03540 Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps

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Charles Haydn Manton

Born 1897

Died 1965

British Army 72648 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 28th Field Ambulance

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Geoffrey Charles Manton

Born 1892

Died 1977

British Army 74028 Sergeant Royal Engineers Southern Cable Signal Coy

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

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Albert Manton

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 1703 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Herbert Edwin Manton

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127095

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Sydney Manton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40300 Corporal Mechanic

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William Henry Manton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199281

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George Arthur Edmund Manton

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 5938 Private Coldstream Guards

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Albert Victor Manton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227618

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Arthur Lawrence Manton

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army 810 Driver Royal Engineers 1st/2nd East Anglian Field Coy.

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John Henry Manton

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2946 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Howard Charles Manton

Born 1869

Died 1916

British Army 2068 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Manton

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277071

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Edward Manton

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1229 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 1229 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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John Manton

Died 1915

British Army 2559 Private Manchester Regiment

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Harry Manton

Died 1918

British Army 117303 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 521246 Private Labour Corps

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George Herbert Manton

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 219723 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Charles Manton

Died 1915

British Army 13110 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Walter Manton

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 3/7033 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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