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Melbourne Victoria [8]

London England [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Bendigo Victoria [6]

Colac Victoria [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Carlton Victoria [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Islington, London [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

London [4]

Mudgee New South Wales [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [3]

Cawsand, Cornwall [3]

Devon [3]

Grampound, Cornwall [3]

Haggerston, London [3]

Islington, London, Middlesex [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Mount Gambier South Australia [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Belmont New South Wales [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bridgwater, Somerset [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Finchley, London [2]

Fulham, London, Middlesex [2]

Gosford New South Wales [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Hornsey, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Mile End, London, Middlesex [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Port Augusta South Australia [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [2]

Saltash, Cornwall [2]

Toowoomba Queensland [2]

Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Alderton, Suffolk [1]

Alston, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [743]

Driver [85]

Gunner [70]

Serjeant [70]

Corporal [59]

Sapper [41]

Lieutenant [32]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Lance Corporal [26]

Acting Serjeant [17]

Acting Corporal [16]

Captain [12]

Major [8]

Rifleman [8]

Pioneer [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Trooper [5]

Bombardier [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Farrier Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Musician [3]

Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [3]

Sergeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Trumpeter [3]

4th Class Assistant Surgeon [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Bandsman [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Second Lieutenant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armament Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [101]

Army Service Corps [84]

Labour Corps [82]

Royal Engineers [78]

London Regiment [65]

Royal Garrison Artillery [56]

Royal Army Medical Corps [47]

Royal Fusiliers [45]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

Middlesex Regiment [37]

Devonshire Regiment [33]

Somerset Light Infantry [28]

Hampshire Regiment [24]

Rifle Brigade [24]

Welsh Regiment [24]

Manchester Regiment [21]

Wiltshire Regiment [20]

East Surrey Regiment [19]

The Queen's Regiment [19]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

Bedfordshire Regiment [15]

Dorset Regiment [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [14]

Essex Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13]

Royal Irish Rifles [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [11]

South Lancashire Regiment [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Royal Air Force [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

British West Indies Regiment [8]

Corps of Hussars [8]

East Kent Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

Honourable Artillery Company [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1204]

Royal Navy [158]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [130]

Australian Imperial Force [127]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [113]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [1779]

A [1]

D [1]

E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1743]

Merchant Navy [25]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Guyana [1]

Ireland [1]

United States [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [8] London England [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] Bendigo Victoria [6] Colac Victoria [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Carlton Victoria [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Islington, London [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] London [4] Mudgee New South Wales [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [3] Cawsand, Cornwall [3] Devon [3] Grampound, Cornwall [3] Haggerston, London [3] Islington, London, Middlesex [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Mount Gambier South Australia [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Battersea, London [2] Belmont New South Wales [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bridgwater, Somerset [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Finchley, London [2] Fulham, London, Middlesex [2] Gosford New South Wales [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Hornsey, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Mile End, London, Middlesex [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Port Augusta South Australia [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Salisbury, Wiltshire [2] Saltash, Cornwall [2] Toowoomba Queensland [2] Weymouth, Dorset [2] Albert Park Victoria [1] Alderton, Suffolk [1] Alston, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [743] Driver [85] Gunner [70] Serjeant [70] Corporal [59] Sapper [41] Lieutenant [32] Second Lieutenant [31] Lance Corporal [26] Acting Serjeant [17] Acting Corporal [16] Captain [12] Major [8] Rifleman [8] Pioneer [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Trooper [5] Bombardier [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Farrier Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Able Seaman [3] Musician [3] Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [3] Sergeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Trumpeter [3] 4th Class Assistant Surgeon [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Bandsman [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Second Lieutenant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armament Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [101] Army Service Corps [84] Labour Corps [82] Royal Engineers [78] London Regiment [65] Royal Garrison Artillery [56] Royal Army Medical Corps [47] Royal Fusiliers [45] Machine Gun Corps [37] Middlesex Regiment [37] Devonshire Regiment [33] Somerset Light Infantry [28] Hampshire Regiment [24] Rifle Brigade [24] Welsh Regiment [24] Manchester Regiment [21] Wiltshire Regiment [20] East Surrey Regiment [19] The Queen's Regiment [19] Royal Army Service Corps [16] Bedfordshire Regiment [15] Dorset Regiment [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Royal Berkshire Regiment [14] Essex Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13] Royal Irish Rifles [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Canadian Infantry [11] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [11] South Lancashire Regiment [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Royal Air Force [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] British West Indies Regiment [8] Corps of Hussars [8] East Kent Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Horse Artillery [8] Honourable Artillery Company [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1204] Royal Navy [158] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [130] Australian Imperial Force [127] Canadian Expeditionary Force [113] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [1779] A [1] D [1] E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1743] Merchant Navy [25] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [28] Australia [1] Canada [1] Guyana [1] Ireland [1] United States [1]

Frank Marks

Born 1866

Died 1918

British Army SS/14420 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 299410 Private Labour Corps

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Samuel James Marks

Born 1886

Died 1968

British Army 6099 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 02140 Acting Serjeant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 6099 Private Wiltshire Regiment attached Sussex Regiment

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Asher Marks

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101090

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William Marks

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50439

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Leslie Marks

Born 1890

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion

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Ernest George Marks

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy K5640 Leading Stoker HMS TIGER

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Henry James Marks

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286713

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Septimus Lines Marks

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250991

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Bertram Robert Marks

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240264

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Louis Marks

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198503

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Ernest Marks

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108605

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Alfred Marks

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301367

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Sidney Marks

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118445

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Charlie Lane Marks

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30513

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Charles Fred Mark Marks

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52565

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Phoebe Sarah Hertha Ayrton

Born 1854

Died 1923

Other Empire Force Inventor and scientist

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Felix Marks

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225078

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John Thomas Marks

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235099

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Harry Marks

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army G/456 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Isaac Marks

Died 1918

British Army 16947 Private British West Indies Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 16947 Private British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion

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