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Sydney New South Wales [42]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [21]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16]

London, Middlesex, England [14]

Melbourne Victoria [13]

London England [12]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [11]

Leicester, Leicestershire [10]

Manchester, Lancashire [10]

Ballarat Victoria [9]

Hobart Tasmania [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

Mudgee New South Wales [9]

Bethnal Green, London [7]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [7]

Fareham, Hampshire [7]

Fulham, London [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [7]

Paddington, London [7]

Staffordshire [7]

West Ham, Essex [7]

Wigan, Lancashire [7]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Christchurch [5]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [5]

Newcastle, Northumberland [5]

Norwich, Norfolk [5]

Shepparton Victoria [5]

Armidale New South Wales [4]

Battersea, London [4]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

CherryHinton Cambridge [4]

Croydon, Surrey [4]

Forest Range South Australia [4]

Islington, London [4]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [4]

Lambeth, London [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [4]

Nottingham [4]

Salford, Lancashire [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Skipton, Yorkshire [4]

Tamworth New South Wales [4]

Wivenhoe, Essex, England [4]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4]

Rank

Private [4519]

Gunner [527]

Driver [365]

Corporal [348]

Serjeant [312]

Sapper [264]

Lance Corporal [181]

Second Lieutenant [156]

Lieutenant [125]

Captain [85]

Acting Corporal [79]

Pioneer [62]

Acting Serjeant [51]

Bombardier [46]

Major [28]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [23]

Company Serjeant Major [22]

Rifleman [22]

Able Seaman [20]

Corporal 2nd [19]

Colour Serjeant [17]

Staff Serjeant [17]

Worker [17]

Lance Serjeant [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Trooper [15]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Acting Bombardier [12]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [12]

Shoeing Smith [10]

Acting Lance Corporal [9]

Temporary Captain [9]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Acting Staff Serjeant [7]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Assistant Surgeon [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Commander [4]

Guardsman [4]

Lance Bombardier [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [580]

Royal Engineers [527]

Labour Corps [509]

Army Service Corps [499]

Royal Garrison Artillery [320]

London Regiment [261]

Royal Army Medical Corps [253]

Machine Gun Corps [216]

Durham Light Infantry [160]

Northumberland Fusiliers [154]

Royal Fusiliers [147]

South Staffordshire Regiment [123]

Manchester Regiment [120]

West Yorkshire Regiment [116]

Liverpool Regiment [110]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [107]

Worcestershire Regiment [105]

Middlesex Regiment [102]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [95]

Lancashire Fusiliers [95]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [91]

Lincolnshire Regiment [90]

Leicestershire Regiment [86]

Essex Regiment [85]

Northamptonshire Regiment [80]

Suffolk Regiment [79]

Hampshire Regiment [75]

North Staffordshire Regiment [75]

Rifle Brigade [75]

Royal Naval Division [75]

Royal Army Service Corps [74]

Yorkshire Regiment [74]

The Queen's Regiment [72]

Cheshire Regiment [68]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [68]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [67]

Royal Defence Corps [67]

Royal Scots [66]

York and Lancaster Regiment [65]

Gloucestershire Regiment [61]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [60]

East Yorkshire Regiment [57]

Welsh Regiment [57]

Border Regiment [56]

Hussars [53]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [50]

Devonshire Regiment [48]

East Lancashire Regiment [48]

East Surrey Regiment [48]

Highland Light Infantry [48]

Service

British Army [6886]

Royal Navy [650]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [530]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [527]

Australian Imperial Force [452]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [144]

Other Empire Force [9]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [9379]

K [10]

A [3]

B [3]

C [2]

H [2]

J [1]

P [1]

T [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [9169]

Merchant Navy [175]

Conscientious Objector [19]

Country

United Kingdom [188]

Canada [4]

Ireland [2]

Guyana [1]

India [1]

Singapore [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [42] Birmingham, Warwickshire [21] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16] London, Middlesex, England [14] Melbourne Victoria [13] London England [12] Southampton, Hampshire, England [11] Leicester, Leicestershire [10] Manchester, Lancashire [10] Ballarat Victoria [9] Hobart Tasmania [9] Liverpool, Lancashire [9] Mudgee New South Wales [9] Bethnal Green, London [7] Birkenhead, Cheshire [7] Fareham, Hampshire [7] Fulham, London [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [7] Paddington, London [7] Staffordshire [7] West Ham, Essex [7] Wigan, Lancashire [7] Brisbane Queensland [5] Christchurch [5] Hull, Yorkshire [5] Hull, Yorkshire, England [5] London, Middlesex [5] Manchester, Lancashire, England [5] Newcastle, Northumberland [5] Norwich, Norfolk [5] Shepparton Victoria [5] Armidale New South Wales [4] Battersea, London [4] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Brighton, Sussex [4] CherryHinton Cambridge [4] Croydon, Surrey [4] Forest Range South Australia [4] Islington, London [4] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [4] Lambeth, London [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] North Shields, Northumberland, England [4] Nottingham [4] Salford, Lancashire [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Skipton, Yorkshire [4] Tamworth New South Wales [4] Wivenhoe, Essex, England [4] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4]

Rank

Private [4519] Gunner [527] Driver [365] Corporal [348] Serjeant [312] Sapper [264] Lance Corporal [181] Second Lieutenant [156] Lieutenant [125] Captain [85] Acting Corporal [79] Pioneer [62] Acting Serjeant [51] Bombardier [46] Major [28] Warrant Officer Class 2 [23] Company Serjeant Major [22] Rifleman [22] Able Seaman [20] Corporal 2nd [19] Colour Serjeant [17] Staff Serjeant [17] Worker [17] Lance Serjeant [16] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Trooper [15] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Acting Bombardier [12] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [12] Shoeing Smith [10] Acting Lance Corporal [9] Temporary Captain [9] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Acting Staff Serjeant [7] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Deck Hand [5] Staff Nurse [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Assistant Surgeon [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Commander [4] Guardsman [4] Lance Bombardier [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [580] Royal Engineers [527] Labour Corps [509] Army Service Corps [499] Royal Garrison Artillery [320] London Regiment [261] Royal Army Medical Corps [253] Machine Gun Corps [216] Durham Light Infantry [160] Northumberland Fusiliers [154] Royal Fusiliers [147] South Staffordshire Regiment [123] Manchester Regiment [120] West Yorkshire Regiment [116] Liverpool Regiment [110] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [107] Worcestershire Regiment [105] Middlesex Regiment [102] King's Royal Rifle Corps [95] Lancashire Fusiliers [95] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [91] Lincolnshire Regiment [90] Leicestershire Regiment [86] Essex Regiment [85] Northamptonshire Regiment [80] Suffolk Regiment [79] Hampshire Regiment [75] North Staffordshire Regiment [75] Rifle Brigade [75] Royal Naval Division [75] Royal Army Service Corps [74] Yorkshire Regiment [74] The Queen's Regiment [72] Cheshire Regiment [68] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [68] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [67] Royal Defence Corps [67] Royal Scots [66] York and Lancaster Regiment [65] Gloucestershire Regiment [61] Royal Lancaster Regiment [60] East Yorkshire Regiment [57] Welsh Regiment [57] Border Regiment [56] Hussars [53] Royal Berkshire Regiment [50] Devonshire Regiment [48] East Lancashire Regiment [48] East Surrey Regiment [48] Highland Light Infantry [48]

Service

British Army [6886] Royal Navy [650] Canadian Expeditionary Force [530] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [527] Australian Imperial Force [452] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [144] Other Empire Force [9] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [9379] K [10] A [3] B [3] C [2] H [2] J [1] P [1] T [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [9169] Merchant Navy [175] Conscientious Objector [19]

Country

United Kingdom [188] Canada [4] Ireland [2] Guyana [1] India [1] Singapore [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

Bernard Hubert Mason

Born 1895

British Army M2/120312 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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John Mason

Born 1881

British Army 25475 Quarter Master Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 6026 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6026 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Henry Mason

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 9212 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Thomas William Mason

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Army Reserve

British Army 30241 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 8th Bn

British Army 26271 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 11th (Reserve) Bn

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Martin Luther Mason

Born 1895

Other Empire Force 355 Private Barbados Volunteers

British Army 11422 Private British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion

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Cecil John Mason

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 54 Sqn

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William Mason

Born 1889

Died 1956

Australian Imperial Force 810 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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John Cambrell Mason

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 36790 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 4550 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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Stanley Arthur Robert Mason

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 357927 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Stanley Hopkins Mason

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1055 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 8th Battalion

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Henry Mason

Born 1879

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 895 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Bertram Wheeler Mason

Born 1895

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Writer Mercantile Marine Reserve

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Harry Denver Mason

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 219025 Lieutenant 80th Overseas Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 67th Battalion

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William Francis Mason

Born 1877

Died 1942

British Army 3171 Gunner Royal Artillery 2nd Depot Divisional Artillery, Woolwich

British Army 3171 Gunner Royal Artillery 79th Battery

British Army 3171 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 21 Battery RFA

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Sidney Charles Mason

Born 1882

Died 1962

Royal Navy 13539 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Randell Mason

Born 1876

Died 1954

Australian Imperial Force 897 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Sydney Harold Mason

Born 1884

Died 1987

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60525

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Ernest Robert Mason

Born 1876

British Army G/17821 Private Royal Fusiliers 6th Battalion then 32nd Battalion then 6th Battalion

British Army 82039 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Garrison Battalion

British Army 1511021 Private Middlesex Regiment 29th Battalion

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John Percy Mason

Born 1888

Died 1920

British Army 5403 Private Hussars

British Army 5403 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 18720 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Ernest Leonard Mason

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy 462 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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