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Newcastle New South Wales [8]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

Port Pirie South Australia [4]

Albury New South Wales [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Doncaster Victoria [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Townsville Queensland [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bodmin, Cornwall [2]

Croydon England [2]

Dargo Victoria [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Durham England [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

London England [2]

Moonee Ponds Victoria [2]

Newry, Down [2]

Plumstead, Kent [2]

Poole, Dorset [2]

Quirindi New South Wales [2]

Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Anglesey, Wales [1]

Ascotvale Victoria [1]

Ashton upon Mersey Sale Cheshire [1]

Barcaldine Queensland [1]

Barraba New South Wales [1]

Barton Regis,Gloucestershire. [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bow, Middlesex [1]

Brecon, Breconshire [1]

Brighton Tasmania [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burwood Victoria [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camperdown Victoria [1]

Canning Hills Western Australia [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Caulfield Victoria [1]

Cessnock New South Wales [1]

Charlton, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [445]

Gunner [44]

Corporal [38]

Lieutenant [33]

Serjeant [32]

Driver [30]

Sapper [29]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Lance Corporal [20]

Captain [18]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Major [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Sub Conductor [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Conductor [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

1st Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Surgeon [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chaplain 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Clerk [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [68]

Royal Engineers [64]

Labour Corps [52]

Army Service Corps [38]

London Regiment [37]

Royal Army Medical Corps [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Indian Defence Force [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Supply and Transport Corps [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Royal Irish Rifles [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Border Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Indian Medical Department [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [5]

British West Indies Regiment [5]

Hussars [5]

Irish Guards [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Service

British Army [762]

Australian Imperial Force [106]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [80]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55]

Royal Navy [55]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [1090]

E [1]

L [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1072]

Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Guyana [1]

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Place of birth

Newcastle New South Wales [8] Launceston Tasmania [4] Port Pirie South Australia [4] Albury New South Wales [3] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Doncaster Victoria [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London, Middlesex [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Townsville Queensland [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bodmin, Cornwall [2] Croydon England [2] Dargo Victoria [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Durham England [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] London England [2] Moonee Ponds Victoria [2] Newry, Down [2] Plumstead, Kent [2] Poole, Dorset [2] Quirindi New South Wales [2] Tamworth New South Wales [2] Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Anglesey, Wales [1] Ascotvale Victoria [1] Ashton upon Mersey Sale Cheshire [1] Barcaldine Queensland [1] Barraba New South Wales [1] Barton Regis,Gloucestershire. [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bow, Middlesex [1] Brecon, Breconshire [1] Brighton Tasmania [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burwood Victoria [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camperdown Victoria [1] Canning Hills Western Australia [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Caulfield Victoria [1] Cessnock New South Wales [1] Charlton, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [445] Gunner [44] Corporal [38] Lieutenant [33] Serjeant [32] Driver [30] Sapper [29] Second Lieutenant [26] Lance Corporal [20] Captain [18] Pioneer [8] Acting Corporal [7] Rifleman [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Major [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Sub Conductor [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Able Seaman [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Conductor [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 1st Class Assistant Surgeon [1] 2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Surgeon [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chaplain 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Clerk [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [68] Royal Engineers [64] Labour Corps [52] Army Service Corps [38] London Regiment [37] Royal Army Medical Corps [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Worcestershire Regiment [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] Machine Gun Corps [13] East Surrey Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Indian Defence Force [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] Supply and Transport Corps [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Royal Irish Rifles [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] South Wales Borderers [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] East Lancashire Regiment [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] Border Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [6] Indian Medical Department [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [5] British West Indies Regiment [5] Hussars [5] Irish Guards [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Service

British Army [762] Australian Imperial Force [106] Canadian Expeditionary Force [80] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55] Royal Navy [55] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [1090] E [1] L [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1072] Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Guyana [1]

William Mathews

Born 1883

Died 1921

British Army 1969 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 745301 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army Royal Welch Fusiliers

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Walter Gordon Mathews

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 55337 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 61570 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 61570 Private Suffolk Regiment 14 Battalion

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Edwin Mathews

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 13511 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 13511 Fitter Royal Field Artillery

British Army 13511 Filter Royal Field Artillery

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Hugh Spencer Mathews

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14 Battalion

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Frederick Terry Douglas Mathews

Born 1884

Died 1943

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 199462 Lieutenant General List

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Thomas Edwin Mathews

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 372194 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4695 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Samuel Mathews

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 4783 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Edward William Mathews

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136410

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George William Lawrence Mathews

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2938

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Walter Denham Mathews

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85200

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Frederick William Mathews

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141132

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William Holland Mathews

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136444

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Arthur Williams Mathews

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114005

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Thomas William Mathews

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52579

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Alfred Tuffery Mathews

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 158459

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Ernest Gordon Mathews

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106659

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George Newman Mathews

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17777

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Robert Arthur Cecil Mathews

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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James H. Mathews

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 23/315 Private Durham Light Infantry

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David James William Mathews

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 859618

Canadian Expeditionary Force 859618 Private Canadian Infantry

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