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Sydney New South Wales [25]

London, Middlesex, England [21]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [17]

Plymouth, Devon [16]

London England [15]

Melbourne Victoria [15]

Islington, London [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [11]

London, Middlesex [10]

Maidstone, Kent [9]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [9]

Adelaide South Australia [8]

Croydon, Surrey [8]

Goulburn New South Wales [8]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [8]

Ballarat Victoria [7]

Bendigo Victoria [7]

Chichester, Sussex [7]

Geelong Victoria [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Newcastle New South Wales [7]

Ramsgate, Kent [7]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [7]

Devonport, Devon [6]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [6]

Battersea, London [5]

Birmingham England [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Hailsham [5]

Hoxton, London [5]

Islington, London, Middlesex [5]

Penzance, Cornwall [5]

Portland, Dorset [5]

Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Bath, Somerset [4]

Charters Towers Queensland [4]

Dorking, Surrey [4]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Liverpool England [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [4]

Poplar, London [4]

Swindon, Wiltshire [4]

Ararat Victoria [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Blayney New South Wales [3]

Canterbury, Kent [3]

Edmonton, London [3]

Falmouth, Cornwall [3]

Rank

Private [4094]

Gunner [464]

Driver [350]

Corporal [318]

Serjeant [296]

Sapper [267]

Lance Corporal [182]

Second Lieutenant [120]

Lieutenant [113]

Captain [73]

Acting Corporal [65]

Pioneer [65]

Bombardier [56]

Acting Serjeant [54]

Major [28]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [27]

Rifleman [24]

Acting Bombardier [20]

Company Serjeant Major [20]

Worker [17]

Lance Serjeant [16]

Staff Serjeant [14]

Able Seaman [13]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [11]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Lance Bombardier [11]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Trooper [11]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Guardsman [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Temporary Captain [10]

Deck Hand [8]

Nursing Sister [8]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Drummer [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Reverend [4]

Sister [4]

Stoker [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Serjeant Major [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [546]

Royal Field Artillery [506]

Labour Corps [458]

Army Service Corps [443]

Royal Garrison Artillery [292]

London Regiment [235]

Royal Army Medical Corps [208]

Machine Gun Corps [192]

Royal Fusiliers [154]

Welsh Regiment [124]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [123]

Hampshire Regiment [115]

Middlesex Regiment [106]

Devonshire Regiment [105]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [105]

Rifle Brigade [98]

Northumberland Fusiliers [93]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [92]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [91]

Worcestershire Regiment [90]

Manchester Regiment [89]

Lancashire Fusiliers [85]

Liverpool Regiment [80]

Gloucestershire Regiment [79]

The Queen's Regiment [78]

Wiltshire Regiment [78]

Royal Army Service Corps [76]

Cheshire Regiment [71]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [71]

North Staffordshire Regiment [68]

Somerset Light Infantry [67]

Durham Light Infantry [66]

South Staffordshire Regiment [66]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [64]

Norfolk Regiment [60]

South Wales Borderers [59]

Royal Sussex Regiment [57]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [55]

Dorsetshire Regiment [54]

Suffolk Regiment [54]

Essex Regiment [52]

Royal Defence Corps [51]

York and Lancaster Regiment [51]

Royal Irish Rifles [50]

Bedfordshire Regiment [49]

East Surrey Regiment [49]

East Yorkshire Regiment [49]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49]

Northamptonshire Regiment [48]

West Yorkshire Regiment [48]

Service

British Army [6322]

Royal Navy [713]

Australian Imperial Force [482]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [472]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [471]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [108]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

M [8760]

B [5]

F [1]

K [1]

L [1]

P [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8538]

Merchant Navy [161]

Conscientious Objector [18]

Country

United Kingdom [175]

India [3]

South Africa [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [25] London, Middlesex, England [21] Birmingham, Warwickshire [17] Plymouth, Devon [16] London England [15] Melbourne Victoria [15] Islington, London [14] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14] Bristol, Gloucestershire [11] London, Middlesex [10] Maidstone, Kent [9] Portsmouth, Hampshire [9] Adelaide South Australia [8] Croydon, Surrey [8] Goulburn New South Wales [8] Sheffield, Yorkshire [8] Ballarat Victoria [7] Bendigo Victoria [7] Chichester, Sussex [7] Geelong Victoria [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Newcastle New South Wales [7] Ramsgate, Kent [7] Southampton, Hampshire, England [7] Devonport, Devon [6] North Shields, Northumberland, England [6] Battersea, London [5] Birmingham England [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Hailsham [5] Hoxton, London [5] Islington, London, Middlesex [5] Penzance, Cornwall [5] Portland, Dorset [5] Southampton, Hampshire [5] Bath, Somerset [4] Charters Towers Queensland [4] Dorking, Surrey [4] Exeter, Devon [4] Liverpool England [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Oxford, Oxfordshire [4] Poplar, London [4] Swindon, Wiltshire [4] Ararat Victoria [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Blayney New South Wales [3] Canterbury, Kent [3] Edmonton, London [3] Falmouth, Cornwall [3]

Rank

Private [4094] Gunner [464] Driver [350] Corporal [318] Serjeant [296] Sapper [267] Lance Corporal [182] Second Lieutenant [120] Lieutenant [113] Captain [73] Acting Corporal [65] Pioneer [65] Bombardier [56] Acting Serjeant [54] Major [28] Warrant Officer Class 2 [27] Rifleman [24] Acting Bombardier [20] Company Serjeant Major [20] Worker [17] Lance Serjeant [16] Staff Serjeant [14] Able Seaman [13] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [11] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Lance Bombardier [11] Stoker 1st Class [11] Trooper [11] Colour Serjeant [10] Guardsman [10] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Temporary Captain [10] Deck Hand [8] Nursing Sister [8] Ordinary Seaman [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Drummer [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Reverend [4] Sister [4] Stoker [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Serjeant Major [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [546] Royal Field Artillery [506] Labour Corps [458] Army Service Corps [443] Royal Garrison Artillery [292] London Regiment [235] Royal Army Medical Corps [208] Machine Gun Corps [192] Royal Fusiliers [154] Welsh Regiment [124] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [123] Hampshire Regiment [115] Middlesex Regiment [106] Devonshire Regiment [105] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [105] Rifle Brigade [98] Northumberland Fusiliers [93] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [92] King's Royal Rifle Corps [91] Worcestershire Regiment [90] Manchester Regiment [89] Lancashire Fusiliers [85] Liverpool Regiment [80] Gloucestershire Regiment [79] The Queen's Regiment [78] Wiltshire Regiment [78] Royal Army Service Corps [76] Cheshire Regiment [71] Royal Berkshire Regiment [71] North Staffordshire Regiment [68] Somerset Light Infantry [67] Durham Light Infantry [66] South Staffordshire Regiment [66] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [64] Norfolk Regiment [60] South Wales Borderers [59] Royal Sussex Regiment [57] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [55] Dorsetshire Regiment [54] Suffolk Regiment [54] Essex Regiment [52] Royal Defence Corps [51] York and Lancaster Regiment [51] Royal Irish Rifles [50] Bedfordshire Regiment [49] East Surrey Regiment [49] East Yorkshire Regiment [49] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49] Northamptonshire Regiment [48] West Yorkshire Regiment [48]

Service

British Army [6322] Royal Navy [713] Australian Imperial Force [482] Canadian Expeditionary Force [472] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [471] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [108] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

M [8760] B [5] F [1] K [1] L [1] P [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8538] Merchant Navy [161] Conscientious Objector [18]

Country

United Kingdom [175] India [3] South Africa [2] Australia [1] Canada [1]

William John Matthews

Born 1893

Died 1989

British Army 326837 Acting Sergeant Suffolk Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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Herbert Wilfred Matthews

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 1734 Corporal Manchester Regiment 1st/9th Battalion

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Sydney Matthews

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 28141 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Edward Douglas Gerald Matthews

Born 1893

Died 1983

British Army 35142 Private Hussars

British Army 35142 Private Hussars 7th

British Army 35142 Private Hussars

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Bertram John Matthews

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 2235 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265353 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265353 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Albert Matthews

Born 1892

Died 1967

Royal Navy SD 532 Royal Naval Reserve

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Edward Matthews

Born 1868

Died 1918

British Army 54075 Private Royal Artillery

British Army Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army 23594 Private Royal Defence Corps 31st Protection Company

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Edwin Martin Matthews

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant / Temporary Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 4th (City of Bristol) Battalion Territorial

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Arthur William Matthews

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 12706 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Charles Henry Selfe Matthews

Born 1873

Died 1961

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces Royal Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Edgar Wyndham Matthews

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army PS/1405 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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Sidney Hector Matthews

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2772 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 5648 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 202574 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Clement Henry Matthews

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 4/1197 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Charles Samuel Matthews

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 13623 Private Essex Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 13623 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment 10th Battalion

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Thomas Matthews

Born 1891

British Army 8602 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8602 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Edward Parker Matthews

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 29363 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Christopher Matthews

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 10390 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 10390 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 10390 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 11th Battalion

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Robert Matthews

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 14166 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 14166 Private Norfolk Regiment 8th Battalion

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Harry Matthews

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 13543 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 13611 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 352586 Private Labour Corps

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Henry Arthur Matthews

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 95728 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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