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Sydney New South Wales [19]

London England [17]

Plymouth, Devon [16]

London, Middlesex [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Brighton, Sussex [10]

Devonport, Devon [10]

Reading, Berkshire [10]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [9]

London, Middlesex, England [9]

Folkestone, Kent, England [8]

Folkestone, Kent [7]

Portland, Dorset [7]

Richmond Victoria [7]

Topsham, Devon [7]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Bundaberg Queensland [5]

Canterbury, Kent [5]

Hammersmith, London [5]

Maidstone, Kent [5]

Redruth, Cornwall [5]

Balmain New South Wales [4]

Barnstaple, Devon [4]

Battersea, London [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Hatfield, Hertfordshire [4]

Kent England [4]

Peckham, London [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Topsham, Exeter, Devon [4]

Camberwell, London [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Chelsea, London [3]

Exeter, Devon [3]

Frome, Somerset [3]

Gawler South Australia [3]

Gladstone South Australia [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Hastings, Sussex [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Alberton Victoria [2]

Alton, Hampshire [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bath [2]

Rank

Private [2150]

Gunner [255]

Corporal [191]

Driver [189]

Serjeant [169]

Sapper [121]

Second Lieutenant [86]

Lance Corporal [79]

Lieutenant [76]

Captain [51]

Pioneer [37]

Acting Corporal [34]

Bombardier [24]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Lance Serjeant [14]

Major [12]

Temporary Captain [11]

Rifleman [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Sister [7]

Trooper [7]

Worker [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Lieutenant Commander [6]

Sergeant [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Guardsman [5]

Commander [4]

Farrier Serjeant [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Acting Gunner [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Colonel [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Drummer [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Unit

Army Service Corps [274]

Labour Corps [273]

Royal Field Artillery [265]

Royal Engineers [260]

London Regiment [188]

Royal Garrison Artillery [168]

Machine Gun Corps [115]

Royal Army Medical Corps [112]

Royal Fusiliers [100]

Devonshire Regiment [78]

Middlesex Regiment [75]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [66]

Hampshire Regiment [66]

The Queen's Regiment [65]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [59]

Royal West Kent Regiment [58]

Essex Regiment [57]

Royal Sussex Regiment [50]

Liverpool Regiment [49]

Rifle Brigade [49]

Northumberland Fusiliers [48]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [45]

Royal Army Service Corps [44]

Somerset Light Infantry [42]

Gloucestershire Regiment [41]

Royal Naval Division [37]

East Kent Regiment [36]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34]

Manchester Regiment [33]

West Yorkshire Regiment [33]

York and Lancaster Regiment [33]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32]

Welsh Regiment [32]

East Surrey Regiment [30]

Suffolk Regiment [30]

Wiltshire Regiment [30]

Durham Light Infantry [29]

Tank Corps [28]

Hussars [27]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [26]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [26]

Worcestershire Regiment [25]

Lancashire Fusiliers [24]

Royal Defence Corps [24]

Canadian Infantry [23]

Cheshire Regiment [23]

Dorsetshire Regiment [23]

Royal Highlanders [23]

Lincolnshire Regiment [22]

East Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Service

British Army [3370]

Royal Navy [532]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [268]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [259]

Australian Imperial Force [238]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [52]

Other Empire Force [10]

Indian Army [3]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

M [4815]

L [22]

D [4]

B [3]

A [1]

F [1]

G [1]

H [1]

S [1]

V [1]

W [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4716]

Merchant Navy [99]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [110]

Canada [3]

New Zealand [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [19] London England [17] Plymouth, Devon [16] London, Middlesex [12] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Brighton, Sussex [10] Devonport, Devon [10] Reading, Berkshire [10] Bristol, Gloucestershire [9] London, Middlesex, England [9] Folkestone, Kent, England [8] Folkestone, Kent [7] Portland, Dorset [7] Richmond Victoria [7] Topsham, Devon [7] Birkenhead, Cheshire [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Southampton, Hampshire, England [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Bundaberg Queensland [5] Canterbury, Kent [5] Hammersmith, London [5] Maidstone, Kent [5] Redruth, Cornwall [5] Balmain New South Wales [4] Barnstaple, Devon [4] Battersea, London [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Hatfield, Hertfordshire [4] Kent England [4] Peckham, London [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Topsham, Exeter, Devon [4] Camberwell, London [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Chelsea, London [3] Exeter, Devon [3] Frome, Somerset [3] Gawler South Australia [3] Gladstone South Australia [3] Hackney, London [3] Hastings, Sussex [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Alberton Victoria [2] Alton, Hampshire [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Bath [2]

Rank

Private [2150] Gunner [255] Corporal [191] Driver [189] Serjeant [169] Sapper [121] Second Lieutenant [86] Lance Corporal [79] Lieutenant [76] Captain [51] Pioneer [37] Acting Corporal [34] Bombardier [24] Acting Serjeant [23] Lance Serjeant [14] Major [12] Temporary Captain [11] Rifleman [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Stoker 1st Class [9] Able Seaman [8] Company Serjeant Major [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Sister [7] Trooper [7] Worker [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Lieutenant Commander [6] Sergeant [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Guardsman [5] Commander [4] Farrier Serjeant [4] Leading Stoker [4] Staff Nurse [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Acting Gunner [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Colonel [3] Deck Hand [3] Drummer [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [2]

Unit

Army Service Corps [274] Labour Corps [273] Royal Field Artillery [265] Royal Engineers [260] London Regiment [188] Royal Garrison Artillery [168] Machine Gun Corps [115] Royal Army Medical Corps [112] Royal Fusiliers [100] Devonshire Regiment [78] Middlesex Regiment [75] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [66] Hampshire Regiment [66] The Queen's Regiment [65] King's Royal Rifle Corps [59] Royal West Kent Regiment [58] Essex Regiment [57] Royal Sussex Regiment [50] Liverpool Regiment [49] Rifle Brigade [49] Northumberland Fusiliers [48] Royal Berkshire Regiment [45] Royal Army Service Corps [44] Somerset Light Infantry [42] Gloucestershire Regiment [41] Royal Naval Division [37] East Kent Regiment [36] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34] Manchester Regiment [33] West Yorkshire Regiment [33] York and Lancaster Regiment [33] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32] Welsh Regiment [32] East Surrey Regiment [30] Suffolk Regiment [30] Wiltshire Regiment [30] Durham Light Infantry [29] Tank Corps [28] Hussars [27] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [26] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [26] Worcestershire Regiment [25] Lancashire Fusiliers [24] Royal Defence Corps [24] Canadian Infantry [23] Cheshire Regiment [23] Dorsetshire Regiment [23] Royal Highlanders [23] Lincolnshire Regiment [22] East Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Service

British Army [3370] Royal Navy [532] Canadian Expeditionary Force [268] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [259] Australian Imperial Force [238] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [52] Other Empire Force [10] Indian Army [3] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

M [4815] L [22] D [4] B [3] A [1] F [1] G [1] H [1] S [1] V [1] W [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4716] Merchant Navy [99] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [110] Canada [3] New Zealand [2] Australia [1] France [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

Albert George May

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army SS/7312 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 299839 Private Labour Corps

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Walter Samuel May

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226778

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John Boyd May

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148915

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Albert May

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1508

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Lionel Joseph May

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7300

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Freeman Henry May

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64430

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Harry May

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81081

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James Charles May

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279742

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William Edwin May

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy 18145 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/18145 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Frederick May

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40799

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James Henry May

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292153

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Evan Oliver Robert May

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 23627 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Battalion

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William Stafford May

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213254

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Stephen Edward May

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144630

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Charles May

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148247

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Frederick George May

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102367

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Charles Frederick May

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285993

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William George May

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97690

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Christopher May

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310400

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Edward May

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130282

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