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Plymouth, Devon [8]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

West Ham, Essex [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Essex [4]

Grays, Essex, England [4]

Harwich, Essex [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bedminster, Somerset [3]

Bermagui New South Wales [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Brixham, Devon, England [3]

Clapham, London [3]

Cobargo New South Wales [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Newhaven, Sussex [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

Barrakee Victoria [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bridgwater, Somerset [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Deptford, Kent [2]

Great Gaddesden [2]

High Ham, Somerset [2]

Jarrahdale Western Australia [2]

Kimpton, Hitchin, Herts [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Mile End, London [2]

New Cross, London [2]

Paignton, Devon [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Wimbledon, Surrey [2]

Appleby England [1]

Auckland [1]

Balcombe, Sussex, England [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Barnsbury, London [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Bega New South Wales [1]

Belgravia, London, Middlesex [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [805]

Gunner [100]

Corporal [74]

Serjeant [71]

Driver [65]

Sapper [49]

Lance Corporal [38]

Second Lieutenant [30]

Lieutenant [23]

Captain [14]

Acting Corporal [13]

Pioneer [13]

Rifleman [10]

Bombardier [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Major [6]

Able Seaman [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Warrant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Paid Lance Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [111]

Royal Field Artillery [107]

Royal Engineers [105]

London Regiment [83]

Army Service Corps [66]

Royal Garrison Artillery [63]

Essex Regiment [50]

Royal Fusiliers [48]

Bedfordshire Regiment [47]

Middlesex Regiment [45]

Machine Gun Corps [39]

Suffolk Regiment [32]

Rifle Brigade [30]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

The Queen's Regiment [28]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [27]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25]

Wiltshire Regiment [25]

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

Royal Sussex Regiment [18]

Dorsetshire Regiment [16]

East Surrey Regiment [16]

Somerset Light Infantry [15]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [13]

East Kent Regiment [13]

Hampshire Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Royal Defence Corps [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Norfolk Regiment [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Hertfordshire Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Horse Artillery [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1257]

Royal Navy [163]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [89]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [75]

Australian Imperial Force [67]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [1708]

S [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1665]

Merchant Navy [37]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

Canada [2]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

Mauritius [1]

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Plymouth, Devon [8] London, Middlesex, England [6] West Ham, Essex [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Essex [4] Grays, Essex, England [4] Harwich, Essex [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bedminster, Somerset [3] Bermagui New South Wales [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] Brixham, Devon, England [3] Clapham, London [3] Cobargo New South Wales [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Newhaven, Sussex [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] Barrakee Victoria [2] Battersea, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bridgwater, Somerset [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Deptford, Kent [2] Great Gaddesden [2] High Ham, Somerset [2] Jarrahdale Western Australia [2] Kimpton, Hitchin, Herts [2] London, Middlesex [2] Marylebone, London [2] Mile End, London [2] New Cross, London [2] Paignton, Devon [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Wimbledon, Surrey [2] Appleby England [1] Auckland [1] Balcombe, Sussex, England [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barking, Essex [1] Barnsbury, London [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bedfordshire [1] Bega New South Wales [1] Belgravia, London, Middlesex [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [805] Gunner [100] Corporal [74] Serjeant [71] Driver [65] Sapper [49] Lance Corporal [38] Second Lieutenant [30] Lieutenant [23] Captain [14] Acting Corporal [13] Pioneer [13] Rifleman [10] Bombardier [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Acting Bombardier [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Major [6] Able Seaman [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Serjeant Major [2] Sister [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Major [2] Warrant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Paid Lance Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Brevet Major [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [111] Royal Field Artillery [107] Royal Engineers [105] London Regiment [83] Army Service Corps [66] Royal Garrison Artillery [63] Essex Regiment [50] Royal Fusiliers [48] Bedfordshire Regiment [47] Middlesex Regiment [45] Machine Gun Corps [39] Suffolk Regiment [32] Rifle Brigade [30] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] The Queen's Regiment [28] King's Royal Rifle Corps [27] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25] Wiltshire Regiment [25] Northamptonshire Regiment [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] Royal Sussex Regiment [18] Dorsetshire Regiment [16] East Surrey Regiment [16] Somerset Light Infantry [15] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [13] East Kent Regiment [13] Hampshire Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Royal Defence Corps [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Norfolk Regiment [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Hertfordshire Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Army Veterinary Corps [9] Devonshire Regiment [9] Royal Horse Artillery [9] Royal Naval Division [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Canadian Infantry [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1257] Royal Navy [163] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [89] Canadian Expeditionary Force [75] Australian Imperial Force [67] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [1708] S [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1665] Merchant Navy [37] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [41] Canada [2] Egypt [1] India [1] Mauritius [1]

Robert John Mead

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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William Charles Mead

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 273339 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 3A Reserve Brigade

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Alfred Mead

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66754

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Thomas Mead

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43193

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Donald Anthony Mead

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 1495 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1495 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 29th Division Amunition Column

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Leonard Mead

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 33060 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 33060 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Richard Ernest Mead

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47012

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Ernest John Mead

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48180

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Walter Mead

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282171

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Frederick Mead

Born 1872

Died 1914

British Army ML/3861 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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James Robert Uttermare Mead

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 440 Lance Corporal West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 440 Lance Corporal Corps of Hussars

British Army 27724 Lance corporal Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 7th Battalion

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Henry Walter Mead

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 46992 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Frederick Mead

Born 1898

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

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Harry Mead

Died 1917

British Army 22077 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Henry George Frederick Mead

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 6926 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 6926 Private Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment

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Harry Mead

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71319

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Walter Gittoes Mead

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36655

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Alfred George Mead

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27697

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William Mead

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 4087 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 235488 Private Leicestershire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Albert Mead

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265397

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