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Sydney New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Port Wakefield South Australia [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Caterham, Surrey [2]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [2]

Goolwa South Australia [2]

Islington, London [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

Petersfield, Hampshire [2]

Serviceton Victoria [2]

Wimbledon, Surrey [2]

Ashchurch, Gloucestershire [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Battersea, Surrey, England [1]

Box Wiltshire [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Canning Town, Essex [1]

Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Cathesham Valley, Surrey [1]

Charfield, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Charfield, Gloucestershire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cowes Isle of Wight [1]

Devonport [1]

East Ham, Essex, England [1]

Gloucester [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Hambledon, Hampshire [1]

Hawthorn, Victoria [1]

Horndean, Hampshire [1]

Horsham, Sussex [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Lawloit Victoria [1]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Littlehampton, Sussex [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Malvern, Worcestershire [1]

Overton, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Potterne, Devizes [1]

Preston, Lancashire, England [1]

Southampton [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Stepney, Middlesex [1]

Stoke Devonport, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [186]

Gunner [21]

Sapper [19]

Driver [18]

Corporal [14]

Serjeant [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Captain [3]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Wheeler Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Engine Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Electrical Artificer 3c [1]

Electrical Artificer 4c [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Probationary Second Lieutenant [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Major /Foreman of Works [1]

Serjeant Major Instructor [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Trooper [1]

Wheeler Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [39]

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Army Service Corps [29]

Labour Corps [24]

Gloucestershire Regiment [21]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Wiltshire Regiment [11]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Welsh Guards [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

North Somerset Yeomanry [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [2]

Tank Corps [2]

(R.F.R. Dev. B. 1939) H.M.S. "Vivid." [1]

20th Hussars [1]

2nd Company, 4th Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

7th Rajputs [1]

Service

British Army [291]

Royal Navy [41]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [403]

Contribution

Military Service [393]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Port Wakefield South Australia [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Caterham, Surrey [2] Chippenham, Wiltshire [2] Goolwa South Australia [2] Islington, London [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] Petersfield, Hampshire [2] Serviceton Victoria [2] Wimbledon, Surrey [2] Ashchurch, Gloucestershire [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Battersea, Surrey, England [1] Box Wiltshire [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Canning Town, Essex [1] Canning Town, West Ham, Essex [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Cathesham Valley, Surrey [1] Charfield, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Charfield, Gloucestershire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cowes Isle of Wight [1] Devonport [1] East Ham, Essex, England [1] Gloucester [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Hambledon, Hampshire [1] Hawthorn, Victoria [1] Horndean, Hampshire [1] Horsham, Sussex [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Lawloit Victoria [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Littlehampton, Sussex [1] London, Middlesex [1] Malvern, Worcestershire [1] Overton, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Portsmouth [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Potterne, Devizes [1] Preston, Lancashire, England [1] Southampton [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Stepney, Middlesex [1] Stoke Devonport, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [186] Gunner [21] Sapper [19] Driver [18] Corporal [14] Serjeant [10] Lance Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Lieutenant [6] Pioneer [5] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Captain [3] Stoker 1st Class [2] Wheeler Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Engine Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Electrical Artificer 3c [1] Electrical Artificer 4c [1] Major [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Probationary Second Lieutenant [1] Second Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Major /Foreman of Works [1] Serjeant Major Instructor [1] Signalman [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Trooper [1] Wheeler Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [39] Royal Field Artillery [32] Army Service Corps [29] Labour Corps [24] Gloucestershire Regiment [21] London Regiment [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Wiltshire Regiment [11] Hampshire Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Machine Gun Corps [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Welsh Regiment [7] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Welsh Guards [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] North Somerset Yeomanry [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [2] Tank Corps [2] (R.F.R. Dev. B. 1939) H.M.S. "Vivid." [1] 20th Hussars [1] 2nd Company, 4th Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] 7th Rajputs [1]

Service

British Army [291] Royal Navy [41] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Australian Imperial Force [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [403]

Contribution

Military Service [393] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

William F Merrett

Born 1889

Died 1920

British Army 8727 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8727 Corporal Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Henry William Merrett

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286403

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Harry F Merrett

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 74498 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 29th Coy

British Army 5021 Private Scottish Horse 3/1st

British Army 5021 Acting Lance Corporal Scottish Horse 3rd/1st

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James Cornelius Merrett

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30106

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Richard James Merrett

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118305

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Edwin John Merrett

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44437

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John Stuart Merrett

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 44241 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 3A Reserve Brigade

British Army 44241 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Gilbert Merrett

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69840

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John Merrett

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94154

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Roland Alec Merrett

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 737046

Canadian Expeditionary Force 737046 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Herbert Richard Merrett

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232047

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Herbert Robert Merrett

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233454

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William J Merrett

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 28248 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Harold Edmund Merrett

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 8457/762468 Private London Regiment

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Robert Francis Merrett

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215533

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Gertrude Maisie Merrett

Royal Navy G4896

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Albert Tom Merrett

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 41283 Private Devonshire Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 171823 Private Labour Corps 447th Agricultural Co

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Frank Norman Merrett

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310709

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John George Merrett

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19728

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Harry Merrett

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15809

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