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Brisbane Queensland [9]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [9]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

London England [8]

Camberwell, London [7]

Reading, Berkshire [7]

Bath, Somerset [6]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Marylebone, London [6]

Battersea, London [5]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Grenfell New South Wales [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Ararat Victoria [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Camberwell, Surrey [3]

Canterbury, Kent [3]

Devizes, Wiltshire [3]

Laidley Queensland [3]

Leicester England [3]

Petworth, Sussex [3]

Portsea, Hampshire [3]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [3]

Witney, Oxfordshire [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barnes, London [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Dartford, Kent [2]

Fitzroy Victoria [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Gloucester [2]

Goring, Sussex [2]

Gosford New South Wales [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hertford, Hertfordshire [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Islington, London [2]

Islington, Middlesex [2]

Kensington, London [2]

King's Cliffe, Northants [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Rank

Private [1920]

Gunner [229]

Driver [188]

Corporal [170]

Serjeant [166]

Sapper [125]

Lance Corporal [69]

Second Lieutenant [54]

Acting Corporal [39]

Captain [38]

Pioneer [38]

Lieutenant [37]

Acting Serjeant [36]

Bombardier [27]

Acting Bombardier [17]

Rifleman [15]

Major [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Trooper [8]

Worker [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Guardsman [6]

Private Acting Corporal [6]

Regimental Serjeant Major [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Nurse [4]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Flying Officer [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Munitions Worker [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [268]

Royal Field Artillery [265]

Army Service Corps [263]

Labour Corps [225]

Royal Garrison Artillery [144]

London Regiment [141]

Royal Fusiliers [95]

Royal Army Medical Corps [89]

Hampshire Regiment [82]

Machine Gun Corps [81]

Royal Sussex Regiment [67]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [65]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [61]

Gloucestershire Regiment [60]

Welsh Regiment [60]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [59]

Middlesex Regiment [53]

East Surrey Regiment [51]

Royal West Kent Regiment [50]

The Queen's Regiment [50]

Wiltshire Regiment [50]

Rifle Brigade [48]

Somerset Light Infantry [46]

Worcestershire Regiment [40]

Devonshire Regiment [38]

Dorsetshire Regiment [34]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [34]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [34]

Bedfordshire Regiment [32]

East Kent Regiment [32]

Royal Army Service Corps [32]

Royal Naval Division [32]

Northumberland Fusiliers [29]

Essex Regiment [28]

Liverpool Regiment [28]

Northamptonshire Regiment [27]

South Wales Borderers [25]

Suffolk Regiment [25]

Royal Defence Corps [23]

Army Veterinary Corps [22]

Durham Light Infantry [22]

Tank Corps [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [21]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [21]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Monmouthshire Regiment [20]

Leicestershire Regiment [19]

North Staffordshire Regiment [19]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [18]

Service

British Army [3025]

Royal Navy [388]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [245]

Australian Imperial Force [190]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [180]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [48]

Other Empire Force [6]

South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

M [4160]

B [1]

F [1]

G [1]

L [1]

P [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4061]

Merchant Navy [66]

Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [107]

South Africa [4]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Brisbane Queensland [9] Portsmouth, Hampshire [9] Sydney New South Wales [9] London England [8] Camberwell, London [7] Reading, Berkshire [7] Bath, Somerset [6] Cardiff, Glamorgan [6] London, Middlesex [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Marylebone, London [6] Battersea, London [5] Brighton, Sussex [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Grenfell New South Wales [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Ararat Victoria [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Camberwell, Surrey [3] Canterbury, Kent [3] Devizes, Wiltshire [3] Laidley Queensland [3] Leicester England [3] Petworth, Sussex [3] Portsea, Hampshire [3] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [3] Witney, Oxfordshire [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Andover, Hampshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barnes, London [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Dartford, Kent [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Gloucester [2] Goring, Sussex [2] Gosford New South Wales [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [2] Hackney, London [2] Hertford, Hertfordshire [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Islington, London [2] Islington, Middlesex [2] Kensington, London [2] King's Cliffe, Northants [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Rank

Private [1920] Gunner [229] Driver [188] Corporal [170] Serjeant [166] Sapper [125] Lance Corporal [69] Second Lieutenant [54] Acting Corporal [39] Captain [38] Pioneer [38] Lieutenant [37] Acting Serjeant [36] Bombardier [27] Acting Bombardier [17] Rifleman [15] Major [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Able Seaman [8] Trooper [8] Worker [8] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Guardsman [6] Private Acting Corporal [6] Regimental Serjeant Major [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Corporal Acting Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Nurse [4] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Gunner [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Flying Officer [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Munitions Worker [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [268] Royal Field Artillery [265] Army Service Corps [263] Labour Corps [225] Royal Garrison Artillery [144] London Regiment [141] Royal Fusiliers [95] Royal Army Medical Corps [89] Hampshire Regiment [82] Machine Gun Corps [81] Royal Sussex Regiment [67] Royal Berkshire Regiment [65] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [61] Gloucestershire Regiment [60] Welsh Regiment [60] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [59] Middlesex Regiment [53] East Surrey Regiment [51] Royal West Kent Regiment [50] The Queen's Regiment [50] Wiltshire Regiment [50] Rifle Brigade [48] Somerset Light Infantry [46] Worcestershire Regiment [40] Devonshire Regiment [38] Dorsetshire Regiment [34] King's Royal Rifle Corps [34] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [34] Bedfordshire Regiment [32] East Kent Regiment [32] Royal Army Service Corps [32] Royal Naval Division [32] Northumberland Fusiliers [29] Essex Regiment [28] Liverpool Regiment [28] Northamptonshire Regiment [27] South Wales Borderers [25] Suffolk Regiment [25] Royal Defence Corps [23] Army Veterinary Corps [22] Durham Light Infantry [22] Tank Corps [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [21] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [21] Manchester Regiment [20] Monmouthshire Regiment [20] Leicestershire Regiment [19] North Staffordshire Regiment [19] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [18]

Service

British Army [3025] Royal Navy [388] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [245] Australian Imperial Force [190] Canadian Expeditionary Force [180] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [48] Other Empire Force [6] South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

M [4160] B [1] F [1] G [1] L [1] P [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4061] Merchant Navy [66] Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [107] South Africa [4] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1]

Robert Miles

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 5961 Private London Regiment

British Army 373019 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5961 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Miles

Born 1875

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1597 2nd Class Mechanic

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Frank Miles

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 205 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Charles William Miles

Died 1916

British Army S/6331 Serjeant Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Frederick James Miles

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 7772 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Archie Frederick Miles

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 29706 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/8th Battalion

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Stanley Miles

Born 1885

British Army 7939 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Robert Miles

Born 1884

Died 1955

British Army 768 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Artillery

British Army 18820 Private Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 1st Battalion Militia

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Alfred George Miles

Born 1888

Died 1963

Royal Navy 232474 Able Seaman HMS Monarch

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Charles Miles

Born 1882

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 432037

Canadian Expeditionary Force 432037 Company Sergeant Major Infantry Brigade 49th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry

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John Guilford Miles

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment

British Army Royal Norfolk Regiment 6th Norfolk cyclists Battalion (Territorial)

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Jean Nellie Miles-Walker, R.r.c.

Born 1878

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force Nursing Sister Australian Nursing Service 2nd Australian General Hospital

Australian Imperial Force Matron Australian Army Nursing Service Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford

Australian Imperial Force Matron Australian Army Nursing Service

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Nathaniel Myles, Or Miles

Born 1896

Other Empire Force 1592 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 3489 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Charles Henry Miles

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20860

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Charles Miles

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 3168 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S-40468 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Arthur Thomas Miles

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 7394 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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George Henry Miles

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 9672 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 9672 Corporal Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Herbert Miles

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 3757 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 40133 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Francis George Miles

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 14081 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Reginald George Miles

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 29038 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion-Territorial.

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