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Sydney New South Wales [24]

London England [15]

Manchester, Lancashire [14]

London, Middlesex [13]

London, Middlesex, England [12]

Brisbane Queensland [11]

Maidstone, Kent [11]

Rochdale, Lancashire [11]

Southampton, Hampshire [11]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [10]

Islington, London [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

Bendigo Victoria [8]

Brighton, Sussex [8]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

Oldham, Lancashire [8]

Adelaide South Australia [7]

Carlton Victoria [7]

Harwich, Essex, England [7]

Ipswich, Suffolk [7]

Newcastle, Northumberland [7]

Bethnal Green, London [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Birmingham [5]

Bolton, Lancashire [5]

Camberwell, London [5]

Coventry, Warwickshire [5]

Croydon, Surrey [5]

Hobart Tasmania [5]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [5]

West Ham, Essex [5]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Clapton, London [4]

Hackney, London [4]

Harwich, Essex [4]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

Nottingham [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire [4]

Wandsworth, London [4]

Andover, Hampshire [3]

Ashford, Kent [3]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Bow, London [3]

Caboolture Queensland [3]

Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Rank

Private [4457]

Gunner [489]

Driver [433]

Serjeant [354]

Corporal [329]

Sapper [299]

Lance Corporal [154]

Second Lieutenant [132]

Lieutenant [114]

Pioneer [72]

Captain [69]

Acting Corporal [65]

Acting Serjeant [56]

Bombardier [45]

Lance Serjeant [29]

Major [28]

Rifleman [28]

Company Serjeant Major [26]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [24]

Able Seaman [23]

Acting Bombardier [15]

Staff Serjeant [15]

Colour Serjeant [13]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Guardsman [12]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Worker [12]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Nursing Sister [8]

Second Corporal [8]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Trooper [8]

Acting Captain [7]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Bandsman [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Sergeant [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Lance Bombardier [4]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [579]

Royal Engineers [539]

Labour Corps [537]

Army Service Corps [463]

Royal Garrison Artillery [300]

London Regiment [275]

Royal Army Medical Corps [239]

Machine Gun Corps [173]

Manchester Regiment [167]

Lancashire Fusiliers [153]

Middlesex Regiment [140]

Royal Fusiliers [140]

Northumberland Fusiliers [124]

Gloucestershire Regiment [123]

Rifle Brigade [113]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [107]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [99]

Hampshire Regiment [96]

Liverpool Regiment [94]

Worcestershire Regiment [94]

Durham Light Infantry [93]

The Queen's Regiment [93]

Essex Regiment [92]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [91]

Devonshire Regiment [86]

Royal Sussex Regiment [78]

Royal Army Service Corps [77]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [77]

Royal West Kent Regiment [77]

Royal Irish Rifles [72]

Suffolk Regiment [72]

Cheshire Regiment [70]

Welsh Regiment [66]

West Yorkshire Regiment [66]

York and Lancaster Regiment [65]

Royal Defence Corps [64]

East Kent Regiment [62]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [62]

South Staffordshire Regiment [62]

East Surrey Regiment [58]

Leicestershire Regiment [58]

Royal Naval Division [58]

Northamptonshire Regiment [55]

Somerset Light Infantry [54]

Bedfordshire Regiment [51]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [51]

West Riding Regiment [50]

East Lancashire Regiment [49]

South Wales Borderers [49]

Canadian Infantry [47]

Service

British Army [6824]

Royal Navy [725]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [594]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [577]

Australian Imperial Force [445]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [130]

South African Services [5]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [9488]

S [4]

B [3]

H [2]

C [1]

E [1]

F [1]

G [1]

P [1]

R [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [9293]

Merchant Navy [168]

Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [174]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [24] London England [15] Manchester, Lancashire [14] London, Middlesex [13] London, Middlesex, England [12] Brisbane Queensland [11] Maidstone, Kent [11] Rochdale, Lancashire [11] Southampton, Hampshire [11] Birmingham, Warwickshire [10] Islington, London [10] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] Bendigo Victoria [8] Brighton, Sussex [8] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Melbourne Victoria [8] Oldham, Lancashire [8] Adelaide South Australia [7] Carlton Victoria [7] Harwich, Essex, England [7] Ipswich, Suffolk [7] Newcastle, Northumberland [7] Bethnal Green, London [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Birmingham [5] Bolton, Lancashire [5] Camberwell, London [5] Coventry, Warwickshire [5] Croydon, Surrey [5] Hobart Tasmania [5] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [5] West Ham, Essex [5] Belfast, Antrim [4] Clapton, London [4] Hackney, London [4] Harwich, Essex [4] Launceston Tasmania [4] Nottingham [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire [4] Wandsworth, London [4] Andover, Hampshire [3] Ashford, Kent [3] Bath, Somerset [3] Battersea, London [3] Bow, London [3] Caboolture Queensland [3] Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Rank

Private [4457] Gunner [489] Driver [433] Serjeant [354] Corporal [329] Sapper [299] Lance Corporal [154] Second Lieutenant [132] Lieutenant [114] Pioneer [72] Captain [69] Acting Corporal [65] Acting Serjeant [56] Bombardier [45] Lance Serjeant [29] Major [28] Rifleman [28] Company Serjeant Major [26] Warrant Officer Class 2 [24] Able Seaman [23] Acting Bombardier [15] Staff Serjeant [15] Colour Serjeant [13] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Guardsman [12] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Worker [12] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Nursing Sister [8] Second Corporal [8] Shoeing Smith [8] Trooper [8] Acting Captain [7] Acting Company Serjeant Major [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Corporal Acting Serjeant [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Bandsman [5] Battery Serjeant Major [5] Leading Stoker [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Sergeant [5] Staff Nurse [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Lance Bombardier [4]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [579] Royal Engineers [539] Labour Corps [537] Army Service Corps [463] Royal Garrison Artillery [300] London Regiment [275] Royal Army Medical Corps [239] Machine Gun Corps [173] Manchester Regiment [167] Lancashire Fusiliers [153] Middlesex Regiment [140] Royal Fusiliers [140] Northumberland Fusiliers [124] Gloucestershire Regiment [123] Rifle Brigade [113] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [107] King's Royal Rifle Corps [99] Hampshire Regiment [96] Liverpool Regiment [94] Worcestershire Regiment [94] Durham Light Infantry [93] The Queen's Regiment [93] Essex Regiment [92] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [91] Devonshire Regiment [86] Royal Sussex Regiment [78] Royal Army Service Corps [77] Royal Berkshire Regiment [77] Royal West Kent Regiment [77] Royal Irish Rifles [72] Suffolk Regiment [72] Cheshire Regiment [70] Welsh Regiment [66] West Yorkshire Regiment [66] York and Lancaster Regiment [65] Royal Defence Corps [64] East Kent Regiment [62] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [62] South Staffordshire Regiment [62] East Surrey Regiment [58] Leicestershire Regiment [58] Royal Naval Division [58] Northamptonshire Regiment [55] Somerset Light Infantry [54] Bedfordshire Regiment [51] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [51] West Riding Regiment [50] East Lancashire Regiment [49] South Wales Borderers [49] Canadian Infantry [47]

Service

British Army [6824] Royal Navy [725] Canadian Expeditionary Force [594] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [577] Australian Imperial Force [445] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [130] South African Services [5] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [9488] S [4] B [3] H [2] C [1] E [1] F [1] G [1] P [1] R [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [9293] Merchant Navy [168] Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [174] Canada [2] Australia [1] France [1] India [1] Jamaica [1]

Sidney John Orlando Mills

Born 1885

Died 1951

British Army 279448 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 625454 Driver Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 625454 Bombardier Honourable Artillery Company 2/A Battery

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Claude Matthew Mills

Born 1898

Died 1954

British Army 241355 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 4179TF Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Isaac James Mills

Born 1897

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 237 Private 7th Australian Infantry Brigade 26th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 237 Corporal Australian Infantry Brigade 26th Battalion

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George Henry Thomas Mills

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 8788 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8788 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Charles Sydney Mills

Died 1915

British Army 3008 Private London Regiment

British Army 3008 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Mills

Born 1878

British Army 2399 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 6825 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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Mark Mills

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 18168 Private Prince of Wales's Volunteers South Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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William Alfred Mills

Born 1880

Died 1953

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48861

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Ernest George Mills

Died 1916

British Army 7471 Acting Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 7471 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Ernest Mills

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 5646 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 5646 Bandsman Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harvey James Mills

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army G/11053 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

British Army G/11053 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Frederick Mills

Born 1891

British Army 131138 Pioneer Royal Engineers 228th Field Company

British Army 131138 Pioneer Royal Engineers 233rd Field Company

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John Bertram Mills

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 2907 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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Ernest Walter Mills

Born 1893

British Army 10951 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Arthur William Mills

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 4317 Private Herefordshire Regiment 3rd/1st Battalion

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David Mills

Born 1881

Died 1918

South African Services 12419 Private 4th Regiment

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Francis Lonsdale Mills

Born 1891

Died 1959

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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James John Mills

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 25376 Private Welsh Regiment 17th Battalion

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Albert J Mills

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 218933 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/355219 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/355219 previously 218933 Sapper Royal Engineers No. 2 Light Railway Company

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John Thomas Mills

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 7273 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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