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Sydney New South Wales [12]

Warrnambool Victoria [5]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Branxholm Tasmania [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Belfast [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Brunswick New South Wales [3]

Coventry, Warwickshire [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Ballyclare, Antrim [2]

Ballymena, Antrim [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Burnham, Buckinghamshire [2]

Byron Bay New South Wales [2]

Coonabarabran New South Wales [2]

Croydon Queensland [2]

Dublin [2]

Durham England [2]

Glasgow [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Greenwich, London [2]

Hawthorn Victoria [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Riverstone New South Wales [2]

South Yarra Victoria [2]

Strood, Kent [2]

Addlestone, Surrey [1]

Addlestone, Surrey, England [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Antrim [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Armagh [1]

Ashby Saint Ledgers, Warwickshire [1]

Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire [1]

Auckland [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Rank

Private [755]

Serjeant [65]

Corporal [63]

Lieutenant [53]

Gunner [49]

Driver [46]

Second Lieutenant [44]

Sapper [43]

Captain [39]

Lance Corporal [26]

Major [21]

Acting Corporal [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Pioneer [8]

Nursing Sister [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Bombardier [6]

Temporary Captain [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Colonel [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Major General [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Nurse [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Brevet Colonel [2]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Major /Temporary Colonel [2]

Reverend [2]

Seaman [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trimmer [2]

1st Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

1st Class Serjeant [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [89]

Labour Corps [77]

Royal Irish Rifles [76]

Highland Light Infantry [61]

Royal Field Artillery [61]

Army Service Corps [60]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [43]

Royal Army Medical Corps [43]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [43]

Royal Scots [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery [37]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [37]

Scottish Rifles [36]

Canadian Infantry [31]

Seaforth Highlanders [31]

Cameron Highlanders [28]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [26]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [23]

Gordon Highlanders [22]

Royal Highlanders [21]

London Regiment [18]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Manchester Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Scots Guards [12]

Rifle Brigade [11]

North Irish Horse [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Corps of Hussars [8]

Leinster Regiment [8]

Royal Artillery/ Staff [8]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Irish Guards [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Military Foot Police [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Artillery [6]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6]

Service

British Army [1161]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [326]

Australian Imperial Force [136]

Royal Navy [99]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

M [1896]

L [3]

H [2]

E [1]

G [1]

P [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1850]

Merchant Navy [42]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

India [2]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [12] Warrnambool Victoria [5] Belfast, Antrim [4] Branxholm Tasmania [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Launceston Tasmania [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Belfast [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Brunswick New South Wales [3] Coventry, Warwickshire [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Ballyclare, Antrim [2] Ballymena, Antrim [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Burnham, Buckinghamshire [2] Byron Bay New South Wales [2] Coonabarabran New South Wales [2] Croydon Queensland [2] Dublin [2] Durham England [2] Glasgow [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Greenwich, London [2] Hawthorn Victoria [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Lambeth, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Riverstone New South Wales [2] South Yarra Victoria [2] Strood, Kent [2] Addlestone, Surrey [1] Addlestone, Surrey, England [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Antrim [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Armagh [1] Ashby Saint Ledgers, Warwickshire [1] Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire [1] Auckland [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Rank

Private [755] Serjeant [65] Corporal [63] Lieutenant [53] Gunner [49] Driver [46] Second Lieutenant [44] Sapper [43] Captain [39] Lance Corporal [26] Major [21] Acting Corporal [13] Lieutenant Colonel [12] Pioneer [8] Nursing Sister [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Bombardier [6] Temporary Captain [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Colonel [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Major General [4] Rifleman [4] Sergeant [4] Temporary Major [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Nurse [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Nurse [3] Able Seaman [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Brevet Colonel [2] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Major /Temporary Colonel [2] Reverend [2] Seaman [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trimmer [2] 1st Class Assistant Surgeon [1] 1st Class Serjeant [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [89] Labour Corps [77] Royal Irish Rifles [76] Highland Light Infantry [61] Royal Field Artillery [61] Army Service Corps [60] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [43] Royal Army Medical Corps [43] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [43] Royal Scots [42] Royal Garrison Artillery [37] Royal Scots Fusiliers [37] Scottish Rifles [36] Canadian Infantry [31] Seaforth Highlanders [31] Cameron Highlanders [28] Royal Irish Fusiliers [26] Machine Gun Corps [24] King's Own Scottish Borderers [23] Gordon Highlanders [22] Royal Highlanders [21] London Regiment [18] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] Manchester Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] Royal Naval Division [12] Scots Guards [12] Rifle Brigade [11] North Irish Horse [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Royal Defence Corps [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] Corps of Hussars [8] Leinster Regiment [8] Royal Artillery/ Staff [8] Canadian Army Medical Corps [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Irish Guards [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Military Foot Police [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Canadian Mounted Rifles [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Artillery [6] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6]

Service

British Army [1161] Canadian Expeditionary Force [326] Australian Imperial Force [136] Royal Navy [99] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

M [1896] L [3] H [2] E [1] G [1] P [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1850] Merchant Navy [42] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31] India [2]

William Oscar Montgomery

Born 1888

Died 1959

British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Trench Mortar Battery

British Army 202287 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 5th (reserve) Battalion

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Matthew Montgomery

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 201758 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 285047 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

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Bernard Law Montgomery, K.

Born 1887

Died 1976

British Army Captain General Staff Officer

British Army Lieutenant Colonel General Staff Officer

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Hugh Bertram Montgomery

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 3030 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain King's Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion Liverpool Scottish

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Simpson Montgomery

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 19/112 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 112 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 11/13th Battalion

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John Montgomery

Died 1914

British Army 7486 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Frank Thomas Montgomery

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 9945 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 9945 Colour Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Harry Montgomery

Born 1875

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force DEPOT Private Australian Infantry

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Jack Hamilton Montgomery

Born 1895

Died 1920

British Army 185115 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas Wilfrid Montgomery

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 127094

Canadian Expeditionary Force 127094 Private Canadian Infantry

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Angus Montgomery

Born 1874

Died 1919

Royal Navy SD 1445 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1445.S.D. (Ch.) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Unity

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Joseph Montgomery

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97906

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Alexander Montgomery

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86525

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William Montgomery

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185807

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John Montgomery

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261509

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James Montgomery

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55628

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William Montgomery

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29123

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Hugh Ferguson Montgomery

Born 1880

Died 1920

Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Colonel

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Hugh Montgomery

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267232

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Ernest Scott Montgomery

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28997

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