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Brighton, Sussex [6]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Islington, London [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Yatala South Australia [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bexhill, Sussex [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Derby Tasmania [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Kent England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Mile End, London [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Pulham St Mary Norfolk [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Ware, Hertfordshire [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Benambra Victoria [1]

Bethersden, Ashford, Kent [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bexhill [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bulahdelah New South Wales [1]

Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Castle Forbes Bay Tasmania [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1]

Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Clarence Town New South Wales [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [1]

Colliers Row, Essex [1]

Croydon Surrey [1]

Dalston, London North [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Donegal [1]

Rank

Private [303]

Gunner [33]

Serjeant [27]

Driver [23]

Sapper [22]

Corporal [17]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Acting Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Captain [3]

Rifleman [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Office Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armament Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Boy [1]

Clerk [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1]

Member [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [39]

Army Service Corps [38]

Royal Field Artillery [33]

London Regiment [30]

Labour Corps [28]

Norfolk Regiment [22]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

The Queen's Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

East Kent Regiment [12]

Suffolk Regiment [12]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Essex Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

British West Indies Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [455]

Royal Navy [73]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

Australian Imperial Force [38]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [27]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [653]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [641]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Australia [2]

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Place of birth

Brighton, Sussex [6] Bendigo Victoria [3] Islington, London [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Yatala South Australia [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bexhill, Sussex [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Derby Tasmania [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Hartlepool, Durham [2] Kent England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Mile End, London [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Poplar, London [2] Pulham St Mary Norfolk [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] South Shields, Durham [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Ware, Hertfordshire [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Benambra Victoria [1] Bethersden, Ashford, Kent [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bexhill [1] Birmingham [1] Bow, London [1] Bulahdelah New South Wales [1] Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Castle Forbes Bay Tasmania [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1] Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [1] Clarence Town New South Wales [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [1] Colliers Row, Essex [1] Croydon Surrey [1] Dalston, London North [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Donegal [1]

Rank

Private [303] Gunner [33] Serjeant [27] Driver [23] Sapper [22] Corporal [17] Second Lieutenant [10] Acting Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [6] Lance Corporal [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Lieutenant [5] Bombardier [4] Captain [3] Rifleman [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant Major [2] Staff Nurse [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Office Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armament Serjeant Major [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Boy [1] Clerk [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1] Member [1] Munitions Worker [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [39] Army Service Corps [38] Royal Field Artillery [33] London Regiment [30] Labour Corps [28] Norfolk Regiment [22] Middlesex Regiment [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] The Queen's Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [15] Rifle Brigade [15] Royal Sussex Regiment [15] East Kent Regiment [12] Suffolk Regiment [12] Royal Fusiliers [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Essex Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [8] Royal Horse Artillery [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] British West Indies Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Corps of Hussars [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Military Foot Police [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Welsh Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [455] Royal Navy [73] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] Australian Imperial Force [38] Canadian Expeditionary Force [27] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [653] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [641] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Australia [2]

George Frederick Murrell

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army SE/6574 Private Army Veterinary Corps 31st mobile section

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Albert Murrell

Born 1886

Died 1962

British Army M2/054161 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/054161 Army Service Corps

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Arthur Cecil Murrell

Died 1918

British Army G/21902 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 21164 East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/21902 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Battalion

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James Walker Murrell

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 7/13817 Private Yorkshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 7/13817 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 13817 Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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George Murrell

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 215 Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 2nd Home Counties Bde.

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Charles Fowler Murrell

Born 1896

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 70 Sergeant Australian Machine Gun Corps 6th Brigade,

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Lewis Stanley Murrell

Born 1889

Died 1976

British Army 2570 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 90617 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 288082 Private Welsh Regiment

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Fred Murrell

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army L/10618 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army L.10618 Private Queens Royal West Surrey 10th Batt.

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Harry Murrell

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279971

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George Ernest Murrell

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282564

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William Charles Murrell

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93844

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Frank Edward Steadman Murrell

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 49240 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Alfred Murrell

Born 1871

Died 1918

British Army 20154 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion.

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Arthur William Murrell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 174828

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Edward Murrell

British Army L/7982 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Evelyn Irene Murrell

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5145 Member Women's Royal Air Force

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Edwin Joseph Murrell

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234831

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William George Murrell

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4572

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Henry Murrell

Born 1889

British Army S/6607 Corporal The Queen's Regiment

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James Harold Murrell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62790

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