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Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Wellington New South Wales [4]

Coobowie South Australia [2]

Eaglehawk Victoria [2]

Maitland New South Wales [2]

Redruth, Cornwall [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Saltash, Cornwall [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Atwick, Yorkshire [1]

Blyth South Australia [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Carmarthen Moor, Cornwall [1]

Coburg Victoria [1]

Cornwall England [1]

Devon England [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Forbes New South Wales [1]

Georgetown South Australia [1]

Glasgow [1]

Goodwood South Australia [1]

Gooloogong New South Wales [1]

Grampound, Cornwall [1]

Greymouth [1]

Gunnedah New South Wales [1]

Haltwhistle England [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall [1]

Keswick Victoria [1]

Maryborough Victoria [1]

Mundoona Victoria [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Penzance, Cornwall, England [1]

Port Melbourne Victoria [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Rainton, Durham [1]

Redruth, Cornwall, England [1]

Saint Austell, Cornwall [1]

St Austell [1]

St Austell, Cornwall [1]

St Stephens, St Austell, Cornwall [1]

Wendren, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [35]

Corporal [5]

Driver [5]

Lance Corporal [3]

Sapper [3]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Captain [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Army Service Corps [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Labour Corps [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Australian Engineers [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

57th Battalion [1]

Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

Canterbury Mounted Rifles [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company/Australian Engineers [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Albion [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Mining Unit [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Army Pay Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Canadian Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [52]

Australian Imperial Force [36]

Royal Navy [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

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N [131]

Contribution

Military Service [128]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Bendigo Victoria [4] Wellington New South Wales [4] Coobowie South Australia [2] Eaglehawk Victoria [2] Maitland New South Wales [2] Redruth, Cornwall [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Saltash, Cornwall [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Atwick, Yorkshire [1] Blyth South Australia [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Bow, London [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Carmarthen Moor, Cornwall [1] Coburg Victoria [1] Cornwall England [1] Devon England [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Forbes New South Wales [1] Georgetown South Australia [1] Glasgow [1] Goodwood South Australia [1] Gooloogong New South Wales [1] Grampound, Cornwall [1] Greymouth [1] Gunnedah New South Wales [1] Haltwhistle England [1] Islington, London [1] Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall [1] Keswick Victoria [1] Maryborough Victoria [1] Mundoona Victoria [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Penzance, Cornwall, England [1] Port Melbourne Victoria [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Rainton, Durham [1] Redruth, Cornwall, England [1] Saint Austell, Cornwall [1] St Austell [1] St Austell, Cornwall [1] St Stephens, St Austell, Cornwall [1] Wendren, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [35] Corporal [5] Driver [5] Lance Corporal [3] Sapper [3] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Engineers [6] Army Service Corps [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Labour Corps [4] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Australian Engineers [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 57th Battalion [1] Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Buckinghamshire Battalion [1] Canterbury Mounted Rifles [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company/Australian Engineers [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Albion [1] HMS Goliath [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Mining Unit [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Army Pay Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Canadian Horse Artillery [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [52] Australian Imperial Force [36] Royal Navy [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

N [131]

Contribution

Military Service [128] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

William Nancarrow

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy 295968 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy 295968 Stoker

Royal Navy 295968 Stoker 1st Class

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John Vivian Nancarrow

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Captain Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) 4th Battalion

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment

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Sydney Herbert Nancarrow

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286251

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William John Nancarrow

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72768

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Harry Nancarrow

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164864

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Percy Nancarrow

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 32041 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 24519 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 32041 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Vincent Fosbery Nancarrow

Born 1893

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 7/688 Lieutenant Canterbury Mounted Rifles

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Henry Nancarrow

Born 1883

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS100654 Stoker 1st Class HMS Albion

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George Denton Nancarrow

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70920

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Jonathan Toms Nancarrow

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405287

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Richard Nancarrow

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 17752 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Ernest Nancarrow

Died 1916

British Army 11355 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

British Army 11355 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Charles Wesley Nancarrow

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1862 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Frederick John Nancarrow

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 348842

Canadian Expeditionary Force 348842 Driver Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

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George Nancarrow

Australian Imperial Force 3205

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Arthur Carl Nancarrow

Born 1888

Australian Imperial Force 5159 Lance Corporal 57th Battalion

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William J Nancarrow

Died 1917

British Army 112753 Sapper Royal Engineers 177 Tunnelling Company

British Army 22878 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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William Thomas Nancarrow

Died 1918

British Army 6934 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

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Alfred Nancarrow

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 40390 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Reuben Nancarrow

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73832

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