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Sydney New South Wales [28]

Coonabarabran New South Wales [10]

Melbourne Victoria [10]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [9]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [9]

Goulburn New South Wales [8]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

London England [7]

Ballarat Victoria [6]

Daylesford Victoria [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [5]

Kendal, Westmorland [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Port Melbourne Victoria [5]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Brunswick New South Wales [4]

Cressy Victoria [4]

Glasgow [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Norwood South Australia [4]

South Melbourne Victoria [4]

Stepney, London [4]

Whitby, Yorkshire [4]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Bridgetown Western Australia [3]

Collingwood Victoria [3]

Darlington, Durham [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Glasgow Scotland [3]

Great Witchingham Norfolk [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Nowra New South Wales [3]

Preston, Lancashire [3]

Sydney, New South Wales [3]

York England [3]

Aarhus [2]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Albany Western Australia [2]

Aldinga South Australia [2]

Beeac Victoria [2]

Belfast [2]

Belfast, Down [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Rank

Private [1948]

Gunner [185]

Driver [152]

Corporal [136]

Serjeant [129]

Sapper [100]

Second Lieutenant [82]

Lieutenant [66]

Lance Corporal [54]

Captain [53]

Acting Corporal [26]

Bombardier [24]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Pioneer [17]

Major [14]

Rifleman [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Worker [9]

Staff Nurse [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Sergeant [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Sister [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Forewoman [3]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Trooper [3]

Able Seaman Driver [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Bugler [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [237]

Labour Corps [225]

Royal Engineers [170]

Army Service Corps [162]

Royal Army Medical Corps [108]

Royal Garrison Artillery [99]

Durham Light Infantry [85]

Machine Gun Corps [79]

Northumberland Fusiliers [77]

Liverpool Regiment [71]

Royal Scots [68]

London Regiment [67]

Manchester Regiment [59]

Scottish Rifles [56]

Highland Light Infantry [54]

British West Indies Regiment [53]

Border Regiment [51]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [51]

Canadian Infantry [50]

Royal Fusiliers [50]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [50]

West Yorkshire Regiment [49]

Royal Irish Rifles [47]

Lancashire Fusiliers [44]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [41]

East Lancashire Regiment [40]

West Riding Regiment [40]

Yorkshire Regiment [39]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [38]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [38]

Cheshire Regiment [37]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [34]

Rifle Brigade [32]

Royal Highlanders [30]

Royal Naval Division [30]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [28]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [27]

East Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Norfolk Regiment [26]

Seaforth Highlanders [26]

Lincolnshire Regiment [25]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Royal Army Service Corps [23]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [23]

Cameron Highlanders [22]

Essex Regiment [21]

Gordon Highlanders [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20]

Welsh Regiment [19]

York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [2840]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [663]

Australian Imperial Force [390]

Royal Navy [244]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [208]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [113]

Other Empire Force [9]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

N [4614]

H [2]

K [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4461]

Merchant Navy [133]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [64]

Canada [2]

Isle of Man [2]

New Zealand [2]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [28] Coonabarabran New South Wales [10] Melbourne Victoria [10] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [9] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [9] Goulburn New South Wales [8] London, Middlesex, England [8] London England [7] Ballarat Victoria [6] Daylesford Victoria [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Hull, Yorkshire, England [5] Kendal, Westmorland [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Port Melbourne Victoria [5] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Brunswick New South Wales [4] Cressy Victoria [4] Glasgow [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Norwood South Australia [4] South Melbourne Victoria [4] Stepney, London [4] Whitby, Yorkshire [4] Bicester, Oxfordshire [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Bridgetown Western Australia [3] Collingwood Victoria [3] Darlington, Durham [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Glasgow Scotland [3] Great Witchingham Norfolk [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Nowra New South Wales [3] Preston, Lancashire [3] Sydney, New South Wales [3] York England [3] Aarhus [2] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Albany Western Australia [2] Aldinga South Australia [2] Beeac Victoria [2] Belfast [2] Belfast, Down [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Rank

Private [1948] Gunner [185] Driver [152] Corporal [136] Serjeant [129] Sapper [100] Second Lieutenant [82] Lieutenant [66] Lance Corporal [54] Captain [53] Acting Corporal [26] Bombardier [24] Acting Serjeant [19] Pioneer [17] Major [14] Rifleman [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Worker [9] Staff Nurse [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Sergeant [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Sister [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Temporary Captain [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Deck Hand [4] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Forewoman [3] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nursing Sister [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Trooper [3] Able Seaman Driver [2] Acting Captain [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Bugler [2] Colonel [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [237] Labour Corps [225] Royal Engineers [170] Army Service Corps [162] Royal Army Medical Corps [108] Royal Garrison Artillery [99] Durham Light Infantry [85] Machine Gun Corps [79] Northumberland Fusiliers [77] Liverpool Regiment [71] Royal Scots [68] London Regiment [67] Manchester Regiment [59] Scottish Rifles [56] Highland Light Infantry [54] British West Indies Regiment [53] Border Regiment [51] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [51] Canadian Infantry [50] Royal Fusiliers [50] Royal Scots Fusiliers [50] West Yorkshire Regiment [49] Royal Irish Rifles [47] Lancashire Fusiliers [44] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [41] East Lancashire Regiment [40] West Riding Regiment [40] Yorkshire Regiment [39] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [38] Royal Lancaster Regiment [38] Cheshire Regiment [37] King's Own Scottish Borderers [34] Rifle Brigade [32] Royal Highlanders [30] Royal Naval Division [30] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [28] King's Royal Rifle Corps [27] East Yorkshire Regiment [26] Norfolk Regiment [26] Seaforth Highlanders [26] Lincolnshire Regiment [25] Middlesex Regiment [23] Royal Army Service Corps [23] Royal Irish Fusiliers [23] Cameron Highlanders [22] Essex Regiment [21] Gordon Highlanders [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20] Welsh Regiment [19] York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [2840] Canadian Expeditionary Force [663] Australian Imperial Force [390] Royal Navy [244] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [208] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [113] Other Empire Force [9] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

N [4614] H [2] K [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4461] Merchant Navy [133] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [64] Canada [2] Isle of Man [2] New Zealand [2] Australia [1] Ireland [1]

George Herbert Nelson

Born 1890

Died 1950

British Army 14766 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 68th Battery in 14th Brigade, RFA

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 37th Divisional Artillery

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John Bell Nelson

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 9th Royal Lancers A Squadron

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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Richard Owen Nelson

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Personal number 21132 2nd Lieutenant Army Service Corps Motor Transport Depot

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William Nelson

Born 1872

Died 1919

British Army 201262 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 25 Private Border Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 358782 Private Labour Corps ex Border Regiment 815th Area Employment Company

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William Nelson

Born 1869

British Army 194 Private Royal Fusiliers 17th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 5th Battalion

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William Henry Nelson

Born 1891

Died 1964

British Army 14110 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 14110 Lance Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Augustus George Nelson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 180489 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Training Battalion

British Army 180489 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 2nd Battalion

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William Henry Nelson

Born 1893

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 27184 Sergeant Otago Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion

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David Nelson

Born 1882

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/1304 New Zealand Rifle Brigade Wellington Infantry Battalion, 1st Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/1304 and 18695 Private New Zealand Rifle Brigade (First enlistment) Wellington Infantry Battalion (second enlistment)

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Richard Anacletus Nelson

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4240 Private 13th Brigade 50th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 4240 Corporal 13th Brigade 50th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 4240 Lance Sergeant 13th Brigade 50th Battalion

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Harry Nelson

Born 1893

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10145 Canterbury Infantry Regiment

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Private HMNZT 49 or HMNZT 50

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Private In transit from Alexandria to Etaples

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William Nelson

Born 1880

Died 1965

British Army 2544 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 361572 Private Labour Corps

British Army 2544 Private 52nd Division Highland Light Infantry

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Francis Nelson

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 100943 Sapper Royal Engineers 1st/2nd (Lowland) Field Coy.

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Cornelius Nelson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3500 KIng's (Liverpool) Regiment

British Army 267185 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd/7th Battalion

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Frank Nelson

Born 1885

Royal Navy

British Army 3508 Private King's (Liverpool) Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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Frank Albert Nelson

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 222097

Canadian Expeditionary Force 222097 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Kenneth Morris Nelson

Born 1897

Died 1968

British Army

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407567 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

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Frederick Nelson

Born 1881

Died 1944

British Army 25332 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Gregory Vincent Nelson

Born 1895

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Canadian Expeditionary Force major 18th battalion

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Walter Nelson

Born 1870

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Legionnaire French Foreign Legion

British Army S4/064765 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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