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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]

Charles Nelson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37983

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George James Nelson

Born 1896

Died 1920

Royal Navy Royal Naval Division 2nd R.M. Battalion

Royal Navy 19375 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/19375 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Harold Nelson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31281

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Willie Nelson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165180

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Joseph Nesbit Nelson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17527

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Philip Nelson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49483

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Joseph Nelson

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282365

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William Herbert Nelson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309460

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Victor F A Nelson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98693

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Thomas Nelson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114751

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Frederick Charles Nelson

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 84755 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George William Nelson

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 18092 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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William Barr Nelson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 205721 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 295566 Private London Regiment

British Army 295566 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Herbert Nelson

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 105 Squadron

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George Mckinnin Nelson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63171

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James Nelson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102541

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Alexander Nelson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185713

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Henry Nelson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133212

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Frank Nelson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31006

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Joseph Nelson

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98644

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