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Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Leicester [2]

London England [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Tavistock, Devon [2]

Arreton, Isle Of Wight [1]

Belton, Suffolk [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Cape Town [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Dawlish, Devon [1]

Dorset [1]

Dumbarton [1]

East Battersea, London [1]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Ely, Hampshire [1]

Fisherton, Wiltshire [1]

Freshwater Isle of Wight [1]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Hemyock, Devon [1]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Ickleford, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Lambeth, Brixton, Surrey [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Membery, Devon [1]

Millicent South Australia [1]

Penge England [1]

Plymouth England [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Port Macquarie New South Wales [1]

Richmond New South Wales [1]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [1]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Saltley, Birmingham [1]

Taunton, Somerset [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Wilcannia New South Wales [1]

Winterbourne Whitechurch, Dorset [1]

Withycombe, Devon [1]

Yarram Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [149]

Sapper [12]

Serjeant [12]

Gunner [11]

Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Driver [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Cook [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Corporal /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant /Temporary Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Shipwright Lieutenant [1]

Signaller [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18]

Devonshire Regiment [15]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

Labour Corps [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

London Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Essex Regiment [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Hertfordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Dorset Yeomanry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Canadian Ordnance Corps [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [227]

Royal Navy [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

South African Services [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [313]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Place of birth

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Leicester [2] London England [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Tavistock, Devon [2] Arreton, Isle Of Wight [1] Belton, Suffolk [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Cape Town [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Clapton, London [1] Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Dawlish, Devon [1] Dorset [1] Dumbarton [1] East Battersea, London [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Ely, Hampshire [1] Fisherton, Wiltshire [1] Freshwater Isle of Wight [1] Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Hemyock, Devon [1] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Ickleford, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Lambeth, Brixton, Surrey [1] Lewisham, London [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Membery, Devon [1] Millicent South Australia [1] Penge England [1] Plymouth England [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Poplar, London [1] Port Macquarie New South Wales [1] Richmond New South Wales [1] Ryde, Isle of Wight [1] Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Saltley, Birmingham [1] Taunton, Somerset [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Weymouth, Dorset [1] Wilcannia New South Wales [1] Winterbourne Whitechurch, Dorset [1] Withycombe, Devon [1] Yarram Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [149] Sapper [12] Serjeant [12] Gunner [11] Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [9] Second Lieutenant [7] Driver [6] Lieutenant [6] Able Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Worker [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Cook [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Corporal /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant /Temporary Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Acting Sub Conductor [1] Serjeant Major [1] Shipwright Lieutenant [1] Signaller [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18] Devonshire Regiment [15] Royal Field Artillery [14] Army Service Corps [13] Labour Corps [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] London Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Essex Regiment [7] Leicestershire Regiment [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Hertfordshire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Middlesex Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Scots [4] Scottish Rifles [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Corps of Hussars [3] Dorset Yeomanry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Canadian Ordnance Corps [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [227] Royal Navy [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] South African Services [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

N [320]

Contribution

Military Service [313] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

George David Newberry

Born 1885

Died 1950

British Army 652579 Private London Regiment

British Army 396358 Private Labour Corps

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Julius William Newberry

Born 1860

Died 1918

Royal Navy Shipwright Lieutenant

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William Frederick Newberry

Born 1875

Died 1920

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Volunteer Battalion

British Army Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Volunteer Battalion

British Army Captain The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Alfred John Newberry

Born 1884

Died 1915

Royal Navy 361977

Other Empire Force Assistant Cook Mercantile Marine HMS Baralong

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Percy Clarence Stanley Newberry

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193370

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Samuel Edmund Newberry

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116511

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George Thomas Newberry

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90606

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Walter Arthur Newberry

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131228

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Edward Allen Newberry

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 17040 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 26722 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Frederick Walter Newberry

Died 1918

British Army 192 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frederick Clifford Newberry

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284864

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William John Newberry

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146683

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Samuel Newberry

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285938

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Edward Newberry

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21997

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Charles Newberry

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 75400 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Joseph Newberry

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 18678 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 18678 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 18678 Lance Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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William Newberry

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242475

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Thomas Henry Newberry

Born 1895

Died 1947

British Army 2237 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Walter Newberry

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 5885 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 303090 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Newberry

Born 1887

Died 1917

South African Services 7070 Private 2nd Regiment South African Infantry

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