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Sydney New South Wales [23]

Ballarat Victoria [16]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [11]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [11]

Devonport, Devon [11]

London, Middlesex, England [10]

Plymouth, Devon [8]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [7]

Birmingham [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Perth Western Australia [6]

Poplar, London [6]

Penzance, Cornwall [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [4]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Paddington, London [4]

Penzance, Cornwall, England [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Bradenham, Buckinghamshire [3]

Brunswick New South Wales [3]

Daylesford Victoria [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

London England [3]

Millthorpe New South Wales [3]

Saint Germans, Cornwall [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Cornwall [2]

Egham, Surrey [2]

Essex [2]

Flowerdale Tasmania [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Rank

Private [2201]

Gunner [253]

Driver [216]

Corporal [173]

Sapper [147]

Serjeant [120]

Lance Corporal [94]

Second Lieutenant [60]

Lieutenant [48]

Pioneer [46]

Acting Corporal [32]

Captain [28]

Bombardier [24]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Major [14]

Rifleman [13]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Corporal 2nd [10]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Worker [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Guardsman [8]

Battery Serjeant Major [7]

Acting Corporal 2nd [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Sergeant [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Boy [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Saddler [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Bugler [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Drummer [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nurse [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [300]

Royal Field Artillery [298]

Labour Corps [262]

Army Service Corps [245]

Royal Garrison Artillery [146]

London Regiment [127]

Royal Army Medical Corps [110]

Machine Gun Corps [104]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [98]

Middlesex Regiment [80]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [79]

Royal Fusiliers [73]

Devonshire Regiment [71]

Worcestershire Regiment [70]

South Staffordshire Regiment [68]

Essex Regiment [67]

Gloucestershire Regiment [61]

Rifle Brigade [51]

Welsh Regiment [50]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [47]

Liverpool Regiment [44]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [43]

Somerset Light Infantry [42]

Hampshire Regiment [41]

Norfolk Regiment [41]

Suffolk Regiment [39]

Northumberland Fusiliers [38]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [37]

Royal Sussex Regiment [36]

Royal West Kent Regiment [36]

Durham Light Infantry [35]

Army Veterinary Corps [34]

Manchester Regiment [34]

Northamptonshire Regiment [33]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [33]

Royal Defence Corps [33]

North Staffordshire Regiment [29]

Cheshire Regiment [28]

Royal Army Service Corps [28]

The Queen's Regiment [28]

Army Ordnance Corps [27]

East Surrey Regiment [27]

West Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Bedfordshire Regiment [26]

East Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Leicestershire Regiment [26]

Royal Horse Artillery [26]

Wiltshire Regiment [26]

East Kent Regiment [25]

Lancashire Fusiliers [25]

Service

British Army [3371]

Royal Navy [362]

Australian Imperial Force [262]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [230]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [189]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [60]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

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B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4453]

Merchant Navy [65]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [77]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [23] Ballarat Victoria [16] Birmingham, Warwickshire [11] Bristol, Gloucestershire [11] Devonport, Devon [11] London, Middlesex, England [10] Plymouth, Devon [8] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [7] Birmingham [6] London, Middlesex [6] Perth Western Australia [6] Poplar, London [6] Penzance, Cornwall [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Banbury, Oxfordshire [4] Bethnal Green, London [4] Brighton, Sussex [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Paddington, London [4] Penzance, Cornwall, England [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Bradenham, Buckinghamshire [3] Brunswick New South Wales [3] Daylesford Victoria [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] London England [3] Millthorpe New South Wales [3] Saint Germans, Cornwall [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Barking, Essex [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Battersea, London [2] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2] Bourke New South Wales [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Cornwall [2] Egham, Surrey [2] Essex [2] Flowerdale Tasmania [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Grays, Essex [2]

Rank

Private [2201] Gunner [253] Driver [216] Corporal [173] Sapper [147] Serjeant [120] Lance Corporal [94] Second Lieutenant [60] Lieutenant [48] Pioneer [46] Acting Corporal [32] Captain [28] Bombardier [24] Acting Serjeant [23] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Major [14] Rifleman [13] Company Serjeant Major [11] Lance Serjeant [11] Corporal 2nd [10] Staff Serjeant [10] Worker [9] Able Seaman [8] Acting Bombardier [8] Guardsman [8] Battery Serjeant Major [7] Acting Corporal 2nd [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Sergeant [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Trooper [5] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Boy [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Saddler [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Bugler [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Drummer [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nurse [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [300] Royal Field Artillery [298] Labour Corps [262] Army Service Corps [245] Royal Garrison Artillery [146] London Regiment [127] Royal Army Medical Corps [110] Machine Gun Corps [104] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [98] Middlesex Regiment [80] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [79] Royal Fusiliers [73] Devonshire Regiment [71] Worcestershire Regiment [70] South Staffordshire Regiment [68] Essex Regiment [67] Gloucestershire Regiment [61] Rifle Brigade [51] Welsh Regiment [50] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [47] Liverpool Regiment [44] King's Royal Rifle Corps [43] Somerset Light Infantry [42] Hampshire Regiment [41] Norfolk Regiment [41] Suffolk Regiment [39] Northumberland Fusiliers [38] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [37] Royal Sussex Regiment [36] Royal West Kent Regiment [36] Durham Light Infantry [35] Army Veterinary Corps [34] Manchester Regiment [34] Northamptonshire Regiment [33] Royal Berkshire Regiment [33] Royal Defence Corps [33] North Staffordshire Regiment [29] Cheshire Regiment [28] Royal Army Service Corps [28] The Queen's Regiment [28] Army Ordnance Corps [27] East Surrey Regiment [27] West Yorkshire Regiment [27] Bedfordshire Regiment [26] East Yorkshire Regiment [26] Leicestershire Regiment [26] Royal Horse Artillery [26] Wiltshire Regiment [26] East Kent Regiment [25] Lancashire Fusiliers [25]

Service

British Army [3371] Royal Navy [362] Australian Imperial Force [262] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [230] Canadian Expeditionary Force [189] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [60] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

N [4554] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4453] Merchant Navy [65] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [77] France [1] Germany [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1]

Albert Nicholls

Died 1914

British Army 1714 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Harold Nicholls

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 3944 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 260299 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Joseph Henry Nicholls

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 3007 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Arthur Nicholls

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314677

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Richard Edwin Nicholls

Born 1899

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2761 Private Australian Infantry

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Douglas William Arthur Nicholls

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

British Army Captain Suffolk Regiment

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Arthur Frederick Nicholls

Born 1863

Died 1915

Royal Navy 118946 Officer's Chief Steward HMS Victory

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Fernleigh Royston Nicholls

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5091 Private

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Jonathan Nicholls

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 22081 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Joseph Henry Nicholls

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161751

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Horace Nicholls

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 290003 Corporal Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 295251 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 295251 Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 4th (City of London) Battalion

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Aaron Nicholls

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 2594 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Gerald John James Nicholls

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87065

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William Henry Nicholls

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296942

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William John Nicholls

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268482

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Walter J B Nicholls

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129885

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Frederick Edward Nicholls

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army G/8134 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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William George Nicholls

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54214

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Alfred Leonard Nicholls

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army M2/102667 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps 56 Siege Battery, Ammunition Column.

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Albert Nicholls

Died 1915

British Army Y774 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion.

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