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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]

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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]

Charles Frederick Nicholls

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80008

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Herbert Clarence Nicholls

Died 1915

British Army 10069 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 10069 Private Devonshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Frederick Nicholls

Died 1914

British Army 2565 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Reginald Alexander Nicholls

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 73 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Joseph Nicholls

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 4152 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 8/6774 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 302243 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Walter Nicholls

Died 1914

British Army 2181 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Albert Andrew Nicholls

Born 1897

Died 1976

Canadian Expeditionary Force 113458

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Ebenezer Nicholls

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 6990 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Sidney Nicholls

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244013

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Bertram Nicholls

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69583

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Cecil Carr Nicholls

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5126

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Frederick James Nicholls

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304173

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Alfred Ernest Nicholls

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28343

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George Nicholls

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98281

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George Nicholls

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61006

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Joseph Nicholls

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army 5157 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 5157 Warrant Officer Class 2 Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 5157 Company Serjeant Major Worcestershire Regiment

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Reginald Mortimer Nicholls

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Dorothy Gertrude Nicholls

Born 1886

Died 1980

British Army Nursing Sister British Red Cross Society attached Stationary Hospital Bologne Unit

British Army Nursing Sister British Red Cross Society Boulogne Unit No 5

Other Empire Force Nurse British Red Cross Society Anglo Russian Field Hospital

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Charles Henry Nicholls

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 8760 Serjeant 18th Hussars

British Army 33098 Private 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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Leonard Harvey Nicholls

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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