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Sydney New South Wales [19]

Hull, Yorkshire [17]

Gateshead, Durham [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12]

Newcastle, Northumberland [11]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Gosport, Hampshire [7]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [7]

Shetland, Scotland [7]

South Shields, Durham, England [7]

Ballarat Victoria [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Durham [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5]

St Arnaud Victoria [5]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [5]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [4]

Benalla Victoria [4]

Carlisle, Cumberland [4]

London England [4]

Saltash, Cornwall [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Bolton England [3]

Bombala New South Wales [3]

Brighton Victoria [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Gateshead, Durham, England [3]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Auburn Victoria [2]

Aylsham, Norfolk, England [2]

Baddaginnie Victoria [2]

Bebside, Blyth, Northumberland [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2]

Box Hill Victoria [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Briston, Norfolk [2]

Carlow [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Clarence River New South Wales [2]

Clunes Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [2378]

Gunner [252]

Corporal [195]

Driver [174]

Serjeant [173]

Sapper [132]

Second Lieutenant [95]

Lance Corporal [88]

Lieutenant [85]

Captain [73]

Major [40]

Pioneer [40]

Acting Corporal [37]

Bombardier [32]

Acting Serjeant [27]

Lieutenant Colonel [22]

Staff Serjeant [18]

Acting Bombardier [13]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Commander [10]

Colour Serjeant [9]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Staff Nurse [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Private Acting Corporal [8]

Sister [8]

Trooper [8]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Nurse [7]

Nursing Sister [7]

Worker [7]

Deck Hand [6]

Guardsman [6]

Lieutenant Commander [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Rifleman [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Colonel [5]

Drummer [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Admiral [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Hon Capt [4]

Seaman [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [312]

Labour Corps [290]

Royal Engineers [249]

Northumberland Fusiliers [214]

Army Service Corps [213]

Durham Light Infantry [183]

Royal Garrison Artillery [173]

Royal Army Medical Corps [145]

West Yorkshire Regiment [116]

Border Regiment [106]

Machine Gun Corps [92]

East Yorkshire Regiment [85]

Yorkshire Regiment [80]

Liverpool Regiment [78]

London Regiment [73]

Highland Light Infantry [66]

York and Lancaster Regiment [65]

Lincolnshire Regiment [62]

Royal Fusiliers [56]

Royal Scots [54]

Lancashire Fusiliers [52]

Manchester Regiment [52]

Royal Naval Division [49]

Seaforth Highlanders [49]

West Riding Regiment [47]

Cameron Highlanders [45]

Royal Army Service Corps [43]

Royal Highlanders [42]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [40]

East Lancashire Regiment [39]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [39]

Cheshire Regiment [36]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [36]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [33]

Gordon Highlanders [32]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [32]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [32]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [30]

Canadian Infantry [30]

Middlesex Regiment [30]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

Rifle Brigade [27]

Scottish Rifles [27]

South Lancashire Regiment [27]

Royal Defence Corps [25]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [23]

Army Ordnance Corps [22]

Royal Flying Corps [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

Service

British Army [3715]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [428]

Royal Navy [351]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [290]

Australian Imperial Force [279]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [101]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

N [5318]

S [3]

B [1]

C [1]

M [1]

P [1]

V [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5164]

Merchant Navy [140]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [92]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

Bermuda [1]

Germany [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [19] Hull, Yorkshire [17] Gateshead, Durham [12] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12] Newcastle, Northumberland [11] Melbourne Victoria [9] Gosport, Hampshire [7] Hull, Yorkshire, England [7] Shetland, Scotland [7] South Shields, Durham, England [7] Ballarat Victoria [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Bradford, Yorkshire [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Durham [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [5] St Arnaud Victoria [5] Wakefield, Yorkshire [5] Basingstoke, Hampshire [4] Benalla Victoria [4] Carlisle, Cumberland [4] London England [4] Saltash, Cornwall [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Bolton England [3] Bombala New South Wales [3] Brighton Victoria [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Gateshead, Durham, England [3] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Oxford, Oxfordshire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Auburn Victoria [2] Aylsham, Norfolk, England [2] Baddaginnie Victoria [2] Bebside, Blyth, Northumberland [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2] Box Hill Victoria [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Briston, Norfolk [2] Carlow [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Chelsea, London [2] Clarence River New South Wales [2] Clunes Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [2378] Gunner [252] Corporal [195] Driver [174] Serjeant [173] Sapper [132] Second Lieutenant [95] Lance Corporal [88] Lieutenant [85] Captain [73] Major [40] Pioneer [40] Acting Corporal [37] Bombardier [32] Acting Serjeant [27] Lieutenant Colonel [22] Staff Serjeant [18] Acting Bombardier [13] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Company Serjeant Major [11] Commander [10] Colour Serjeant [9] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Lance Serjeant [9] Staff Nurse [9] Able Seaman [8] Private Acting Corporal [8] Sister [8] Trooper [8] Corporal 2nd [7] Nurse [7] Nursing Sister [7] Worker [7] Deck Hand [6] Guardsman [6] Lieutenant Commander [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Rifleman [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Colonel [5] Drummer [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Admiral [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Hon Capt [4] Seaman [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [312] Labour Corps [290] Royal Engineers [249] Northumberland Fusiliers [214] Army Service Corps [213] Durham Light Infantry [183] Royal Garrison Artillery [173] Royal Army Medical Corps [145] West Yorkshire Regiment [116] Border Regiment [106] Machine Gun Corps [92] East Yorkshire Regiment [85] Yorkshire Regiment [80] Liverpool Regiment [78] London Regiment [73] Highland Light Infantry [66] York and Lancaster Regiment [65] Lincolnshire Regiment [62] Royal Fusiliers [56] Royal Scots [54] Lancashire Fusiliers [52] Manchester Regiment [52] Royal Naval Division [49] Seaforth Highlanders [49] West Riding Regiment [47] Cameron Highlanders [45] Royal Army Service Corps [43] Royal Highlanders [42] King's Royal Rifle Corps [40] East Lancashire Regiment [39] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [39] Cheshire Regiment [36] Royal Lancaster Regiment [36] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34] King's Own Scottish Borderers [33] Gordon Highlanders [32] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [32] Yorkshire Light Infantry [32] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [30] Canadian Infantry [30] Middlesex Regiment [30] Hampshire Regiment [27] Rifle Brigade [27] Scottish Rifles [27] South Lancashire Regiment [27] Royal Defence Corps [25] Royal Scots Fusiliers [23] Army Ordnance Corps [22] Royal Flying Corps [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

Service

British Army [3715] Canadian Expeditionary Force [428] Royal Navy [351] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [290] Australian Imperial Force [279] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [101] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

N [5318] S [3] B [1] C [1] M [1] P [1] V [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5164] Merchant Navy [140] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [92] Canada [2] Australia [1] Bermuda [1] Germany [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

Herbert Nicholson

Born 1893

Died 1951

British Army 73697 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Herbert Nicholson

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 025748 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 48426 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion.

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James Nicholson

Born 1883

British Army 368899 Private Labour Corps 743 Employment Company

British Army 6917 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 6917 Private South Wales Borderers Depot 3rd Battalion

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John Samuel Nicholson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 5367 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 356729 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Harold Nathan Nicholson

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army 2539 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 14142 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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John Anthony Nicholson

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Hugh Nicholson

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 16912 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 593777 Private Labour Corps

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Joseph Nicholson

Died 1918

British Army 3128 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 200979 Private Cheshire Regiment

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William Thomas Nicholson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 201461 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 201461 Private The Hampshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Thomas Nicholson

Born 1893

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment

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Eustace Charles Edward Nicholson

Born 1887

Died 1976

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/817

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Ernest Nicholson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85561

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Benjamin Nicholson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 291798 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 291798 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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William Nicholson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301481

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Albert Edward Nicholson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27679

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William James Nicholson

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402334

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Eric Newzam Nicholson

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Lancers

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Arthur Falkner Nicholson

Born 1885

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery 231 (2nd North Midland) Brigade

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 1st North Midland Brigade

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Robert Henry Nicholson

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235401

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Edgar Nicholson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33676

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