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London England [7]

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Hay New South Wales [4]

Ipswich Queensland [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Bundaberg Queensland [3]

Darlimurla Victoria [3]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Nowra New South Wales [3]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [2]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Balgownie New South Wales [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Benalla Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Clermont Queensland [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Corsham, Wiltshire [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Dunolly Victoria [2]

Frimley, Surrey [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Halifax NS [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Horsham Victoria [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Pendeen, Cornwall [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Thame, Oxfordshire [2]

Woodford, Essex [2]

Yorkshire [2]

93 Union Street, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Ackworth [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [1056]

Gunner [143]

Driver [117]

Corporal [105]

Serjeant [77]

Sapper [55]

Second Lieutenant [33]

Lieutenant [32]

Captain [31]

Lance Corporal [29]

Pioneer [17]

Acting Corporal [15]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Major [11]

Bombardier [10]

Rifleman [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Worker [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Private Lance Corporal [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Major [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Colonel [3]

Trooper [3]

Assistant Nurse [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Captain Adjutant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [146]

Royal Field Artillery [139]

Royal Engineers [136]

Army Service Corps [133]

London Regiment [77]

Royal Garrison Artillery [76]

Machine Gun Corps [64]

West Yorkshire Regiment [62]

Royal Army Medical Corps [49]

West Riding Regiment [42]

Royal Fusiliers [41]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [38]

Middlesex Regiment [35]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [35]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [32]

Leicestershire Regiment [31]

The Queen's Regiment [31]

Lincolnshire Regiment [29]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

Northumberland Fusiliers [26]

Essex Regiment [25]

Durham Light Infantry [24]

York and Lancaster Regiment [22]

Royal Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

East Surrey Regiment [20]

Royal Defence Corps [20]

Rifle Brigade [19]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

Devonshire Regiment [18]

Somerset Light Infantry [18]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [17]

Royal Horse Artillery [17]

Worcestershire Regiment [17]

Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Suffolk Regiment [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Bedfordshire Regiment [14]

East Yorkshire Regiment [14]

East Kent Regiment [13]

Hussars [12]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Tank Corps [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Service

British Army [1733]

Royal Navy [162]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [157]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [110]

Australian Imperial Force [94]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

N [2311]

B [1]

H [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2282]

Merchant Navy [18]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [44]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

London England [7] Bradford, Yorkshire [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Hay New South Wales [4] Ipswich Queensland [4] London, Middlesex [4] Bundaberg Queensland [3] Darlimurla Victoria [3] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Nowra New South Wales [3] Alfreton, Derbyshire [2] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Balgownie New South Wales [2] Battersea, London [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Benalla Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Clermont Queensland [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Corsham, Wiltshire [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Dunolly Victoria [2] Frimley, Surrey [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Halifax NS [2] Hampstead, London [2] Horsham Victoria [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Luton, Bedfordshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Pendeen, Cornwall [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Thame, Oxfordshire [2] Woodford, Essex [2] Yorkshire [2] 93 Union Street, Lambeth, Surrey [1] Ackworth [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [1056] Gunner [143] Driver [117] Corporal [105] Serjeant [77] Sapper [55] Second Lieutenant [33] Lieutenant [32] Captain [31] Lance Corporal [29] Pioneer [17] Acting Corporal [15] Acting Serjeant [14] Major [11] Bombardier [10] Rifleman [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Acting Bombardier [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Worker [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Private Lance Corporal [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Major [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Colonel [3] Trooper [3] Assistant Nurse [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Captain Adjutant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [146] Royal Field Artillery [139] Royal Engineers [136] Army Service Corps [133] London Regiment [77] Royal Garrison Artillery [76] Machine Gun Corps [64] West Yorkshire Regiment [62] Royal Army Medical Corps [49] West Riding Regiment [42] Royal Fusiliers [41] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [38] Middlesex Regiment [35] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [35] King's Royal Rifle Corps [32] Leicestershire Regiment [31] The Queen's Regiment [31] Lincolnshire Regiment [29] Hampshire Regiment [27] Northumberland Fusiliers [26] Essex Regiment [25] Durham Light Infantry [24] York and Lancaster Regiment [22] Royal Army Service Corps [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] East Surrey Regiment [20] Royal Defence Corps [20] Rifle Brigade [19] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] Devonshire Regiment [18] Somerset Light Infantry [18] Yorkshire Light Infantry [18] Army Ordnance Corps [17] Royal Horse Artillery [17] Worcestershire Regiment [17] Yorkshire Regiment [17] Suffolk Regiment [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] Manchester Regiment [15] Bedfordshire Regiment [14] East Yorkshire Regiment [14] East Kent Regiment [13] Hussars [12] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [11] Royal Naval Division [11] Tank Corps [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Service

British Army [1733] Royal Navy [162] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [157] Canadian Expeditionary Force [110] Australian Imperial Force [94] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

N [2311] B [1] H [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2282] Merchant Navy [18] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [44] India [1] Ireland [1]

Ernest Albert North

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293352

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Charles William North

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 15430 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion.

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William North

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 33854 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 33854 Private Hampshire Regiment 15th Hampshire Yeomanry

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Wilfred James North

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 281054 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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William Charles North

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 21418 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 21418 Private The Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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William George Harvey North

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 3343 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry attached to Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force

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Edward North

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209373

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Joseph North

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28751

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Charles North

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138989

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Sam North

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4794

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Ernest North

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285327

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Ernest William North

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88690

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John Oliver North

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280926

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Ernest Joseph North

Born 1895

Died 1955

British Army 1022 Sapper Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 104530 Sapper Acting Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Tank Corps

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Arthur Victor North

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 373709 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6823 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Ernest North

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19734

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George William North

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86981

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George William North

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69377

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John North

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280230

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George Henry North

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army S/4/056357 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 25367 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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