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Bendigo Victoria [5]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Axminster, Devon [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Wareham, Dorset [3]

Aylesbury England [2]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Donald Victoria [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Long Eaton, Derbyshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Porthleven, Cornwall, England [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Redruth, Cornwall [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Warrnambool Victoria [2]

Westbury Tasmania [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alexandra Victoria [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Arreton, Isle of Wight [1]

Ballarat East Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Boreham, Warminster, Wiltshire [1]

Box, Wiltshire [1]

Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Bridport, Worcestershire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bude, Cornwall [1]

Bulli New South Wales [1]

Burma [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Carisbrooke Isle of Wight [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Cockatoo Victoria [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Derby [1]

Devon England [1]

Egham, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [334]

Gunner [37]

Serjeant [35]

Corporal [33]

Sapper [27]

Driver [26]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Lance Corporal [13]

Lieutenant [12]

Acting Corporal [11]

Captain [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Bombardier [6]

Major [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

ALIAS [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Armourer [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cyclist [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Forewoman Cook [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner /Acting Corporal [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Lance Corporal [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [47]

Army Service Corps [38]

Royal Field Artillery [38]

Labour Corps [37]

London Regiment [27]

Machine Gun Corps [25]

Wiltshire Regiment [25]

Hampshire Regiment [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Dorsetshire Regiment [17]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Cameron Highlanders [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [550]

Royal Navy [60]

Australian Imperial Force [59]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [43]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

O [771]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [755]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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Place of birth

Bendigo Victoria [5] Launceston Tasmania [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Axminster, Devon [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Wareham, Dorset [3] Aylesbury England [2] Balmain New South Wales [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Donald Victoria [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Hackney, London [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Long Eaton, Derbyshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Porthleven, Cornwall, England [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Redruth, Cornwall [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Warrnambool Victoria [2] Westbury Tasmania [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alexandra Victoria [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Arreton, Isle of Wight [1] Ballarat East Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Boreham, Warminster, Wiltshire [1] Box, Wiltshire [1] Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Bridport, Worcestershire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bude, Cornwall [1] Bulli New South Wales [1] Burma [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carisbrooke Isle of Wight [1] Clapton, London [1] Cockatoo Victoria [1] Deptford, London [1] Derby [1] Devon England [1] Egham, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [334] Gunner [37] Serjeant [35] Corporal [33] Sapper [27] Driver [26] Second Lieutenant [22] Lance Corporal [13] Lieutenant [12] Acting Corporal [11] Captain [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Bombardier [6] Major [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [2] Sister [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] ALIAS [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Armourer [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cyclist [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Flight Serjeant [1] Forewoman Cook [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner /Acting Corporal [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Lance Corporal [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [47] Army Service Corps [38] Royal Field Artillery [38] Labour Corps [37] London Regiment [27] Machine Gun Corps [25] Wiltshire Regiment [25] Hampshire Regiment [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Dorsetshire Regiment [17] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [13] Middlesex Regiment [11] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Liverpool Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Cameron Highlanders [5] Essex Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [4] Military Foot Police [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Grenadier Guards [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [550] Royal Navy [60] Australian Imperial Force [59] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46] Canadian Expeditionary Force [43] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

O [771] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [755] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Ernest Robert Orchard

Born 1898

Died 1948

British Army 26602 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 77468 West Riding Regiment

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Jesse Benjamin Orchard

Born 1877

Died 1920

British Army 5434 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 9434 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 5434 Sergeant Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Herbert Henry Orchard

Born 1893

Died 1954

British Army 1022 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165347 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Frederick James Orchard

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 16355 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 16355 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards 3rd Bn

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Harry Orchard

Born 1879

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 436835 Private

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Edward George Orchard

Born 1893

Died 1985

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401052

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Harry Orchard

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 11111 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Orchard

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95907

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Leslie Alfred Orchard

Born 1891

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 29329 Gunner Australian Field Artillery 4th Field Artillery Bde.

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Norris Carnall Orchard

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16250

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Alfred George Orchard

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80377

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William John Orchard

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185981

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Hugh Thomas Orchard

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3861 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Percival John Orchard

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142482

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Arthur Frederick Percy Orchard

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy K15239 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K15239 Stoker 1st Class HMS Superb

Royal Navy K15239 Stoker 1st Class HM Submarine G8

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Cyril Sebley Orchard

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108550

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Clarence William Orchard

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 6374 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Hartley Owen Orchard

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 26710 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army P/10637 Private Military Foot Police

British Army P/10637 Lance Corporal Military Police Corps Military Foot Police

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Edward Henry Orchard

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230062

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Edmund Orchard

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240314

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