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Reigate, Surrey [5]

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Molong New South Wales [4]

London England [3]

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Newhaven, Sussex [1]

Pyecombe, Sussex [1]

Saint Pauls, London [1]

Sittinghbourne, Kent [1]

St George in the East, East London [1]

Surbiton, Surrey [1]

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Private [168]

Gunner [37]

Driver [26]

Corporal [20]

Serjeant [17]

Lance Corporal [11]

Sapper [10]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Captain [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Serjeant Major [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [42]

Royal Sussex Regiment [34]

Royal Engineers [25]

Army Service Corps [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

The Queen's Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

East Kent Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Lancers [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Hussars [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Sussex Yeomanry [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [2]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

Service

British Army [293]

Royal Navy [38]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

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Contribution

Military Service [394]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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Reigate, Surrey [5] Brighton, Sussex [4] Molong New South Wales [4] London England [3] Chatham, Kent [2] Creswick Victoria [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Heathfield, Sussex [2] Surrey [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Thames Ditton, Surrey [2] Tonbridge, Kent [2] Ashford, Kent [1] Balham, London [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Berwick, Sussex [1] Betchworth, Surrey [1] Brede, Sussex [1] Bunbury New South Wales [1] Calcutta, India [1] Camberwell, London [1] Charlwood, Horley, Surrey [1] Dalston, London, Middlesex [1] Dover, Kent [1] Elham, Folkestone, Kent [1] Essex England [1] Findon, Sussex [1] Finsbury Park, London, Middlesex [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Galong New South Wales [1] Hailsham [1] Hailsham, Sussex [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hayward Heath, Sussex [1] Horley, Surrey [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Islington, London [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Korong Vale Victoria [1] Lewes, Sussex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Marden [1] Miners Rest Victoria [1] Newhaven, Sussex [1] Pyecombe, Sussex [1] Saint Pauls, London [1] Sittinghbourne, Kent [1] St George in the East, East London [1] Surbiton, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [168] Gunner [37] Driver [26] Corporal [20] Serjeant [17] Lance Corporal [11] Sapper [10] Second Lieutenant [6] Lieutenant [5] Pioneer [4] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Captain [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Sister [1] Stoker [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Serjeant Major [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [42] Royal Sussex Regiment [34] Royal Engineers [25] Army Service Corps [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Labour Corps [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] The Queen's Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] London Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Rifle Brigade [8] East Kent Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Defence Corps [5] Corps of Hussars [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Essex Regiment [4] Lancers [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Hussars [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Sussex Yeomanry [3] Tank Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Canadian Infantry Battalion [2] Corps of Dragoons [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

Service

British Army [293] Royal Navy [38] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Australian Imperial Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

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Contribution

Military Service [394] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5] Australia [1] India [1]

Thomas E Packham

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army 49527 Battery Serjeant Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army 82828 Battery Sergeant Major Royal Artillery 2nd Battery

British Army 49527 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Packham

Born 1890

Australian Imperial Force 6218 Sergeant 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Australian Imperial Force 6218 Second Lieutenant 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Australian Imperial Force 6218 Private 4th Infantry Brigade 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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James Packham

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31073

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Charles Alfred Packham

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 9124 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9124 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Robert Packham

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army L/8353 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army L/8353 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Arthur Charles Packham

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army G/20006 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 151580 Private Labour Corps Eastern Command Labour Centre

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James Henry Packham

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281513

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Sidney Packham

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8628

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Herbert Thomas Packham

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213112

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William Samuel Packham

Born 1897

Died 1914

Royal Navy J25175 Boy 1st Class HMS BULWARK

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Frederick George Packham

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228783

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Richard Martin Packham

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230914

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Conroy Thomas Packham

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2238 Lance Corporal City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40179 Corporal City of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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William Packham

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287028

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Reginald Packham

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 2904 Private London Regiment

British Army 470689 Private London Regiment

British Army 470689 Rifleman London Regiment (The Rangers)

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Leonard Aylott Packham

Died 1916

British Army 3532 Private London Regiment

British Army 531241 Private London Regiment

British Army 531241 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Arthur Cecil Packham

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 285399

Canadian Expeditionary Force 285399 Sergeant Canadian Army Pay Corps

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Lovell Ernest Packham

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217496

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Walter Compton Packham

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133689

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George Packham

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 3286 Lancers

British Army S/11963 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 9th Battalion

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