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Sydney New South Wales [7]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

London England [5]

Lydd, Kent [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Ashford, Kent [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Mudgee New South Wales [3]

Beckley, Sussex [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Finchley, Middlesex [2]

Gawler South Australia [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Mount Keira New South Wales [2]

New Romney, Kent [2]

Saltash, Cornwall [2]

Sherborne, Dorset [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Uckfield, Sussex [2]

York Western Australia [2]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Auburn New South Wales [1]

Balham, Surrey [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barnsbury, London [1]

Bathesbridge, Essex, England [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

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Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Blyth England [1]

Boxley, Kent [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1]

Charlestown, Natal [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Clarence River New South Wales [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Cobham, Surrey [1]

Colac Victoria [1]

Corfe Castle, Dorset [1]

Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [393]

Gunner [43]

Serjeant [30]

Driver [28]

Corporal [21]

Captain [20]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Sapper [19]

Lance Corporal [12]

Lieutenant [12]

Bombardier [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Pioneer [5]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Sergeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sister [2]

Skipper [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant /Acting Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A/LCp [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colonel [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Vice-Marshall [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Civilian [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [59]

London Regiment [51]

Royal Engineers [39]

Royal Field Artillery [39]

Royal Garrison Artillery [35]

Labour Corps [32]

Royal Fusiliers [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [23]

East Kent Regiment [22]

Royal Sussex Regiment [20]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

The Queen's Regiment [18]

East Surrey Regiment [17]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Essex Regiment [10]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Army Pay Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Dorset Regiment [4]

Hertfordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Corps of Dragoons [3]

Dragoon Guards [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

General List [3]

Hussars [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [614]

Royal Navy [81]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69]

Australian Imperial Force [62]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [37]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [894]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [875]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [7] Ballarat Victoria [5] London England [5] Lydd, Kent [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Ashford, Kent [3] London, Middlesex [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Mudgee New South Wales [3] Beckley, Sussex [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Camberwell, London [2] Finchley, Middlesex [2] Gawler South Australia [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Lambeth, London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Mount Keira New South Wales [2] New Romney, Kent [2] Saltash, Cornwall [2] Sherborne, Dorset [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Uckfield, Sussex [2] York Western Australia [2] Albury New South Wales [1] Auburn New South Wales [1] Balham, Surrey [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barnsbury, London [1] Bathesbridge, Essex, England [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bermondsey [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Blyth England [1] Boxley, Kent [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1] Charlestown, Natal [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Clarence River New South Wales [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Cobham, Surrey [1] Colac Victoria [1] Corfe Castle, Dorset [1] Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [393] Gunner [43] Serjeant [30] Driver [28] Corporal [21] Captain [20] Second Lieutenant [20] Sapper [19] Lance Corporal [12] Lieutenant [12] Bombardier [8] Acting Corporal [6] Pioneer [5] Rifleman [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Sergeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sister [2] Skipper [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant /Acting Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A/LCp [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colonel [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Vice-Marshall [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Chief Mechanic [1] Civilian [1] Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [59] London Regiment [51] Royal Engineers [39] Royal Field Artillery [39] Royal Garrison Artillery [35] Labour Corps [32] Royal Fusiliers [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [23] East Kent Regiment [22] Royal Sussex Regiment [20] Machine Gun Corps [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] The Queen's Regiment [18] East Surrey Regiment [17] Middlesex Regiment [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] Essex Regiment [10] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Air Force [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Devonshire Regiment [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Army Pay Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Dorset Regiment [4] Hertfordshire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Corps of Dragoons [3] Dragoon Guards [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] General List [3] Hussars [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [614] Royal Navy [81] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69] Australian Imperial Force [62] Canadian Expeditionary Force [37] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [894] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [875] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [18] South Africa [1]

Henry Arthur Paine

Born 1892

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1203 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Claude Thomas Paine

Born 1891

Died 1965

Australian Imperial Force 3199 Private 48th Australian Infantry Battalion

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John Joseph Paine

Born 1887

Died 1972

Australian Imperial Force 3097 Private 3rd Pioneer Battalion

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Walter Lionel Paine

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Captain Adjutant Royal Lancaster Regiment attached Lancashire Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Gordon V Paine

Born 1885

British Army 1727 Serjeant Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 263100 Sergeant Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Herbert John Paine

Born 1885

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37059

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Henry Edward Paine

Born 1890

Died 1920

British Army 654429 Private London Regiment

British Army 235098 Private Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Edgar James Paine

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers 24 Coy

British Army Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 616555 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers 106th Field Coy.

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Cecil George Paine

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2540 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Oliver James Paine

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 36070 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 28395 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 960943

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Charles Leslie Paine

Born 1880

Died 1933

British Army 96514 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Henry Paine

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles James Paine

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166855

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Peter Benjamin Paine

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98294

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Leslie Adolph Paine

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55826

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William Gates Paine

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286432

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Henry Samuel Paine

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48439

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William Frederick Paine

Born 1885

Died 1945

British Army 5597 Private Scots Guards

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John Paine

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283692

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George Charles Paine

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army T/291396 Driver Army Service Corps

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