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Gloucester New South Wales [4]

Launceston, Cornwall [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Warracknabeal Victoria [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Georgetown Tasmania [2]

Harlow, Essex [2]

Homerton, London [2]

Islington, London [2]

Lincoln [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Sussex [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

Ashton, Birmingham [1]

Bagborough, Somerset [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Barton, Lancashire [1]

Belchford Lincolnshire [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Bordesley, Birmingham [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Cardiff Wales [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

City of London [1]

Clacton On Sea, Essex [1]

Clapton Park, London [1]

Colebrook England [1]

Condamine Queensland [1]

Crewe England [1]

Dungog New South Wales [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Edlington, Lincolnshire [1]

Epping Essex [1]

Everton, Northants [1]

Exeter [1]

Forest Gate, Essex [1]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Glamorganshire [1]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Greenwich, sub district of St Paul's, Deptford [1]

Grimsbury, Banbury, Oxon [1]

Rank

Private [419]

Gunner [48]

Corporal [34]

Sapper [34]

Driver [32]

Serjeant [28]

Lance Corporal [18]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lieutenant [10]

Captain [8]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Bombardier [4]

Major [4]

Rifleman [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brevet/Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chief Naval Instructor [1]

Clerk [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Corporal/Lance Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver/Acting Bombardier [1]

Driver/Saddler [1]

Fleet Surgeon [1]

Inspector of Army Schools [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Lingere [1]

Musician [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Member [1]

P.O.M. (Armoured Cars) [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [50]

Army Service Corps [49]

Labour Corps [49]

London Regiment [49]

Royal Field Artillery [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery [33]

Essex Regiment [26]

Machine Gun Corps [25]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Northamptonshire Regiment [17]

Devonshire Regiment [16]

Bedfordshire Regiment [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Worcestershire Regiment [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Army Cyclist Corps [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

East Kent Regiment [7]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Grenadier Guards [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6]

Scottish Rifles [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Border Regiment [5]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Service

British Army [653]

Royal Navy [64]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46]

Australian Imperial Force [42]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [854]

Contribution

Military Service [839]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

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Place of birth

Gloucester New South Wales [4] Launceston, Cornwall [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Warracknabeal Victoria [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Georgetown Tasmania [2] Harlow, Essex [2] Homerton, London [2] Islington, London [2] Lincoln [2] London, Middlesex [2] Orange New South Wales [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Sussex [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] Ashton, Birmingham [1] Bagborough, Somerset [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Barton, Lancashire [1] Belchford Lincolnshire [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham England [1] Bordesley, Birmingham [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol [1] Cambridge [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cardiff Wales [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] City of London [1] Clacton On Sea, Essex [1] Clapton Park, London [1] Colebrook England [1] Condamine Queensland [1] Crewe England [1] Dungog New South Wales [1] Eastbourne [1] Edlington, Lincolnshire [1] Epping Essex [1] Everton, Northants [1] Exeter [1] Forest Gate, Essex [1] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Glamorganshire [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Greenwich, sub district of St Paul's, Deptford [1] Grimsbury, Banbury, Oxon [1]

Rank

Private [419] Gunner [48] Corporal [34] Sapper [34] Driver [32] Serjeant [28] Lance Corporal [18] Second Lieutenant [15] Lieutenant [10] Captain [8] Pioneer [8] Acting Corporal [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Bombardier [4] Major [4] Rifleman [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brevet/Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chief Naval Instructor [1] Clerk [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Corporal/Lance Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver/Acting Bombardier [1] Driver/Saddler [1] Fleet Surgeon [1] Inspector of Army Schools [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Lingere [1] Musician [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Member [1] P.O.M. (Armoured Cars) [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Sergeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [50] Army Service Corps [49] Labour Corps [49] London Regiment [49] Royal Field Artillery [42] Royal Garrison Artillery [33] Essex Regiment [26] Machine Gun Corps [25] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Northamptonshire Regiment [17] Devonshire Regiment [16] Bedfordshire Regiment [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] Middlesex Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Worcestershire Regiment [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Hampshire Regiment [10] Norfolk Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Suffolk Regiment [10] The Queen's Regiment [10] Army Cyclist Corps [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] East Kent Regiment [7] East Surrey Regiment [7] Grenadier Guards [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Coldstream Guards [6] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6] Scottish Rifles [6] South Wales Borderers [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Border Regiment [5] Cambridgeshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Service

British Army [653] Royal Navy [64] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46] Australian Imperial Force [42] Canadian Expeditionary Force [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [854]

Contribution

Military Service [839] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Arthur William Parish

Born 1880

British Army 226706 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army WR/24567 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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William John Macinto Parish

Born 1893

Died 1926

British Army 188505 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Alfred Horace Parish

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131598

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Sydney Michael Parish

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206882

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Arthur Samuel Parish

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234627

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Arthur Watson Parish

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241665

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Frank Parish

Born 1889

British Army 1091 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Harry Parish

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army T4/088559 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 28606 Driver Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Albert Parish

Died 1918

British Army 17766 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

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Jesse Hugh Parish

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Parish

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 16725 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 16725 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

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Joseph Wilson Parish

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2240 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Stephen Parish

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 121238 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 5th Bn.

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Albert Edward Parish

Born 1878

Died 1960

British Army 440291 Private Labour Corps 409th Agric Co

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Henry John Parish

Born 1885

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 757924

Canadian Expeditionary Force 757924 Private Canadian Infantry

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Edward John Parish

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60941

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Stephen John Parish

Born 1883

Died 1921

Canadian Expeditionary Force 174657

Canadian Expeditionary Force 174657 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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William James Parish

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261267

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Thomas Parish

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 491376 Corporal London Regiment

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Frederick Parish

Died 1917

British Army 42809 Private Manchester Regiment

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