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Croydon, Surrey [4]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Borstal Kent [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

East Hoathly [2]

Rochester, Kent [2]

Saint Heliers, Channel Islands [2]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Amherst NS [1]

Anerley, Surrey, England [1]

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Dummer, Hampshire [1]

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East Hoathley, Sussex [1]

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Lasham, Hampshire [1]

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Maidstone, Kent [1]

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Mulgrave NS [1]

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Sheerness England [1]

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Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

St Heliers, Channel Islands [1]

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St. John [1]

Surrey [1]

Sutton Scotney, Hampshire [1]

Walworth, London [1]

Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

West Ham, London [1]

Whitehall, London [1]

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Private [129]

Gunner [21]

Sapper [14]

Driver [13]

Corporal [11]

Serjeant [7]

Acting Corporal [5]

Pioneer [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engine Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant/ Colour Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Royal Engineers [19]

British West Indies Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Lahore Divisional Signal Company [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS 'Barham' [1]

HMS Blenheim [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

Service

British Army [199]

Royal Navy [36]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

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Contribution

Military Service [281]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [2]

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United Kingdom [10]

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Croydon, Surrey [4] Basingstoke, Hampshire [3] London, Middlesex [3] Battersea, London [2] Borstal Kent [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] East Hoathly [2] Rochester, Kent [2] Saint Heliers, Channel Islands [2] Alton, Hampshire [1] Amherst NS [1] Anerley, Surrey, England [1] Beadle, Yorkshire [1] Birmingham England [1] Blackfriars Road, London [1] Chard, Somerset [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Dummer Hampshire [1] Dummer, Hampshire [1] East Dean [1] East Hoathley, Sussex [1] Euroa Victoria [1] Fulham, London [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Kensington Victoria [1] Lasham, Hampshire [1] Lewisham, London [1] London England [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Marden, Kent [1] Merton [1] Mulgrave NS [1] Newhaven, Sussex [1] Nottingham [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Saint Helens, Jersey [1] Sheerness England [1] Sheerness, Kent [1] South Norwood, London [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1] St Heliers, Channel Islands [1] St Heliers, Jersey [1] St. John [1] Surrey [1] Sutton Scotney, Hampshire [1] Walworth, London [1] Watford, Hertfordshire [1] West Ham, London [1] Whitehall, London [1]

Rank

Private [129] Gunner [21] Sapper [14] Driver [13] Corporal [11] Serjeant [7] Acting Corporal [5] Pioneer [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Bombardier [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engine Artificer 3rd Class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant/ Colour Serjeant [1] Stoker [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [21] Royal Field Artillery [20] Royal Engineers [19] British West Indies Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] London Regiment [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Labour Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Tank Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps Lahore Divisional Signal Company [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS 'Barham' [1] HMS Blenheim [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1]

Service

British Army [199] Royal Navy [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] Australian Imperial Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

P [289]

Contribution

Military Service [281] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Richard William Parris

Died 1916

British Army G/8402 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

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William Fredrick Parris

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 8868 Private Royal Sussex Regiment Depot

British Army 8868 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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William Parris

Born 1871

Died 1919

British Army 2035 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 489557 Private Labour Corps

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Robert Parris

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214925

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William Henry Parris

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225210

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Ernest Arthur Parris

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122586

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Herbert John Edmund Parris

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241405

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Alfred L Parris

Died 1914

British Army 13194 Private Grenadier Guards

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Edward Parris

Died 1918

British Army 21700 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Charles Parris

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 9028 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Archibald Mark Parris

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army GS12655 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Nathan Parris

British Army 15145 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Bob Jack Parris

Died 1916

British Army 19567 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 40708 Private Essex Regiment

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Frederick William Parris

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306194

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Reginald Harry Parris

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53527

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Leslie Charles Parris

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145147

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Ashton Parris

British Army 1492 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Robert Harry Parris

Born 1872

British Army T/438403 Driver Royal Army Service Corps 551st Coy

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Bert Parris

Born 1895

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 6/3824 Canterbury Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Parris

Born 1894

Canadian Expeditionary Force 931004

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