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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [29]

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [22]

Liverpool, Lancashire [17]

Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales [11]

Wrexham, Denbighshire [10]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [8]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales [7]

Liverpool [7]

Moree New South Wales [7]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [6]

Anglesey, Wales [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Newport, Monmouthshire [5]

Salford, Lancashire [5]

Bangor, Carnarvonshire [4]

Lancashire [4]

Llanberis, Carnarvonshire [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Nevin, Caernarvonshire, Wales [4]

Bangor, Caernarvonshire [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Carlisle, Cumberland [3]

Carnarvon, Carnarvonshire [3]

Glamorganshire [3]

Holywell, Flintshire [3]

Llangefni, Anglesey [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Amlwch, Anglesey [2]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bootle, Lancashire [2]

Bow, London [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Caerwys, Flintshire [2]

Carnarvon [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Criccieth, Caernarvonshire, Wales [2]

Flint, Flintshire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Holyhead, Anglesey [2]

Llanddeusant, Anglesey, Wales [2]

Llangollen, Denbighshire [2]

London England [2]

Moelfre, Anglesey, Wales [2]

Molong New South Wales [2]

Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2240]

Gunner [205]

Driver [182]

Sapper [162]

Serjeant [151]

Corporal [135]

Lance Corporal [85]

Second Lieutenant [84]

Lieutenant [68]

Captain [44]

Acting Corporal [31]

Bombardier [25]

Pioneer [24]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Major [20]

Staff Serjeant [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Acting Bombardier [12]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Rifleman [7]

Worker [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Reverend [4]

Sister [4]

Chaplain [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Nurse [3]

Sergeant [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Admiral [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Chaplain 3rd Class [2]

Drummer [2]

Engineer Captain [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [533]

Royal Field Artillery [282]

Royal Engineers [267]

Labour Corps [262]

Army Service Corps [207]

Liverpool Regiment [170]

Royal Army Medical Corps [142]

Welsh Regiment [136]

South Wales Borderers [122]

Royal Garrison Artillery [117]

Machine Gun Corps [103]

London Regiment [89]

Manchester Regiment [78]

Cheshire Regiment [77]

South Lancashire Regiment [62]

Lancashire Fusiliers [55]

Royal Army Service Corps [52]

Royal Fusiliers [51]

Monmouthshire Regiment [49]

Worcestershire Regiment [42]

Gloucestershire Regiment [38]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [38]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

Royal Defence Corps [28]

Royal Naval Division [28]

Shropshire Light Infantry [27]

York and Lancaster Regiment [27]

Rifle Brigade [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [25]

North Staffordshire Regiment [25]

East Lancashire Regiment [23]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20]

Border Regiment [19]

Welsh Guards [19]

Army Ordnance Corps [18]

South Staffordshire Regiment [17]

Training Reserve Battalion [17]

Essex Regiment [16]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [16]

West Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Royal Flying Corps [15]

Suffolk Regiment [15]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Devonshire Regiment [14]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [14]

Somerset Light Infantry [14]

Service

British Army [3373]

Royal Navy [259]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [186]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [119]

Australian Imperial Force [116]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

P [4254]

G [7]

J [5]

K [2]

W [2]

A [1]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4062]

Merchant Navy [187]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [83]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [29] Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [22] Liverpool, Lancashire [17] Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales [11] Wrexham, Denbighshire [10] Sydney New South Wales [9] Birkenhead, Cheshire [8] Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales [7] Liverpool [7] Moree New South Wales [7] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [6] Anglesey, Wales [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Newport, Monmouthshire [5] Salford, Lancashire [5] Bangor, Carnarvonshire [4] Lancashire [4] Llanberis, Carnarvonshire [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Nevin, Caernarvonshire, Wales [4] Bangor, Caernarvonshire [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Carlisle, Cumberland [3] Carnarvon, Carnarvonshire [3] Glamorganshire [3] Holywell, Flintshire [3] Llangefni, Anglesey [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Amlwch, Anglesey [2] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Birmingham [2] Bootle, Lancashire [2] Bow, London [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Caerwys, Flintshire [2] Carnarvon [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Criccieth, Caernarvonshire, Wales [2] Flint, Flintshire [2] Hackney, London [2] Holyhead, Anglesey [2] Llanddeusant, Anglesey, Wales [2] Llangollen, Denbighshire [2] London England [2] Moelfre, Anglesey, Wales [2] Molong New South Wales [2] Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2240] Gunner [205] Driver [182] Sapper [162] Serjeant [151] Corporal [135] Lance Corporal [85] Second Lieutenant [84] Lieutenant [68] Captain [44] Acting Corporal [31] Bombardier [25] Pioneer [24] Acting Serjeant [22] Major [20] Staff Serjeant [16] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Acting Bombardier [12] Lance Serjeant [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Able Seaman [8] Temporary Captain [8] Rifleman [7] Worker [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Stoker 1st Class [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Reverend [4] Sister [4] Chaplain [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Nurse [3] Sergeant [3] Staff Nurse [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Admiral [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Chaplain 3rd Class [2] Drummer [2] Engineer Captain [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [533] Royal Field Artillery [282] Royal Engineers [267] Labour Corps [262] Army Service Corps [207] Liverpool Regiment [170] Royal Army Medical Corps [142] Welsh Regiment [136] South Wales Borderers [122] Royal Garrison Artillery [117] Machine Gun Corps [103] London Regiment [89] Manchester Regiment [78] Cheshire Regiment [77] South Lancashire Regiment [62] Lancashire Fusiliers [55] Royal Army Service Corps [52] Royal Fusiliers [51] Monmouthshire Regiment [49] Worcestershire Regiment [42] Gloucestershire Regiment [38] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [38] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31] Durham Light Infantry [28] Royal Defence Corps [28] Royal Naval Division [28] Shropshire Light Infantry [27] York and Lancaster Regiment [27] Rifle Brigade [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [25] North Staffordshire Regiment [25] East Lancashire Regiment [23] Middlesex Regiment [23] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20] Border Regiment [19] Welsh Guards [19] Army Ordnance Corps [18] South Staffordshire Regiment [17] Training Reserve Battalion [17] Essex Regiment [16] Royal Lancaster Regiment [16] West Yorkshire Regiment [16] Royal Flying Corps [15] Suffolk Regiment [15] Canadian Infantry [14] Devonshire Regiment [14] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [14] Somerset Light Infantry [14]

Service

British Army [3373] Royal Navy [259] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [186] Canadian Expeditionary Force [119] Australian Imperial Force [116] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

P [4254] G [7] J [5] K [2] W [2] A [1] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4062] Merchant Navy [187] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [83] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Douglas Parry

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 17103 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Depot

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Henry Parry

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 17697 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 102029 Sapper Royal Engineers 185 Tunnelling Company

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Ernest Parry

Died 1916

British Army 2348 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 2348 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment 6th Battalion

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Robert Evan Parry

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 17158 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 17158 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 17158 Serjeant The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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William Thomas Parry

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4201 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 677095 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William John Parry

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247637

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David Phillip Parry

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 54961 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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David Parry

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89274

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William Haig Parry

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52020

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Arthur George Parry

Born 1884

British Army 7497 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

British Army 7497 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion in South Africa

British Army 7497 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Norman Ernest Parry

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293183

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Robert John Parry

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167395

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Joseph Parry

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133394

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Thomas Parry

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140505

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John Idris Parry

Born 1898

Died 1940

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

British Army 2996 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10thy Battalion (Liverpool Scottish)

British Army Second Lieutenant The Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Thomas George Parry

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy 15060 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/15060 Private HMS Goliath

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George Parry

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126459

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William Spark Parry

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53778

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Henry William Parry

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76344

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Owen Parry

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114184

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