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Sydney New South Wales [20]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [16]

London England [14]

Brighton, Sussex [12]

London, Middlesex [12]

Plymouth, Devon [11]

Exeter, Devon [9]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

Minehead, Somerset [8]

Adelaide South Australia [7]

Bridgwater, Somerset [7]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Charters Towers Queensland [6]

Launceston Tasmania [6]

Launceston, Cornwall [6]

Swanage, Dorset [6]

Bath, Somerset [5]

Geelong Victoria [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Battersea, London [4]

Birmingham England [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Mount Morgan Queensland [4]

Rotherhithe, London [4]

Taunton, Somerset [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3]

Buninyong Victoria [3]

Caveside Tasmania [3]

Clapham, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Paddington, London [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [3]

Sidmouth, Devon [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Swindon, Wiltshire [3]

Wollongong New South Wales [3]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Aston, Birmingham [2]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [2]

Boscombe, Hampshire [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Brighton [2]

Rank

Private [2888]

Gunner [354]

Corporal [266]

Serjeant [242]

Driver [238]

Sapper [205]

Lance Corporal [119]

Lieutenant [92]

Second Lieutenant [83]

Captain [54]

Acting Corporal [51]

Acting Serjeant [48]

Pioneer [48]

Bombardier [36]

Major [32]

Rifleman [27]

Staff Serjeant [19]

Lance Serjeant [18]

Trooper [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

Able Seaman [12]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Private Acting Corporal [7]

Private Acting Serjeant [7]

Worker [7]

Acting Lance Corporal [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Lance Bombardier [6]

Sister [6]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Reverend [3]

Transport Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [386]

Royal Field Artillery [382]

Army Service Corps [352]

Labour Corps [343]

London Regiment [199]

Royal Garrison Artillery [196]

Royal Army Medical Corps [159]

Machine Gun Corps [122]

Somerset Light Infantry [117]

Devonshire Regiment [108]

Royal Fusiliers [107]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [106]

Hampshire Regiment [104]

Middlesex Regiment [100]

Gloucestershire Regiment [89]

Worcestershire Regiment [89]

Royal Sussex Regiment [87]

The Queen's Regiment [80]

Royal Army Service Corps [76]

Rifle Brigade [69]

Wiltshire Regiment [64]

East Surrey Regiment [59]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [59]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [54]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [54]

Essex Regiment [53]

Welsh Regiment [53]

Bedfordshire Regiment [51]

Dorsetshire Regiment [50]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [50]

South Wales Borderers [46]

Leicestershire Regiment [44]

Royal Defence Corps [42]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [42]

South Staffordshire Regiment [41]

Army Ordnance Corps [39]

Suffolk Regiment [37]

Army Veterinary Corps [36]

Royal West Kent Regiment [36]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [35]

Liverpool Regiment [34]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [33]

Durham Light Infantry [32]

Royal Naval Division [31]

Coldstream Guards [30]

East Kent Regiment [30]

Northamptonshire Regiment [29]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

West Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [27]

Service

British Army [4565]

Royal Navy [519]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [362]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [286]

Australian Imperial Force [238]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [59]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

P [6136]

W [3]

C [1]

H [1]

R [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6019]

Merchant Navy [84]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [117]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [20] Bristol, Gloucestershire [16] London England [14] Brighton, Sussex [12] London, Middlesex [12] Plymouth, Devon [11] Exeter, Devon [9] Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] Minehead, Somerset [8] Adelaide South Australia [7] Bridgwater, Somerset [7] London, Middlesex, England [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Charters Towers Queensland [6] Launceston Tasmania [6] Launceston, Cornwall [6] Swanage, Dorset [6] Bath, Somerset [5] Geelong Victoria [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Battersea, London [4] Birmingham England [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Mount Morgan Queensland [4] Rotherhithe, London [4] Taunton, Somerset [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3] Buninyong Victoria [3] Caveside Tasmania [3] Clapham, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Paddington, London [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Salisbury, Wiltshire [3] Sidmouth, Devon [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Staffordshire [3] Swindon, Wiltshire [3] Wollongong New South Wales [3] Accrington, Lancashire [2] Aston, Birmingham [2] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [2] Boscombe, Hampshire [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Brighton [2]

Rank

Private [2888] Gunner [354] Corporal [266] Serjeant [242] Driver [238] Sapper [205] Lance Corporal [119] Lieutenant [92] Second Lieutenant [83] Captain [54] Acting Corporal [51] Acting Serjeant [48] Pioneer [48] Bombardier [36] Major [32] Rifleman [27] Staff Serjeant [19] Lance Serjeant [18] Trooper [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] Able Seaman [12] Acting Bombardier [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Stoker 1st Class [9] Company Serjeant Major [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Private Acting Corporal [7] Private Acting Serjeant [7] Worker [7] Acting Lance Corporal [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Lance Bombardier [6] Sister [6] Ordinary Seaman [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Nursing Sister [4] Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Reverend [3] Transport Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Gunner [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [386] Royal Field Artillery [382] Army Service Corps [352] Labour Corps [343] London Regiment [199] Royal Garrison Artillery [196] Royal Army Medical Corps [159] Machine Gun Corps [122] Somerset Light Infantry [117] Devonshire Regiment [108] Royal Fusiliers [107] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [106] Hampshire Regiment [104] Middlesex Regiment [100] Gloucestershire Regiment [89] Worcestershire Regiment [89] Royal Sussex Regiment [87] The Queen's Regiment [80] Royal Army Service Corps [76] Rifle Brigade [69] Wiltshire Regiment [64] East Surrey Regiment [59] Royal Berkshire Regiment [59] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [54] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [54] Essex Regiment [53] Welsh Regiment [53] Bedfordshire Regiment [51] Dorsetshire Regiment [50] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [50] South Wales Borderers [46] Leicestershire Regiment [44] Royal Defence Corps [42] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [42] South Staffordshire Regiment [41] Army Ordnance Corps [39] Suffolk Regiment [37] Army Veterinary Corps [36] Royal West Kent Regiment [36] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [35] Liverpool Regiment [34] King's Royal Rifle Corps [33] Durham Light Infantry [32] Royal Naval Division [31] Coldstream Guards [30] East Kent Regiment [30] Northamptonshire Regiment [29] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] West Yorkshire Regiment [28] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [27]

Service

British Army [4565] Royal Navy [519] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [362] Canadian Expeditionary Force [286] Australian Imperial Force [238] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [59] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [2] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

P [6136] W [3] C [1] H [1] R [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6019] Merchant Navy [84] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [117] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Desmond Clere Parsons

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant /Temporary Captain Irish Guards

British Army Captain Irish Guards 2nd Battalion

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Herbert Hanrahan Parsons

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1850 Private Honourable Artillery Company 3rd Draft

British Army 1850 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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Ernest Charles Parsons

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 643 Private London Regiment

British Army 643 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Jesse David Parsons

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 5402 Private Leinster Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Albert Edward Seymoure Parsons

Born 1897

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1643 Gunner 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Battery Field Artillery

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Cecil Clement Parsons

Born 1893

Died 1977

Australian Imperial Force 2001 Corporal 51st Australian Infantry Battalion

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William Morris Parsons

Born 1895

Died 1950

British Army 1655 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 467008 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Ernest R F Parsons

Born 1880

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146684 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

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John Henry Parsons

Born 1881

Died 1948

British Army 283625 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 283625 Bombadier Royal Garrison Artillery 237B

British Army 11503 Royal Garrison Artillery 18th Company

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Marwood Parsons

Born 1877

British Army 7892 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 7892 Saddler Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 12th Brigade

British Army 7892 Staff Quarter Master Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

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Theodore Allan William Parsons

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137070

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Ernest Thomas Parsons

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 2512 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1st5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters

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Lewis Samuel Parsons

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 10167 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10167 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Alfred J Parsons

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army 26674 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 18256 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 18256 Private Dorsetshire Regiment Depot

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Alfred Parsons

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 4533 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/15960 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Willie Parsons

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 29624 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Mervyn Merefield Parsons

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army S/7709 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 7th Battalion

British Army S/7709 Private Rifle Brigade 7th Battalion

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Beresford Frank Parsons

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2679 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2679 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2679 Corporal General List

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Ernest Parsons

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 372851 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5758 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Ewart Moulton Parsons

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75866

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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