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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]

Philip J Parsons

Born 1893

Died 1960

British Army 329695 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frank Thomas Parsons

Born 1894

Died 1920

British Army 36963 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 36963 Staff Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harold Cope Parsons

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 3514 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 390946 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 390946 Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Frederick William Parsons

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1478 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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John David Parsons

Born 1882

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6073 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Charles Edwin Parsons

Born 1899

British Army 203102 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 203102 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 5th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 3981 Private Durham Light Infantry 5th Reserve Battalion

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Percy William Parsons

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 47241 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 32387 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 26099 Private Royal Field Artillery No. 3 Depot

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Alfred Thomas Parsons

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54419

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Edwin Parsons

Died 1915

British Army 3475 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th (Reserve) Battalion-Territorial.

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A W Parsons

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 7390 Private Royal Defence Corps No. 3 Protection Company

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George Parsons

Died 1919

British Army 20727 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 20727 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 10th Battalion

British Army 20727 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion

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Charles Henry Parsons

Died 1917

British Army 371960 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frank Parsons

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 5012 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion-Territorial

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Frederick Wallace Parsons

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 10461 Private Somerset Light Infantry "C" Coy. 6th Bn.

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George Parsons

Died 1916

British Army 14424 Corporal Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 14424 Lance Sergeant King's Shropshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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James Alfred Parsons

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 1855 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 305584 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Territorial Battalion.

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William Homer Parsons

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2406 Private London Regiment

British Army 320668 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Walter Gilbert Henry Parsons

Born 1885

Died 1970

Royal Navy F28732

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228732

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Henry Ernest Parsons

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27479

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Henry Parsons

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104167

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