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Coraki New South Wales [3]

Cooyar Queensland [2]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Casino New South Wales [1]

Chetnole, Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Combe Down [1]

Combe Down, nr. Bath, Somerset [1]

Combwich, Somerset [1]

Crows Nest Queensland [1]

Evergreen Queensland [1]

Gravesend England [1]

Isleworth, Middlesex [1]

Lambeth [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

Lismore New South Wales [1]

Meare, Somerset [1]

Newton Abbott Devon [1]

Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset [1]

Richmond River New South Wales [1]

Rye, Sussex [1]

St Pancras, North London [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Winford, Somerset [1]

Wrentham England [1]

Rank

Private [68]

Driver [8]

Serjeant [8]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Sapper [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Captain [3]

Corporal [3]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Commander [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Pioneer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sister [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Engineers [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorset Yeomanry [3]

London Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

British Red Cross Reg overseas volunteers [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry/ General List [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

French Red Cross [1]

General List/ Canadian Infantry [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Indian Medical Service [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps ex Durham Light Infantry [1]

M 33 [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Railway Transport Establishment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Artillery/ Staff [1]

Service

British Army [114]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Royal Navy [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [147]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [151] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Coraki New South Wales [3] Cooyar Queensland [2] Bristol, Somerset [1] Casino New South Wales [1] Chetnole, Sherborne, Dorset [1] Combe Down [1] Combe Down, nr. Bath, Somerset [1] Combwich, Somerset [1] Crows Nest Queensland [1] Evergreen Queensland [1] Gravesend England [1] Isleworth, Middlesex [1] Lambeth [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Lismore New South Wales [1] Meare, Somerset [1] Newton Abbott Devon [1] Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset [1] Richmond River New South Wales [1] Rye, Sussex [1] St Pancras, North London [1] Tottenham, London [1] Winford, Somerset [1] Wrentham England [1]

Rank

Private [68] Driver [8] Serjeant [8] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [4] Sapper [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Captain [3] Corporal [3] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Commander [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Pioneer [1] Rifleman [1] Sister [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [11] Royal Engineers [11] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Royal Field Artillery [8] Labour Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] East Surrey Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorset Yeomanry [3] London Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] British Red Cross Reg overseas volunteers [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry/ General List [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] French Red Cross [1] General List/ Canadian Infantry [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Indian Medical Service [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps ex Durham Light Infantry [1] M 33 [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Military Foot Police [1] Railway Transport Establishment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Artillery/ Staff [1]

Service

British Army [114] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] Australian Imperial Force [12] Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [1]

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P [151]

Contribution

Military Service [147] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Henry John, Known As Harry Patch

Born 1898

Died 2009

British Army 29295 Lance Corporal 7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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William Thomas Patch

Born 1893

Died 1980

British Army 23920 Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army WR/126977 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Joseph Sebastian Philip Hall Patch

Born 1889

Died 1976

British Army Captain and Adjutant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 869 Acting Company Serjeant Major British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant British West Indies Regiment

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Albert William Patch

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 393633 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 7533 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 5087 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frederick Patch

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67391

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James Patch

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 21590 Private Devonshire Regiment 7th Infantry Works Co

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Leonard Wykeham Patch

Born 1878

Died 1951

Royal Navy Commander M 33

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Frederick R Patch

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 150 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Leonard David Patch

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 12077 Private Somerset Light Infantry 7th Btn

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Albert Edward Patch

Died 1915

British Army 9686 Private Welsh Regiment

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Frederick Arthur Patch

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 30200 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Albert Zachariah Patch

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 9971 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 19980 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 19980 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Henry Patch

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

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William James Patch

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 5587 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 267453 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Alfred Victor Patch

Australian Imperial Force 4443

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Gilbert John Patch

Born 1888

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 782351

Canadian Expeditionary Force 782351 Private Canadian Infantry

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Charles Norman Patch

Born 1893

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 26045

Canadian Expeditionary Force 26045 Private Canadian Infantry

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Noel James Stanway Patch

Born 1874

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2699

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Sidney Richard Patch

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army L/8893 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Alfred Patch

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 8405 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 8405 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 8405 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

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