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Walsall, Staffordshire [5]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Quorn South Australia [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Crewkerne, Somerset [2]

Holborn, London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Mile End, London [2]

Millicent South Australia [2]

Petersburg South Australia [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Shoreditch, London [2]

Yeovil [2]

Alnwick, Northumberland [1]

Auckland [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Bebington, Wirral [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bexley Heath, Kent [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bowral New South Wales [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Bromley by Bow, Poplar, London [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Broomhill, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Camden Town, London [1]

Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1]

Canning Town, Essex, England [1]

Cardiff [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cope Cope Victoria [1]

County Derry [1]

Daylesford Victoria [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Devonport, Devon, England [1]

Donegal [1]

Dorset [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

East Prahran Victoria [1]

Edmonton, London, Middlesex [1]

Formby Lancashire [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Rank

Private [219]

Driver [25]

Gunner [23]

Corporal [15]

Lance Corporal [10]

Sapper [8]

Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Captain [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Master Mechanic [1]

Matron [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic (E) [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant Major 2nd Class [1]

Serjeant Instructor in Musketry [1]

Staff Serjeant /Temporary Superintending Clerk [1]

Storekeeper and Greaser [1]

Temporary Chaplain [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [34]

Royal Engineers [29]

Army Service Corps [21]

Labour Corps [19]

London Regiment [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [333]

Royal Navy [52]

Australian Imperial Force [44]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

P [496]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [485]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

France [1]

Malta [1]

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Walsall, Staffordshire [5] Sydney New South Wales [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Quorn South Australia [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Crewkerne, Somerset [2] Holborn, London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Mile End, London [2] Millicent South Australia [2] Petersburg South Australia [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Shoreditch, London [2] Yeovil [2] Alnwick, Northumberland [1] Auckland [1] Barking, Essex [1] Bebington, Wirral [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bexley Heath, Kent [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bowral New South Wales [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Bromley by Bow, Poplar, London [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Broomhill, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Camden Town, London [1] Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1] Canning Town, Essex, England [1] Cardiff [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cope Cope Victoria [1] County Derry [1] Daylesford Victoria [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Devonport, Devon, England [1] Donegal [1] Dorset [1] Dover, Kent [1] East Prahran Victoria [1] Edmonton, London, Middlesex [1] Formby Lancashire [1] Fulham, London [1]

Rank

Private [219] Driver [25] Gunner [23] Corporal [15] Lance Corporal [10] Sapper [8] Serjeant [7] Lieutenant [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Captain [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [3] Temporary Captain [3] Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Worker [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Master Mechanic [1] Matron [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer Mechanic (E) [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant Major 2nd Class [1] Serjeant Instructor in Musketry [1] Staff Serjeant /Temporary Superintending Clerk [1] Storekeeper and Greaser [1] Temporary Chaplain [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [34] Royal Engineers [29] Army Service Corps [21] Labour Corps [19] London Regiment [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Essex Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Grenadier Guards [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Chaplain's Department [2] Army Pay Corps [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Canadian Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [333] Royal Navy [52] Australian Imperial Force [44] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

P [496] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [485] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [13] France [1] Malta [1]

George Patten

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 4643 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Herbert James Patten

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5518

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Ivan Samuel Patten

Died 1917

British Army 6124 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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Arthur Mark Patten

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222725

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Joseph Alfred Patten

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304383

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B B Patten

Died 1917

British Army 323993 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery

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Harold E Patten

Died 1918

British Army 302277 Private Royal Scots

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Murray Gladstone Patten

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Temporary Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

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Rodger Patten

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 7/3652 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 291071 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Bert Patten

Died 1917

British Army 2685 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 200960 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Henry Patten

Died 1914

British Army 9638 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 9638 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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William Henry Patten

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 280410 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Percy Patten

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 417 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 121745 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Maurice Patten

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army G/483 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/483 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

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Edward Patten

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 8605 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8605 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Thomas J. Patten

Born 1876

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 27

Canadian Expeditionary Force 27 Sergeant Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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Reginald Edgar Patten

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291151

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Samuel George Patten

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169221

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Francis Hope Patten

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85297

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Reginald Patten

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213197

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