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Sydney New South Wales [20]

Belfast, Antrim [15]

Newcastle, Northumberland [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Glasgow Scotland [6]

Hobart Tasmania [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Portland Victoria [6]

Sunderland, Durham [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Albert Park Victoria [4]

Belfast [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [4]

Forbes New South Wales [4]

Liverpool [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Tamworth New South Wales [4]

Warwick Queensland [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Buangor Victoria [3]

Casterton Victoria [3]

Hamley Bridge South Australia [3]

Liverpool England [3]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Sheerness, Kent [3]

Albury New South Wales [2]

Alpha Queensland [2]

Ararat Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Cooma New South Wales [2]

Cowra New South Wales [2]

Dublin [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Dundee Scotland [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Eyemouth, Berwickshire [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glasgow [2]

Locksley Victoria [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Rank

Private [1644]

Corporal [151]

Serjeant [138]

Gunner [136]

Driver [107]

Sapper [83]

Second Lieutenant [67]

Lance Corporal [59]

Lieutenant [59]

Captain [38]

Acting Corporal [31]

Pioneer [18]

Staff Serjeant [14]

Major [13]

Rifleman [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Bombardier [9]

Trooper [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Sergeant [6]

Worker [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Hon Capt [3]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [3]

Nurse [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Saddler [3]

Sister [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Bugler [2]

Commander [2]

Lieutenant Acting Major [2]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2]

Matron [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Reverend [2]

Second Lieutenant Cipher Officer [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Signaller [2]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [186]

Royal Engineers [181]

Royal Field Artillery [175]

Labour Corps [162]

Army Service Corps [154]

Royal Army Medical Corps [117]

Royal Irish Rifles [108]

Durham Light Infantry [82]

Royal Garrison Artillery [70]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [66]

Machine Gun Corps [63]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [62]

Royal Highlanders [56]

Highland Light Infantry [54]

Royal Naval Division [50]

Canadian Infantry [49]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [49]

London Regiment [48]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [42]

Royal Fusiliers [42]

Royal Scots [41]

Scottish Rifles [37]

Yorkshire Regiment [36]

Gordon Highlanders [34]

Liverpool Regiment [34]

Royal Army Service Corps [32]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [30]

British West Indies Regiment [29]

Border Regiment [27]

Seaforth Highlanders [27]

Army Ordnance Corps [25]

Lancashire Fusiliers [23]

Manchester Regiment [23]

West Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Royal Defence Corps [20]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

Cameron Highlanders [18]

East Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Norfolk Regiment [18]

Royal Air Force [18]

Royal Irish Regiment [18]

Cheshire Regiment [16]

Rifle Brigade [16]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15]

West Riding Regiment [15]

Royal Flying Corps [14]

Tank Corps [13]

Army Cyclist Corps [12]

Service

British Army [2457]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [683]

Australian Imperial Force [286]

Royal Navy [244]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [189]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [95]

Other Empire Force [6]

South African Services [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

P [4072]

S [2]

G [1]

K [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3961]

Merchant Navy [93]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [79]

Canada [8]

Australia [2]

Jamaica [2]

France [1]

Panama [1]

Singapore [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [20] Belfast, Antrim [15] Newcastle, Northumberland [12] Liverpool, Lancashire [9] Melbourne Victoria [7] Glasgow Scotland [6] Hobart Tasmania [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Portland Victoria [6] Sunderland, Durham [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Albert Park Victoria [4] Belfast [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [4] Forbes New South Wales [4] Liverpool [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Tamworth New South Wales [4] Warwick Queensland [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Buangor Victoria [3] Casterton Victoria [3] Hamley Bridge South Australia [3] Liverpool England [3] North Shields, Northumberland, England [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Sheerness, Kent [3] Albury New South Wales [2] Alpha Queensland [2] Ararat Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Cooma New South Wales [2] Cowra New South Wales [2] Dublin [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Dundee Scotland [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Eyemouth, Berwickshire [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glasgow [2] Locksley Victoria [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2]

Rank

Private [1644] Corporal [151] Serjeant [138] Gunner [136] Driver [107] Sapper [83] Second Lieutenant [67] Lance Corporal [59] Lieutenant [59] Captain [38] Acting Corporal [31] Pioneer [18] Staff Serjeant [14] Major [13] Rifleman [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Lance Serjeant [10] Able Seaman [9] Bombardier [9] Trooper [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Corporal 2nd [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Sergeant [6] Worker [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Temporary Captain [4] Hon Capt [3] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [3] Nurse [3] Nursing Sister [3] Saddler [3] Sister [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Bugler [2] Commander [2] Lieutenant Acting Major [2] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2] Matron [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Reverend [2] Second Lieutenant Cipher Officer [2] Serjeant Major [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Signaller [2]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [186] Royal Engineers [181] Royal Field Artillery [175] Labour Corps [162] Army Service Corps [154] Royal Army Medical Corps [117] Royal Irish Rifles [108] Durham Light Infantry [82] Royal Garrison Artillery [70] King's Own Scottish Borderers [66] Machine Gun Corps [63] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [62] Royal Highlanders [56] Highland Light Infantry [54] Royal Naval Division [50] Canadian Infantry [49] Royal Irish Fusiliers [49] London Regiment [48] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [42] Royal Fusiliers [42] Royal Scots [41] Scottish Rifles [37] Yorkshire Regiment [36] Gordon Highlanders [34] Liverpool Regiment [34] Royal Army Service Corps [32] Royal Scots Fusiliers [30] British West Indies Regiment [29] Border Regiment [27] Seaforth Highlanders [27] Army Ordnance Corps [25] Lancashire Fusiliers [23] Manchester Regiment [23] West Yorkshire Regiment [21] Royal Defence Corps [20] Middlesex Regiment [19] York and Lancaster Regiment [19] Cameron Highlanders [18] East Yorkshire Regiment [18] Norfolk Regiment [18] Royal Air Force [18] Royal Irish Regiment [18] Cheshire Regiment [16] Rifle Brigade [16] Royal Lancaster Regiment [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15] West Riding Regiment [15] Royal Flying Corps [14] Tank Corps [13] Army Cyclist Corps [12]

Service

British Army [2457] Canadian Expeditionary Force [683] Australian Imperial Force [286] Royal Navy [244] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [189] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [95] Other Empire Force [6] South African Services [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

P [4072] S [2] G [1] K [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3961] Merchant Navy [93] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [79] Canada [8] Australia [2] Jamaica [2] France [1] Panama [1] Singapore [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

John Kendrick Patterson

Born 1894

Died 1969

British Army 2361 Trooper Dragoon Guards

British Army D/2361 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 4th Dragoon Guards

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Charles Cox Patterson

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army Private King Edward's Horse

British Army Lieutenant King Edward's Horse

British Army Captain King Edward's Horse

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Robert Winter Patterson

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army S/16086 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/16086 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 10th Battalion

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Lessels Malcolm Patterson

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 327591 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 327591 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 5788 and 327591 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Michael Patterson

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 10324 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Aubrey Frederick Albert Patterson

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1385 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment attached Royal Flying Corps

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Walter George Herbert Patterson

Born 1877

British Army 493 Trooper Household Battalion 2nd Battalion

British Army 3787 Trooper Life Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 2242 Trooper Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Robert Henry Patterson

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 8756 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Cyril Patterson

Born 1899

British Army TR/6/11366 Private Training Reserve 12th Battalion

British Army TR/6/11366 Private Training Reserve 13th Battalion

British Army 87071 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 52nd (Grad) Battalion

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James Brigham Patterson

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 46763 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Robert William Patterson

Born 1891

Died 1921

British Army 17L/6507 Private Lancers

British Army Private 17th Lancers

British Army L/13503 Private Corps of Lancers

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John Patterson

Born 1883

Died 1943

British Army 16675 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Wilfred Patterson

Born 1892

Other Empire Force 11457 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 12441 Private British West Indies Regiment 9th Battalion

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John Edward Patterson

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 241867 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 78998 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Robert Patterson

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 863 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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John Edwin Patterson

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 20375 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 13th Bn

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Robert William Patterson

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 202355 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 1950 Private Durham Light Infantry

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David Clement Patterson

Born 1896

Other Empire Force 1475 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 3311 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John Patterson

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/5126 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/5126 Able Seaman Howe

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John Henry Patterson

Born 1867

Died 1947

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Zion Mule Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Fusiliers 38th Battalion

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