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Sydney New South Wales [9]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7]

London England [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Torpoint, Cornwall [5]

Camberwell, London [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Penzance, Cornwall [4]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Beechworth Victoria [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Somerset [3]

Ash, Surrey [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birkenhead [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Coburg Victoria [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dubbo New South Wales [2]

Exmouth, Devon [2]

Fletton, Peterborough [2]

Hertfordshire [2]

Hill End Victoria [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Perth Scotland [2]

Sandgate Queensland [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Tumby Bay South Australia [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Aberdeenshire Scotland [1]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Alderbury, Wiltshire [1]

Alexander Scotland [1]

Alloa, Clackmannan [1]

Annandale New South Wales [1]

Aspenden, Royston, Hertfordshire [1]

Attleborough, Warwickshire [1]

Avonbridge Scotland [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Banchory Devenick [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Barton Village, Isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Private [861]

Gunner [100]

Driver [74]

Sapper [61]

Corporal [59]

Serjeant [59]

Lieutenant [43]

Captain [37]

Second Lieutenant [37]

Lance Corporal [33]

Acting Corporal [21]

Pioneer [13]

Bombardier [12]

Major [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Able Seaman [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Sister [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Forewoman [2]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Second Lieutenant /Acting Captain [2]

Senior Nursing Sister [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

Temporary Lance Serjeant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

1st Class Inspector of Ordnance Machinery and Honorary Major /Temporary Chief Inspector and Hon [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [118]

Royal Engineers [108]

Army Service Corps [99]

Labour Corps [70]

Royal Army Medical Corps [59]

London Regiment [48]

Royal Garrison Artillery [48]

Machine Gun Corps [39]

Royal Scots [31]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [28]

Royal Highlanders [28]

Somerset Light Infantry [28]

Canadian Infantry [27]

Highland Light Infantry [27]

Middlesex Regiment [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [24]

Scottish Rifles [23]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

Indian Defence Force [21]

Seaforth Highlanders [21]

Dorsetshire Regiment [20]

Devonshire Regiment [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Gordon Highlanders [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

Rifle Brigade [16]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Cameron Highlanders [14]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Essex Regiment [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [14]

Norfolk Regiment [14]

Royal Horse Artillery [14]

British West Indies Regiment [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

The Queen's Regiment [12]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [11]

Mauritius Labour Battalion [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Service

British Army [1388]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [283]

Royal Navy [125]

Australian Imperial Force [122]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [57]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

P [2117]

S [9]

D [1]

F [1]

N [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2074]

Merchant Navy [42]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Canada [3]

France [1]

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [9] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [7] London England [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Torpoint, Cornwall [5] Camberwell, London [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Penzance, Cornwall [4] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Beechworth Victoria [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London, Middlesex [3] Somerset [3] Ash, Surrey [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birkenhead [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Coburg Victoria [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dubbo New South Wales [2] Exmouth, Devon [2] Fletton, Peterborough [2] Hertfordshire [2] Hill End Victoria [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Perth Scotland [2] Sandgate Queensland [2] Tottenham, London [2] Tumby Bay South Australia [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Aberdeenshire Scotland [1] Albert Park Victoria [1] Alderbury, Wiltshire [1] Alexander Scotland [1] Alloa, Clackmannan [1] Annandale New South Wales [1] Aspenden, Royston, Hertfordshire [1] Attleborough, Warwickshire [1] Avonbridge Scotland [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Banchory Devenick [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Barton Village, Isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Private [861] Gunner [100] Driver [74] Sapper [61] Corporal [59] Serjeant [59] Lieutenant [43] Captain [37] Second Lieutenant [37] Lance Corporal [33] Acting Corporal [21] Pioneer [13] Bombardier [12] Major [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Able Seaman [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Sergeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Sister [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Colonel [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Forewoman [2] Gunner Acting Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Nursing Sister [2] Petty Officer [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Second Lieutenant /Acting Captain [2] Senior Nursing Sister [2] Serjeant Major [2] Staff Nurse [2] Sub Conductor [2] Temporary Lance Serjeant [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] 1st Class Inspector of Ordnance Machinery and Honorary Major /Temporary Chief Inspector and Hon [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [118] Royal Engineers [108] Army Service Corps [99] Labour Corps [70] Royal Army Medical Corps [59] London Regiment [48] Royal Garrison Artillery [48] Machine Gun Corps [39] Royal Scots [31] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [28] Royal Highlanders [28] Somerset Light Infantry [28] Canadian Infantry [27] Highland Light Infantry [27] Middlesex Regiment [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [24] Scottish Rifles [23] Royal Fusiliers [22] Indian Defence Force [21] Seaforth Highlanders [21] Dorsetshire Regiment [20] Devonshire Regiment [19] West Yorkshire Regiment [19] Gordon Highlanders [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] Hampshire Regiment [16] Rifle Brigade [16] Manchester Regiment [15] Cameron Highlanders [14] Durham Light Infantry [14] Essex Regiment [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [14] Norfolk Regiment [14] Royal Horse Artillery [14] British West Indies Regiment [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] King's Own Scottish Borderers [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] The Queen's Regiment [12] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [11] Mauritius Labour Battalion [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Royal Scots Fusiliers [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Service

British Army [1388] Canadian Expeditionary Force [283] Royal Navy [125] Australian Imperial Force [122] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [57] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

P [2117] S [9] D [1] F [1] N [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2074] Merchant Navy [42] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Canada [3] France [1] Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of [1]

Walter Paul

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 15863 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 15863 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles Joseph Paul

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232064

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George Archibald Paul

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237602

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Leonard George Paul

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240630

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W Paul

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant /Acting Captain West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Courtenay Talbot Saint Paul

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

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Andrew Alexander Mathison Paul

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43127

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John William Paul

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111578

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Edward Harry Paul

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62191

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Frederick Arthur Paul

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246446

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Edward Alfred Cecil Paul

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 158734

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Douglas Paul

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 6577 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/42308 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Albert Thomas Paul

Born 1889

British Army 10035 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 10035 Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 10035 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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John Hall Paul

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 54277 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 41911 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Frank Paul

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 29065 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Thomas Guthrie Paul

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Henry Paul

Died 1917

British Army 32183 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 40494 Private South Wales Borderers

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George Edward Paul

Died 1918

British Army 6060 Private London Regiment

British Army 533010 Private London Regiment

British Army 533010 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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John Mcneill Paul

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 318978

Canadian Expeditionary Force 318978 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 1st Divisional Ammunition Column

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Arthur Reginald Paul

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

British Army London Regiment 28th

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