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Gunnedah New South Wales [5]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

London, Middlesex [3]

fakenham,norfolk [3]

Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Plumstead, London [2]

Aldershot Hampshire [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Cheshire [1]

Devonport [1]

Forder St. Stephens, Cornwall [1]

Hempton, Norfolk [1]

Kensington Victoria [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Landrake, Cornwall [1]

Leichhardt New South Wales [1]

Millbrook, Cornwall [1]

North Melbourne Victoria [1]

Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Nottingham [1]

Otham, Kent [1]

Penarth, Glamorganshire [1]

Penrith, Glamorgan [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Rotherhithe, London [1]

Saint German's, Cornwall [1]

Saint Germans, Cornwall [1]

St Germans, Cornwall [1]

Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Thurnby, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Walthamstow, London [1]

West Maitland New South Wales [1]

Whetstone, Leicestershire [1]

Wigston, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Private [72]

Corporal [14]

Driver [11]

Gunner [10]

Sapper [10]

Serjeant [6]

Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Recruit [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Shipwright Lieutenant Commander [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Worker [1]

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Royal Engineers [16]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Army Service Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Brisk." [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps Aldershot Command ex Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Lancashire Hussars [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [141]

Royal Navy [31]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [207]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [212] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Gunnedah New South Wales [5] Sydney New South Wales [4] London, Middlesex [3] fakenham,norfolk [3] Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Plumstead, London [2] Aldershot Hampshire [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Brixton, London [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Cheshire [1] Devonport [1] Forder St. Stephens, Cornwall [1] Hempton, Norfolk [1] Kensington Victoria [1] Lambeth, London [1] Landrake, Cornwall [1] Leichhardt New South Wales [1] Millbrook, Cornwall [1] North Melbourne Victoria [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Nottingham [1] Otham, Kent [1] Penarth, Glamorganshire [1] Penrith, Glamorgan [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Poplar, London [1] Rotherhithe, London [1] Saint German's, Cornwall [1] Saint Germans, Cornwall [1] St Germans, Cornwall [1] Stonehouse, Devon [1] Thurnby, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Walthamstow, London [1] West Maitland New South Wales [1] Whetstone, Leicestershire [1] Wigston, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Private [72] Corporal [14] Driver [11] Gunner [10] Sapper [10] Serjeant [6] Lance Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Lieutenant [3] Pioneer [3] Able Seaman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Gunner [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Corporal /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Recruit [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Shipwright Lieutenant Commander [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [16] Labour Corps [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Leicestershire Regiment [9] London Regiment [8] Royal Field Artillery [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Army Service Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Brisk." [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] Kent Cyclist Battalion [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps Aldershot Command ex Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Lancashire Hussars [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [141] Royal Navy [31] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Australian Imperial Force [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [212]

Contribution

Military Service [207] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Thomas Arthur Pawley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2660 Rifleman London Regiment 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles)

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Horace Pawley

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 5505 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 27403 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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William James Pawley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44651

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Alexander Pawley

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291308

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Richard James Pawley

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery 92nd Siege Battery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur David Pawley

Born 1882

Died 1966

British Army 153184 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 408 S

British Army 153184 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 283 (S) Bty

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Richard James Pawley

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27823

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Walter Arthur Pawley

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244057

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Ernest Pawley

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 18009 Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army 18009 Lance Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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Charles James Robert Pawley

Died 1918

British Army 123633 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 123633 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Frank Pawley

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 9948 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 9948 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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John Pawley

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 43701 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Edward Ernest Pawley

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 27521 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Tom Pawley

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 14765 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 14765 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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Edward Pawley

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 35407 Private Manchester Regiment

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Jolliffe Pawley

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56763

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Charles William Pawley

Born 1880

Died 1939

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 33076 Canterbury Infantry Regiment

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John Thomas Pawley

Born 1876

Died 1917

Royal Navy 279644

Royal Navy 279644(Dev.) Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. "Brisk."

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Charles Edward Pawley

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 52839 Bombardier Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British Army 52839 Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery

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Horatio Albert Pawley

Born 1874

Royal Navy 159338 Able Seaman

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