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Sunderland, Durham [5]

Glasgow Scotland [3]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [2]

Banstead, Surrey [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Brinsley, Nottinghamshire [2]

Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

Sunderland [2]

Acton, London [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Aldershot, Surrey [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Bellfield, Kinross, Kinross-shire, Scotland [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Brentford, London [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Butterknowle, Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Carshalton, Surrey [1]

Coventry England [1]

Dalkeith Edinburgh [1]

Durham [1]

Finsbury Park [1]

Gateshead, Durham, England [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Gonebridge Edinborough [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [1]

Haddington [1]

Hanwell, Middlesex [1]

Hawick, Roxburghshire [1]

Hayward Heath, Sussex [1]

Heanor, Derbyshire, England [1]

Hener, Derbyshire [1]

Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire [1]

London England [1]

Mansfield Victoria [1]

Milton New South Wales [1]

Mixbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [281]

Gunner [37]

Serjeant [23]

Driver [18]

Corporal [15]

Lance Corporal [14]

Acting Corporal [13]

Sapper [13]

Bombardier [11]

Lieutenant [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Captain [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Rifleman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

3rd Serjeant [1]

6th Engineer [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Clerical Work [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Fitter [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wheeler Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [42]

Army Service Corps [33]

Royal Engineers [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

Labour Corps [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Royal Scots [17]

London Regiment [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Highland Light Infantry [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Gordon Highlanders [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Scottish Rifles [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Cameron Highlanders [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

British South African Police [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Service

British Army [436]

Royal Navy [49]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

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P [592]

Contribution

Military Service [568]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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Place of birth

Sunderland, Durham [5] Glasgow Scotland [3] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [2] Banstead, Surrey [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Brinsley, Nottinghamshire [2] Edmonton, Middlesex [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2] Sunderland [2] Acton, London [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Aldershot, Surrey [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Bellfield, Kinross, Kinross-shire, Scotland [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Brentford, London [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Butterknowle, Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Carshalton, Surrey [1] Coventry England [1] Dalkeith Edinburgh [1] Durham [1] Finsbury Park [1] Gateshead, Durham, England [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Gonebridge Edinborough [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire [1] Haddington [1] Hanwell, Middlesex [1] Hawick, Roxburghshire [1] Hayward Heath, Sussex [1] Heanor, Derbyshire, England [1] Hener, Derbyshire [1] Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Kirkcolm, Wigtownshire [1] London England [1] Mansfield Victoria [1] Milton New South Wales [1] Mixbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [281] Gunner [37] Serjeant [23] Driver [18] Corporal [15] Lance Corporal [14] Acting Corporal [13] Sapper [13] Bombardier [11] Lieutenant [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Captain [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Rifleman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Bombardier [2] 3rd Serjeant [1] 6th Engineer [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sister [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Canteen Worker [1] Clerical Work [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Fitter [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Signalman [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wheeler Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [42] Army Service Corps [33] Royal Engineers [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] Labour Corps [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Royal Scots [17] London Regiment [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Durham Light Infantry [11] Highland Light Infantry [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Gordon Highlanders [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Scottish Rifles [7] Coldstream Guards [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Cameron Highlanders [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Highlanders [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Corps of Hussars [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] British South African Police [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dragoon Guards [2]

Service

British Army [436] Royal Navy [49] Canadian Expeditionary Force [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [592]

Contribution

Military Service [568] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

William Donald Paxton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1738 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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Hugh Paxton

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 16113 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 13th (Service) Battalion

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William Henry Paxton

Born 1882

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 9533 Sapper 11th Field Company, Australian Engineers

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Fred Paxton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289886

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George Paxton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29592

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Arthur Thomas Paxton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70631

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John William Paxton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163223

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Hugh Paxton

Born 1857

Died 1915

British Army 3957 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th (Reserve) Battalion

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Arthur Raven Paxton

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244084

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Frederick Paxton

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 18128 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 18128 8th Bedfordshire

British Army 18128 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Batt

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George Edward Paxton

Born 1890

Died 1917

Other Empire Force 6th Engineer Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force 6th Engineer Mercantile Marine - HMHS "Asturias"

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William Paxton

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 10424 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Luther Paxton

Born 1892

Died 1986

British Army 2142 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 184435 Private Labour Corps

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John Raymond Paxton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216479

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Archibald Mcewan Paxton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218079

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Frederick Thomas Paxton

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 10697 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 10697 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery b/110th Battalion

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Albert James Paxton

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy 14663 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/14663 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry HMS "King Alfred"

Royal Navy 14663 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Plymouth Division

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William Paxton

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82495

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Albert Paxton

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3514 Private London Regiment

British Army 471010 Private London Regiment

British Army 471010 Rifleman London Regiment (The Rangers) 12th (County of London) Battalion

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William Paxton

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 69902 Sapper Royal Engineers

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