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Bristol, Gloucestershire [23]

London, Middlesex [16]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [16]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [16]

London England [15]

Brighton, Sussex [14]

London, Middlesex, England [12]

Sydney New South Wales [11]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Southampton, Hampshire [9]

Bath, Somerset [8]

Gravesend, Kent [8]

Alexandra Victoria [6]

Bermondsey, London [6]

Bethnal Green, London [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Chatham, Kent [6]

Devonport, Devon [6]

Oxford [6]

Reading, Berkshire [6]

Saint Pancras, London [6]

Bridgewater, Somerset [5]

Fremantle Western Australia [5]

Gloucester [5]

Gosport, Hampshire [5]

Hackney, London [5]

Hobart Tasmania [5]

Islington, London [5]

Rotherhithe, London [5]

Weston Super Mare, Somerset [5]

Brill, Buckinghamshire [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Goulburn New South Wales [4]

Albury New South Wales [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Chelsea, London [3]

Dublin [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Middlesex [3]

Poplar, London [3]

Torquay, Devon [3]

Walthamstow, Essex [3]

Worcester, Worcestershire [3]

Alexander Victoria [2]

Allora Queensland [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Rank

Private [3726]

Gunner [405]

Driver [378]

Serjeant [284]

Corporal [283]

Sapper [211]

Lance Corporal [169]

Second Lieutenant [105]

Lieutenant [78]

Pioneer [71]

Acting Corporal [61]

Captain [58]

Acting Serjeant [57]

Bombardier [55]

Rifleman [34]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [32]

Company Serjeant Major [20]

Staff Serjeant [17]

Major [15]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Acting Bombardier [12]

Colour Serjeant [12]

Trooper [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Lance Bombardier [10]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Lieutenant Commander [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Sergeant [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Saddler [6]

Serjeant Major [6]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Temporary Major [5]

Worker [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Farrier Serjeant [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Transport Serjeant [4]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [529]

Labour Corps [470]

Royal Engineers [445]

Army Service Corps [426]

Royal Garrison Artillery [280]

London Regiment [252]

Royal Army Medical Corps [193]

Machine Gun Corps [173]

Royal Fusiliers [146]

Middlesex Regiment [118]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [110]

The Queen's Regiment [108]

Hampshire Regiment [102]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [101]

Rifle Brigade [92]

Royal West Kent Regiment [89]

Royal Sussex Regiment [86]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [84]

Bedfordshire Regiment [82]

Gloucestershire Regiment [79]

Devonshire Regiment [78]

Leicestershire Regiment [75]

Worcestershire Regiment [75]

Somerset Light Infantry [72]

Army Ordnance Corps [70]

Norfolk Regiment [69]

Suffolk Regiment [68]

Welsh Regiment [67]

Northumberland Fusiliers [66]

East Kent Regiment [65]

East Surrey Regiment [62]

Northamptonshire Regiment [62]

Royal Army Service Corps [60]

Essex Regiment [59]

Wiltshire Regiment [58]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [57]

Manchester Regiment [57]

West Yorkshire Regiment [56]

Durham Light Infantry [55]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [53]

South Staffordshire Regiment [52]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [51]

Dorsetshire Regiment [49]

Royal Defence Corps [47]

Liverpool Regiment [46]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [43]

Royal Horse Artillery [43]

Army Veterinary Corps [40]

Cheshire Regiment [39]

South Wales Borderers [39]

Service

British Army [5774]

Royal Navy [670]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [462]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [334]

Australian Imperial Force [281]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [62]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [2]

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P [7711]

S [5]

L [3]

C [1]

J [1]

M [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7561]

Merchant Navy [101]

Conscientious Objector [35]

Country

United Kingdom [152]

Bahamas [1]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Bristol, Gloucestershire [23] London, Middlesex [16] Portsmouth, Hampshire [16] Southampton, Hampshire, England [16] London England [15] Brighton, Sussex [14] London, Middlesex, England [12] Sydney New South Wales [11] Melbourne Victoria [9] Southampton, Hampshire [9] Bath, Somerset [8] Gravesend, Kent [8] Alexandra Victoria [6] Bermondsey, London [6] Bethnal Green, London [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Chatham, Kent [6] Devonport, Devon [6] Oxford [6] Reading, Berkshire [6] Saint Pancras, London [6] Bridgewater, Somerset [5] Fremantle Western Australia [5] Gloucester [5] Gosport, Hampshire [5] Hackney, London [5] Hobart Tasmania [5] Islington, London [5] Rotherhithe, London [5] Weston Super Mare, Somerset [5] Brill, Buckinghamshire [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Goulburn New South Wales [4] Albury New South Wales [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] Bournemouth, Hampshire [3] Camberwell, London [3] Chelsea, London [3] Dublin [3] Lambeth, London [3] Middlesex [3] Poplar, London [3] Torquay, Devon [3] Walthamstow, Essex [3] Worcester, Worcestershire [3] Alexander Victoria [2] Allora Queensland [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Rank

Private [3726] Gunner [405] Driver [378] Serjeant [284] Corporal [283] Sapper [211] Lance Corporal [169] Second Lieutenant [105] Lieutenant [78] Pioneer [71] Acting Corporal [61] Captain [58] Acting Serjeant [57] Bombardier [55] Rifleman [34] Warrant Officer Class 2 [32] Company Serjeant Major [20] Staff Serjeant [17] Major [15] Lance Serjeant [13] Acting Bombardier [12] Colour Serjeant [12] Trooper [12] Able Seaman [11] Lance Bombardier [10] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Lieutenant Commander [8] Temporary Captain [8] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Sergeant [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Saddler [6] Serjeant Major [6] Shoeing Smith [6] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Temporary Major [5] Worker [5] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Farrier Serjeant [4] Leading Stoker [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Transport Serjeant [4] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [529] Labour Corps [470] Royal Engineers [445] Army Service Corps [426] Royal Garrison Artillery [280] London Regiment [252] Royal Army Medical Corps [193] Machine Gun Corps [173] Royal Fusiliers [146] Middlesex Regiment [118] King's Royal Rifle Corps [110] The Queen's Regiment [108] Hampshire Regiment [102] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [101] Rifle Brigade [92] Royal West Kent Regiment [89] Royal Sussex Regiment [86] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [84] Bedfordshire Regiment [82] Gloucestershire Regiment [79] Devonshire Regiment [78] Leicestershire Regiment [75] Worcestershire Regiment [75] Somerset Light Infantry [72] Army Ordnance Corps [70] Norfolk Regiment [69] Suffolk Regiment [68] Welsh Regiment [67] Northumberland Fusiliers [66] East Kent Regiment [65] East Surrey Regiment [62] Northamptonshire Regiment [62] Royal Army Service Corps [60] Essex Regiment [59] Wiltshire Regiment [58] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [57] Manchester Regiment [57] West Yorkshire Regiment [56] Durham Light Infantry [55] Royal Berkshire Regiment [53] South Staffordshire Regiment [52] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [51] Dorsetshire Regiment [49] Royal Defence Corps [47] Liverpool Regiment [46] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [43] Royal Horse Artillery [43] Army Veterinary Corps [40] Cheshire Regiment [39] South Wales Borderers [39]

Service

British Army [5774] Royal Navy [670] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [462] Canadian Expeditionary Force [334] Australian Imperial Force [281] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [62] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

P [7711] S [5] L [3] C [1] J [1] M [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7561] Merchant Navy [101] Conscientious Objector [35]

Country

United Kingdom [152] Bahamas [1] Egypt [1] India [1] New Zealand [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Leonard Payne

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 1990 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Walter Alfred Payne

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 534626 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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Marjorie Gertrude Payne

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9654 Women's Royal Air Force

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Michael Payne

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 6066 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 119439 Private Labour Corps

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John Henry Payne

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 3199 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Ernest Payne

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 179058 Able Seaman HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Jupiter

Royal Navy 179058 Able Seaman HMS Phaeton

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Harold George Payne

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2709 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Ernest Henry Payne

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79172

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Herbert Payne

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 700 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 39265 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Tom Payne

Born 1863

Died 1936

British Army 02283 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 8207 Sgt. Major Grenadier Guards

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Percy Payne

Born 1886

Died 1930

British Army 495887 Private London Regiment

British Army 495887 Private London Regiment 13th Battalion

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Gilbert Milton Payne

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95165

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Cecil Brannon Payne

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 21st Squadron

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Ernest George Payne

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 9507 Private Scots Guards

British Army 9507 Private The Scots Guards 1st Battalion

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Richard William Payne

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 12648 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery 3rd Siege Battery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 6th Trench Mortar Battery

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John Henry Payne

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 23367 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 31805 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William Payne

Born 1892

British Army 9350 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 7109089 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 7109089 Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

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Wilfred Payne

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army S/10796 Private Seaforth Highlanders 9th Battalion

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Archibald James Payne

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy K39110 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke

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Mervyn Daniel Payne

Born 1897

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5770 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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