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Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Alverstoke, Hamshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

British Consulate Mogador [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Dalkeith, Midlothian [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Fishpond Bottom, Dorset [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Hockley, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Lancashire [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Milton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Moseley, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Newport, Shropshire [1]

Old Ford, London [1]

Riga [1]

Saint Sepulchre, London [1]

Shifnal, Shropshire [1]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [1]

Southwark, Surrey [1]

Staffordshire [1]

Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Stroud, Gloucestershire [1]

Swalecliffe, Kent, England [1]

Tipton, Staffordshire [1]

Walsall [1]

Warwick [1]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1]

Westbourne Park, London [1]

Whitstable, Kent [1]

Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Yardley, Worcs [1]

Rank

Private [194]

Gunner [14]

Driver [13]

Corporal [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Serjeant [11]

Sapper [8]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Captain [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Orderly [2]

2nd Class Air Mechanic [1]

3rd Class Air Mechanic [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Clerk [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Gunner (T) [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pr [1]

Private /Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler Bearer [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [21]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Worcestershire Regiment [18]

Army Service Corps [17]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Engineers [15]

South Staffordshire Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [283]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

Royal Navy [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Last name first letter

P [356]

G [2]

Contribution

Military Service [355]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Alverstoke, Hamshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] British Consulate Mogador [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Dalkeith, Midlothian [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Fishpond Bottom, Dorset [1] Gloucestershire [1] Hockley, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Lancashire [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Milton, Cambridgeshire [1] Moseley, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Newport, Shropshire [1] Old Ford, London [1] Riga [1] Saint Sepulchre, London [1] Shifnal, Shropshire [1] Smethwick, Staffordshire [1] Southwark, Surrey [1] Staffordshire [1] Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Stroud, Gloucestershire [1] Swalecliffe, Kent, England [1] Tipton, Staffordshire [1] Walsall [1] Warwick [1] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [1] Westbourne Park, London [1] Whitstable, Kent [1] Worcester, Worcestershire [1] Yardley, Worcs [1]

Rank

Private [194] Gunner [14] Driver [13] Corporal [11] Lieutenant [11] Serjeant [11] Sapper [8] Second Lieutenant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Captain [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Orderly [2] 2nd Class Air Mechanic [1] 3rd Class Air Mechanic [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Clerk [1] Deck Hand [1] Gunner (T) [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Pr [1] Private /Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler Bearer [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Signalman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [21] Royal Field Artillery [18] Worcestershire Regiment [18] Army Service Corps [17] London Regiment [16] Royal Engineers [15] South Staffordshire Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Liverpool Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] British Red Cross Society [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [283] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24] Royal Navy [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [4]

Last name first letter

P [356] G [2]

Contribution

Military Service [355] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Charles Mervyn Payton

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn.

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John Payton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59531

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John Frederick Payton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41160

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Richard Ernest Payton

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278235

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Wilfred Hugh Payton

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army Lieutenant Khyber Rifles

British Army Temporary Captain Indian Army

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Frederick Henry Payton

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 8874 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ralph Stuart Payton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 777 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Leonard Payton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48461

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Frank Payton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30652

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Ernest Albert Payton

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 16623 Private Army Pay Corps

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Frederick Thomas Croydon Payton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 106617 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 106617 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Albert Payton

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 3887 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 43507 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Samuel William Payton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232516

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John Thomas Payton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40924

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Frank Edwin Payton

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 433 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Clement W Payton

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 38134 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Frederick James Arthur Payton

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406842

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Edwin Guy Payton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189181

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Harry Thomas Payton

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65980

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William Payton

Died 1915

British Army 1757 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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