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Sydney New South Wales [5]

Mount Barker South Australia [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Ilfracombe, Devon [2]

Northam Western Australia [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Stafford, Staffordshire [2]

Staffordshire [2]

Stoke, Staffordshire [2]

Suffolk [2]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Ardwick, Manchester [1]

Ashtead [1]

Aston Birmingham [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Brentford,Middlesex. [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Carlton New South Wales [1]

Chiltern Victoria [1]

Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

Clandown, Somerset [1]

Cockburn South Australia [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Corwen, Merioneth [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Darlaston, Staffordshire [1]

Denny Stirlingshire Scotland [1]

Denton, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Fillongley [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Greenwich [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Harrow, Middlesex [1]

Hebden Bridge [1]

Horsell, Surrey [1]

Hurstville New South Wales [1]

Hythe, Kent [1]

Johannesburg, South Africa [1]

Kilcommon, Mayo [1]

Kings Lynn [1]

Lara Lake Victoria [1]

Litherland, Lancashire, England [1]

London England [1]

Macclesfield [1]

Rank

Private [279]

Driver [35]

Serjeant [35]

Corporal [32]

Gunner [31]

Sapper [26]

Lieutenant [20]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Captain [18]

Lance Corporal [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Acting Corporal [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Major [3]

Pioneer [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Armament Staff Serjeant [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Honorable Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Armament Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Armament Serjeant Major [1]

Armament Temporary Staff Major [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chief Surgeon [1]

Colonel [1]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Farrier Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

L/Cpl. [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [53]

Royal Field Artillery [41]

Army Service Corps [37]

Labour Corps [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

North Staffordshire Regiment [15]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

South Staffordshire Regiment [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Shropshire Light Infantry [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Dragoon Guards [3]

Service

British Army [528]

Royal Navy [42]

Australian Imperial Force [34]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

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Contribution

Military Service [671]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Ireland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [5] Mount Barker South Australia [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Ilfracombe, Devon [2] Northam Western Australia [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Stafford, Staffordshire [2] Staffordshire [2] Stoke, Staffordshire [2] Suffolk [2] Albany Western Australia [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Ardwick, Manchester [1] Ashtead [1] Aston Birmingham [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Brentford,Middlesex. [1] Camberwell, London [1] Carlton New South Wales [1] Chiltern Victoria [1] Chiswick, Middlesex [1] Clandown, Somerset [1] Cockburn South Australia [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Corwen, Merioneth [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Darlaston, Staffordshire [1] Denny Stirlingshire Scotland [1] Denton, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Deptford, London [1] Fillongley [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Greenwich [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Harrow, Middlesex [1] Hebden Bridge [1] Horsell, Surrey [1] Hurstville New South Wales [1] Hythe, Kent [1] Johannesburg, South Africa [1] Kilcommon, Mayo [1] Kings Lynn [1] Lara Lake Victoria [1] Litherland, Lancashire, England [1] London England [1] Macclesfield [1]

Rank

Private [279] Driver [35] Serjeant [35] Corporal [32] Gunner [31] Sapper [26] Lieutenant [20] Second Lieutenant [19] Captain [18] Lance Corporal [13] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Acting Corporal [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Major [3] Pioneer [3] Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Able Seaman [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Armament Staff Serjeant [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Honorable Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Armament Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Armament Serjeant Major [1] Armament Temporary Staff Major [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chief Surgeon [1] Colonel [1] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Farrier Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] L/Cpl. [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [53] Royal Field Artillery [41] Army Service Corps [37] Labour Corps [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] London Regiment [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] North Staffordshire Regiment [15] Cheshire Regiment [14] Machine Gun Corps [13] South Staffordshire Regiment [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] Manchester Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Shropshire Light Infantry [8] Welsh Regiment [8] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Devonshire Regiment [6] Leicestershire Yeomanry [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Border Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Essex Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Dragoon Guards [3]

Service

British Army [528] Royal Navy [42] Australian Imperial Force [34] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Last name first letter

P [686]

Contribution

Military Service [671] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [21] Ireland [1]

Roland Arthur Peake

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 34537 Acting Corporal Liverpool Regiment

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Aston George Peake

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220353

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Clifford Walter Peake

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy 3/1334 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve HMS Bayano

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James Beaumont Peake

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23945

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Herbert Sydney Peake

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114864

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Malcolm Peake

Born 1867

Died 1917

British Army Brigadier General Staff

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George Henry Peake

Died 1917

British Army 22405 Private Suffolk Regiment

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William Francis Copson Peake

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army Lieutenant The Queen's Regiment

British Army Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Charlie Burrows Peake

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army S4/161495 Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army 31752 Corporal Devonshire Regiment

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Kenneth John Wyatt Peake

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

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Allatt Gladstone Peake

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 360409

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Robert Wilford Peake

Born 1890

Royal Navy 220 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy 220 Sapper Royal Naval Division Deal Battalion

Royal Navy 220 Lance Corp Deal battalion

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Malcolm Peake

Born 1865

Died 1917

British Army Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General Royal Artillery/ Staff

British Army Brigadier General Royal Artillery

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William James Peake

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56027

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Arthur Peake

Born 1891

Died 1968

British Army 16955 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Frank Peake

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108839

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Leslie William Frederick Peake

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180093

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Harry Baden Peake

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317789

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Walter Peake

Born 1888

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 6/1688 Canterbury Infantry Regiment

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Clement William Peake

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 470065

Canadian Expeditionary Force 470065 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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