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Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Drysdale Victoria [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Wallsend New South Wales [4]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

London [3]

Yeadon, Yorkshire [3]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Charlton Victoria [2]

Chiltern Victoria [2]

Kerang Victoria [2]

Lancashire England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Newcastle Upon Tyne England [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Rochdale, Lancashire [2]

Rushworth Victoria [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Ambleside, Westmorland [1]

Antrim [1]

Armagh [1]

Ash, Kent [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [1]

Bedlington, Northumberland [1]

Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Blackwell, Derbyshire [1]

Bradford, West Yorkshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broadford Victoria [1]

Buninyong Victoria [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Cambridge [1]

Carmarthen [1]

Castleforce, Yorkshire [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Clevedon Queensland [1]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [1]

County Durham [1]

Crawshawbooth Lancs [1]

Rank

Private [535]

Gunner [49]

Driver [46]

Lieutenant [34]

Serjeant [34]

Sapper [31]

Second Lieutenant [30]

Captain [27]

Corporal [25]

Lance Corporal [18]

Acting Corporal [14]

Major [10]

Pioneer [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Bombardier [7]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Conductor/ Conductor [3]

Transport Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Chauffeuse [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Hostel Forewoman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Major [1]

Chaplain (Reverend) [1]

Chaplain /Acting [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [69]

Labour Corps [63]

Royal Engineers [58]

Army Service Corps [54]

West Yorkshire Regiment [43]

Northumberland Fusiliers [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery [33]

Durham Light Infantry [29]

Liverpool Regiment [22]

London Regiment [22]

West Riding Regiment [22]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Army Ordnance Corps [18]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [14]

York and Lancaster Regiment [14]

Border Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

Royal Naval Division [12]

South Lancashire Regiment [11]

East Lancashire Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [10]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Royal Irish Rifles [8]

Royal Scots [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Seaforth Highlanders [7]

Tank Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Army Pay Corps [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Service

British Army [870]

Royal Navy [71]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [67]

Australian Imperial Force [63]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [39]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [1125]

B [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1111]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Drysdale Victoria [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Wallsend New South Wales [4] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] London [3] Yeadon, Yorkshire [3] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Charlton Victoria [2] Chiltern Victoria [2] Kerang Victoria [2] Lancashire England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Newcastle Upon Tyne England [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Rochdale, Lancashire [2] Rushworth Victoria [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Ambleside, Westmorland [1] Antrim [1] Armagh [1] Ash, Kent [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [1] Bedlington, Northumberland [1] Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Blackwell, Derbyshire [1] Bradford, West Yorkshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broadford Victoria [1] Buninyong Victoria [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Cambridge [1] Carmarthen [1] Castleforce, Yorkshire [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Clapham, London [1] Clevedon Queensland [1] Clitheroe, Lancashire [1] County Durham [1] Crawshawbooth Lancs [1]

Rank

Private [535] Gunner [49] Driver [46] Lieutenant [34] Serjeant [34] Sapper [31] Second Lieutenant [30] Captain [27] Corporal [25] Lance Corporal [18] Acting Corporal [14] Major [10] Pioneer [10] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Bombardier [7] Acting Bombardier [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Conductor/ Conductor [3] Transport Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Chauffeuse [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Hostel Forewoman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brigadier General [1] Bugler [1] Captain Major [1] Chaplain (Reverend) [1] Chaplain /Acting [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [69] Labour Corps [63] Royal Engineers [58] Army Service Corps [54] West Yorkshire Regiment [43] Northumberland Fusiliers [42] Royal Garrison Artillery [33] Durham Light Infantry [29] Liverpool Regiment [22] London Regiment [22] West Riding Regiment [22] Yorkshire Regiment [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Machine Gun Corps [20] Army Ordnance Corps [18] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [16] Manchester Regiment [14] Royal Lancaster Regiment [14] York and Lancaster Regiment [14] Border Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Yorkshire Light Infantry [13] Cheshire Regiment [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] Royal Naval Division [12] South Lancashire Regiment [11] East Lancashire Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Leicestershire Regiment [10] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [10] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Royal Irish Rifles [8] Royal Scots [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Seaforth Highlanders [7] Tank Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Army Pay Corps [5] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Coldstream Guards [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5]

Service

British Army [870] Royal Navy [71] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [67] Australian Imperial Force [63] Canadian Expeditionary Force [39] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [1125] B [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1111] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [30] South Africa [1]

Harold Richard Peel

Born 1884

Died 1966

British Army Chaplain (Reverend) Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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John Peel

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 49615 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Peel

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army 50519 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 368137 Private Labour Corps

British Army 50519 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Middleton Peel

Died 1918

British Army 32412 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 32412 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 59574 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Rowland Farnworth Peel

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 11600 Private Welsh Regiment

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Robert Reginald Peel

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 24408 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Thomas Peel

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 6123 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 307309 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 307309 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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John Peel

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 21332 Private Coldstream Guards

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Tom Leonard Peel

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 34293 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 34293 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers

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Robert Peel

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 36794 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Pearson Peel

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army S/8787 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Nicholas Peel

Died 1916

British Army 26/562 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Arthur Peel

Died 1918

British Army 16/1704 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16/1704 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Peel

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2395 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 293657 Private Middlesex Regiment

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William Peel

Died 1917

British Army 28628 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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William H Peel

Died 1918

British Army 4580 Private Border Regiment

British Army 152085 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 252402 Private Manchester Regiment

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Walter Edmund Peel

Born 1888

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 22088

Canadian Expeditionary Force 22088 Private Canadian Infantry

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Albert Victor Peel

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293833

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Leonard Peel

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26210

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Robert C Peel

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39695

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