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Melbourne Victoria [3]

Willingdon [3]

Arundel, Sussex [2]

Bridgwater, Somerset [2]

Cairns Queensland [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Chiltern Victoria [2]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Saint Lukes, London [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Arncliffe New South Wales [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Boort Victoria [1]

Brecon, Breconshire [1]

Brighton [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Clapham, Sussex [1]

Filham [1]

Flemington Victoria [1]

Gladesville New South Wales [1]

Highstairs England [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Malvern Victoria [1]

Pembroke Wales [1]

Prospect South Australia [1]

Rivington, Lancashire [1]

Staple Cross, Sussex [1]

Sussex [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Wallasey, Cheshire, England [1]

Wesley Vale Tasmania [1]

Whippingham Isle of Wight [1]

Woolloomooloo New South Wales [1]

Woolwich, Kent [1]

Worlwich, Kent [1]

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Private [78]

Gunner [15]

Serjeant [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Driver [8]

Sapper [8]

Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Bombardier [2]

Sergeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Major [1]

Pioneer [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Shipwright [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [20]

Army Service Corps [14]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

London Regiment [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Lancers [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

Armoured Car Company [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Berkshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

East Lancashire Brigade Royal Field Artillery [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

General List and Royal Air Force [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Castor [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company Artillery [1]

Hussars [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Service

British Army [146]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Royal Navy [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

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Contribution

Military Service [224]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [3] Willingdon [3] Arundel, Sussex [2] Bridgwater, Somerset [2] Cairns Queensland [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Chiltern Victoria [2] Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Saint Lukes, London [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Arncliffe New South Wales [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Boort Victoria [1] Brecon, Breconshire [1] Brighton [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Clapham, Sussex [1] Filham [1] Flemington Victoria [1] Gladesville New South Wales [1] Highstairs England [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Malvern Victoria [1] Pembroke Wales [1] Prospect South Australia [1] Rivington, Lancashire [1] Staple Cross, Sussex [1] Sussex [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Wallasey, Cheshire, England [1] Wesley Vale Tasmania [1] Whippingham Isle of Wight [1] Woolloomooloo New South Wales [1] Woolwich, Kent [1] Worlwich, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [78] Gunner [15] Serjeant [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Driver [8] Sapper [8] Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [4] Captain [4] Lieutenant [4] Bombardier [2] Sergeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Flight Officer [1] Lance Corporal [1] Major [1] Pioneer [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Shipwright [1] Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [20] Army Service Corps [14] Royal Field Artillery [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] London Regiment [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Army Veterinary Corps [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Labour Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Lancers [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] Armoured Car Company [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Berkshire Regiment [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] East Lancashire Brigade Royal Field Artillery [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] General List and Royal Air Force [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Castor [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company Artillery [1] Hussars [1] King's African Rifles [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Service

British Army [146] Australian Imperial Force [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Royal Navy [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

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Contribution

Military Service [224] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

William Gabriel King Peirce

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

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Thomas George Peirce

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91547

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Robert William Peirce

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202349

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Eric William Peirce

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 16263 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 113457 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Edgar Gall Peirce

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237748

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William Charles Peirce

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199673

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George Henry James Peirce

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50416

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Charles Percy Peirce

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 151550

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Willie Arthur Peirce

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231883

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Frederick Charles Peirce

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281595

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Hugh Stapleton Peirce

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308366

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James Percy Peirce

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181203

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Albert Edward Peirce

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 316134

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Arthur Henry Markham Peirce

Born 1883

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 255551

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry

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William Alfred Peirce

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 20741 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Charles William Peirce

Died 1917

British Army 17174 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/42587 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Arthur Edmund Peirce

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army TF/3190 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army TF/3190 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Sidney Ernest Peirce

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Ronald Peirce

Died 1916

British Army L/7989 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army L/7989 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Henry Peirce

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army C/30 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 236418 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 236418 Sapper Royal Engineers

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