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London, Middlesex [4]

Arundel, Sussex [3]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [3]

Grafton New South Wales [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Havant, Hampshire [2]

Maryport, Cumberland [2]

North Adelaide South Australia [2]

Northampton [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Tunbridge Wells England [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

Weston on the Green, Oxon [2]

Albert Park Western Australia [1]

Ambrosden, Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Baldock, Hertfordshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blakesley, Northamptonshire [1]

Bradford [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Brighton England [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [1]

Crosby, Maryport, Cumberland [1]

Croydon England [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Enfield South Australia [1]

Essex, England [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Fife [1]

Finchley England [1]

Fullarton South Australia [1]

Geraldton Western Australia [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Glenferrie Victoria [1]

Gosforth, Cumberland [1]

Gosport, Cumberland [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hampstead, London, England [1]

Hampton, London [1]

Rank

Private [330]

Gunner [35]

Driver [31]

Serjeant [28]

Corporal [25]

Lance Corporal [21]

Sapper [19]

Lieutenant [16]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Captain [11]

Acting Corporal [7]

Battery Serjeant Major [6]

Major [5]

Pioneer [4]

Bombardier [3]

Rifleman [3]

Trooper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Worker [2]

1st Class Serjeant Instructor [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant /Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Driver Acting Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

ER Sergeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Gunner Shoeing Smith [1]

Honorary Captain and Inspector of Ordnance Machinery [1]

Honorary Lieutenant /Temporary Honorary Captain [1]

Honorary Lieutenant and Inspector of Ordnance Machinery [1]

Inspector of Ordnance Machinery 2nd Class and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Inspector of Ordnance Machinery 2nd Class and Honorary Lieutenant /Temporary 1st Class and Hono [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [52]

Army Service Corps [48]

Royal Engineers [33]

London Regiment [29]

Labour Corps [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Grenadier Guards [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Depot [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [530]

Royal Navy [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51]

Australian Imperial Force [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [690]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Australia [3]

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London, Middlesex [4] Arundel, Sussex [3] Banbury, Oxfordshire [3] Grafton New South Wales [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Dover, Kent [2] Havant, Hampshire [2] Maryport, Cumberland [2] North Adelaide South Australia [2] Northampton [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Tunbridge Wells England [2] Wandsworth, London [2] Weston on the Green, Oxon [2] Albert Park Western Australia [1] Ambrosden, Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Baldock, Hertfordshire [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blakesley, Northamptonshire [1] Bradford [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Brighton England [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Chelsea, London [1] Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [1] Crosby, Maryport, Cumberland [1] Croydon England [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Enfield South Australia [1] Essex, England [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Fife [1] Finchley England [1] Fullarton South Australia [1] Geraldton Western Australia [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glenferrie Victoria [1] Gosforth, Cumberland [1] Gosport, Cumberland [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hampshire [1] Hampstead, London, England [1] Hampton, London [1]

Rank

Private [330] Gunner [35] Driver [31] Serjeant [28] Corporal [25] Lance Corporal [21] Sapper [19] Lieutenant [16] Second Lieutenant [15] Captain [11] Acting Corporal [7] Battery Serjeant Major [6] Major [5] Pioneer [4] Bombardier [3] Rifleman [3] Trooper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Worker [2] 1st Class Serjeant Instructor [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant /Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Driver Acting Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] ER Sergeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Gunner Shoeing Smith [1] Honorary Captain and Inspector of Ordnance Machinery [1] Honorary Lieutenant /Temporary Honorary Captain [1] Honorary Lieutenant and Inspector of Ordnance Machinery [1] Inspector of Ordnance Machinery 2nd Class and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Inspector of Ordnance Machinery 2nd Class and Honorary Lieutenant /Temporary 1st Class and Hono [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [52] Army Service Corps [48] Royal Engineers [33] London Regiment [29] Labour Corps [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17] Machine Gun Corps [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Royal Fusiliers [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Rifle Brigade [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] East Kent Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Grenadier Guards [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Depot [5] Coldstream Guards [5] Corps of Hussars [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] Cameron Highlanders [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [530] Royal Navy [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51] Australian Imperial Force [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

P [700]

Contribution

Military Service [690] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Australia [3]

James Edward Penn

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57560

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Robert Basil Seymour Penn

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69901

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Charles Frederick Penn

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118200

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George Thomas Penn

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3898 Private London Regiment

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Harry Penn

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132019

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Samuel Penn

Born 1876

British Army 72666 Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 7th Training Battalion

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William Henry Penn

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79550

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Francis Broadbridge Penn

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232485

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Sydney Austin Penn

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235419

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Harold James Penn

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239461

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Geoffrey Mark Penn

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Ernest Penn

Died 1917

British Army 16221 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frank M Penn

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 405587

Canadian Expeditionary Force 405587 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Robert Penn

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211822

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Richard Thomas Penn

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68683

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James Robert Penn

Died 1915

British Army 2159 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Ernest James Penn

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6800

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Harry Bruce Penn

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187266

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William John Penn

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402106

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George Trower Penn

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163910

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