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Southampton, Hampshire, England [8]

Southampton, Hampshire [6]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Cheltenham Victoria [3]

Hughenden Queensland [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire [2]

Brentford, Middlesex [2]

Broad Hinton, Wiltshire [2]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [2]

Dublin [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Green Hills Western Australia [2]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Maryborough Queensland [2]

Mentone Victoria [2]

Mt Gambier South Australia [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Rochester Victoria [2]

Serviceton Victoria [2]

Williamstown Victoria [2]

Wimborne, Dorset [2]

Woodford, Essex [2]

Adelaide [1]

Alexandra Mews, Hempsted, London [1]

Amwell London, Sussex [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Ashton on Mersey, Cheshire [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barkley East, Cape Province [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Bexley Heath, Kent [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bookham, Surrey [1]

Bordertown South Australia [1]

Bristol England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Bromley, London [1]

Bugaldie New South Wales [1]

Callington, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [615]

Gunner [66]

Corporal [52]

Driver [44]

Sapper [41]

Serjeant [40]

Lance Corporal [25]

Lieutenant [21]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Captain [14]

Acting Corporal [11]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Pioneer [8]

Bombardier [5]

Major [5]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain Senior Reserve [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Signal Boatswain [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Fitter [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Paymaster Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [85]

Royal Field Artillery [76]

Labour Corps [64]

Army Service Corps [54]

Royal Army Medical Corps [40]

Wiltshire Regiment [36]

Hampshire Regiment [33]

Royal Garrison Artillery [30]

London Regiment [29]

Dorsetshire Regiment [26]

Devonshire Regiment [24]

Royal Fusiliers [24]

Manchester Regiment [21]

Somerset Light Infantry [21]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [17]

Cheshire Regiment [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Gordon Highlanders [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

South Lancashire Regiment [13]

South Wales Borderers [13]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [10]

Royal Highlanders [10]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Service

British Army [938]

Royal Navy [95]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [91]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57]

Australian Imperial Force [56]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

P [1280]

C [2]

K [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1244]

Merchant Navy [33]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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Place of birth

Southampton, Hampshire, England [8] Southampton, Hampshire [6] Plymouth, Devon [5] Cheltenham Victoria [3] Hughenden Queensland [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Salisbury, Wiltshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire [2] Brentford, Middlesex [2] Broad Hinton, Wiltshire [2] Clitheroe, Lancashire [2] Dublin [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Green Hills Western Australia [2] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Maryborough Queensland [2] Mentone Victoria [2] Mt Gambier South Australia [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Rochester Victoria [2] Serviceton Victoria [2] Williamstown Victoria [2] Wimborne, Dorset [2] Woodford, Essex [2] Adelaide [1] Alexandra Mews, Hempsted, London [1] Amwell London, Sussex [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Ashton on Mersey, Cheshire [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barkley East, Cape Province [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Bexley Heath, Kent [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bookham, Surrey [1] Bordertown South Australia [1] Bristol England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Bromley, London [1] Bugaldie New South Wales [1] Callington, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [615] Gunner [66] Corporal [52] Driver [44] Sapper [41] Serjeant [40] Lance Corporal [25] Lieutenant [21] Second Lieutenant [19] Captain [14] Acting Corporal [11] Acting Serjeant [9] Company Serjeant Major [9] Pioneer [8] Bombardier [5] Major [5] Corporal 2nd [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Worker [2] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain Senior Reserve [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Signal Boatswain [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Fitter [1] Flight Officer [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Paymaster Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [85] Royal Field Artillery [76] Labour Corps [64] Army Service Corps [54] Royal Army Medical Corps [40] Wiltshire Regiment [36] Hampshire Regiment [33] Royal Garrison Artillery [30] London Regiment [29] Dorsetshire Regiment [26] Devonshire Regiment [24] Royal Fusiliers [24] Manchester Regiment [21] Somerset Light Infantry [21] Machine Gun Corps [18] Liverpool Regiment [17] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [17] Cheshire Regiment [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Middlesex Regiment [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Gordon Highlanders [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] South Lancashire Regiment [13] South Wales Borderers [13] Welsh Regiment [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [10] Royal Highlanders [10] Royal Lancaster Regiment [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] West Riding Regiment [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] East Kent Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6] Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Service

British Army [938] Royal Navy [95] Canadian Expeditionary Force [91] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57] Australian Imperial Force [56] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

P [1280] C [2] K [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1244] Merchant Navy [33] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [17] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Alfred John Penny

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 3191 Private London Regiment

British Army 321108 Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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James William Penny

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 17661 Private South Lancashire Regiment "A" Coy. 2nd Battalion

British Army 6848 Lancashire Fusiliers

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Fernleigh Winter Penny

Born 1897

Royal Navy 5552 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 244369 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William John Penny

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 282377 Private London Regiment

British Army 5324 Private London Regiment

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William Frank Penny

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 78413 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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James Penny

Born 1888

Died 1966

British Army 11268 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 11268 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 58 Brigade

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Thomas Frederick Penny

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 434 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 8549 Private London Regiment

British Army 614349 Private London Regiment

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Albert Louis Penny

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240471

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Arthur Hugh Penny

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

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John Thomas Penny

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 19134 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Albert Edward Penny

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71196

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George Penny

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 13403 Private Scots Guards

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Alfred Penny

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260599

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Alfred Henry Penny

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58614

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Walter Eli Penny

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37160

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Samuel Penny

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 35796 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 35058 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 143706 Private Labour Corps Clearing Office

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Albert Alexander Penny

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81239

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George Ernest Penny

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111868

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Walter John Penny

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247483

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John Penny

Died 1916

British Army 12429 Private East Lancashire Regiment 3rd

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