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London, Middlesex, England [4]

Acton, London [2]

Auckland [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Gisborne [2]

Hay New South Wales [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Nottingham [2]

Plumstead, Kent [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Tumut New South Wales [2]

Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Addlestone, Surrey [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire [1]

Aspenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bedlington [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Brightlingsea, Essex [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Buckingham England [1]

Bucks England [1]

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Bulli, New South Wales. [1]

Bundarra New South Wales [1]

Buxton, Derbyshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Castle Gresley, Derbyshire [1]

Charton Kent [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Cheadle, Cheshire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1]

Cheshire England [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Clifton, Gloucestershire [1]

Coggeshall, Essex [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dublin [1]

East Adelaide South Australia [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [552]

Gunner [68]

Corporal [47]

Serjeant [45]

Sapper [39]

Driver [37]

Second Lieutenant [30]

Lieutenant [23]

Lance Corporal [21]

Acting Corporal [18]

Captain [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Bombardier [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Pioneer [6]

Able Seaman [4]

Major [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Nurse [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Chauffeur (Driver) [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

Volunteer [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Canteen Assistant [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Commander [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Gunner Signaller [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [66]

Royal Engineers [63]

Labour Corps [61]

Army Service Corps [50]

Manchester Regiment [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery [40]

Cheshire Regiment [38]

Royal Army Medical Corps [34]

London Regiment [31]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26]

Lancashire Fusiliers [25]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [19]

Northamptonshire Regiment [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [17]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Leicestershire Regiment [14]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Essex Regiment [12]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Border Regiment [10]

Grenadier Guards [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Royal Irish Rifles [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [894]

Royal Navy [86]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [42]

Australian Imperial Force [37]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

P [1138]

E [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1119]

Merchant Navy [16]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

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London, Middlesex, England [4] Acton, London [2] Auckland [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Gisborne [2] Hay New South Wales [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Nottingham [2] Plumstead, Kent [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Tumut New South Wales [2] Warrington, Lancashire [2] Addlestone, Surrey [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire [1] Aspenden, Hertfordshire [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bedlington [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Brightlingsea, Essex [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Buckingham England [1] Bucks England [1] Bulli New South Wales [1] Bulli, New South Wales. [1] Bundarra New South Wales [1] Buxton, Derbyshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Castle Gresley, Derbyshire [1] Charton Kent [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Cheadle, Cheshire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1] Cheshire England [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Clifton, Gloucestershire [1] Coggeshall, Essex [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dublin [1] East Adelaide South Australia [1] Geelong Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [552] Gunner [68] Corporal [47] Serjeant [45] Sapper [39] Driver [37] Second Lieutenant [30] Lieutenant [23] Lance Corporal [21] Acting Corporal [18] Captain [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Acting Serjeant [6] Bombardier [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Pioneer [6] Able Seaman [4] Major [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Nurse [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Chauffeur (Driver) [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] Volunteer [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Canteen Assistant [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Commander [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Flight Cadet [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Gunner Signaller [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [66] Royal Engineers [63] Labour Corps [61] Army Service Corps [50] Manchester Regiment [42] Royal Garrison Artillery [40] Cheshire Regiment [38] Royal Army Medical Corps [34] London Regiment [31] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26] Lancashire Fusiliers [25] Machine Gun Corps [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [19] Northamptonshire Regiment [17] South Lancashire Regiment [17] Durham Light Infantry [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Leicestershire Regiment [14] Liverpool Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Army Ordnance Corps [12] Essex Regiment [12] Royal Fusiliers [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [11] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] Royal Naval Division [11] West Riding Regiment [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Border Regiment [10] Grenadier Guards [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] The Queen's Regiment [9] East Lancashire Regiment [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Royal Irish Rifles [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6] Royal Scots [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [894] Royal Navy [86] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57] Canadian Expeditionary Force [42] Australian Imperial Force [37] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

P [1138] E [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1119] Merchant Navy [16] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Andrew R W Percival

Born 1879

Died 1942

British Army Army Reserve Class Z

British Army 28647 Private Army Veterinary Corps From Army Reserve Class B

British Army SE 28647 Private Army Veterinary Corps At Bulford Camp, Wiltshire

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Arthur Jex-Blake Percival

Born 1870

Died 1914

British Army Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Head Quarters Staff 2nd Division.

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John James Percival

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 4229 Private London Regiment 8TH BATTALION

British Army 4229 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Cecil Victor Percival

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy

Royal Navy 17646 Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Wentworth Halman Percival

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2144 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Reginald Frank Percival

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Monmouthshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Ernest Percival

Born 1887

Died 1966

British Army Captain Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Essex Regiment

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Charles W Percival

Born 1886

British Army 72393 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Harold Kingsley Percival

Born 1890

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137709

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Cadet Royal Air Force

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Charles Percival

Born 1862

Died 1917

British Army 25717 Private Royal Defence Corps 307th Protection Company

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Harold Arthur Percival

Died 1918

British Army 200625 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 200625 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Ernest Percival

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291069

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John Percival

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277723

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George James Percival

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146655

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William Ernest Percival

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 5414 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 242103 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Thomas Percival

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213146

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Alfred Charles Percival

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 9713 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 9713 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Batt

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Horace Arthur Percival

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200613

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Cecil Lewis Percival

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35452

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George Albany Percival

Born 1887

Australian Imperial Force 5875

Australian Imperial Force 5875 16 Reinforcements 22nd Battalion

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