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Sydney New South Wales [21]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [20]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15]

London, Middlesex, England [15]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [11]

London, Middlesex [11]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [10]

Yeovil, Somerset [10]

Plymouth, Devon [8]

St Arnaud Victoria [8]

Devonport, Devon [7]

Ballarat Victoria [6]

Collingwood Victoria [6]

Islington, London [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Newcastle New South Wales [6]

Walsall, Staffordshire [6]

West Ham, Essex [6]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Exeter, Devon [5]

Lambeth, London [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

London England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Cork [4]

Deptford, London [4]

Port Fairy Victoria [4]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [4]

Wednesbury, Staffordshire [4]

Wellington, Somerset [4]

Winchester, Hampshire [4]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Birmingham [3]

Broken Hill New South Wales [3]

Chelmsford, Essex [3]

Grays, Essex, England [3]

London [3]

Luton, Bedfordshire [3]

Ramsgate, Kent [3]

Romford, Essex [3]

Seaton, Devon [3]

Somerset [3]

Stafford, Staffordshire [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Alstonville New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2790]

Gunner [355]

Driver [263]

Corporal [228]

Serjeant [193]

Sapper [151]

Lance Corporal [126]

Second Lieutenant [78]

Lieutenant [73]

Acting Corporal [67]

Pioneer [48]

Captain [46]

Acting Serjeant [44]

Bombardier [43]

Rifleman [20]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Major [12]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Sergeant [7]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Lance Bombardier [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Guardsman [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Drummer [3]

Saddler [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Armament Staff Serjeant [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [413]

Labour Corps [353]

Royal Engineers [331]

Army Service Corps [309]

London Regiment [198]

Royal Garrison Artillery [190]

Royal Army Medical Corps [157]

Essex Regiment [101]

Royal Fusiliers [99]

Middlesex Regiment [96]

South Staffordshire Regiment [95]

Machine Gun Corps [94]

Somerset Light Infantry [90]

Rifle Brigade [88]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [86]

Gloucestershire Regiment [72]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [72]

Devonshire Regiment [69]

Hampshire Regiment [69]

Worcestershire Regiment [66]

Welsh Regiment [60]

Wiltshire Regiment [56]

Manchester Regiment [52]

Northumberland Fusiliers [50]

Bedfordshire Regiment [48]

Royal Army Service Corps [48]

Liverpool Regiment [47]

Lancashire Fusiliers [46]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [44]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [44]

The Queen's Regiment [44]

North Staffordshire Regiment [43]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [43]

Leicestershire Regiment [42]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [41]

East Surrey Regiment [39]

Suffolk Regiment [38]

Dorsetshire Regiment [37]

Royal Defence Corps [37]

Cheshire Regiment [36]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [36]

Army Ordnance Corps [35]

Coldstream Guards [35]

Durham Light Infantry [35]

Royal Sussex Regiment [35]

Border Regiment [33]

West Yorkshire Regiment [33]

South Wales Borderers [31]

Northamptonshire Regiment [30]

Canadian Infantry [29]

Service

British Army [4307]

Royal Navy [465]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [446]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [319]

Australian Imperial Force [275]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [95]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

P [6034]

B [2]

C [1]

D [1]

L [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5903]

Merchant Navy [107]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [89]

Canada [2]

Belgium [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [21] Birmingham, Warwickshire [20] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15] London, Middlesex, England [15] Bristol, Gloucestershire [11] London, Middlesex [11] Portsmouth, Hampshire [10] Yeovil, Somerset [10] Plymouth, Devon [8] St Arnaud Victoria [8] Devonport, Devon [7] Ballarat Victoria [6] Collingwood Victoria [6] Islington, London [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Newcastle New South Wales [6] Walsall, Staffordshire [6] West Ham, Essex [6] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Exeter, Devon [5] Lambeth, London [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] London England [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Cork [4] Deptford, London [4] Port Fairy Victoria [4] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [4] Wednesbury, Staffordshire [4] Wellington, Somerset [4] Winchester, Hampshire [4] Bedford, Bedfordshire [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Birmingham [3] Broken Hill New South Wales [3] Chelmsford, Essex [3] Grays, Essex, England [3] London [3] Luton, Bedfordshire [3] Ramsgate, Kent [3] Romford, Essex [3] Seaton, Devon [3] Somerset [3] Stafford, Staffordshire [3] Staffordshire [3] Alstonville New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2790] Gunner [355] Driver [263] Corporal [228] Serjeant [193] Sapper [151] Lance Corporal [126] Second Lieutenant [78] Lieutenant [73] Acting Corporal [67] Pioneer [48] Captain [46] Acting Serjeant [44] Bombardier [43] Rifleman [20] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Major [12] Colour Serjeant [10] Company Serjeant Major [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Able Seaman [8] Acting Bombardier [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Ordinary Seaman [7] Sergeant [7] Shoeing Smith [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Deck Hand [5] Lance Bombardier [5] Trooper [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Guardsman [4] Nursing Sister [4] Worker [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Drummer [3] Saddler [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Armament Staff Serjeant [2] Armourer's Crew [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [413] Labour Corps [353] Royal Engineers [331] Army Service Corps [309] London Regiment [198] Royal Garrison Artillery [190] Royal Army Medical Corps [157] Essex Regiment [101] Royal Fusiliers [99] Middlesex Regiment [96] South Staffordshire Regiment [95] Machine Gun Corps [94] Somerset Light Infantry [90] Rifle Brigade [88] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [86] Gloucestershire Regiment [72] King's Royal Rifle Corps [72] Devonshire Regiment [69] Hampshire Regiment [69] Worcestershire Regiment [66] Welsh Regiment [60] Wiltshire Regiment [56] Manchester Regiment [52] Northumberland Fusiliers [50] Bedfordshire Regiment [48] Royal Army Service Corps [48] Liverpool Regiment [47] Lancashire Fusiliers [46] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [44] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [44] The Queen's Regiment [44] North Staffordshire Regiment [43] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [43] Leicestershire Regiment [42] Royal Berkshire Regiment [41] East Surrey Regiment [39] Suffolk Regiment [38] Dorsetshire Regiment [37] Royal Defence Corps [37] Cheshire Regiment [36] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [36] Army Ordnance Corps [35] Coldstream Guards [35] Durham Light Infantry [35] Royal Sussex Regiment [35] Border Regiment [33] West Yorkshire Regiment [33] South Wales Borderers [31] Northamptonshire Regiment [30] Canadian Infantry [29]

Service

British Army [4307] Royal Navy [465] Canadian Expeditionary Force [446] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [319] Australian Imperial Force [275] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [95] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

P [6034] B [2] C [1] D [1] L [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5903] Merchant Navy [107] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [89] Canada [2] Belgium [1] Hong Kong [1] Jamaica [1]

Ernest John Perry

Born 1895

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193598 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Albert Perry

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 374525 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8581 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4442 Private Cheshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Herbert Stanley Perry

Born 1895

Died 1945

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240629

Royal Navy Engineer President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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George Henry Perry

Born 1889

Died 1914

Royal Navy K1245

Royal Navy K1245 Leading Stoker HMS Cressey

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Frank Burgess Perry

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2986 Private London Regiment

British Army 106849 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Edward J Perry

Born 1893

Died 1921

British Army 3479 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 250859 Private Essex Regiment

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Harold Douglas Perry

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy 22336 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy Private R.M. Depot, Deal

Royal Navy CH/22366 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry RM Depot Deal

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F I L Perry

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Border Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Frank Perry

Born 1897

Died 1971

British Army 1605 Private Bedford Yeomanry

British Army 30617 Private Bedford Yeomanry

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Reuben Perry

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 12453 Private British West Indies Regiment

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William John Perry

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 23664 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Donovan Perry

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Hertfordshire Regiment

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Roy House Perry

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 8243 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 8243 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Sidney Perry

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 400235 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 235294 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Samuel Perry

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 7742 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 7742 Acting Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 7742 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Henry Marrion Joseph Perry

Born 1884

Died 1955

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps attached Middlesex Regiment

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps attached Middlesex Regiment

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Arthur Perry

Born 1884

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55939

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James Ivo Perry

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5739 Private Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 7th Bn.

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Albert Edward Perry

Born 1891

British Army 1251 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 845955 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 3198 private, gunner 4 Gloucestershire Regt

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Oliver Joseph Perry

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 4905 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

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