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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]

Albert Perry

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army S/290982 Private Army Service Corps

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Alfred S Perry

Born 1884

Died 1950

British Army 5214 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 5214 Transport Corporal Royal Engineers

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Arthur Perry

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 5399 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion-Territorial.

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Richard Perry

Born 1895

British Army 11246 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 11246 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

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Herbert James Perry

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy SS116079

Royal Navy SS116079 Stoker 1st Class HMS Mary Rose

Royal Navy SS116079 Stoker 1st class HMS Mary Rose

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Brian Perry

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1937 Sergeant Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

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George Herbert Gresley Perry

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Richardson Perry

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147975

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Henry Lethieullier Perry

Born 1883

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS106791 (RFR/B/9486) Stoker 1st Class

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Fred Perry

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26974

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George Henry Perry

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24939

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Herbert Perry

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30891

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George Perry

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30716

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William Perry

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246221

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Fred Perry

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11411

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Charles Arthur Perry

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97132

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Joseph Henry Perry

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81119

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Charles Albert Perry

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114166

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Frank Perry

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234913

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William Thomas Perry

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300958

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