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Bristol, Gloucestershire [12]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [11]

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [9]

Sydney New South Wales [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Devonport, Devon [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Esk Queensland [4]

Aldgate South Australia [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Branxholme Victoria [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Bristol England [3]

Clifton Hill Victoria [3]

Hastings, Sussex [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bexley Heath, Kent [2]

Bideford, Devon [2]

Bodmin, Cornwall [2]

Brentford, Middlesex [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Brixham, Devon [2]

Buckley, Flintshire [2]

Canning Town, London [2]

Cowra New South Wales [2]

Devonport [2]

Dorking, Surrey [2]

Evandale Tasmania [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall [2]

Fingal Tasmania [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [2]

Horley, Surrey [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kingston Victoria [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Liverpool England [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Mitcham, Surrey [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Plumstead, Kent [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Reigate, Surrey [2]

Rank

Private [1427]

Gunner [154]

Sapper [106]

Serjeant [105]

Corporal [104]

Driver [99]

Lance Corporal [56]

Second Lieutenant [39]

Pioneer [32]

Acting Corporal [31]

Captain [28]

Lieutenant [26]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Bombardier [14]

Rifleman [12]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Major [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Trooper [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Nurse [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Signaller [4]

Sister [4]

Transport Corporal [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Clerk [3]

Commander [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Volunteer [3]

Wheeler Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Bandsman [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Bearer [2]

Guardsman [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [183]

Royal Field Artillery [173]

Labour Corps [161]

Army Service Corps [138]

London Regiment [93]

Royal Army Medical Corps [89]

Royal Garrison Artillery [79]

Royal Fusiliers [58]

Machine Gun Corps [49]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [45]

The Queen's Regiment [45]

Welsh Regiment [45]

Middlesex Regiment [43]

Royal Army Service Corps [39]

Devonshire Regiment [38]

Indian Defence Force [37]

Gloucestershire Regiment [34]

Rifle Brigade [33]

East Surrey Regiment [32]

Suffolk Regiment [31]

Royal Sussex Regiment [30]

Royal West Kent Regiment [30]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [29]

Liverpool Regiment [28]

Manchester Regiment [27]

Worcestershire Regiment [26]

Army Ordnance Corps [25]

Cheshire Regiment [25]

Hampshire Regiment [24]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [24]

Canadian Infantry [23]

Essex Regiment [23]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

Royal Naval Division [23]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Bedfordshire Regiment [21]

British West Indies Regiment [21]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [20]

East Kent Regiment [19]

Leicestershire Regiment [19]

South Lancashire Regiment [19]

Royal Scots [18]

Royal Defence Corps [17]

Somerset Light Infantry [17]

Royal Highlanders [16]

Highland Light Infantry [15]

Border Regiment [13]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [13]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [13]

South Staffordshire Regiment [13]

Service

British Army [2161]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [342]

Royal Navy [241]

Australian Imperial Force [154]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [147]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [46]

Other Empire Force [10]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

P [3169]

S [6]

J [2]

H [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3084]

Merchant Navy [69]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [70]

Germany [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [12] Portsmouth, Hampshire [11] Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [9] Sydney New South Wales [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Melbourne Victoria [7] Brisbane Queensland [5] Devonport, Devon [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Esk Queensland [4] Aldgate South Australia [3] Battersea, London [3] Branxholme Victoria [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Bristol England [3] Clifton Hill Victoria [3] Hastings, Sussex [3] London, Middlesex [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bexley Heath, Kent [2] Bideford, Devon [2] Bodmin, Cornwall [2] Brentford, Middlesex [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Brixham, Devon [2] Buckley, Flintshire [2] Canning Town, London [2] Cowra New South Wales [2] Devonport [2] Dorking, Surrey [2] Evandale Tasmania [2] Falmouth, Cornwall [2] Fingal Tasmania [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [2] Horley, Surrey [2] Islington, London [2] Kingston Victoria [2] Lambeth, London [2] Liverpool England [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Mitcham, Surrey [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Plumstead, Kent [2] Poplar, London [2] Reigate, Surrey [2]

Rank

Private [1427] Gunner [154] Sapper [106] Serjeant [105] Corporal [104] Driver [99] Lance Corporal [56] Second Lieutenant [39] Pioneer [32] Acting Corporal [31] Captain [28] Lieutenant [26] Acting Serjeant [16] Bombardier [14] Rifleman [12] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Acting Bombardier [6] Colour Serjeant [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Major [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Staff Nurse [5] Trooper [5] Able Seaman [4] Nurse [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Signaller [4] Sister [4] Transport Corporal [4] Worker [4] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Clerk [3] Commander [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Nursing Sister [3] Volunteer [3] Wheeler Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Bandsman [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Bearer [2] Guardsman [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [183] Royal Field Artillery [173] Labour Corps [161] Army Service Corps [138] London Regiment [93] Royal Army Medical Corps [89] Royal Garrison Artillery [79] Royal Fusiliers [58] Machine Gun Corps [49] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [45] The Queen's Regiment [45] Welsh Regiment [45] Middlesex Regiment [43] Royal Army Service Corps [39] Devonshire Regiment [38] Indian Defence Force [37] Gloucestershire Regiment [34] Rifle Brigade [33] East Surrey Regiment [32] Suffolk Regiment [31] Royal Sussex Regiment [30] Royal West Kent Regiment [30] King's Royal Rifle Corps [29] Liverpool Regiment [28] Manchester Regiment [27] Worcestershire Regiment [26] Army Ordnance Corps [25] Cheshire Regiment [25] Hampshire Regiment [24] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [24] Canadian Infantry [23] Essex Regiment [23] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] Royal Naval Division [23] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Bedfordshire Regiment [21] British West Indies Regiment [21] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [20] East Kent Regiment [19] Leicestershire Regiment [19] South Lancashire Regiment [19] Royal Scots [18] Royal Defence Corps [17] Somerset Light Infantry [17] Royal Highlanders [16] Highland Light Infantry [15] Border Regiment [13] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [13] Royal Lancaster Regiment [13] South Staffordshire Regiment [13]

Service

British Army [2161] Canadian Expeditionary Force [342] Royal Navy [241] Australian Imperial Force [154] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [147] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [46] Other Empire Force [10] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

P [3169] S [6] J [2] H [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3084] Merchant Navy [69] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [70] Germany [1] India [1] New Zealand [1]

John Peters

Born 1881

Died 1955

British Army 20222 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 20222 Private Norfolk Regiment 8th Battalion

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Harry Peters

Born 1874

Died 1928

British Army 3660 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William James Peters

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 39638 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 3 Battaltion

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Charles Peters

Born 1879

Died 1956

British Army SE/5223 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/5223 Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps

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Walter Ernest Arthur Peters

Born 1870

Died 1943

Royal Navy 4098 Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy PO/4098 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy PO/4098 Colour Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Ashley Peters

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment 13 Battalion

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William John Peters

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 6858 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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Frank Peters

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 12313 Private Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion

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Gomer Peters

Born 1896

Died 1980

British Army 240932 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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John Edward Peters

Born 1887

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 7550 Private Australian Infantry, 1st Battalion

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Harry Alfred Peters

Born 1888

Died 1946

British Army 248047 Private Manchester Regiment

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Gerard Peters

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Bn. (Territorial)

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Henry Peters

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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William Henry Peters

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 164 Private Herefordshire Regiment

British Army 235349 Private Herefordshire Regiment 1/1st Battalion

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Edwin Charles Peters

Born 1882

Died 1946

British Army 199281 Driver Royal Engineers

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William Laurence Peters

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2387 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370644 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Bamford Peters

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 47331 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Garrison Battalion

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Joseph William Peters

Born 1897

British Army 34720 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Sidney Ilett Peters

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 10815 Private Royal Welch Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Edward Lovett Peters

Born 1873

Died 1956

British Army Volunteer Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

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