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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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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]

Harry Richard Peters

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 361397 Private London Regiment 7th (City of London) Battalion

British Army 3832 Private London Regiment 7th (City of London) Battalion

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Frank Terrial Peters

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 50689 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Courtman Peters

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 530095 Serjeant London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

British Army 1478 Serjeant London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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John Walter Peters

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404119

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Edward Peters

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 82995 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Peters

Born 1872

Died 1918

Royal Navy RMA/4608 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/4608 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery, H.M.S. "Attentive II."

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Joseph Ninnis Peters

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 913 Sergeant Royal Garrison Artillery Cornwall Brigade

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Edward Peters

Born 1879

Died 1915

Royal Navy C 1794 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1794 C (DEV) Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HM Yacht Portia

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Herbert Whitehorn Peters

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138890

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George Peters

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29912

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Charles Peters

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261098

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Montague William Peters

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214450

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Frederick George Peters

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44836

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Frederick Harold Peters

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6473

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William Arthur Peters

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262976

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John Peters

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193540

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Edwin Peters

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57567

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Mason Peters

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131778

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Thomas Henry Peters

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68087

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John Hunter Peters

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 32871 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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