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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]

Ellis Adolphus Peters

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 6595 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6595 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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George Peters

Died 1916

British Army 27652 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Frederick Ernest Peters

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2700 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 291041 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Richard James Peters

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 31867 Private South Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Edmund Frank Peters

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 21260 Private Norfolk Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Absalom Peters

Born 1898

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2347 Private Australian Infantry 7th Battalion

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Roy Peters

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1202 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Daniel Nicol Peters

Born 1891

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3200 Private 48th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 9th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 3200 Private Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Australian Imperial Force 3200 Private 43rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Frederick William Peters

Born 1876

Died 1932

British Army 17780 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 55550 Private Labour Corps

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Edward Samuel Peters

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186418

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Robert Alexander Peters

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 25915 Private Grenadier Guards

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Leonard George Peters

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263282

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William Thomas Peters

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63084

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Raymond Peters

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41922

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Archibald Peters

Died 1916

British Army 446 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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Henry Peters

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28342

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Cecil Rimer Peters

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280829

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John William Peters

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265536

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Aubery Eric Peters

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313210

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Henry Peters

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86114

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