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Place of birth

Kyabram Victoria [3]

Cropredy, Oxfordshire [2]

Plumstead, Kent [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Crudwell, Wiltshire [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Edmonton Middlesex [1]

Egham, Surrey [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hampstead, [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Kingsclere, Hampshire [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Nagambie Victoria [1]

Salcombe, Devon [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

West Bromwich, Warwickshire [1]

Whroo Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [112]

Driver [11]

Gunner [10]

Sapper [7]

Serjeant [7]

Corporal [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Major [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper/ Acting Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Army Service Corps [13]

Labour Corps [13]

Royal Engineers [10]

London Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Border Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

133rd Infantry [1]

3rd Hussars [1]

4th Hussars [1]

8th Hussars [1]

Area Employment Company/Labour Corps formerly East Kent Regiment [1]

Army Service Corps Indian Army [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Bihar Labour Company [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [163]

Royal Navy [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [201]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [204] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kyabram Victoria [3] Cropredy, Oxfordshire [2] Plumstead, Kent [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Crudwell, Wiltshire [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Edmonton Middlesex [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Hackney, London [1] Hampstead, [1] Hampstead, London [1] Kingsclere, Hampshire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Nagambie Victoria [1] Salcombe, Devon [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] West Bromwich, Warwickshire [1] Whroo Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [112] Driver [11] Gunner [10] Sapper [7] Serjeant [7] Corporal [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Lance Corporal [3] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Major [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper/ Acting Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [15] Army Service Corps [13] Labour Corps [13] Royal Engineers [10] London Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Hampshire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Tank Corps [4] Border Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 133rd Infantry [1] 3rd Hussars [1] 4th Hussars [1] 8th Hussars [1] Area Employment Company/Labour Corps formerly East Kent Regiment [1] Army Service Corps Indian Army [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Bedford Yeomanry [1] Bihar Labour Company [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [163] Royal Navy [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Australian Imperial Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [204]

Contribution

Military Service [201] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

John William Pettifer

British Army 119186 Gunner Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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R T Pettifer

British Army 4751 Private Australian Infantry Battalion

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A Pettifer

British Army 17052/ 17052 Sapper/ Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers/ Royal Engineers

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Clement Pettifer

British Army 4183 Private 3rd Hussars

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