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Sydney New South Wales [12]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Gloucester [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Birchip Victoria [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brentford, Middlesex [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

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Erskineville New South Wales [2]

Gloucester England [2]

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Tenby, Pembrokeshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

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Greenwich [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

Harrow, Middlesex [1]

Hereford, Herefordshire [1]

Horsham, Sussex [1]

Ipswich Queensland [1]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [329]

Gunner [47]

Driver [42]

Corporal [27]

Sapper [23]

Serjeant [21]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Lance Corporal [15]

Lieutenant [14]

Captain [12]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colonel [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Signaller [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Colour Serjeant/ Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Masseuse [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Private /Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Skipper [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [45]

Gloucestershire Regiment [41]

Royal Field Artillery [41]

Royal Engineers [37]

Labour Corps [34]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

London Regiment [25]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22]

Worcestershire Regiment [17]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Welsh Regiment [15]

Devonshire Regiment [14]

Wiltshire Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Dragoon Guards [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Monmouthshire Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

3rd Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [528]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

Royal Navy [48]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [47]

Australian Imperial Force [34]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

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P [733]

Contribution

Military Service [719]

Merchant Navy [9]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Canada [2]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [12] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Gloucester [3] Battersea, London [2] Birchip Victoria [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brentford, Middlesex [2] Camberwell, London [2] Chelsea, London [2] Erskineville New South Wales [2] Gloucester England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Putney, London [2] Tenby, Pembrokeshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Adeny [1] Amroth, Pembrokeshire [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Berkeley, Gloucestershire [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham England [1] Bisley, Gloucestershire [1] Bridgwater England [1] Bristol [1] Bristol England [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Cardiff [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Chalford England [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chibley, Somerset [1] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1] Clapham, London [1] Cloncurry Queensland [1] Corsham, Wiltshire [1] Crescent Lake [1] Gorsley, Herefordshire [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Grangetown, Cardiff [1] Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Greenwich [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] Harrow, Middlesex [1] Hereford, Herefordshire [1] Horsham, Sussex [1] Ipswich Queensland [1] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [329] Gunner [47] Driver [42] Corporal [27] Sapper [23] Serjeant [21] Second Lieutenant [17] Lance Corporal [15] Lieutenant [14] Captain [12] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colonel [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Signaller [2] Temporary Captain [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Boy Artificer [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Colour Serjeant/ Acting Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Masseuse [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Private /Temporary Staff Serjeant [1] Skipper [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [45] Gloucestershire Regiment [41] Royal Field Artillery [41] Royal Engineers [37] Labour Corps [34] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] London Regiment [25] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22] Worcestershire Regiment [17] Machine Gun Corps [16] Welsh Regiment [15] Devonshire Regiment [14] Wiltshire Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] South Wales Borderers [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Corps of Hussars [4] Dragoon Guards [4] East Kent Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Monmouthshire Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] 3rd Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [528] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] Royal Navy [48] Canadian Expeditionary Force [47] Australian Imperial Force [34] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

P [733]

Contribution

Military Service [719] Merchant Navy [9] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Canada [2] United States [1]

Joseph Phelps

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 110449

Canadian Expeditionary Force 110449 Lance Corporal Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion

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Alfred Ravenhill Phelps

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 12216 Driver Norfolk Regiment

British Army 12216 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Peter Thomas Phelps

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 4782 Private Pembroke Yeomanry

British Army 4782 Private Corps of Hussars

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Charles Phelps

Died 1915

British Army 9164 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Thomas Phelps

Died 1915

British Army 12795 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Harry Phelps

Died 1918

British Army 11226 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 54497 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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George Phelps

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 11460 Private Welsh Regiment

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Leslie James Phelps

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 75565 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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Reginald Phelps

Died 1916

British Army 22717 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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James Phelps

Died 1916

British Army L/9236 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 22798 Private Border Regiment

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Samuel Walter Phelps

Died 1917

British Army 33256 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 27190 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Rupert Phelps

Died 1914

British Army 8675 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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George Phelps

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 73692 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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William Henry Phelps

Died 1916

British Army 17219 Corporal Welsh Regiment

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Charles Alfred Phelps

Died 1915

British Army 3/5981 Company Serjeant Major Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 3/5981 Warrant Officer Class 2 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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William Phelps

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 19232 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 19232 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Murray Newton Phelps

Died 1949

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Percy James Phelps

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3372 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 41663 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Walter Hopton Phelps

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 6515 Private London Regiment

British Army 7107 Private London Regiment

British Army 283523 Private London Regiment

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Herbert J Phelps

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 16887 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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