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Sydney New South Wales [17]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

London England [6]

Hull [5]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Leicester, Leicestershire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Wilmington South Australia [4]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [3]

Dublin [3]

Gravesend, Kent [3]

Hurstville New South Wales [3]

Luton, Bedfordshire [3]

South Shields, Durham, England [3]

Woollahra New South Wales [3]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Barnsley [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Brompton South Australia [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Durham England [2]

Erith, Kent [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Lancashire [2]

Liverpool England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Neath, Glamorgan [2]

Newton upon Rawcliffe [2]

Retford, Nottinghamshire [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Stawell Victoria [2]

Watchem Victoria [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Yacka South Australia [2]

Yorkshire [2]

320 High Street, Poplar [1]

Addlestone, Surrey, England [1]

Alston England [1]

Ashley Hay, Derbyshire [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [1187]

Gunner [155]

Driver [111]

Corporal [92]

Serjeant [91]

Sapper [85]

Second Lieutenant [51]

Lance Corporal [46]

Lieutenant [35]

Acting Corporal [18]

Pioneer [18]

Captain [16]

Bombardier [11]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Rifleman [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Private /Lance Corporal [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Trooper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Brigade Major [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Temporary Sub Conductor [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Assistant Waitress [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [163]

Royal Engineers [161]

Labour Corps [143]

Army Service Corps [114]

Royal Army Medical Corps [92]

Royal Garrison Artillery [73]

Durham Light Infantry [55]

Manchester Regiment [53]

Leicestershire Regiment [51]

Northumberland Fusiliers [51]

East Yorkshire Regiment [47]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [47]

Machine Gun Corps [44]

West Yorkshire Regiment [44]

London Regiment [43]

Yorkshire Regiment [43]

York and Lancaster Regiment [42]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [38]

Cheshire Regiment [34]

Lancashire Fusiliers [32]

Lincolnshire Regiment [32]

East Lancashire Regiment [31]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

South Staffordshire Regiment [27]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [26]

Rifle Brigade [23]

South Lancashire Regiment [23]

Border Regiment [21]

Royal Army Service Corps [21]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20]

North Staffordshire Regiment [19]

West Riding Regiment [19]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Northamptonshire Regiment [16]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Naval Division [15]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

South Wales Borderers [13]

Worcestershire Regiment [13]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Hussars [10]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

Tank Corps [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Service

British Army [1848]

Royal Navy [139]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [128]

Australian Imperial Force [106]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [99]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [26]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [2378]

C [1]

F [1]

H [1]

N [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2343]

Merchant Navy [30]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

Australia [1]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [17] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] London England [6] Hull [5] Hull, Yorkshire, England [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Leicester, Leicestershire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Wilmington South Australia [4] Bethnal Green, London [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [3] Dublin [3] Gravesend, Kent [3] Hurstville New South Wales [3] Luton, Bedfordshire [3] South Shields, Durham, England [3] Woollahra New South Wales [3] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Barnsley [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Brompton South Australia [2] Camberwell, London [2] Durham England [2] Erith, Kent [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Hackney, London [2] Kensington, London [2] Lancashire [2] Liverpool England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Neath, Glamorgan [2] Newton upon Rawcliffe [2] Retford, Nottinghamshire [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Stawell Victoria [2] Watchem Victoria [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Yacka South Australia [2] Yorkshire [2] 320 High Street, Poplar [1] Addlestone, Surrey, England [1] Alston England [1] Ashley Hay, Derbyshire [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [1187] Gunner [155] Driver [111] Corporal [92] Serjeant [91] Sapper [85] Second Lieutenant [51] Lance Corporal [46] Lieutenant [35] Acting Corporal [18] Pioneer [18] Captain [16] Bombardier [11] Acting Serjeant [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Corporal 2nd [6] Rifleman [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Private /Lance Corporal [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Captain [3] Trooper [3] Able Seaman [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Brigade Major [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Leading Stoker [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Temporary Sub Conductor [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Assistant Waitress [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [163] Royal Engineers [161] Labour Corps [143] Army Service Corps [114] Royal Army Medical Corps [92] Royal Garrison Artillery [73] Durham Light Infantry [55] Manchester Regiment [53] Leicestershire Regiment [51] Northumberland Fusiliers [51] East Yorkshire Regiment [47] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [47] Machine Gun Corps [44] West Yorkshire Regiment [44] London Regiment [43] Yorkshire Regiment [43] York and Lancaster Regiment [42] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [38] Cheshire Regiment [34] Lancashire Fusiliers [32] Lincolnshire Regiment [32] East Lancashire Regiment [31] Liverpool Regiment [29] South Staffordshire Regiment [27] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [26] Rifle Brigade [23] South Lancashire Regiment [23] Border Regiment [21] Royal Army Service Corps [21] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20] North Staffordshire Regiment [19] West Riding Regiment [19] Yorkshire Light Infantry [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Royal Fusiliers [17] Middlesex Regiment [16] Northamptonshire Regiment [16] Gloucestershire Regiment [15] Royal Naval Division [15] Hampshire Regiment [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] South Wales Borderers [13] Worcestershire Regiment [13] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Hussars [10] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10] Suffolk Regiment [10] Tank Corps [10] Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Service

British Army [1848] Royal Navy [139] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [128] Australian Imperial Force [106] Canadian Expeditionary Force [99] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [26] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [2378] C [1] F [1] H [1] N [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2343] Merchant Navy [30] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [48] Australia [1] South Africa [1]

Charles James Pickering

Born 1880

Died 1951

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Volunteer Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Pickering

Born 1898

British Army 14969 Private Manchester Regiment 24th Service Battalion

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Samuel Pickering

Born 1881

British Army 6367 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 6367 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 6367 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion in South Africa

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Albert Henry Pickering

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 24398 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 6th Siege Battery

British Army 24398 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ernest Augustus Pickering

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army STK/792 Private Royal Fusiliers (The City of London Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Frank Pickering

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 8469 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 52090 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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William Pickering

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 14735 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 14735 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 14735 Privatte Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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John Wasley Pickering

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 37648 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

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Herbert Pickering

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army PS/2092 Corporal Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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Charles Leigh Pickering

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment attached Royal Flying Corps

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George Pickering

Born 1895

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5158 Lance Corporal 3rd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Air Mechanic 2nd Class Australian Flying Corps 5 Squadron

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant Australian Flying Corps 5 Squadron

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Alpheus Stanley Pickering

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army 2724 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 200742 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 475970 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Albert Pickering

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 65896 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 65896 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Francis Bibbey Pickering

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army C987 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 16th Battalion

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Leonard Pickering

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 7093 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 7093 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion

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William Pickering

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 9116 Private Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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George Arthur Pickering

Born 1893

Died 1985

British Army 345 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Harold Cecil Pickering

Born 1885

Died 1953

British Army 18887 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Frank Pickering

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army C1600 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 16th Battalion

British Army C1600 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 19th Battalion

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Eli Pickering

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 91292 Acting Serjeant Tank Corps

British Army 91292 Serjeant Tank Corps Reserve Depot

British Army 22144 Army Service Corps

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