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Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Tunbridge Wells [5]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Campbelltown Tasmania [3]

Fern Tree Gully Victoria [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Araluen New South Wales [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Horsham, Sussex [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [2]

Swansea, Glamorgan [2]

9 Post Boys Row, Egham, Surrey [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Beverley Western Australia [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Burgess Hill, Sussex [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [1]

Chertsey, Surrey [1]

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1]

Chobham, Surrey [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Cove, Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Dandenong Victoria [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Egham, Surrey [1]

Ewell, Surrey [1]

Ferntree Gully Victoria [1]

Fogo, Berwickshire, Scotland [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Glamorganshire [1]

Gosford New South Wales [1]

Greenhill Swansea [1]

Hackney, Middlesex, England [1]

Handcross, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [345]

Gunner [41]

Serjeant [27]

Driver [25]

Sapper [25]

Corporal [20]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Lance Corporal [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Bombardier [5]

Rifleman [4]

Pioneer [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Nurse [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

3rd Serjeant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Gunner [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Despatch Rider [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [42]

Labour Corps [40]

Royal Engineers [39]

Army Service Corps [34]

London Regiment [34]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Royal Fusiliers [20]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

Wiltshire Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

East Surrey Regiment [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

Essex Regiment [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Dragoon Guards [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Lancers [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [512]

Royal Navy [74]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [39]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

P [714]

L [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [704]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

France [2]

Germany [1]

Greece [1]

Ireland [1]

Tanzania, United Republic of [1]

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Southampton, Hampshire [5] Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Tunbridge Wells [5] Bath, Somerset [3] Campbelltown Tasmania [3] Fern Tree Gully Victoria [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Araluen New South Wales [2] Barking, Essex [2] Horsham, Sussex [2] London, Middlesex [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Paddington, London [2] Peckham, London [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Saint Helens, Lancashire [2] Swansea, Glamorgan [2] 9 Post Boys Row, Egham, Surrey [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Beverley Western Australia [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Burgess Hill, Sussex [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [1] Chertsey, Surrey [1] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1] Chobham, Surrey [1] Clapham, London [1] Cove, Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Dandenong Victoria [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Ewell, Surrey [1] Ferntree Gully Victoria [1] Fogo, Berwickshire, Scotland [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Glamorganshire [1] Gosford New South Wales [1] Greenhill Swansea [1] Hackney, Middlesex, England [1] Handcross, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [345] Gunner [41] Serjeant [27] Driver [25] Sapper [25] Corporal [20] Second Lieutenant [13] Lance Corporal [10] Lieutenant [10] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [8] Bombardier [5] Rifleman [4] Pioneer [3] Worker [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Nurse [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 3rd Serjeant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Bandsman [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Gunner [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Despatch Rider [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Signalman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [42] Labour Corps [40] Royal Engineers [39] Army Service Corps [34] London Regiment [34] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Royal Fusiliers [20] Hampshire Regiment [17] Wiltshire Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [15] East Surrey Regiment [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Machine Gun Corps [13] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] Essex Regiment [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Tank Corps [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Dragoon Guards [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Royal Scots [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Lancers [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [512] Royal Navy [74] Canadian Expeditionary Force [39] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] Australian Imperial Force [35] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

P [714] L [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [704] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [20] France [2] Germany [1] Greece [1] Ireland [1] Tanzania, United Republic of [1]

James Alfred Pickett

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 19133 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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William Pickett

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army A/200222 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army A/200222 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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John William Frederick Pickett

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 4200 Private London Regiment

British Army 190884 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 41566 Private Suffolk Regiment

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John Pickett

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 8650 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 8650 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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W Pickett

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 18257 Private Essex Regiment

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John William Pickett

Died 1917

British Army 2694 Acting Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 265586 Acting Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 265586 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Samuel George Pickett

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 12399 Private Wiltshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Robert Martin Pickett

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 15331 Private Scots Guards

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Walter Wallace Pickett

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army M2/081155 Private Army Service Corps

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Thomas Pickett

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 16743 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 16743 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Willfred Pickett

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 55798 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Owen Reginald Pickett

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 33376 Private Hampshire Regiment

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John T Pickett

Died 1917

British Army 51556 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Richard Pickett

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 31891 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Leonard Robert Pickett

Born 1890

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edward George Pickett

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy K26780 Stoker 2nd Class HMS DEFENCE

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John David Pickett

Australian Imperial Force 4752

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Albert William Pickett

Australian Imperial Force 6868

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Charles Pickett

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223460

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Henry Pickett

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247318

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