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Sydney New South Wales [7]

Australind Western Australia [3]

Bellingen New South Wales [3]

London England [3]

Bowral New South Wales [2]

Brockley, London [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Goornong Victoria [2]

Ilford, Essex [2]

Kempsey New South Wales [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Rydal New South Wales [2]

Stevenage, Hertfordshire [2]

Wallington England [2]

10 Albert Mews, Hove, East Sussex [1]

61 Victoria Road, Hackney, London [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Battersea, London, Surrey [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bedford England [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bromley, Beckenham, Kent [1]

Buckhurst Hill, Essex [1]

Bushey, Warwickshire [1]

Canterbury Victoria [1]

Clarendon South Australia [1]

Clavering, Essex [1]

Coonamble New South Wales [1]

Coramba New South Wales [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Derby England [1]

Dubbo New South Wales [1]

Dublin [1]

Enmore New South Wales [1]

Farndon, Cheshire [1]

Farndon, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Finedon, Northamptonshire [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Golbourn New South Wales [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Great Marlow England [1]

Guernsey, Channel Island [1]

Rank

Private [297]

Gunner [31]

Driver [27]

Serjeant [27]

Corporal [24]

Sapper [19]

Lieutenant [14]

Lance Corporal [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Captain [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Reverend [2]

Rifleman [2]

AA [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Adjutant [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Honorary Chaplain [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Marine [1]

Member [1]

Nursing Member [1]

Orderly [1]

Pioneer Lance Corporal [1]

Private /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [37]

Labour Corps [36]

Royal Field Artillery [36]

Royal Engineers [32]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Middlesex Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Bedfordshire Regiment [13]

Essex Regiment [13]

London Regiment [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

East Kent Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Hussars [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Cheshire Yeomanry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [468]

Australian Imperial Force [62]

Royal Navy [46]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

P [636]

B [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [632]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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Sydney New South Wales [7] Australind Western Australia [3] Bellingen New South Wales [3] London England [3] Bowral New South Wales [2] Brockley, London [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Goornong Victoria [2] Ilford, Essex [2] Kempsey New South Wales [2] Lambeth, London [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Rydal New South Wales [2] Stevenage, Hertfordshire [2] Wallington England [2] 10 Albert Mews, Hove, East Sussex [1] 61 Victoria Road, Hackney, London [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Battersea, London, Surrey [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bedford England [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birmingham England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bow, London [1] Bromley, Beckenham, Kent [1] Buckhurst Hill, Essex [1] Bushey, Warwickshire [1] Canterbury Victoria [1] Clarendon South Australia [1] Clavering, Essex [1] Coonamble New South Wales [1] Coramba New South Wales [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Derby England [1] Dubbo New South Wales [1] Dublin [1] Enmore New South Wales [1] Farndon, Cheshire [1] Farndon, Chester, Cheshire [1] Finedon, Northamptonshire [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Golbourn New South Wales [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Great Marlow England [1] Guernsey, Channel Island [1]

Rank

Private [297] Gunner [31] Driver [27] Serjeant [27] Corporal [24] Sapper [19] Lieutenant [14] Lance Corporal [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Captain [8] Acting Corporal [6] Pioneer [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Gunner Acting Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Reverend [2] Rifleman [2] AA [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Adjutant [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Honorary Chaplain [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Marine [1] Member [1] Nursing Member [1] Orderly [1] Pioneer Lance Corporal [1] Private /Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Sub Conductor [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [37] Labour Corps [36] Royal Field Artillery [36] Royal Engineers [32] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Middlesex Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Bedfordshire Regiment [13] Essex Regiment [13] London Regiment [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11] Suffolk Regiment [11] East Kent Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Manchester Regiment [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Hussars [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Cheshire Yeomanry [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [468] Australian Imperial Force [62] Royal Navy [46] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

P [636] B [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [632] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

William Richard Piggott

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 7210 Private London Regiment

British Army 613147 Private London Regiment

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Harold Frederick F Piggott

Born 1899

Died 1920

Royal Navy 21096 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/21096 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Crescent."

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Thomas Piggott

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55467

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Francis Stewart Gilderoy Piggott

Born 1883

British Army Captain Royal Engineers/ Staff

British Army Colonel Royal Engineers

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Frederick Cecil Holman Piggott, Md Cantab

Born 1860

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Harry Joseph Piggott

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59265

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Lohu Charles Piggott

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 321675

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Reginald Moore Piggott

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156657

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William Vesey Piggott

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317641

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David William Piggott

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 23041

Canadian Expeditionary Force 23041 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Piggott

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2738007

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2738007 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Percy Nicholas Piggott

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225326

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James Piggott

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261297

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Leonard Piggott

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 26846 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 43206 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Phillip John Piggott

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 6410 Private London Regiment

British Army 352937 Private London Regiment

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Frederick Piggott

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 12495 Private Hussars

British Army 41401 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Ernest H Piggott

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 32678 Private East Surrey Regiment

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H W Piggott

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army G/5853 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/5853 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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John Piggott

Died 1918

British Army 2774 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 2774 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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George Piggott

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army G/1907 Private Middlesex Regiment

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