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Geelong Victoria [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire, England [1]

Dronfield, Derbyshire [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Leith Edinburgh [1]

Pendleton, Lancashire [1]

Plaistow, Essex [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [58]

Corporal [5]

Driver [4]

Gunner [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Assistant Nurse [1]

Captain [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Riding Master [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

London Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancers [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lancers attached Royal Field Artillery [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Service

British Army [80]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Royal Navy [8]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

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P [112]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [111]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Ireland [1]

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People [113] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Geelong Victoria [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire, England [1] Dronfield, Derbyshire [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Leith Edinburgh [1] Pendleton, Lancashire [1] Plaistow, Essex [1] Sydney New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [58] Corporal [5] Driver [4] Gunner [4] Lance Corporal [4] Acting Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Sapper [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Assistant Nurse [1] Captain [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Major [1] Petty Officer [1] Riding Master [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

London Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Labour Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Hampshire Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Essex Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Lancers [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Engineers [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lancers attached Royal Field Artillery [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Defence Corps [1]

Service

British Army [80] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Royal Navy [8] Australian Imperial Force [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Last name first letter

P [112] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [111] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Ireland [1]

George Pilley

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 26141 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Lincoln Slark Pilley

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 12091 Private 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars

British Army 12091 Lance Corporal 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars

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Frank Pilley

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 241058 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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Reginald Charles Pilley

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1955 Private Royal Fusiliers

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George Harold Pilley

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37034

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Stafford Farr Pilley

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41080

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Albert Edgar Pilley

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13497

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Archibald Pilley

Born 1885

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 68184

Canadian Expeditionary Force 68184 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Ernest Pilley

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 8439 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Harold Pilley

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 240686 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 240686 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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George Richard Pilley

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 43734 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 43734 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Charles Clement Pilley

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 12558 Private Essex Regiment

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George Edward Pilley

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5626 Private London Regiment

British Army 202514 Private London Regiment

British Army 202514 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Herbert Pilley

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 14838 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army GS/14838 Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers

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Ernest Pilley

Died 1916

British Army 19161 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Charles Robert Pilley

Australian Imperial Force 2972

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John Joseph Pilley

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy J476 Petty Officer HMS INVINCIBLE

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Alfred George Pilley

Australian Imperial Force 483

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Hugh Alexander Pilley

Australian Imperial Force 19957

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Charles D Pilley

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147111

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