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Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Derby [4]

Leicester, Leicestershire [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Dudley, Worcestershire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Walsall, Staffordshire [3]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Buxton, Derbyshire [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Eckington, Derbyshire [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Knutsford, Cheshire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Leicester [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Louth, Lincolnshire [2]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [2]

Nagambie Victoria [2]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Saint Olaves, London [2]

Shepperton, Middlesex [2]

Stafford [2]

Stockport, Cheshire [2]

Wellington, Shropshire [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Addlestone, Surrey [1]

Anstey, Leicestershire [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Battersea London [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bega New South Wales [1]

Bingara New South Wales [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Blaxhall, Suffolk [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Brixton, Derbyshire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Brombrough, Cheshire [1]

Broughton, Lancashire [1]

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Cairns Queensland [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [769]

Gunner [79]

Serjeant [63]

Corporal [60]

Driver [53]

Lance Corporal [45]

Sapper [35]

Second Lieutenant [27]

Lieutenant [24]

Pioneer [14]

Captain [11]

Bombardier [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Rifleman [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant Acting Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Signaller [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Coal Mine Worker [1]

Company Quarter Master/Master Serjeant [1]

Cook [1]

Driver Wheeler [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Fitter Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Fitter Serjeant [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [100]

Labour Corps [87]

Royal Engineers [78]

North Staffordshire Regiment [66]

Army Service Corps [59]

Royal Garrison Artillery [49]

South Staffordshire Regiment [46]

Machine Gun Corps [38]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [38]

Worcestershire Regiment [37]

Lancashire Fusiliers [34]

Cheshire Regiment [33]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Manchester Regiment [31]

York and Lancaster Regiment [27]

London Regiment [24]

Liverpool Regiment [21]

Northumberland Fusiliers [21]

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

Durham Light Infantry [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18]

South Lancashire Regiment [18]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [11]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Essex Regiment [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Coldstream Guards [10]

West Riding Regiment [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

Tank Corps [8]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1143]

Royal Navy [100]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [84]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [63]

Australian Imperial Force [31]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [1417]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Derby [4] Leicester, Leicestershire [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Dudley, Worcestershire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Staffordshire [3] Walsall, Staffordshire [3] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Buxton, Derbyshire [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Eckington, Derbyshire [2] Fulham, London [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Knutsford, Cheshire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Leicester [2] London, Middlesex [2] Louth, Lincolnshire [2] Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [2] Nagambie Victoria [2] Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Saint Olaves, London [2] Shepperton, Middlesex [2] Stafford [2] Stockport, Cheshire [2] Wellington, Shropshire [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Addlestone, Surrey [1] Anstey, Leicestershire [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Battersea London [1] Battersea, London [1] Bega New South Wales [1] Bingara New South Wales [1] Birmingham England [1] Blaxhall, Suffolk [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Brixton, Derbyshire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Brombrough, Cheshire [1] Broughton, Lancashire [1] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Cairns Queensland [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [769] Gunner [79] Serjeant [63] Corporal [60] Driver [53] Lance Corporal [45] Sapper [35] Second Lieutenant [27] Lieutenant [24] Pioneer [14] Captain [11] Bombardier [10] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Rifleman [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant Acting Serjeant [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Signaller [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Coal Mine Worker [1] Company Quarter Master/Master Serjeant [1] Cook [1] Driver Wheeler [1] Engineer Commander [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Fitter Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Fitter Serjeant [1] Flight Cadet [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [100] Labour Corps [87] Royal Engineers [78] North Staffordshire Regiment [66] Army Service Corps [59] Royal Garrison Artillery [49] South Staffordshire Regiment [46] Machine Gun Corps [38] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [38] Worcestershire Regiment [37] Lancashire Fusiliers [34] Cheshire Regiment [33] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Manchester Regiment [31] York and Lancaster Regiment [27] London Regiment [24] Liverpool Regiment [21] Northumberland Fusiliers [21] Lincolnshire Regiment [19] Durham Light Infantry [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18] South Lancashire Regiment [18] Leicestershire Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] Middlesex Regiment [14] Royal Defence Corps [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] East Lancashire Regiment [11] East Surrey Regiment [11] Essex Regiment [11] Royal Naval Division [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Coldstream Guards [10] West Riding Regiment [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [9] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] South Wales Borderers [8] Tank Corps [8] Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1143] Royal Navy [100] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [84] Canadian Expeditionary Force [63] Australian Imperial Force [31] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [1440]

Contribution

Military Service [1417] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

George John Plant

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 20724 Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards

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Thomas Plant

Born 1880

Died 1920

British Army 20113 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 20113 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred Henry Plant

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112929

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John Sydney Plant

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291113

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Joseph Plant

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 565 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery 2nd/1st Warwick Battery

British Army 565 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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Albert Edward Plant

Died 1916

British Army R 3156 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Battalion.

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William Plant

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294420

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Thomas Plant

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy 12016 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/12016 Acting Serjeant Royal Naval Division 2nd Royal Marines Battalion

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Herbert Plant

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125067

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Thomas A Plant

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136461

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John Plant

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy M18965

Royal Navy M/18965 Painter 2nd Class H.M.S. "Vivid."

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John Plant

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army T/20866 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 32004 Driver Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 32004 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Herbert Plant

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 13416 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 13416 Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Herbert Harold Plant

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army C/743 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/743 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Francis Plant

Born 1866

Died 1915

Royal Navy 117099(CH) Chief Petty Officer HMS Stephen Furness

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Harry Plant

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19739

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Richard Warner Plant

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30933

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George Plant

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266574

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Lewis Norman William Plant

Born 1900

Died 1920

Royal Navy K55480

Royal Navy K/55480 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy J/93525 Ordinary Seaman HMS Powerful

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Smith Plant

Born 1896

Died 1956

British Army 60200 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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