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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]

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Contribution

Military Service [1417]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

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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

P [1440]

Contribution

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

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Joseph Plant

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265978

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John Plant

Born 1865

Died 1918

British Army 9514 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 194600 Private Labour Corps

British Army 45509 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd (Home Service) Battalion

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Stephen John Plant

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218223

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George Plant

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284242

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Sydney William Plant

Born 1899

Died 1950

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304866

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Holford Charles Fourdrinier Plant

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment attached Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Charles Plant

Died 1917

British Army 3361 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Arthur Frederic Plant

Died 1916

British Army 17205 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Arthur Plant

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 2713 Private/Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2713 Acting Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2713 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Arthur Cedric Plant

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 12589 Acting Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 12589 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment

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S A Plant

Died 1918

British Army 35945 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 47730 Private Essex Regiment

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Harry Plant

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112410

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James Garfield Plant

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276178

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Ernest Plant

Born 1897

Died 1915

Royal Navy J27357 Boy 2nd Class

Royal Navy J27357 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy J27357 Ordinary Seaman HMS Goliath

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Benjamin W Plant

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 308978 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 308978 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 2nd/1st Lancashire Heavy Battery

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Geoffrey Alleyne Plant

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223216

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Francis George Plant

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125987

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Hubert Allen Plant

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209641

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Hugo Thomas Richard Plant

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212073

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Frederick William Plant

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243466

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