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London England [4]

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Maclean New South Wales [1]

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Private [66]

Sapper [6]

Driver [4]

Gunner [4]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

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Army Service Corps [10]

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Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [6]

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Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

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Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

London Regiment [3]

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Durham Light Infantry [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

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Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

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East Kent Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Warspite [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [1]

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Indian Army (T.C.) [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Pioneers Indian Army [1]

RNVR [1]

Royal Engineers Kent Field Company [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

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British Army [87]

Royal Navy [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

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Military Service [118]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

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United Kingdom [6]

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London England [4] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bow England [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Grays, Essex, England [1] Kimble, Buckinghamshire [1] Leicester [1] Maclean New South Wales [1] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [1] Saltly, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] South Shields, Durham [1] Sydenham England [1] Thame, Oxfordshire [1] Tottenham, London [1] Tottenham, Middlesex [1] Yardley, Worcs [1]

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Private [66] Sapper [6] Driver [4] Gunner [4] Serjeant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Serjeant Acting Bombardier [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

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Army Service Corps [10] Labour Corps [10] Royal Field Artillery [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Engineers [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] London Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dragoons [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Warspite [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [1] Hussars [1] Indian Army (T.C.) [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Pioneers Indian Army [1] RNVR [1] Royal Engineers Kent Field Company [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [87] Royal Navy [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Australian Imperial Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

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P [120]

Contribution

Military Service [118] Conscientious Objector [1] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Ernest George Plater

Born 1897

British Army T/37121 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 25988 Private The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)

British Army 16021 Private Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Frederick John Plater

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman RNVR

Royal Navy 5262 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Benjamin Grayston Plater

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18691

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Frederick Plater

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288509

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Frank Earl Plater

Born 1896

Died 1957

British Army 3155 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 325691 Private Corps of Hussars

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George Eveleigh Plater

Died 1918

British Army 635649 Private London Regiment

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William John Plater

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 8980 Private Coldstream Guards

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Joseph Henry Plater

Died 1915

British Army 14189 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Robert Plater

Died 1917

British Army 32957 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 40368 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Richard Henry Plater

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Charles Plater

Died 1918

British Army S3/030353 Private Army Service Corps

British Army S3/030353 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Henry Broadhurst Morris Plater

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137481

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Raymond Llewellyn Plater

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284973

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John Plater

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 14679 Private Hussars

British Army 51258 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 51258 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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Frederick William Plater

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116047

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William Plater

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 26296 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 43459 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Harry Adams Plater

Died 1916

British Army 25443 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Stanley Victor Plater

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 21151 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 21151 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Joseph Plater

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army L/5874 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Joseph Plater

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 8393 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 8393 Lance Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

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