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Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Brandon, Suffolk [2]

Candelo New South Wales [2]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [2]

Greenwich, London [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Maryborough Queensland [2]

Newbury, Berkshire [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Warham Norfolk [2]

Arrow Town [1]

Balsham, Cambridgeshire [1]

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Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Brimington, Derbyshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcester [1]

Brownhills, Staffordshire [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cambridge England [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Cambridgeshire [1]

Carrington, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Colliers End, Ware, Herts [1]

Copdock, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Darlington England [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

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Deritend, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Feltham, Middlesex [1]

Fenny Compton, Warwickshire [1]

Flesherton, Canada [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Halstead, Essex [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Heanon near Hollyham, Derbyshire [1]

Holbeach, Lincolnshire [1]

Holloway or Islington, London [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England. [1]

Jericho Queensland [1]

Junee New South Wales [1]

Kent England [1]

Kingsbury, Middlesex [1]

Kingston, Middlesex [1]

Lanarkshire [1]

Linton, Cambridgeshire [1]

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Private [302]

Gunner [47]

Driver [25]

Corporal [20]

Serjeant [17]

Lance Corporal [11]

Lieutenant [9]

Sapper [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [4]

Pioneer [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Conductor [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing Smith Serjeant [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Engineer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [40]

Labour Corps [39]

Royal Engineers [29]

Army Service Corps [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Suffolk Regiment [25]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Essex Regiment [11]

London Regiment [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Horse Artillery [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Hertfordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Lancers [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [455]

Royal Navy [48]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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P [589]

Contribution

Military Service [574]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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Place of birth

Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Brandon, Suffolk [2] Candelo New South Wales [2] Ely, Cambridgeshire [2] Greenwich, London [2] Hackney, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Maryborough Queensland [2] Newbury, Berkshire [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Warham Norfolk [2] Arrow Town [1] Balsham, Cambridgeshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Brimington, Derbyshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bromsgrove, Worcester [1] Brownhills, Staffordshire [1] Cambridge [1] Cambridge England [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cambridgeshire [1] Carrington, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Colliers End, Ware, Herts [1] Copdock, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Darlington England [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Deptford, London [1] Deritend, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Feltham, Middlesex [1] Fenny Compton, Warwickshire [1] Flesherton, Canada [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Halstead, Essex [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Heanon near Hollyham, Derbyshire [1] Holbeach, Lincolnshire [1] Holloway or Islington, London [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England. [1] Jericho Queensland [1] Junee New South Wales [1] Kent England [1] Kingsbury, Middlesex [1] Kingston, Middlesex [1] Lanarkshire [1] Linton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [302] Gunner [47] Driver [25] Corporal [20] Serjeant [17] Lance Corporal [11] Lieutenant [9] Sapper [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [4] Pioneer [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Conductor [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Worker [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing Smith Serjeant [1] Sub Conductor [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Engineer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [40] Labour Corps [39] Royal Engineers [29] Army Service Corps [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Suffolk Regiment [25] Machine Gun Corps [14] Middlesex Regiment [13] Essex Regiment [11] London Regiment [11] Rifle Brigade [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] East Surrey Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Horse Artillery [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] East Kent Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] Hertfordshire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Lancers [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [455] Royal Navy [48] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36] Australian Imperial Force [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [589]

Contribution

Military Service [574] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Leslie Watts Plumb

Born 1889

Died 1941

British Army 327 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company Reserve Battery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery Nottinghamshire (Territorial)

British Army 1396134 Sergeant Honourable Artillery Company

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William Plumb

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 5424 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 5424 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

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Sydney Plumb

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 3/10190 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th

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Mark Bunting Plumb

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35895

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George Frederick Plumb

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 12181 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Bert Plumb

Died 1917

British Army R/20530 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Albert Plumb

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261894

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Frank William Plumb

British Army 43384 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

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Frederick Plumb

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145345

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John Thomas Plumb

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307170

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William George Plumb

Born 1887

Died 1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 453108

Canadian Expeditionary Force 453108 Driver Canadian Army Service Corps

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Herbert Algar Plumb

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40184

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Ernest Edgar Plumb

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236262

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Hugh Egbert Plumb

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215923

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Frederick Philip Plumb

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111402

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David William Plumb

Born 1881

Died 1956

British Army 8466 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Herbert Charles Plumb

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193076

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Joseph Plumb

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89357

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Ernest Plumb

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 022619 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Thomas Anthony Plumb

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262838

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