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Sydney New South Wales [6]

London England [5]

Luton, Bedfordshire [4]

Hammersmith, London [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Rosevears Tasmania [3]

Albury New South Wales [2]

Alexandra Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birdsville Queensland [2]

Clybucca New South Wales [2]

Coleford, Somerset [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Dubbo New South Wales [2]

Korumburra Victoria [2]

Lewisham, Kent [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Penrith, Cumberland [2]

Richmond Tasmania [2]

Ringwood Victoria [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Stowmarket, Suffolk [2]

Surrey [2]

Thames Ditton, Surrey [2]

Thetford, Norfolk [2]

Warwickshire [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Woolwich, London [2]

Aintree, Lancashire [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Anerley, Surrey [1]

Ascotvale Victoria [1]

Ashton On Mersey, Cheshire, England [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Bardwell, Suffolk [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bournemouth England [1]

Boxhill on Sea, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Brondesbury, London [1]

Brondesbury, London, Middlesex [1]

Brooklyn, United States of America [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Bungay, Suffolk [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [475]

Gunner [54]

Driver [39]

Serjeant [38]

Corporal [32]

Sapper [32]

Lieutenant [19]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Captain [15]

Lance Corporal [14]

Bombardier [6]

Major [6]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Rifleman [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Adjutant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy [1]

Cadet [1]

Chaplain 4th Class, Reverend [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Driver/Saddler [1]

Engineer Lieutenant for Temporary service [1]

Engineman [1]

Fitter [1]

Hon Cpt [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major Captain [1]

Mechanician [1]

Nurse [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Private /Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [67]

Royal Field Artillery [67]

Army Service Corps [59]

Royal Engineers [50]

London Regiment [37]

Royal Garrison Artillery [36]

Suffolk Regiment [23]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Bedfordshire Regiment [19]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

The Queen's Regiment [19]

Norfolk Regiment [16]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Essex Regiment [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

British West Indies Regiment [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Artillery [7]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Irish Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [5]

Service

British Army [730]

Royal Navy [86]

Australian Imperial Force [68]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [58]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [54]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [1009]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [6] London England [5] Luton, Bedfordshire [4] Hammersmith, London [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Rosevears Tasmania [3] Albury New South Wales [2] Alexandra Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birdsville Queensland [2] Clybucca New South Wales [2] Coleford, Somerset [2] Deptford, London [2] Dubbo New South Wales [2] Korumburra Victoria [2] Lewisham, Kent [2] London, Middlesex [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Marylebone, London [2] Penrith, Cumberland [2] Richmond Tasmania [2] Ringwood Victoria [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Stowmarket, Suffolk [2] Surrey [2] Thames Ditton, Surrey [2] Thetford, Norfolk [2] Warwickshire [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Woolwich, London [2] Aintree, Lancashire [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Anerley, Surrey [1] Ascotvale Victoria [1] Ashton On Mersey, Cheshire, England [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Bardwell, Suffolk [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bournemouth England [1] Boxhill on Sea, Sussex [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Brixton, London [1] Brondesbury, London [1] Brondesbury, London, Middlesex [1] Brooklyn, United States of America [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bungay, Suffolk [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [475] Gunner [54] Driver [39] Serjeant [38] Corporal [32] Sapper [32] Lieutenant [19] Second Lieutenant [16] Captain [15] Lance Corporal [14] Bombardier [6] Major [6] Pioneer [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Rifleman [4] Able Seaman [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Adjutant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy [1] Cadet [1] Chaplain 4th Class, Reverend [1] Commissary [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd Lieutenant [1] Driver/Saddler [1] Engineer Lieutenant for Temporary service [1] Engineman [1] Fitter [1] Hon Cpt [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major Captain [1] Mechanician [1] Nurse [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Private /Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Reverend [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [67] Royal Field Artillery [67] Army Service Corps [59] Royal Engineers [50] London Regiment [37] Royal Garrison Artillery [36] Suffolk Regiment [23] Machine Gun Corps [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Bedfordshire Regiment [19] Royal Fusiliers [19] The Queen's Regiment [19] Norfolk Regiment [16] Durham Light Infantry [15] Middlesex Regiment [14] Essex Regiment [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] British West Indies Regiment [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Somerset Light Infantry [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] South Wales Borderers [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Royal Artillery [7] Devonshire Regiment [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Irish Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Warwickshire Yeomanry [5]

Service

British Army [730] Royal Navy [86] Australian Imperial Force [68] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [58] Canadian Expeditionary Force [54] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

P [1033]

Contribution

Military Service [1009] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Frederick Arthur Plummer

Born 1897

Died 1972

British Army 4039 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 3/1st Battalion

British Army 242423 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 5163 Private Yorkshire Regiment 5th

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Arthur James Plummer

Born 1878

British Army 2011 Cook Serjeant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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Alfred George Plummer

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 8016 Private London Regiment

British Army 323790 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Alick Percival Plummer

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 4338 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Albert Plummer

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army SD/3427 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 13th (3rd South Downs) Battalion

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George William Plummer

Born 1894

Died 1980

British Army 12559 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 661709 Private Labour Corps

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Alfred Charles Plummer

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 7929 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment Depot

British Army 704074 Serjeant Labour Corps Clearing Office

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Arthur John Plummer

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 40272 Private Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Luther Henry Plummer

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189327

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Richard Walter Plummer

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118765

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George Alfred Plummer

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267343

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John Frederick Plummer

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124856

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Norman Caldwell Plummer

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292174

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Charles Raymond Plummer

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101012

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George Edward Plummer

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57201

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Frederick Arthur Plummer

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283857

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Charles William Plummer

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296670

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Walter Plummer

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Private British West Indies Regiment

Other Empire Force 2150 Private Jamaica War Contingent

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William Edward Plummer

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68129

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Thomas Henry Plummer

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197484

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