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Sydney New South Wales [15]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

London, Middlesex [5]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Bristol [4]

London England [4]

Swindon, Wiltshire [4]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Dovercourt, Essex [3]

Fremantle Western Australia [3]

Fulham, London [3]

Taunton, Somerset [3]

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [3]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Blackburn England [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Boxley, Kent [2]

Brislington, Somerset [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2]

Chester [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Dunedin [2]

Dunster, Somerset [2]

Folkestone, Kent [2]

Gunnedah New South Wales [2]

Hanley, Staffordshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kapunda South Australia [2]

Kilmore Victoria [2]

Kingston South Australia [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Ledbury, Herefordshire [2]

London [2]

Manchester England [2]

Millicent South Australia [2]

Rank

Private [1885]

Gunner [207]

Driver [179]

Corporal [140]

Serjeant [132]

Sapper [110]

Lance Corporal [80]

Second Lieutenant [64]

Lieutenant [49]

Acting Corporal [32]

Captain [32]

Acting Serjeant [31]

Bombardier [28]

Pioneer [25]

Major [15]

Staff Serjeant [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Rifleman [8]

Staff Nurse [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Guardsman [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Worker [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Sister [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Signaller [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Bandsman [3]

Nurse [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Bugler [2]

Coal Mine Worker [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [250]

Royal Engineers [212]

Army Service Corps [183]

Labour Corps [182]

Royal Garrison Artillery [118]

Royal Army Medical Corps [111]

London Regiment [92]

Machine Gun Corps [86]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [65]

Gloucestershire Regiment [63]

Royal Fusiliers [62]

Worcestershire Regiment [58]

Cheshire Regiment [55]

Manchester Regiment [51]

Somerset Light Infantry [51]

South Staffordshire Regiment [49]

Liverpool Regiment [47]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [46]

Lancashire Fusiliers [46]

Middlesex Regiment [44]

Essex Regiment [43]

Rifle Brigade [43]

North Staffordshire Regiment [41]

Leicestershire Regiment [39]

Royal Army Service Corps [39]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [39]

West Yorkshire Regiment [37]

Northumberland Fusiliers [35]

Devonshire Regiment [34]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34]

Army Ordnance Corps [33]

Hampshire Regiment [32]

Royal Sussex Regiment [32]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [31]

York and Lancaster Regiment [30]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [28]

Lincolnshire Regiment [27]

Royal Naval Division [27]

South Wales Borderers [27]

Welsh Regiment [27]

Yorkshire Regiment [27]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [26]

Dorsetshire Regiment [25]

The Queen's Regiment [25]

Bedfordshire Regiment [23]

Durham Light Infantry [23]

Royal Defence Corps [23]

Royal West Kent Regiment [23]

Wiltshire Regiment [23]

East Lancashire Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [2915]

Royal Navy [252]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [212]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [150]

Australian Imperial Force [134]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [3755]

A [2]

L [2]

M [1]

N [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3669]

Merchant Navy [58]

Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [100]

India [3]

Australia [1]

China [1]

France [1]

Guernsey [1]

New Zealand [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [15] Birmingham, Warwickshire [13] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] London, Middlesex [5] Plymouth, Devon [5] Bristol [4] London England [4] Swindon, Wiltshire [4] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Battersea, London [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Dovercourt, Essex [3] Fremantle Western Australia [3] Fulham, London [3] Taunton, Somerset [3] Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [3] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham England [2] Blackburn England [2] Bourke New South Wales [2] Boxley, Kent [2] Brislington, Somerset [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2] Chester [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Dunedin [2] Dunster, Somerset [2] Folkestone, Kent [2] Gunnedah New South Wales [2] Hanley, Staffordshire [2] Islington, London [2] Kapunda South Australia [2] Kilmore Victoria [2] Kingston South Australia [2] Lambeth, London [2] Ledbury, Herefordshire [2] London [2] Manchester England [2] Millicent South Australia [2]

Rank

Private [1885] Gunner [207] Driver [179] Corporal [140] Serjeant [132] Sapper [110] Lance Corporal [80] Second Lieutenant [64] Lieutenant [49] Acting Corporal [32] Captain [32] Acting Serjeant [31] Bombardier [28] Pioneer [25] Major [15] Staff Serjeant [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Company Serjeant Major [11] Lance Serjeant [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Rifleman [8] Staff Nurse [7] Able Seaman [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Corporal 2nd [6] Guardsman [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Worker [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Sister [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Signaller [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Bandsman [3] Nurse [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Armourer's Crew [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Bugler [2] Coal Mine Worker [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [250] Royal Engineers [212] Army Service Corps [183] Labour Corps [182] Royal Garrison Artillery [118] Royal Army Medical Corps [111] London Regiment [92] Machine Gun Corps [86] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [65] Gloucestershire Regiment [63] Royal Fusiliers [62] Worcestershire Regiment [58] Cheshire Regiment [55] Manchester Regiment [51] Somerset Light Infantry [51] South Staffordshire Regiment [49] Liverpool Regiment [47] King's Royal Rifle Corps [46] Lancashire Fusiliers [46] Middlesex Regiment [44] Essex Regiment [43] Rifle Brigade [43] North Staffordshire Regiment [41] Leicestershire Regiment [39] Royal Army Service Corps [39] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [39] West Yorkshire Regiment [37] Northumberland Fusiliers [35] Devonshire Regiment [34] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34] Army Ordnance Corps [33] Hampshire Regiment [32] Royal Sussex Regiment [32] Royal Berkshire Regiment [31] York and Lancaster Regiment [30] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [28] Lincolnshire Regiment [27] Royal Naval Division [27] South Wales Borderers [27] Welsh Regiment [27] Yorkshire Regiment [27] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [26] Dorsetshire Regiment [25] The Queen's Regiment [25] Bedfordshire Regiment [23] Durham Light Infantry [23] Royal Defence Corps [23] Royal West Kent Regiment [23] Wiltshire Regiment [23] East Lancashire Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [2915] Royal Navy [252] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [212] Canadian Expeditionary Force [150] Australian Imperial Force [134] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [3755] A [2] L [2] M [1] N [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3669] Merchant Navy [58] Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [100] India [3] Australia [1] China [1] France [1] Guernsey [1] New Zealand [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

Daniel Poole

Born 1875

Died 1940

British Army 4122 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 5444 (or 5644) Volunteers

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Daniel Poole

Born 1882

Died 1959

Australian Imperial Force 1422

Australian Imperial Force 1422 Seargent 20th

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Evelyn James Everest Poole

Born 1886

Died 1936

British Army Major 46th Punjabis

Indian Army Captain 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army 46th Punjabis

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Gordon Robert Poole

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 7075 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Edward Arthur Poole

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 39308 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Charles Poole

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 13527 Private Devonshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Joseph Albert Poole

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army 7663 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Edward Poole

Born 1888

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2067 Driver 10th Australian Field Unit

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Edward John Poole

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 616763 Private London Regiment

British Army 245814 Private London Regiment

British Army 245814 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1st/2nd Battalion

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Edward Henry Poole

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 640 Private 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry "B" Squadron

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Reginald Claud Aurelius Poole

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3330 Private London Regiment 16th battalion london regiment (queen's west Battalion

British Army 550913 Private London Regiment 16th battalion london regiment (queen's west Battalion

British Army 550913 Lance Corporal London Regiment 16th battalion london regiment (queen's west Battalion

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Tom Poole

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 24624 Private Manchester Regiment

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Richard William Poole

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 9598 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9598 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9598 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Poole

Born 1882

Died 1919

Royal Navy CH/12274 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division SS Northumbria

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Eric Skeffington Poole

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 559 Driver Honourable Artillery Company "B" Battery

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 14th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 11th Battalion

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Reuben Poole

Born 1895

Died 1975

Royal Navy J17071

Royal Navy Signalman HMS Warrior

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Frederick George Poole

Born 1883

Died 1956

British Army 257615 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 35724 Pioneer Devonshire Regiment

British Army WR/280734 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Osmon James Poole

Died 1916

British Army 23892 Lance Corporal Welsh Regiment

British Army 23893 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 23893 Lance Corporal Welsh Regiment 16th Battalion

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Ernest Poole

Born 1893

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1018 Lance Sergeant Australian Provost Corps

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Thomas Edwin Poole

Born 1879

British Army M2/221611 Private Army Service Corps

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