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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]

Elijah Poole

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 60718 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 60718 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Richard Poole

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 14389 Company Sergeant Major South Staffordshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Albert Poole

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 11887 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 55495 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 55495 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 17th Battalion

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Archibald Poole

Died 1916

British Army 3482 Private London Regiment

British Army 571297 Private London Regiment

British Army 571297 Rifleman London Regiment 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney)

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James Poole

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 20302 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 20302 private Kings own scottish borderers 6th battalion

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Walter Croker Poole

Born 1852

Died 1917

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M. "Mersey Examination Vessel No. 1."

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Henry Hamlet Poole

Born 1892

Died 1921

British Army 15251 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 15251 Lance Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Thomas Poole

Born 1892

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry Coal Mine Worker

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Thomas Poole

Born 1893

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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William Isaac Poole

Died 1918

British Army D/2079 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 2079 Private Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's) 7th Battalion

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Joseph Poole

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237121

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Samuel Poole

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 18862 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Sydney Langdon Poole

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 10445 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Leonard Arthur Poole

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 35910 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Albert Poole

Born 1892

Died 1970

Royal Navy 12455 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1533 Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy RMB/1533 Musician HMS Monarch Royal Marine Band

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William Crawford Poole

Born 1886

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 687873

Canadian Expeditionary Force 687873 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Poole

Born 1886

British Army 4358 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Woodhead Poole

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308324

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Edward Poole

Born 1882

Died 1938

British Army 6487 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 6487 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 6487 Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Albert Poole

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266108

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