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Sydney New South Wales [8]

Adelaide South Australia [7]

Dorchester, Dorset [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

London England [5]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Bristol England [4]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Blinman South Australia [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Broken Hill New South Wales [3]

Brunswick New South Wales [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Charters Towers Queensland [3]

Gillingham, Kent [3]

Haggerston, London [3]

Heathfield, Sussex [3]

Newport, Monmouthshire [3]

Rochester, Kent [3]

Alnwick, Northumberland [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Bishops Castle England [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Bowral New South Wales [2]

Bridgwater, Somerset [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Crediton, Devon [2]

Dartmouth, Devon, England [2]

Daylesford Victoria [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Devon [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dundee [2]

Ealing England [2]

Folkestone, Kent [2]

Hanworth, Middlesex [2]

Hinckley, Leicestershire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Rank

Private [1078]

Gunner [155]

Driver [106]

Serjeant [98]

Corporal [90]

Sapper [69]

Second Lieutenant [47]

Lieutenant [42]

Captain [39]

Lance Corporal [39]

Pioneer [20]

Acting Corporal [18]

Bombardier [15]

Major [15]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Sister [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Rifleman [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Trooper [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Captain [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Drummer [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Sergeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Matron [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Major [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Commander [2]

Lieutenant /Acting Major [2]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [171]

Royal Engineers [156]

Labour Corps [125]

Army Service Corps [119]

Royal Garrison Artillery [99]

London Regiment [79]

Royal Fusiliers [51]

Gloucestershire Regiment [49]

Machine Gun Corps [40]

Royal Army Medical Corps [38]

Rifle Brigade [36]

Hampshire Regiment [35]

Royal West Kent Regiment [35]

Devonshire Regiment [33]

The Queen's Regiment [33]

East Kent Regiment [31]

Middlesex Regiment [31]

Royal Sussex Regiment [30]

Welsh Regiment [30]

Somerset Light Infantry [28]

South Wales Borderers [26]

Royal Army Service Corps [25]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Worcestershire Regiment [24]

East Surrey Regiment [21]

Essex Regiment [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [20]

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

North Staffordshire Regiment [19]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

Royal Naval Division [19]

Shropshire Light Infantry [18]

Wiltshire Regiment [18]

Bedfordshire Regiment [17]

Dorsetshire Regiment [17]

Royal Defence Corps [17]

West Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Canadian Infantry [16]

Norfolk Regiment [16]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [14]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Dragoon Guards [13]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Hussars [13]

Service

British Army [1789]

Royal Navy [235]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [138]

Australian Imperial Force [122]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [104]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34]

Other Empire Force [3]

British Indian Army [1]

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P [2484]

A [1]

B [1]

L [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2424]

Merchant Navy [40]

Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [68]

India [2]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [8] Adelaide South Australia [7] Dorchester, Dorset [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] London England [5] Brighton, Sussex [4] Bristol England [4] Exeter, Devon [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Battersea, London [3] Blinman South Australia [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] Broken Hill New South Wales [3] Brunswick New South Wales [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Charters Towers Queensland [3] Gillingham, Kent [3] Haggerston, London [3] Heathfield, Sussex [3] Newport, Monmouthshire [3] Rochester, Kent [3] Alnwick, Northumberland [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Bishops Castle England [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Bowral New South Wales [2] Bridgwater, Somerset [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Brixton, London [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Chippenham, Wiltshire [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Crediton, Devon [2] Dartmouth, Devon, England [2] Daylesford Victoria [2] Deptford, London [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Devon [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dundee [2] Ealing England [2] Folkestone, Kent [2] Hanworth, Middlesex [2] Hinckley, Leicestershire [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2]

Rank

Private [1078] Gunner [155] Driver [106] Serjeant [98] Corporal [90] Sapper [69] Second Lieutenant [47] Lieutenant [42] Captain [39] Lance Corporal [39] Pioneer [20] Acting Corporal [18] Bombardier [15] Major [15] Acting Serjeant [13] Colour Serjeant [7] Sister [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Rifleman [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Trooper [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Captain [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Drummer [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Sergeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Matron [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Major [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Commander [2] Lieutenant /Acting Major [2] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Nursing Sister [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [2] Temporary Captain [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [171] Royal Engineers [156] Labour Corps [125] Army Service Corps [119] Royal Garrison Artillery [99] London Regiment [79] Royal Fusiliers [51] Gloucestershire Regiment [49] Machine Gun Corps [40] Royal Army Medical Corps [38] Rifle Brigade [36] Hampshire Regiment [35] Royal West Kent Regiment [35] Devonshire Regiment [33] The Queen's Regiment [33] East Kent Regiment [31] Middlesex Regiment [31] Royal Sussex Regiment [30] Welsh Regiment [30] Somerset Light Infantry [28] South Wales Borderers [26] Royal Army Service Corps [25] Liverpool Regiment [24] Worcestershire Regiment [24] East Surrey Regiment [21] Essex Regiment [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [20] Northamptonshire Regiment [20] North Staffordshire Regiment [19] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] Royal Naval Division [19] Shropshire Light Infantry [18] Wiltshire Regiment [18] Bedfordshire Regiment [17] Dorsetshire Regiment [17] Royal Defence Corps [17] West Yorkshire Regiment [17] Canadian Infantry [16] Norfolk Regiment [16] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [14] Durham Light Infantry [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Cheshire Regiment [13] Dragoon Guards [13] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] Hussars [13]

Service

British Army [1789] Royal Navy [235] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [138] Australian Imperial Force [122] Canadian Expeditionary Force [104] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34] Other Empire Force [3] British Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

P [2484] A [1] B [1] L [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2424] Merchant Navy [40] Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [68] India [2] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Lawrence Kelway Pope

Born 1890

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/389 Trooper Otago Mounted Rifles 5 (Otago Hussars) Squadron

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Harold Edward Pope

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

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Peter A Pope

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 20312 Private/Corporal 3rd Dragoon Guards (Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line) 2nd Cavalry Brigade

British Army 6DG/4173, D/20312 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army D/20312 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

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Harry Pope

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 7179 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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George Alfred Pope

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 3631 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 19573 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur John Pope

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 2170 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 2170 Private 1st Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 2170 Rifleman Monmouthshire Regiment

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Philip Gladstone Pope

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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William Pope

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 540 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 45th Anti-Aircraft Battery

British Army 122367 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 45th Anti Aircraft Company

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George Thomas Pope

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 44089 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 44089 Pte Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Bat

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George William Pope

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 7205 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Arthur George Pope

Born 1893

Died 1982

Royal Navy 13994 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Duke of Edinburgh

Royal Navy 13994 Boy Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Other Empire Force PO/RMP/X.121 Constable Royal Marine Police Service Portsmouth Divisional Unit

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Percy Paris Pope

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

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James William Pope

Born 1879

Died 1921

Royal Navy 291747 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vivid

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Henry Pope

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 42434 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 42434 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment 13th Bat

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John Pope

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 14/805 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Edward Alexander Pope

Born 1875

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Welsh Regiment

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William Pope

Born 1884

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 10685

Canadian Expeditionary Force 10685 Private Canadian Infantry

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Edwin Albert Pope

Born 1882

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242526 Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Cyril Montague Pope

Born 1988

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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William James Pope

Born 1892

Died 1977

British Army 13717 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 13717 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 13717 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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