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Sydney New South Wales [18]

London England [12]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [11]

Melbourne Victoria [11]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

Islington, London [9]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

London, Middlesex [8]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [8]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7]

Ballarat Victoria [6]

Bendigo Victoria [6]

Chelmsford, Essex [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Camberwell, London [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Singleton New South Wales [5]

Swindon, Wiltshire [5]

Balmain New South Wales [4]

Barking, Essex [4]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Bristol England [4]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [4]

Lambeth, London [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Wellington New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Blackpool, Lancashire [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Collingwood Victoria [3]

Dublin South Australia [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Londonderry [3]

Mackay Queensland [3]

Manly New South Wales [3]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Odiham, Hampshire [3]

Preston, Lancashire [3]

Quirindi New South Wales [3]

Scarisbrick, Lancashire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Toowoomba Queensland [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Aramac Queensland [2]

Armagh [2]

Rank

Private [2623]

Gunner [275]

Corporal [230]

Driver [230]

Serjeant [206]

Sapper [178]

Lance Corporal [116]

Second Lieutenant [89]

Lieutenant [87]

Captain [73]

Pioneer [48]

Acting Corporal [43]

Acting Serjeant [36]

Bombardier [24]

Major [22]

Company Serjeant Major [18]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Trooper [15]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Rifleman [12]

Staff Serjeant [12]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [11]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Worker [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Nurse [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Private Lance Corporal [4]

Surgeon General [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Bugler [3]

Colonel [3]

Commander [3]

Drummer [3]

Sister [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Bombardier Acting Serjeant [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Cadet [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [338]

Royal Engineers [326]

Labour Corps [301]

Army Service Corps [272]

London Regiment [166]

Royal Garrison Artillery [165]

Royal Army Medical Corps [138]

Machine Gun Corps [120]

Royal Fusiliers [91]

Middlesex Regiment [73]

Essex Regiment [70]

Manchester Regiment [70]

Hampshire Regiment [69]

Liverpool Regiment [68]

Durham Light Infantry [62]

Royal Irish Rifles [60]

Lancashire Fusiliers [58]

Northumberland Fusiliers [58]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [57]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [56]

The Queen's Regiment [55]

Lincolnshire Regiment [54]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [54]

Gloucestershire Regiment [49]

Highland Light Infantry [49]

West Yorkshire Regiment [48]

Suffolk Regiment [47]

Canadian Infantry [46]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [46]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [45]

Somerset Light Infantry [42]

Worcestershire Regiment [42]

Norfolk Regiment [41]

York and Lancaster Regiment [40]

Yorkshire Regiment [39]

Gordon Highlanders [37]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [37]

Royal Army Service Corps [36]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [36]

Border Regiment [35]

Rifle Brigade [35]

Northamptonshire Regiment [34]

Scottish Rifles [32]

East Lancashire Regiment [31]

East Yorkshire Regiment [31]

Royal Scots [31]

Cheshire Regiment [30]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [30]

East Surrey Regiment [30]

Leicestershire Regiment [30]

Service

British Army [4128]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [463]

Royal Navy [413]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [311]

Australian Imperial Force [298]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [69]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

P [5785]

B [3]

A [2]

L [2]

G [1]

M [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5658]

Merchant Navy [95]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [97]

Canada [2]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [18] London England [12] Bristol, Gloucestershire [11] Melbourne Victoria [11] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] Islington, London [9] Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] London, Middlesex [8] Portsmouth, Hampshire [8] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7] Ballarat Victoria [6] Bendigo Victoria [6] Chelmsford, Essex [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Camberwell, London [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Singleton New South Wales [5] Swindon, Wiltshire [5] Balmain New South Wales [4] Barking, Essex [4] Belfast, Antrim [4] Bristol England [4] Grantham, Lincolnshire [4] Lambeth, London [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Wellington New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Blackpool, Lancashire [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] Collingwood Victoria [3] Dublin South Australia [3] Hackney, London [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Londonderry [3] Mackay Queensland [3] Manly New South Wales [3] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Odiham, Hampshire [3] Preston, Lancashire [3] Quirindi New South Wales [3] Scarisbrick, Lancashire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Toowoomba Queensland [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Aramac Queensland [2] Armagh [2]

Rank

Private [2623] Gunner [275] Corporal [230] Driver [230] Serjeant [206] Sapper [178] Lance Corporal [116] Second Lieutenant [89] Lieutenant [87] Captain [73] Pioneer [48] Acting Corporal [43] Acting Serjeant [36] Bombardier [24] Major [22] Company Serjeant Major [18] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Trooper [15] Lance Serjeant [12] Rifleman [12] Staff Serjeant [12] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [11] Colour Serjeant [10] Acting Bombardier [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Worker [8] Able Seaman [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Nurse [6] Deck Hand [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Acting Captain [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Private Lance Corporal [4] Surgeon General [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Bugler [3] Colonel [3] Commander [3] Drummer [3] Sister [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Bombardier Acting Serjeant [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Cadet [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [338] Royal Engineers [326] Labour Corps [301] Army Service Corps [272] London Regiment [166] Royal Garrison Artillery [165] Royal Army Medical Corps [138] Machine Gun Corps [120] Royal Fusiliers [91] Middlesex Regiment [73] Essex Regiment [70] Manchester Regiment [70] Hampshire Regiment [69] Liverpool Regiment [68] Durham Light Infantry [62] Royal Irish Rifles [60] Lancashire Fusiliers [58] Northumberland Fusiliers [58] King's Royal Rifle Corps [57] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [56] The Queen's Regiment [55] Lincolnshire Regiment [54] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [54] Gloucestershire Regiment [49] Highland Light Infantry [49] West Yorkshire Regiment [48] Suffolk Regiment [47] Canadian Infantry [46] Royal Lancaster Regiment [46] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [45] Somerset Light Infantry [42] Worcestershire Regiment [42] Norfolk Regiment [41] York and Lancaster Regiment [40] Yorkshire Regiment [39] Gordon Highlanders [37] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [37] Royal Army Service Corps [36] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [36] Border Regiment [35] Rifle Brigade [35] Northamptonshire Regiment [34] Scottish Rifles [32] East Lancashire Regiment [31] East Yorkshire Regiment [31] Royal Scots [31] Cheshire Regiment [30] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [30] East Surrey Regiment [30] Leicestershire Regiment [30]

Service

British Army [4128] Canadian Expeditionary Force [463] Royal Navy [413] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [311] Australian Imperial Force [298] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [69] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

P [5785] B [3] A [2] L [2] G [1] M [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5658] Merchant Navy [95] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [97] Canada [2] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

Bernard Arthur Porter

Born 1880

Died 1940

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Porter

Died 1915

British Army 852 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion-Territorial.

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George Porter

Died 1917

British Army 8791 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 8791 Private Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Henry George Porter

Born 1895

British Army S/10189 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 404561 Private Labour Corps

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Roderick Spicer Russell Porter

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached Baluchistan Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)

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James Ingrey Porter

Died 1916

British Army 3676 Rifleman London Regiment 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

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Robert Wilson Porter

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Highlanders

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William Edward Porter

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army P/210033 Private Army Service Corps

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John Watson Porter

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2711 Corporal Australian Engineers

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Harry Porter

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143181

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Robert Porter

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299820

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William Joseph Porter

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43051

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John William Porter

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302

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William John Porter

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104926

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Percy Joseph Porter

Born 1898

British Army 202271 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 204485 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 2044815 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 10th battalion

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Frederick Porter

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28139

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Brelsford Porter

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160810

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Henry Porter

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266852

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William Porter

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131498

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John Thomas Porter

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75793

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