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London England [15]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14]

Sydney New South Wales [11]

Devonport, Devon [10]

Rochford, Essex [10]

London, Middlesex, England [9]

Geelong Victoria [7]

Ipswich, Suffolk [7]

Leicester, Leicestershire [7]

London, Middlesex [7]

Mount Gambier South Australia [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Colchester, Essex [6]

Norwich, Norfolk [6]

Croydon, Surrey [5]

Derby [5]

London [5]

Stawell Victoria [5]

Essex [4]

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Yongala South Australia [4]

Bairnsdale Victoria [3]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Cowra New South Wales [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Horsham, Sussex [3]

Islington, London [3]

Lambeth, Surrey [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Stepney, London [3]

Westleton, Suffolk [3]

Acton Green, London [2]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ashfield New South Wales [2]

Auckland [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Battle Sussex England [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bideford, Devon [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Rank

Private [2282]

Gunner [295]

Driver [211]

Serjeant [198]

Corporal [187]

Sapper [167]

Lance Corporal [97]

Second Lieutenant [81]

Acting Corporal [49]

Lieutenant [49]

Captain [45]

Bombardier [33]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [24]

Pioneer [23]

Major [22]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Company Serjeant Major [18]

Lance Serjeant [18]

Rifleman [18]

Acting Bombardier [12]

Worker [10]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Lance Bombardier [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Regimental Serjeant Major [7]

Trooper [7]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Sister [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Guardsman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Major [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [318]

Labour Corps [279]

Army Service Corps [264]

Royal Engineers [247]

Royal Garrison Artillery [189]

London Regiment [139]

Royal Army Medical Corps [125]

Machine Gun Corps [114]

Royal Fusiliers [97]

Manchester Regiment [68]

Liverpool Regiment [66]

Rifle Brigade [63]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [61]

Northumberland Fusiliers [61]

Durham Light Infantry [60]

Suffolk Regiment [57]

Worcestershire Regiment [56]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [55]

Middlesex Regiment [54]

Devonshire Regiment [53]

The Queen's Regiment [53]

Essex Regiment [52]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [51]

Royal West Kent Regiment [50]

West Yorkshire Regiment [50]

South Lancashire Regiment [49]

Norfolk Regiment [47]

Leicestershire Regiment [45]

Royal Sussex Regiment [45]

Lancashire Fusiliers [44]

East Kent Regiment [41]

Hampshire Regiment [39]

Cheshire Regiment [38]

Army Ordnance Corps [37]

Royal Army Service Corps [37]

East Surrey Regiment [36]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [35]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [32]

Wiltshire Regiment [32]

York and Lancaster Regiment [32]

Yorkshire Regiment [31]

East Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Royal Scots [30]

Bedfordshire Regiment [29]

Gloucestershire Regiment [29]

Royal Naval Division [28]

Somerset Light Infantry [28]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [27]

Army Veterinary Corps [26]

Lincolnshire Regiment [26]

Service

British Army [3585]

Royal Navy [364]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [310]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [288]

Australian Imperial Force [189]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [40]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [4879]

D [6]

B [1]

G [1]

H [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4752]

Merchant Navy [94]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [84]

Canada [2]

Egypt [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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London England [15] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14] Sydney New South Wales [11] Devonport, Devon [10] Rochford, Essex [10] London, Middlesex, England [9] Geelong Victoria [7] Ipswich, Suffolk [7] Leicester, Leicestershire [7] London, Middlesex [7] Mount Gambier South Australia [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Colchester, Essex [6] Norwich, Norfolk [6] Croydon, Surrey [5] Derby [5] London [5] Stawell Victoria [5] Essex [4] Maidstone, Kent [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Yongala South Australia [4] Bairnsdale Victoria [3] Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Cowra New South Wales [3] Hackney, London [3] Horsham, Sussex [3] Islington, London [3] Lambeth, Surrey [3] Marylebone, London [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Stepney, London [3] Westleton, Suffolk [3] Acton Green, London [2] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ashfield New South Wales [2] Auckland [2] Barking, Essex [2] Battle Sussex England [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bideford, Devon [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Birmingham [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Rank

Private [2282] Gunner [295] Driver [211] Serjeant [198] Corporal [187] Sapper [167] Lance Corporal [97] Second Lieutenant [81] Acting Corporal [49] Lieutenant [49] Captain [45] Bombardier [33] Warrant Officer Class 2 [24] Pioneer [23] Major [22] Acting Serjeant [20] Company Serjeant Major [18] Lance Serjeant [18] Rifleman [18] Acting Bombardier [12] Worker [10] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Colour Serjeant [7] Lance Bombardier [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Regimental Serjeant Major [7] Trooper [7] Stoker 1st Class [6] Able Seaman [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Battery Serjeant Major [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Sister [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3] Guardsman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Major [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [318] Labour Corps [279] Army Service Corps [264] Royal Engineers [247] Royal Garrison Artillery [189] London Regiment [139] Royal Army Medical Corps [125] Machine Gun Corps [114] Royal Fusiliers [97] Manchester Regiment [68] Liverpool Regiment [66] Rifle Brigade [63] King's Royal Rifle Corps [61] Northumberland Fusiliers [61] Durham Light Infantry [60] Suffolk Regiment [57] Worcestershire Regiment [56] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [55] Middlesex Regiment [54] Devonshire Regiment [53] The Queen's Regiment [53] Essex Regiment [52] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [51] Royal West Kent Regiment [50] West Yorkshire Regiment [50] South Lancashire Regiment [49] Norfolk Regiment [47] Leicestershire Regiment [45] Royal Sussex Regiment [45] Lancashire Fusiliers [44] East Kent Regiment [41] Hampshire Regiment [39] Cheshire Regiment [38] Army Ordnance Corps [37] Royal Army Service Corps [37] East Surrey Regiment [36] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [35] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [32] Wiltshire Regiment [32] York and Lancaster Regiment [32] Yorkshire Regiment [31] East Yorkshire Regiment [30] Royal Scots [30] Bedfordshire Regiment [29] Gloucestershire Regiment [29] Royal Naval Division [28] Somerset Light Infantry [28] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [27] Army Veterinary Corps [26] Lincolnshire Regiment [26]

Service

British Army [3585] Royal Navy [364] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [310] Canadian Expeditionary Force [288] Australian Imperial Force [189] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [40] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [4879] D [6] B [1] G [1] H [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4752] Merchant Navy [94] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [84] Canada [2] Egypt [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

William John Potter

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12495

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William John Potter

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191328

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Frank Potter

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296248 Private Royal Air Force

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Charles W Potter

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 969 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion.

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John William Potter

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 44898 Private Rifle Brigade

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John Ernest Potter

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 18434 Private Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

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John W Potter

Born 1900

Died 1917

British Army S/15516 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/15516 Acting Corporal Cameron Highlanders

British Army 15516 Corporal Cameron Highlanders 7th Battalion

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Walter Potter

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 39073 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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George Williams Potter

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114668

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Thom Miles Potter

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81843

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Arthur Henry Potter

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281540

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Charles Potter

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 265662 Private Suffolk Regiment

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John Henry Potter

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33642

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Ernest George Potter

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141094

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Cecil Harry Potter

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20254

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Charles Potter

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41638

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Frederick Potter

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144912

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Harold Frederick Potter

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214083

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James Potter

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141071

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David Gemmel Potter

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262494

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