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Birmingham, Warwickshire [34]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [25]

Sydney New South Wales [23]

Brisbane Queensland [17]

London England [17]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [16]

Liverpool, Lancashire [14]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [13]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [13]

London, Middlesex, England [10]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Newport, Monmouthshire [9]

Ballarat Victoria [7]

Bath, Somerset [6]

Hereford, Herefordshire [6]

Liverpool England [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Birmingham [5]

Geelong Victoria [5]

Glamorganshire [5]

Lambeth, London [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Southwark, London [5]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [5]

Battersea, London [4]

Chichester, Sussex [4]

Colac Victoria [4]

Fulham, London [4]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

Monmouthshire [4]

Wandsworth, London [4]

Warrnambool Victoria [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Botley, Hampshire [3]

Breconshire [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [3]

Thornton, Buckinghamshire [3]

Tweed Heads New South Wales [3]

Walsall, Staffordshire [3]

Wrexham, Denbighshire [3]

Aberdare, Glamorgan [2]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [2]

Basingstoke England [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Rank

Private [4176]

Gunner [481]

Driver [390]

Corporal [345]

Serjeant [316]

Sapper [258]

Lance Corporal [150]

Second Lieutenant [146]

Lieutenant [137]

Captain [100]

Acting Corporal [67]

Pioneer [59]

Acting Serjeant [53]

Major [43]

Bombardier [39]

Rifleman [23]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [23]

Company Serjeant Major [18]

Staff Serjeant [17]

Lieutenant Colonel [16]

Acting Bombardier [15]

Lance Serjeant [15]

Ordinary Seaman [15]

Worker [14]

Able Seaman [13]

Drummer [12]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Temporary Lieutenant [10]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [9]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [8]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Lance Bombardier [7]

Staff Nurse [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Lieutenant Commander [6]

Private Acting Serjeant [6]

Trooper [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [5]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Colonel [5]

Commander [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Reverend [5]

Sister [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [552]

Royal Engineers [548]

Labour Corps [514]

Army Service Corps [442]

Royal Garrison Artillery [292]

London Regiment [239]

Royal Army Medical Corps [224]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [208]

Welsh Regiment [201]

South Wales Borderers [177]

Machine Gun Corps [162]

Gloucestershire Regiment [145]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [143]

Royal Fusiliers [120]

Worcestershire Regiment [119]

Liverpool Regiment [118]

Monmouthshire Regiment [101]

Middlesex Regiment [100]

South Staffordshire Regiment [93]

Cheshire Regiment [89]

Manchester Regiment [88]

Hampshire Regiment [84]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [84]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [84]

Rifle Brigade [80]

West Yorkshire Regiment [79]

Somerset Light Infantry [72]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [71]

Lancashire Fusiliers [70]

The Queen's Regiment [70]

Northumberland Fusiliers [69]

Royal Naval Division [69]

Essex Regiment [67]

Durham Light Infantry [66]

Royal Army Service Corps [66]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [59]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [58]

Tank Corps [58]

Devonshire Regiment [55]

East Yorkshire Regiment [52]

North Staffordshire Regiment [52]

Royal Defence Corps [50]

Royal West Kent Regiment [50]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49]

Army Ordnance Corps [47]

Leicestershire Regiment [47]

Shropshire Light Infantry [46]

South Lancashire Regiment [46]

Suffolk Regiment [45]

British West Indies Regiment [44]

Service

British Army [6512]

Royal Navy [621]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [460]

Australian Imperial Force [343]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [332]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [56]

Other Empire Force [10]

Indian Army [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [8466]

B [6]

D [3]

F [3]

H [3]

E [2]

G [1]

K [1]

S [1]

T [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8313]

Merchant Navy [132]

Conscientious Objector [21]

Country

United Kingdom [175]

Canada [6]

France [1]

New Zealand [1]

Pakistan [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [34] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [25] Sydney New South Wales [23] Brisbane Queensland [17] London England [17] Bristol, Gloucestershire [16] Liverpool, Lancashire [14] Portsmouth, Hampshire [13] Southampton, Hampshire, England [13] London, Middlesex, England [10] Melbourne Victoria [9] Newport, Monmouthshire [9] Ballarat Victoria [7] Bath, Somerset [6] Hereford, Herefordshire [6] Liverpool England [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Birmingham [5] Geelong Victoria [5] Glamorganshire [5] Lambeth, London [5] London, Middlesex [5] Southwark, London [5] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [5] Battersea, London [4] Chichester, Sussex [4] Colac Victoria [4] Fulham, London [4] Launceston Tasmania [4] Monmouthshire [4] Wandsworth, London [4] Warrnambool Victoria [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Botley, Hampshire [3] Breconshire [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [3] Thornton, Buckinghamshire [3] Tweed Heads New South Wales [3] Walsall, Staffordshire [3] Wrexham, Denbighshire [3] Aberdare, Glamorgan [2] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [2] Basingstoke England [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Bermondsey, London [2]

Rank

Private [4176] Gunner [481] Driver [390] Corporal [345] Serjeant [316] Sapper [258] Lance Corporal [150] Second Lieutenant [146] Lieutenant [137] Captain [100] Acting Corporal [67] Pioneer [59] Acting Serjeant [53] Major [43] Bombardier [39] Rifleman [23] Warrant Officer Class 2 [23] Company Serjeant Major [18] Staff Serjeant [17] Lieutenant Colonel [16] Acting Bombardier [15] Lance Serjeant [15] Ordinary Seaman [15] Worker [14] Able Seaman [13] Drummer [12] Stoker 1st Class [11] Colour Serjeant [10] Temporary Lieutenant [10] Temporary Second Lieutenant [9] Corporal Acting Serjeant [8] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Lance Bombardier [7] Staff Nurse [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Lieutenant Commander [6] Private Acting Serjeant [6] Trooper [6] Acting Captain [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [5] Boy 1st Class [5] Boy 2nd Class [5] Colonel [5] Commander [5] Deck Hand [5] Reverend [5] Sister [5] Temporary Captain [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [552] Royal Engineers [548] Labour Corps [514] Army Service Corps [442] Royal Garrison Artillery [292] London Regiment [239] Royal Army Medical Corps [224] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [208] Welsh Regiment [201] South Wales Borderers [177] Machine Gun Corps [162] Gloucestershire Regiment [145] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [143] Royal Fusiliers [120] Worcestershire Regiment [119] Liverpool Regiment [118] Monmouthshire Regiment [101] Middlesex Regiment [100] South Staffordshire Regiment [93] Cheshire Regiment [89] Manchester Regiment [88] Hampshire Regiment [84] King's Royal Rifle Corps [84] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [84] Rifle Brigade [80] West Yorkshire Regiment [79] Somerset Light Infantry [72] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [71] Lancashire Fusiliers [70] The Queen's Regiment [70] Northumberland Fusiliers [69] Royal Naval Division [69] Essex Regiment [67] Durham Light Infantry [66] Royal Army Service Corps [66] Royal Berkshire Regiment [59] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [58] Tank Corps [58] Devonshire Regiment [55] East Yorkshire Regiment [52] North Staffordshire Regiment [52] Royal Defence Corps [50] Royal West Kent Regiment [50] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49] Army Ordnance Corps [47] Leicestershire Regiment [47] Shropshire Light Infantry [46] South Lancashire Regiment [46] Suffolk Regiment [45] British West Indies Regiment [44]

Service

British Army [6512] Royal Navy [621] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [460] Australian Imperial Force [343] Canadian Expeditionary Force [332] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [56] Other Empire Force [10] Indian Army [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [8466] B [6] D [3] F [3] H [3] E [2] G [1] K [1] S [1] T [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8313] Merchant Navy [132] Conscientious Objector [21]

Country

United Kingdom [175] Canada [6] France [1] New Zealand [1] Pakistan [1]

George Joseph Powell

Born 1882

Died 1957

British Army 305369 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 4633 Sapper The Queen's Regiment

British Army 28388 Sapper Middlesex Regiment

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Felix Lloyd Powell

Born 1878

Died 1942

British Army M/315948 Private Army Service Corps

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Harold Martin Alfred Powell

Born 1887

Died 1961

British Army 2389 Trooper Worcestershire Yeomanry

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Edward John Powell

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1821

Australian Imperial Force 1821 Company Sergeant Major 26th Battalion

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James William Powell

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 268554 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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James Frederick Powell

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 8069 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 374054 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Edward Norman Powell

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army GS/8055 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/8055 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 11th Battalion

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Ernest Henry Powell

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 183316 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army S/21766 Private 2nd Reserve Infantry Brigade

British Army 32673 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

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Thomas Charles Burridge Powell

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 74712 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 74712 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 74712 Royal Garrison Artillery 191st Siege Battery

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Harry Stanyer Powell

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 294 Pivate The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion (1st Birmingham)

British Army 294 Lance Corporal The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion (1st Birmingham)

British Army 294 Corporal The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion (1st Birmingham)

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James Stanley Powell

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 10588 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

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Henry William Powell

Born 1883

Died 1949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209261

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William Cyril Powell

Born 1897

Died 1968

British Army 22354 Private South Wales Borderers

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George Powell

Born 1888

Died 1961

Royal Navy 227081 Boy 2nd Class HMS Black Prince

Royal Navy 227081 Boy 1st Class HMS Black Prince

Royal Navy 227081 Ord. Seaman HMS Cambrian

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Joseph Uriah Powell

Born 1891

Other Empire Force 397 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 2865 Private British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 2865 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Frank Alfred Henry Powell

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 43231 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 43231 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 43231 Lance Corporal The Essex Regiment 10th Battalion

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James Powell

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 5/5173 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 5/5073

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David Emrys Powell

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal welsh Fusiliers 14th (Service) Battalion

British Army 3117 Private Officer Training Corps

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George Alexander Powell

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 15th (Service) Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 15th (Service) Battalion

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John Joseph Powell

Born 1898

Died 1995

British Army 841277 Private London Regiment

British Army 841277 Rifleman London Regiment 32nd Battalion

British Army London Regiment 6th Battalion

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