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Melbourne Victoria [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Sydney New South Wales [11]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [10]

Brighton, Sussex [9]

London England [8]

Exeter, Devon [5]

Tottenham, London [5]

Bermondsey, London [4]

Cellardyke, Fifeshire [4]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Casino New South Wales [3]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Fareham, Hampshire [3]

Goole, Yorkshire [3]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Lee Common, Buckinghamshire [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Portsea, Hampshire [3]

Uckfield, Sussex [3]

Wickham, Hampshire [3]

Auckland [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [2]

Barton, Cambridgeshire [2]

Bearsted, Kent [2]

Beenleigh Queensland [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Canvey Island, Essex [2]

Carnavon Western Australia [2]

Dunstable, Bedfordshire [2]

Essex [2]

Evesham, Worcestershire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Great Dunmow, Essex [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Hoxton, Middlesex [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Islington, London [2]

Lancaster, Lancashire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Leicester [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Rank

Private [1866]

Gunner [223]

Driver [158]

Corporal [142]

Serjeant [123]

Sapper [117]

Second Lieutenant [70]

Lance Corporal [62]

Lieutenant [53]

Acting Corporal [40]

Captain [40]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Pioneer [31]

Bombardier [25]

Major [20]

Company Serjeant Major [15]

Rifleman [12]

Able Seaman [10]

Colour Serjeant [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Deck Hand [6]

Sergeant [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Forewoman [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Commander [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Conductor [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [234]

Labour Corps [230]

Royal Field Artillery [225]

Army Service Corps [214]

Royal Garrison Artillery [148]

London Regiment [147]

Royal Army Medical Corps [115]

Machine Gun Corps [83]

Royal Fusiliers [72]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [64]

Leicestershire Regiment [63]

Middlesex Regiment [62]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [59]

West Yorkshire Regiment [53]

Durham Light Infantry [52]

Bedfordshire Regiment [51]

Essex Regiment [49]

Northamptonshire Regiment [42]

Northumberland Fusiliers [42]

The Queen's Regiment [41]

Manchester Regiment [38]

Royal Army Service Corps [38]

York and Lancaster Regiment [37]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [36]

Rifle Brigade [36]

Royal Sussex Regiment [34]

Worcestershire Regiment [33]

Yorkshire Regiment [33]

Norfolk Regiment [31]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31]

East Surrey Regiment [30]

Royal West Kent Regiment [30]

Royal Naval Division [29]

Devonshire Regiment [28]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

Army Veterinary Corps [26]

East Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Suffolk Regiment [26]

Canadian Infantry [25]

Lancashire Fusiliers [24]

Army Ordnance Corps [22]

Liverpool Regiment [22]

Royal Highlanders [22]

Lincolnshire Regiment [21]

Somerset Light Infantry [21]

South Staffordshire Regiment [21]

Tank Corps [21]

East Kent Regiment [20]

Welsh Regiment [20]

West Riding Regiment [20]

Service

British Army [2889]

Royal Navy [326]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [233]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [212]

Australian Imperial Force [157]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [31]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

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D [2]

N [2]

A [1]

C [1]

G [1]

S [1]

T [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3831]

Merchant Navy [68]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [82]

Australia [2]

Canada [2]

New Zealand [2]

Ireland [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [12] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Sydney New South Wales [11] Portsmouth, Hampshire [10] Brighton, Sussex [9] London England [8] Exeter, Devon [5] Tottenham, London [5] Bermondsey, London [4] Cellardyke, Fifeshire [4] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Casino New South Wales [3] Chichester, Sussex [3] Fareham, Hampshire [3] Goole, Yorkshire [3] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Lee Common, Buckinghamshire [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Portsea, Hampshire [3] Uckfield, Sussex [3] Wickham, Hampshire [3] Auckland [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Banbury, Oxfordshire [2] Barton, Cambridgeshire [2] Bearsted, Kent [2] Beenleigh Queensland [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Canvey Island, Essex [2] Carnavon Western Australia [2] Dunstable, Bedfordshire [2] Essex [2] Evesham, Worcestershire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Goole, Yorkshire, England [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Great Dunmow, Essex [2] Hackney, London [2] Hoxton, London [2] Hoxton, Middlesex [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Islington, London [2] Lancaster, Lancashire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Leicester [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Rank

Private [1866] Gunner [223] Driver [158] Corporal [142] Serjeant [123] Sapper [117] Second Lieutenant [70] Lance Corporal [62] Lieutenant [53] Acting Corporal [40] Captain [40] Acting Serjeant [33] Pioneer [31] Bombardier [25] Major [20] Company Serjeant Major [15] Rifleman [12] Able Seaman [10] Colour Serjeant [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Deck Hand [6] Sergeant [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Forewoman [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Worker [4] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Commander [3] Guardsman [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Staff Nurse [3] Trooper [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Conductor [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [234] Labour Corps [230] Royal Field Artillery [225] Army Service Corps [214] Royal Garrison Artillery [148] London Regiment [147] Royal Army Medical Corps [115] Machine Gun Corps [83] Royal Fusiliers [72] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [64] Leicestershire Regiment [63] Middlesex Regiment [62] King's Royal Rifle Corps [59] West Yorkshire Regiment [53] Durham Light Infantry [52] Bedfordshire Regiment [51] Essex Regiment [49] Northamptonshire Regiment [42] Northumberland Fusiliers [42] The Queen's Regiment [41] Manchester Regiment [38] Royal Army Service Corps [38] York and Lancaster Regiment [37] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [36] Rifle Brigade [36] Royal Sussex Regiment [34] Worcestershire Regiment [33] Yorkshire Regiment [33] Norfolk Regiment [31] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31] East Surrey Regiment [30] Royal West Kent Regiment [30] Royal Naval Division [29] Devonshire Regiment [28] Hampshire Regiment [27] Army Veterinary Corps [26] East Yorkshire Regiment [26] Suffolk Regiment [26] Canadian Infantry [25] Lancashire Fusiliers [24] Army Ordnance Corps [22] Liverpool Regiment [22] Royal Highlanders [22] Lincolnshire Regiment [21] Somerset Light Infantry [21] South Staffordshire Regiment [21] Tank Corps [21] East Kent Regiment [20] Welsh Regiment [20] West Riding Regiment [20]

Service

British Army [2889] Royal Navy [326] Canadian Expeditionary Force [233] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [212] Australian Imperial Force [157] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [31] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [3921] D [2] N [2] A [1] C [1] G [1] S [1] T [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3831] Merchant Navy [68] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [82] Australia [2] Canada [2] New Zealand [2] Ireland [1]

George William Pratt

Born 1889

Died 1937

British Army 13697 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 13697 Private Grenadier Guards Army Reserve

British Army 13697 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Herbert George Pratt

Born 1898

Died 1970

British Army 661216 Private Labour Corps 598 Agric Co

British Army 18821 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Portsmouth Batt.

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Edward Maurice Pratt

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 32 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 32 Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Joseph Thomas Pratt

Born 1894

Died 1941

British Army 10715 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Conn Royal Sussex Regiment

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Ernest George Pratt

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 6348 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 373287 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Mason Pratt

Born 1886

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3/614 Corporal New Zealand Medical Corps

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Frederick Charles Pratt

Born 1894

Died 1973

British Army 51951 Driver Royal Field Artillery D Battery

British Army 51951 Royal Field Artillery D Battery

British Army 51951 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery D Battery

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Ernest St George Pratt

Born 1863

Died 1918

British Army Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) Staff

British Army Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) Staff

British Army Durham Light Infantry

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Albert Ernest Pratt

Born 1893

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3099 Private 1st A.I.F. Division 1st Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3099 Corporal 1st A.I.F. Division 1st Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3099 Corporal 5th A.I.F. Division 53rd Battalion

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John Pratt

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2391 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Stanley James Pratt

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100029 Sergeant 48th Squadron

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Stuart Harvey Pratt

Born 1893

Died 1948

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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Thomas Richard Pratt

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army L/8946 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Edgar Pratt

Born 1892

Died 1957

British Army 315437 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery (Territorial Force) Wessex (Hants) Heavy Battery

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Rachel Pratt

Born 1874

Died 1954

Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse Australian Army Medical Corps Third Australian General Hospital

Australian Imperial Force Sister Australian Army Medical Corps

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Ernest David Pratt

Born 1888

Died 1955

British Army SD/1234 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion

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Charles Albert Samuel Pratt

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army G1342 Private The Queen's Regiment attached to King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 7th (Service) Battalion

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William Charles Pratt

Born 1890

Died 1934

British Army 8083 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 8083 Warrant Officer Class 2 Hampshire Regiment

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Charles Pratt

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army L/10044 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Vernon Pratt

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1817 Saddler Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 1817 Saddler/Serjeant Worcestershire Yeomanry

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