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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Dorchester [3]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Islington, London [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Winchester, Hampshire [3]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Brentford, Middlesex [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hendon, Middlesex [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

London England [2]

Mitcham South Australia [2]

Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Northwich, Cheshire [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Runcorn, Cheshire [2]

Addlestone England [1]

Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Andover, Hampshire [1]

Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Augathella Queensland [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Barnsbury, London [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barnston, Cheshire [1]

Barry Dock, Glamorgan [1]

Basingstoke Hampshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedford Hill, Balham, London [1]

Belfast [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bimbi New South Wales [1]

Bognor, Sussex [1]

Bow, Middlesex [1]

Boxley [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [800]

Gunner [98]

Corporal [86]

Serjeant [74]

Driver [60]

Sapper [59]

Lance Corporal [26]

Captain [24]

Lieutenant [22]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Acting Corporal [15]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Bombardier [9]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Worker [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Major [5]

Pioneer [5]

Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Rifleman [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Midshipman [3]

Sister [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Admiral [2]

Admiral of the Fleet [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Waggoner [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [105]

Army Service Corps [91]

Royal Engineers [87]

Labour Corps [72]

Royal Army Medical Corps [63]

London Regiment [56]

Royal Garrison Artillery [51]

Cheshire Regiment [37]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

Royal Fusiliers [32]

Hampshire Regiment [31]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Manchester Regiment [25]

Durham Light Infantry [24]

Lancashire Fusiliers [24]

Royal Army Service Corps [22]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

Army Ordnance Corps [20]

Wiltshire Regiment [19]

North Staffordshire Regiment [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [18]

Rifle Brigade [18]

Devonshire Regiment [17]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [17]

West Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Somerset Light Infantry [16]

Worcestershire Regiment [16]

Canadian Infantry [15]

Essex Regiment [15]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

British West Indies Regiment [13]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

South Lancashire Regiment [13]

South Wales Borderers [12]

Welsh Regiment [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

York and Lancaster Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1266]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [125]

Royal Navy [115]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [94]

Australian Imperial Force [47]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [1687]

S [5]

D [3]

H [2]

E [1]

J [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1659]

Merchant Navy [30]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

India [1]

Italy [1]

Malta [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Bethnal Green, London [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Dorchester [3] Gosport, Hampshire [3] Islington, London [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Winchester, Hampshire [3] Bendigo Victoria [2] Brentford, Middlesex [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Hackney, London [2] Hendon, Middlesex [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] London England [2] Mitcham South Australia [2] Newbury, Berkshire [2] Northwich, Cheshire [2] Poplar, London [2] Runcorn, Cheshire [2] Addlestone England [1] Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Andover, Hampshire [1] Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Augathella Queensland [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Barnsbury, London [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barnston, Cheshire [1] Barry Dock, Glamorgan [1] Basingstoke Hampshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedford Hill, Balham, London [1] Belfast [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bimbi New South Wales [1] Bognor, Sussex [1] Bow, Middlesex [1] Boxley [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [800] Gunner [98] Corporal [86] Serjeant [74] Driver [60] Sapper [59] Lance Corporal [26] Captain [24] Lieutenant [22] Second Lieutenant [20] Acting Corporal [15] Acting Serjeant [11] Bombardier [9] Lance Serjeant [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Worker [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Major [5] Pioneer [5] Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Rifleman [4] Staff Nurse [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Midshipman [3] Sister [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Admiral [2] Admiral of the Fleet [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] Sub Conductor [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Transport Corporal [2] Waggoner [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [105] Army Service Corps [91] Royal Engineers [87] Labour Corps [72] Royal Army Medical Corps [63] London Regiment [56] Royal Garrison Artillery [51] Cheshire Regiment [37] Machine Gun Corps [35] Royal Fusiliers [32] Hampshire Regiment [31] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Manchester Regiment [25] Durham Light Infantry [24] Lancashire Fusiliers [24] Royal Army Service Corps [22] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] Army Ordnance Corps [20] Wiltshire Regiment [19] North Staffordshire Regiment [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [18] Rifle Brigade [18] Devonshire Regiment [17] Royal Berkshire Regiment [17] West Yorkshire Regiment [17] Somerset Light Infantry [16] Worcestershire Regiment [16] Canadian Infantry [15] Essex Regiment [15] Liverpool Regiment [15] British West Indies Regiment [13] Middlesex Regiment [13] South Lancashire Regiment [13] South Wales Borderers [12] Welsh Regiment [12] Yorkshire Regiment [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] York and Lancaster Regiment [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] Army Veterinary Corps [9] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1266] Canadian Expeditionary Force [125] Royal Navy [115] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [94] Australian Imperial Force [47] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [1687] S [5] D [3] H [2] E [1] J [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1659] Merchant Navy [30] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [30] India [1] Italy [1] Malta [1] South Africa [1]

Harry Prince

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army S4/065055 Private Army Service Corps 178th Depot Unit of Supply

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William Prince

Died 1917

British Army 40033 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Edward Prince

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army RTS/3654 Shoeing Smith Army Service Corps

British Army TS/3654 Shoeing Smith Army Service Corp 6th Reserve Park Horse Transport

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Ida Margorie Prince

Born 1897

Died 1980

British Army 721 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Julius Sefton Prince

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant London Regiment 7th Battalion

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Victor E Prince

Born 1895

British Army 16898 Private British West Indies Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 16898 Private British West Indies Regiment 12th Battalion

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Joseph Ernest Prince

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 3/7439 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 3/7439 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 3/7439 Lance Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Btn

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John Prince

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 10345 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Thomas P Prince

Born 1887

Died 1967

British Army 8631 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Ernest Prince

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 28953 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Victor Charles Prince

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Arthur Prince

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 20252 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion

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Alick Lancelot Prince

Born 1878

Died 1914

Other Empire Force Lieutenant Malay States Guides

Other Empire Force Captain Malay States Guides

British Army Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Prince

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 10709 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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William Frank Prince

Born 1883

Died 1968

Canadian Expeditionary Force 304128

Canadian Expeditionary Force 401375

Canadian Expeditionary Force 304128 Gunner 9th Brigade 33rd Battery

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Reginald Robert Prince

Born 1900

Died 1986

British Army 4873 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 21459 Private Army Pay Corps

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Cecil Prince

Born 1895

British Army 4468 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Benedict Prince

Born 1899

British Army 11511 Private British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion

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Simeon Prince

Born 1893

British Army 4335 Private British West Indies Regiment

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David Prince

Born 1888

British Army 13505 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 13505 Acting Company Sergeant Major British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion

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