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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Burnley, Lancashire [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

London England [4]

Preston, Lancashire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Glen Innes New South Wales [3]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [3]

Tamworth New South Wales [3]

Balham, Surrey [2]

Bedworth, Warwickshire [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Coonabarabran New South Wales [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Dunedin [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Kendal, Westmoreland [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Maitland New South Wales [2]

Nuneaton, Warwickshire [2]

Penrith New South Wales [2]

West Maitland New South Wales [2]

Westbury Tasmania [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Alnwick, Northumberland [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballina [1]

Barnley, Lancashire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Belfast [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Bennington, Hertfordshire [1]

Bingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bordley, Yorkshire [1]

Bradle England [1]

Broughton On Furness England [1]

Bungowannah New South Wales [1]

Burton, Derbyshire [1]

Rank

Private [995]

Gunner [116]

Driver [103]

Corporal [67]

Serjeant [60]

Sapper [51]

Lance Corporal [38]

Second Lieutenant [30]

Lieutenant [25]

Captain [18]

Acting Corporal [15]

Pioneer [13]

Bombardier [12]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Major [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Bugler [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal of Horse [2]

Drummer [2]

Guardsman [2]

Nurse [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Reverend [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Sister [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [155]

Labour Corps [133]

Royal Engineers [105]

Army Service Corps [99]

Royal Garrison Artillery [55]

Royal Army Medical Corps [50]

Machine Gun Corps [47]

Northumberland Fusiliers [45]

East Lancashire Regiment [41]

Cheshire Regiment [40]

Durham Light Infantry [39]

London Regiment [37]

West Yorkshire Regiment [36]

Liverpool Regiment [35]

Lincolnshire Regiment [31]

Royal Fusiliers [29]

Lancashire Fusiliers [27]

Manchester Regiment [27]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25]

North Staffordshire Regiment [25]

West Riding Regiment [23]

Gordon Highlanders [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [20]

Royal Naval Division [20]

Seaforth Highlanders [20]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18]

East Yorkshire Regiment [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [17]

Suffolk Regiment [16]

York and Lancaster Regiment [16]

Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Royal Highlanders [15]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Royal Scots [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Welsh Regiment [14]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Royal Irish Rifles [12]

Army Veterinary Corps [11]

Border Regiment [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10]

Service

British Army [1511]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [147]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [106]

Royal Navy [100]

Australian Imperial Force [66]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

P [1991]

S [2]

B [1]

H [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1951]

Merchant Navy [35]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Burnley, Lancashire [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] London England [4] Preston, Lancashire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Glen Innes New South Wales [3] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [3] Tamworth New South Wales [3] Balham, Surrey [2] Bedworth, Warwickshire [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Coonabarabran New South Wales [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Dunedin [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Kendal, Westmoreland [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Maitland New South Wales [2] Nuneaton, Warwickshire [2] Penrith New South Wales [2] West Maitland New South Wales [2] Westbury Tasmania [2] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Alnwick, Northumberland [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballina [1] Barnley, Lancashire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Battersea, London [1] Belfast [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Bennington, Hertfordshire [1] Bingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Birmingham England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bordley, Yorkshire [1] Bradle England [1] Broughton On Furness England [1] Bungowannah New South Wales [1] Burton, Derbyshire [1]

Rank

Private [995] Gunner [116] Driver [103] Corporal [67] Serjeant [60] Sapper [51] Lance Corporal [38] Second Lieutenant [30] Lieutenant [25] Captain [18] Acting Corporal [15] Pioneer [13] Bombardier [12] Lance Serjeant [7] Major [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Temporary Captain [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Armourer Staff Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Bugler [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal of Horse [2] Drummer [2] Guardsman [2] Nurse [2] Nursing Sister [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Reverend [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Sister [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sister [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [155] Labour Corps [133] Royal Engineers [105] Army Service Corps [99] Royal Garrison Artillery [55] Royal Army Medical Corps [50] Machine Gun Corps [47] Northumberland Fusiliers [45] East Lancashire Regiment [41] Cheshire Regiment [40] Durham Light Infantry [39] London Regiment [37] West Yorkshire Regiment [36] Liverpool Regiment [35] Lincolnshire Regiment [31] Royal Fusiliers [29] Lancashire Fusiliers [27] Manchester Regiment [27] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25] North Staffordshire Regiment [25] West Riding Regiment [23] Gordon Highlanders [20] Royal Army Service Corps [20] Royal Lancaster Regiment [20] Royal Naval Division [20] Seaforth Highlanders [20] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18] East Yorkshire Regiment [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Yorkshire Light Infantry [17] Suffolk Regiment [16] York and Lancaster Regiment [16] Yorkshire Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [15] Royal Highlanders [15] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15] Canadian Infantry [14] Royal Scots [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Welsh Regiment [14] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] Rifle Brigade [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Royal Irish Rifles [12] Army Veterinary Corps [11] Border Regiment [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] Royal Irish Fusiliers [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10]

Service

British Army [1511] Canadian Expeditionary Force [147] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [106] Royal Navy [100] Australian Imperial Force [66] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

P [1991] S [2] B [1] H [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1951] Merchant Navy [35] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [38] Canada [2] Australia [1]

Walter Proctor

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 33987 Private Army Reserve

British Army 33987 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 11th Bn

British Army 40093 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 9th Bn

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Frederick Proctor

Born 1888

Died 1964

Australian Imperial Force 4877

Australian Imperial Force 4877 Private 15th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 45th Battalion

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Walter Proctor

Born 1889

Died 1938

British Army 631963 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 134442 Gunner Royal Field Artillery No. 1st Depot

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Claud Ambrose Proctor

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 103163

Canadian Expeditionary Force 103163 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Proctor

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1825 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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William Harold Proctor

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 796 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army PS.796 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Thomas Proctor

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army

British Army T4/244956 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 292895 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Fred Proctor

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 56267 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

British Army 185831 Private Labour Corps 357th Home Service Works Coy

British Army 33878 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own)

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Robert Albert Proctor

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 5492 Private London Regiment

British Army 75810 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 702274 Private London Regiment 23rd (County of London) Battalion.

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William Proctor

Born 1886

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 32723 Private Canterbury Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Amos Atherton Proctor

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS116852 Stoker 1st Class HMS BLACK PRINCE

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John Proctor

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Henry Proctor

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276799

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William Turner Proctor

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191638

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Harry Proctor

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163473

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Robert James Proctor

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121734

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Fred William Proctor

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189647

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Joseph Proctor

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282114

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Julien Russell Proctor

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20640

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John Proctor

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401127

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