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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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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]

Saville Thurlow Proctor

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82453

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James Albert Proctor

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 159630

Canadian Expeditionary Force 159630 Private Canadian Infantry

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Harmon Kesser Proctor

Born 1885

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 264132

Canadian Expeditionary Force 264132 Private Canadian Infantry

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Sidney Henry Proctor

Born 1895

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 219254

Canadian Expeditionary Force 219254 Private Canadian Infantry

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Charles George Proctor

Born 1886

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 454642

Canadian Expeditionary Force 454642 Private Canadian Infantry

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Edward George Nichol Proctor

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 289

Canadian Expeditionary Force 289 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery

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William Bryson Proctor

Born 1878

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 721545

Canadian Expeditionary Force 721545 Private Canadian Infantry

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Wilfred Proctor

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 440093

Canadian Expeditionary Force 440093 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Henry Proctor

Born 1873

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 814575

Canadian Expeditionary Force 814575 Private Canadian Labour Corps

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Robert Proctor

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy Tyneside Z/1515 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/1515 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division 2nd Reserve Bn.

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E Proctor

Died 1918

British Army 15716 Lance Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 15716 Lance Serjeant The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Albert Proctor

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 45599 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Walter Alan Proctor

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 2nd

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Joseph Proctor

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 38613 Private Durham Light Infantry 3rd Bn.

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William John Proctor

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250304

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Hedley Proctor

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251146

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Arthur Proctor

Died 1916

British Army 35898 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 35898 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Leonard Hopkinson Proctor

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 245184 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Arthur Proctor

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 35102 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Arthur Thomas Proctor

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 8576 Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

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