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Portsmouth, Hampshire [11]

Weymouth, Dorset [6]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Ilford, Essex [5]

Maidstone, Kent [5]

Bath, Somerset [4]

Battersea, London [4]

Deal, Kent [4]

Islington, London [4]

Newbury, Berkshire [4]

Westminster, London [4]

Ashford, Kent [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Bristol, Somerset [3]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Dover, Kent [3]

Luton, Bedfordshire [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bermondsey [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [2]

Chickerell, Dorset [2]

Chiswick, London [2]

Chiswick, Middlesex [2]

Clapham, Surrey [2]

Clifton, Kansas [2]

Cork [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Gresford New South Wales [2]

Hythe, Hampshire [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Kent England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Picton New South Wales [2]

Poole, Dorset [2]

Redfern New South Wales [2]

Reedy Creek South Australia [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Strathpine Queensland [2]

Surrey [2]

Rank

Private [1290]

Gunner [131]

Driver [119]

Corporal [114]

Sapper [114]

Serjeant [108]

Lance Corporal [72]

Second Lieutenant [47]

Lieutenant [37]

Acting Corporal [23]

Pioneer [20]

Captain [19]

Acting Serjeant [17]

Bombardier [14]

Rifleman [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Worker [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Major [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Guardsman [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Trooper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Boy [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Nurse [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [178]

Royal Engineers [177]

Army Service Corps [167]

Labour Corps [164]

London Regiment [106]

Royal Garrison Artillery [71]

Royal Fusiliers [66]

Machine Gun Corps [62]

Royal Army Medical Corps [58]

Middlesex Regiment [50]

The Queen's Regiment [40]

Essex Regiment [39]

Rifle Brigade [38]

Devonshire Regiment [37]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [37]

Wiltshire Regiment [37]

Hampshire Regiment [36]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [35]

Royal Sussex Regiment [32]

Royal Army Service Corps [31]

East Surrey Regiment [30]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [29]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [28]

Somerset Light Infantry [28]

Gloucestershire Regiment [27]

Bedfordshire Regiment [26]

Durham Light Infantry [24]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24]

Welsh Regiment [24]

Worcestershire Regiment [24]

Northamptonshire Regiment [22]

East Kent Regiment [21]

Leicestershire Regiment [21]

Royal West Kent Regiment [21]

Dorsetshire Regiment [20]

Norfolk Regiment [20]

Northumberland Fusiliers [19]

Army Ordnance Corps [18]

Army Veterinary Corps [18]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18]

Suffolk Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Royal Air Force [17]

West Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Coldstream Guards [13]

Royal Flying Corps [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [2022]

Royal Navy [246]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [191]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [145]

Australian Imperial Force [110]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

R [2770]

B [2]

G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2714]

Merchant Navy [37]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [61]

Canada [1]

France [1]

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Portsmouth, Hampshire [11] Weymouth, Dorset [6] Brisbane Queensland [5] Ilford, Essex [5] Maidstone, Kent [5] Bath, Somerset [4] Battersea, London [4] Deal, Kent [4] Islington, London [4] Newbury, Berkshire [4] Westminster, London [4] Ashford, Kent [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Bristol, Somerset [3] Chichester, Sussex [3] Dover, Kent [3] Luton, Bedfordshire [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Barnet, Hertfordshire [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Bermondsey [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [2] Chickerell, Dorset [2] Chiswick, London [2] Chiswick, Middlesex [2] Clapham, Surrey [2] Clifton, Kansas [2] Cork [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Gresford New South Wales [2] Hythe, Hampshire [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [2] Kensington, London [2] Kent England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Picton New South Wales [2] Poole, Dorset [2] Redfern New South Wales [2] Reedy Creek South Australia [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Strathpine Queensland [2] Surrey [2]

Rank

Private [1290] Gunner [131] Driver [119] Corporal [114] Sapper [114] Serjeant [108] Lance Corporal [72] Second Lieutenant [47] Lieutenant [37] Acting Corporal [23] Pioneer [20] Captain [19] Acting Serjeant [17] Bombardier [14] Rifleman [11] Able Seaman [10] Company Serjeant Major [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Worker [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Boy 1st Class [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Major [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Leading Seaman [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Guardsman [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Trooper [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Boy [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Nurse [2] Petty Officer [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [178] Royal Engineers [177] Army Service Corps [167] Labour Corps [164] London Regiment [106] Royal Garrison Artillery [71] Royal Fusiliers [66] Machine Gun Corps [62] Royal Army Medical Corps [58] Middlesex Regiment [50] The Queen's Regiment [40] Essex Regiment [39] Rifle Brigade [38] Devonshire Regiment [37] Royal Berkshire Regiment [37] Wiltshire Regiment [37] Hampshire Regiment [36] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [35] Royal Sussex Regiment [32] Royal Army Service Corps [31] East Surrey Regiment [30] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [29] King's Royal Rifle Corps [28] Somerset Light Infantry [28] Gloucestershire Regiment [27] Bedfordshire Regiment [26] Durham Light Infantry [24] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24] Welsh Regiment [24] Worcestershire Regiment [24] Northamptonshire Regiment [22] East Kent Regiment [21] Leicestershire Regiment [21] Royal West Kent Regiment [21] Dorsetshire Regiment [20] Norfolk Regiment [20] Northumberland Fusiliers [19] Army Ordnance Corps [18] Army Veterinary Corps [18] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18] Suffolk Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [17] Royal Air Force [17] West Yorkshire Regiment [17] Royal Naval Division [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Coldstream Guards [13] Royal Flying Corps [13] Canadian Infantry [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [2022] Royal Navy [246] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [191] Canadian Expeditionary Force [145] Australian Imperial Force [110] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

R [2770] B [2] G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2714] Merchant Navy [37] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [61] Canada [1] France [1]

John Randall

Born 1884

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63741

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63741 Lance Corporal

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Ernest Leopold Randall

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 374135 Private London Regiment

British Army 374135 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8164 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Cecil Edward Randall

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Private London Regiment (Territorials) 8th Battalion (Queen's Victoria Rifles)

British Army TF/241163 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 241163 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Bertie Randall

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87569

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Frank Randall

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105668

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William Ernest Randall

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25436

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John Thomas House Randall

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186033

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Thomas George Randall

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126266

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William James Randall

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166053

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John Willis Randall

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279270

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John Charles Randall

Born 1878

British Army 27935 Sapper Postal Section Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army 27935 Serjeant Postal Section Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Aubrey John Randall

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147539

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Charles Randall

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122787

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William Henry Randall

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189524

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Albert Edward Randall

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280380

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John Bertram Randall

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39266

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Joseph Randall

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114847

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Walter Charles Randall

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64467

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Albert Edward Randall

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265414

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Alfred Edward Randall

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189106

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