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London, Middlesex [4]

Clifton Hill Victoria [3]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Farnham, Surrey [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Moonee Ponds Victoria [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Surbiton, Surrey [2]

Batemans Bay New South Wales [1]

Bayswater, London [1]

Bayswater, Middlesex [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bexhill [1]

Brentford, London [1]

Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Catsfield [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Coonabarabran New South Wales [1]

Dubbo New South Wales [1]

Echuca Victoria [1]

Forest Gate, Essex [1]

Great Barton, Suffolk [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Hindmarsh South Australia [1]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Holkham, Norfolk [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk, England [1]

Jarrahdale Western Australia [1]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [1]

Kentown South Australia [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lower Weston, Bath [1]

Maldon Victoria [1]

New Found Land [1]

Newtown New South Wales [1]

Norwood South Australia [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Prahran Victoria [1]

Redhill, Surrey [1]

Reigate, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [185]

Serjeant [28]

Driver [23]

Gunner [22]

Corporal [15]

Sapper [15]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Acting Corporal [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Paid Lance Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Despatch Rider [1]

Drummer [1]

Fitter Lance Serjeant [1]

Fleet Paymaster [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seamam [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major/Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Sister [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Warrant Engineer [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [40]

Army Service Corps [31]

Royal Engineers [25]

Labour Corps [23]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Sussex Regiment [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [3]

Surrey Yeomanry [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

11th Hussars [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Service

British Army [309]

Royal Navy [42]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [34]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

R [446]

Contribution

Military Service [440]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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London, Middlesex [4] Clifton Hill Victoria [3] Bendigo Victoria [2] Farnham, Surrey [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Moonee Ponds Victoria [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Peckham, London [2] Surbiton, Surrey [2] Batemans Bay New South Wales [1] Bayswater, London [1] Bayswater, Middlesex [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bexhill [1] Brentford, London [1] Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Catsfield [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Coonabarabran New South Wales [1] Dubbo New South Wales [1] Echuca Victoria [1] Forest Gate, Essex [1] Great Barton, Suffolk [1] Hackney, London [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Hindmarsh South Australia [1] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Holkham, Norfolk [1] Ipswich, Suffolk, England [1] Jarrahdale Western Australia [1] Kensington, London, Middlesex [1] Kentown South Australia [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lower Weston, Bath [1] Maldon Victoria [1] New Found Land [1] Newtown New South Wales [1] Norwood South Australia [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Prahran Victoria [1] Redhill, Surrey [1] Reigate, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [185] Serjeant [28] Driver [23] Gunner [22] Corporal [15] Sapper [15] Second Lieutenant [12] Acting Corporal [8] Lance Corporal [8] Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Paid Lance Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Deck Hand [1] Despatch Rider [1] Drummer [1] Fitter Lance Serjeant [1] Fleet Paymaster [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seamam [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Pioneer [1] Private 1st Class [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant Major/Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Rifleman [1] Second Corporal [1] Sister [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Warrant Engineer [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [40] Army Service Corps [31] Royal Engineers [25] Labour Corps [23] London Regiment [16] Royal Sussex Regiment [16] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Middlesex Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] The Queen's Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Voluntary Aid Detachment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal West Surrey Regiment [3] Surrey Yeomanry [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] 11th Hussars [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2]

Service

British Army [309] Royal Navy [42] Canadian Expeditionary Force [34] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

R [446]

Contribution

Military Service [440] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Herbert John Ransom

Born 1877

Died 1963

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50150 Royal Air Force R.A.F. Reserve

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50150 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50150 Private 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Albert E Ransom

Born 1898

Died 1973

British Army 34202 Private Hampshire Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 34202 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th Brigade

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Samuel Ransom

Born 1892

Died 1923

British Army 4896 Private British West Indies Regiment Depot

British Army 4896 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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Charles Walter Ransom

Born 1889

Died 1959

British Army 1545 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 955510 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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George Edward Ransom

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 11029 Acting Serjeant 16th Lancers

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Henry Ransom

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88369

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George J Ransom

Died 1917

British Army 15280 Private Leinster Regiment

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Leonard James Ransom

Born 1893

Died 1957

British Army 3171 Private London Regiment

British Army 152189 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Robert Hillier Ransom

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 33600 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 30752 Private Devonshire Regiment

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James Ransom

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217629

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William Ransom

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237335

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Charles Ransom

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275788

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John Arthur Ransom

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60447

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Herbert Ransom

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/18489 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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William James Ransom

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army G/8608 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Edward Ransom

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227028

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John William Ransom

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 25774 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 25774 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Augustus Ransom

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220670

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George Ransom

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236838

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Frederick Ransom

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245353

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