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Bath, Somerset [4]

Poplar, London [4]

Trowbridge, Wiltshire [4]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bow, London [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset [2]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Greenwich, Kent [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Mile End Old Town, London [2]

Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Saltash, Cornwall [2]

South Shields England [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Toodyay Western Australia [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Tottenham, London, Middlesex [2]

Alveston, Warwickshire [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Bartley, Hampshire [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Bathwick, Somerset [1]

Bedminster Bristol, Somerset [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Belgrave England [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Blazey, Cornwall [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Burnie Tasmania [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Cambridge England [1]

Cannock, Staffs [1]

Carbine Queensland [1]

Careby, Lincs [1]

Chatham [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Cheswick, London [1]

Rank

Private [621]

Driver [60]

Gunner [60]

Serjeant [50]

Sapper [47]

Corporal [43]

Lance Corporal [30]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Lieutenant [15]

Bombardier [7]

Captain [7]

Pioneer [7]

Rifleman [7]

Acting Corporal [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Worker [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Lieutenant-Commander [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trooper [2]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Mechanist Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [81]

Royal Field Artillery [75]

Army Service Corps [71]

Labour Corps [69]

London Regiment [51]

Royal Fusiliers [37]

Royal Garrison Artillery [36]

Wiltshire Regiment [29]

Machine Gun Corps [27]

Gloucestershire Regiment [25]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Somerset Light Infantry [24]

Essex Regiment [23]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [17]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

West Yorkshire Regiment [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [16]

Worcestershire Regiment [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Bedfordshire Regiment [14]

Hampshire Regiment [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [12]

The Queen's Regiment [12]

Dorsetshire Regiment [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

South Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

South Wales Borderers [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [936]

Royal Navy [111]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [77]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [41]

Australian Imperial Force [39]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Last name first letter

R [1226]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1205]

Merchant Navy [9]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

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Place of birth

Bath, Somerset [4] Poplar, London [4] Trowbridge, Wiltshire [4] Carlton Victoria [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bow, London [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset [2] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Greenwich, Kent [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Mile End Old Town, London [2] Newbury, Berkshire [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Peckham, London [2] Saltash, Cornwall [2] South Shields England [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Toodyay Western Australia [2] Tottenham, London [2] Tottenham, London, Middlesex [2] Alveston, Warwickshire [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Barking, Essex [1] Bartley, Hampshire [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Bathwick, Somerset [1] Bedminster Bristol, Somerset [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Belgrave England [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Blazey, Cornwall [1] Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Burnie Tasmania [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Cambridge England [1] Cannock, Staffs [1] Carbine Queensland [1] Careby, Lincs [1] Chatham [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cheswick, London [1]

Rank

Private [621] Driver [60] Gunner [60] Serjeant [50] Sapper [47] Corporal [43] Lance Corporal [30] Second Lieutenant [20] Lieutenant [15] Bombardier [7] Captain [7] Pioneer [7] Rifleman [7] Acting Corporal [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Worker [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Lieutenant-Commander [2] Sergeant [2] Sister [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trooper [2] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Cadet [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Mechanist Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [81] Royal Field Artillery [75] Army Service Corps [71] Labour Corps [69] London Regiment [51] Royal Fusiliers [37] Royal Garrison Artillery [36] Wiltshire Regiment [29] Machine Gun Corps [27] Gloucestershire Regiment [25] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Somerset Light Infantry [24] Essex Regiment [23] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [17] Middlesex Regiment [17] West Yorkshire Regiment [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [16] Worcestershire Regiment [16] Leicestershire Regiment [15] Bedfordshire Regiment [14] Hampshire Regiment [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Army Ordnance Corps [12] Devonshire Regiment [12] Rifle Brigade [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [12] The Queen's Regiment [12] Dorsetshire Regiment [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Suffolk Regiment [10] South Staffordshire Regiment [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [8] East Surrey Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] South Wales Borderers [7] West Riding Regiment [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Norfolk Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [936] Royal Navy [111] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [77] Canadian Expeditionary Force [41] Australian Imperial Force [39] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Last name first letter

R [1226] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1205] Merchant Navy [9] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Frederick Francis Rawlings

Born 1896

Died 1971

British Army 12/1753 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Private Yorks and Lancs Regiment 12th "Sheffield City" Battalion

British Army Private Yorks and Lancs Regiment 14th "Barnsley Pals" Battalion

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Frederick George Reginald Rawlings

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 37035 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 43638 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Cecil George Sandbrook Rawlings

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1784 Lance Corporal London Regiment 12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers)

British Army 1784 Lance Corporal London Regiment (The Rangers) 1/12th Battalion

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William Reginald Rawlings

Born 1890

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3603 Private Australian Infantry

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Frederick Rawlings

Born 1887

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 916 Private Australian Infantry 31st Battalion

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Claude John Howard Rawlings

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3665 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 3/6th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 201075 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 4th (Reserve) Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Cadet Royal Air Force

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Ernest John Rawlings

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168115

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Arthur Rawlings

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213335

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Frank Alfred Rawlings

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8813

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George Arthur Rawlings

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59707

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Percy John Rawlings

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51930

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John Rawlings

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91277

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Thomas Rawlings

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130886

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Alfred William Rawlings

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253417

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Frederick George Rawlings

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16002

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John Walter Rawlings

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300931

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John Rawlings

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58006

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Reginald George Rawlings

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33259

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Ernest John Rawlings

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3699

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Charles Henry Rawlings

Born 1872

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5430 Private Australian Infantry 14th Battalion

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