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London, Middlesex [4]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Hillingdon, Middlesex [2]

Lewes, Sussex [2]

London England [2]

Rushden, Northamptonshire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Staines, Middlesex [2]

Terowie South Australia [2]

Tring, Hertfordshire [2]

Wednesbury, Staffordshire [2]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1]

Arrallah Queensland [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Bagshot, Surrey [1]

Barnes, London [1]

Bartley, Hampshire [1]

Battersea England [1]

Bereille [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Brackley, Northamptonshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Cappoquin, Waterford [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Deptford, London [1]

East Dulwich, London [1]

Egham, Surrey [1]

Fleetwood [1]

Gassington, Oxfordshire [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire [1]

Holborn, Central London [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Landport, Portsmouth [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lymington, Hampshire [1]

Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire [1]

Melbourne [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Melbourne, Australia [1]

Rank

Private [173]

Gunner [26]

Driver [19]

Corporal [18]

Serjeant [15]

Lieutenant [13]

Captain [11]

Sapper [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lance Corporal [9]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Bombardier [5]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier Corporal [1]

Experimental Serjeant Major [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant/Acting Captain [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Surgeon [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Waggoner [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Royal Engineers [25]

Army Service Corps [17]

Labour Corps [17]

London Regiment [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Artillery [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

British West Indies Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Artillery/Staff [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Training Reserve Battalion [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [330]

Royal Navy [52]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

R [448]

Contribution

Military Service [444]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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London, Middlesex [4] Carlton Victoria [3] Hillingdon, Middlesex [2] Lewes, Sussex [2] London England [2] Rushden, Northamptonshire [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Staines, Middlesex [2] Terowie South Australia [2] Tring, Hertfordshire [2] Wednesbury, Staffordshire [2] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1] Arrallah Queensland [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Bagshot, Surrey [1] Barnes, London [1] Bartley, Hampshire [1] Battersea England [1] Bereille [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Brackley, Northamptonshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Cappoquin, Waterford [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Clapton, London [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Deptford, London [1] East Dulwich, London [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Fleetwood [1] Gassington, Oxfordshire [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire [1] Holborn, Central London [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Kensington, London [1] Landport, Portsmouth [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lymington, Hampshire [1] Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire [1] Melbourne [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Melbourne, Australia [1]

Rank

Private [173] Gunner [26] Driver [19] Corporal [18] Serjeant [15] Lieutenant [13] Captain [11] Sapper [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Lance Corporal [9] Lance Serjeant [6] Bombardier [5] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Pioneer [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier Corporal [1] Experimental Serjeant Major [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant/Acting Captain [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Surgeon [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Waggoner [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33] Royal Engineers [25] Army Service Corps [17] Labour Corps [17] London Regiment [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Fusiliers [15] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Royal Artillery [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Welsh Regiment [6] British West Indies Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Manchester Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Artillery/Staff [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Training Reserve Battalion [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Australian Infantry Battalion [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [330] Royal Navy [52] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] Australian Imperial Force [14] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

R [448]

Contribution

Military Service [444] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

William Henry Rawlins

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 40563 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 7th Siege Battery

British Army 40563 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery attached Tank Corps attached Command Depot

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Cyril Seton Rawlins

Born 1893

Died 1971

British Army Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

British Army 540335 Corporal Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment

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William Rawlins

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 1342 Serjeant South Irish Horse

British Army 1342 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

British Army 1342 Sergeant Royal Irish Regient 7th Battalion South Irish Horse

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Glenrowan Edward Champion Rawlins

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 1028 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1028 Corporal London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) 28th (County of London) Battalion Artists' Rifles

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James Rawlins

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 74023 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Bert Rawlins

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 7262 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Rawlins

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 17911 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 17911 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Rawlins

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 21845 Private Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 18132 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Mark Cecil Rawlins

Died 1918

British Army 4512 Private London Regiment

British Army 251813 Private London Regiment

British Army 251813 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 3rd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers) posted to 4th Battalion

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Frank Archibald Rawlins

Died 1916

British Army 65117 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 40222 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Robert Rogers Rawlins

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136186

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Henry Albert Rawlins

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61772

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John George Rawlins

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52362

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Arthur Rawlins

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5149

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Frederick Thomas Rawlins

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150027

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Henry Philip Rawlins

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260714

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Albert Stanley Rawlins

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262823

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Horace Thomas Rawlins

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199005

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Frank Rawlins

Died 1916

British Army 20025 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick Rawlins

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army R/10328 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion

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