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London England [12]

London, Middlesex [11]

Southampton, Hampshire [10]

London, Middlesex, England [9]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [9]

Bendigo Victoria [8]

Norwich, Norfolk [7]

Ramsgate, Kent [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [6]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6]

Geelong Victoria [5]

Gillingham, Kent [5]

Guildford Western Australia [5]

Hackney, London [5]

Newport, Isle of Wight [5]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [4]

Lamberhurst, Kent [4]

Reading, Berkshire [4]

Southwark, London [4]

Walworth, London [4]

Acton, London [3]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Central Tilba New South Wales [3]

Gillingham, Dorset [3]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Maitland New South Wales [3]

Margate, Kent [3]

Newport, Monmouthshire [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

Sittingbourne, Kent [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Willesden, London [3]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire [2]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Beaudesert Queensland [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2]

Rank

Private [2116]

Gunner [238]

Sapper [196]

Corporal [186]

Driver [186]

Serjeant [171]

Lance Corporal [95]

Second Lieutenant [79]

Lieutenant [71]

Captain [50]

Acting Corporal [43]

Acting Serjeant [37]

Pioneer [31]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [21]

Bombardier [19]

Staff Serjeant [19]

Rifleman [16]

Lance Serjeant [15]

Able Seaman [14]

Major [13]

Colour Serjeant [12]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Guardsman [9]

Worker [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Trooper [8]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Sister [4]

Transport Corporal [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Private /Lance Corporal [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Assistant Paymaster [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [286]

Royal Field Artillery [267]

Army Service Corps [257]

Labour Corps [246]

London Regiment [177]

Royal Garrison Artillery [142]

Machine Gun Corps [119]

Royal Fusiliers [109]

Royal Army Medical Corps [97]

Hampshire Regiment [92]

Norfolk Regiment [77]

The Queen's Regiment [71]

Essex Regiment [69]

Middlesex Regiment [68]

Dorsetshire Regiment [67]

Suffolk Regiment [66]

Rifle Brigade [64]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [57]

Devonshire Regiment [53]

Somerset Light Infantry [47]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [46]

Royal Sussex Regiment [45]

Wiltshire Regiment [44]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [41]

East Kent Regiment [40]

Worcestershire Regiment [40]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [38]

Army Ordnance Corps [37]

Royal Army Service Corps [37]

Northumberland Fusiliers [36]

Bedfordshire Regiment [35]

Gloucestershire Regiment [35]

Lancashire Fusiliers [34]

West Yorkshire Regiment [33]

Durham Light Infantry [32]

Northamptonshire Regiment [32]

Royal West Kent Regiment [32]

East Surrey Regiment [30]

Leicestershire Regiment [30]

Army Veterinary Corps [28]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [28]

Manchester Regiment [27]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [27]

Cheshire Regiment [26]

Lincolnshire Regiment [26]

East Lancashire Regiment [25]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [25]

Royal Naval Division [25]

Liverpool Regiment [23]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23]

Service

British Army [3386]

Royal Navy [440]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [296]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [193]

Australian Imperial Force [191]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [46]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

R [4638]

C [2]

F [2]

H [2]

J [2]

W [2]

P [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4542]

Merchant Navy [78]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [87]

India [2]

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London England [12] London, Middlesex [11] Southampton, Hampshire [10] London, Middlesex, England [9] Portsmouth, Hampshire [9] Bendigo Victoria [8] Norwich, Norfolk [7] Ramsgate, Kent [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Bournemouth, Hampshire [6] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6] Geelong Victoria [5] Gillingham, Kent [5] Guildford Western Australia [5] Hackney, London [5] Newport, Isle of Wight [5] Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Bethnal Green, London [4] Brighton, Sussex [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Exeter, Devon [4] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [4] Lamberhurst, Kent [4] Reading, Berkshire [4] Southwark, London [4] Walworth, London [4] Acton, London [3] Adelaide South Australia [3] Battersea, London [3] Burnley, Lancashire [3] Central Tilba New South Wales [3] Gillingham, Dorset [3] Gosport, Hampshire [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Maitland New South Wales [3] Margate, Kent [3] Newport, Monmouthshire [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] Sittingbourne, Kent [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Willesden, London [3] Andover, Hampshire [2] Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire [2] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Beaudesert Queensland [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [2]

Rank

Private [2116] Gunner [238] Sapper [196] Corporal [186] Driver [186] Serjeant [171] Lance Corporal [95] Second Lieutenant [79] Lieutenant [71] Captain [50] Acting Corporal [43] Acting Serjeant [37] Pioneer [31] Warrant Officer Class 2 [21] Bombardier [19] Staff Serjeant [19] Rifleman [16] Lance Serjeant [15] Able Seaman [14] Major [13] Colour Serjeant [12] Acting Bombardier [11] Company Serjeant Major [11] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Guardsman [9] Worker [9] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Trooper [8] Stoker 1st Class [7] Ordinary Seaman [6] Private Acting Lance Corporal [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Battery Serjeant Major [5] Acting Captain [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Leading Seaman [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Sister [4] Transport Corporal [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Private /Lance Corporal [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Assistant Paymaster [2] Boy 2nd Class [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [286] Royal Field Artillery [267] Army Service Corps [257] Labour Corps [246] London Regiment [177] Royal Garrison Artillery [142] Machine Gun Corps [119] Royal Fusiliers [109] Royal Army Medical Corps [97] Hampshire Regiment [92] Norfolk Regiment [77] The Queen's Regiment [71] Essex Regiment [69] Middlesex Regiment [68] Dorsetshire Regiment [67] Suffolk Regiment [66] Rifle Brigade [64] King's Royal Rifle Corps [57] Devonshire Regiment [53] Somerset Light Infantry [47] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [46] Royal Sussex Regiment [45] Wiltshire Regiment [44] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [41] East Kent Regiment [40] Worcestershire Regiment [40] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [38] Army Ordnance Corps [37] Royal Army Service Corps [37] Northumberland Fusiliers [36] Bedfordshire Regiment [35] Gloucestershire Regiment [35] Lancashire Fusiliers [34] West Yorkshire Regiment [33] Durham Light Infantry [32] Northamptonshire Regiment [32] Royal West Kent Regiment [32] East Surrey Regiment [30] Leicestershire Regiment [30] Army Veterinary Corps [28] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [28] Manchester Regiment [27] Royal Berkshire Regiment [27] Cheshire Regiment [26] Lincolnshire Regiment [26] East Lancashire Regiment [25] Royal Lancaster Regiment [25] Royal Naval Division [25] Liverpool Regiment [23] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23]

Service

British Army [3386] Royal Navy [440] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [296] Canadian Expeditionary Force [193] Australian Imperial Force [191] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [46] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

R [4638] C [2] F [2] H [2] J [2] W [2] P [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4542] Merchant Navy [78] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [87] India [2]

Herbert Read

Born 1891

Died 1962

British Army 290227 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 290227 CORPORAL 6th PROVISIONAL BATTALION TERRITORIAL FORCE

British Army 290227 CORPORAL Suffolk Regiment

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William Farrow Read

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 35 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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George Charles Read

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army STK/1090 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 10th (Stockbrokers') Battalion

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Matthew Read

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 370774 Serjeant London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2618 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2618 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Benjamin Covely Houghton Read

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 354950 Private London Regiment

British Army 72900 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Robert Read

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 355546 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 78 Private Welsh Horse

British Army 355546 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Cyril George Read

Born 1899

Died 1986

British Army GS/77198 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Stanley Read

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 15070 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Henry Thomas Read

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2525 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370715 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Isaac Leonard Read

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 12819 Private Leicestershire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 12819 Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd (reserve) battalion

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John Thomas Read

Born 1868

Died 1936

British Army 345812 Sergeant Army Cyclists Corps 26th Bradford on Avon

British Army 345812 Sergeant Chinese Labour Corps

British Army 345812 Serjeant Scottish Rifles 11th Battalion

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Herbert Victor Read

Born 1893

British Army 68079 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR/500091 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Harold Walter Read

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1902 Bugler London Regiment

British Army 1902 Private London Regiment

British Army 1902 Bugler London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Eric Oswald Read

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Royal Army Chaplains' Department Attached to 5th Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army Chaplain 4th Class Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Sidney Samuel Read

Born 1878

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100787

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Reginald Edwin Read

Born 1896

Died 1972

Royal Navy J24571 Ganges

Royal Navy J.24571 Cyclops

Royal Navy J.24571 Able Seaman H.M.S. Edinburgh Castle

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Oliver James Read

Born 1896

Died 1965

Royal Navy HMS Warrior

Royal Navy HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy HMS Vivid I

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Harold Ernest Read

Born 1896

Died 1956

British Army

British Army 22819 Private Liverpool Regiment 20th Battalion

British Army 22819 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment 20th Battalion

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Ayton Herbert Read

Born 1877

Died 1915

Royal Navy 40 Lance Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Reginald Albert Edward Read

Born 1900

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88949 Lance Corporal

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