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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]

Edwin Read

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165595

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Leonard Read

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48598

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Frank Read

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15247

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Benjamin Read

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166563

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Percival Read

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95645

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Frederick Percy Read

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209019

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Thomas Read

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194198

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Edward Richard Read

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194684

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Frederick Read

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28726

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Samuel Nathan Read

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402581

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James Edward Read

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291621

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William Frank Read

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34445

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Frank Alfred Read

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209375

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Frederick Horace Read

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191402

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Walter Herbert Read

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98688

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Samuel Edward Read

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188131

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Albert George Read

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307339

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George Read

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48612

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Alfred Read

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59304

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William Frederick Read

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133766

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