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Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Cork [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Anniscosathy Wexford Ireland [1]

Astley, Lancashire, England [1]

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Bendigo Victoria [1]

Blakenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Bollington, Cheshire [1]

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Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Crewe England [1]

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Hale, Cheshire [1]

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Haslington, Cheshire [1]

Inglewood Victoria [1]

Jamestown South Australia [1]

Kilkenny, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Leith, Midlothian [1]

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Macclesfield [1]

Manchester England [1]

Moonee Ponds Victoria [1]

Mountain Ash, Glamorgan [1]

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Rockhampton Queensland [1]

Shrivenham England [1]

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Southend, Essex [1]

St Mary's, Somers Town, London [1]

Toorak Victoria [1]

Toronto, Ontario [1]

Watchfield, Berkshire [1]

Wolverhampton England [1]

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Private [98]

Gunner [12]

Lieutenant [12]

Sapper [12]

Corporal [9]

Serjeant [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [4]

Major [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major General [2]

Serjeant Foreman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Administratrice [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Gunner [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Mister [1]

Nurse [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Rough Rider [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Quartermaster Lieutenant [1]

Sapper Acting Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Shoeing and Carriage Smith [1]

Signal Lieutenant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Volunteer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Labour Corps [14]

Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Manchester Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

London Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Irish Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Young Mens Christian Association [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Canadian Artillery [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Corps of Lancers [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Egyptian Labour Corps [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

120th Infantry [1]

2nd C O [Central Ontario] Regiment [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [176]

Royal Navy [20]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

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C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [250]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Collingwood Victoria [2] Cork [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Anniscosathy Wexford Ireland [1] Astley, Lancashire, England [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Blakenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Bollington, Cheshire [1] Capella Queensland [1] Clermont Queensland [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Crewe England [1] Elmore Victoria [1] Hale, Cheshire [1] Hamilton Victoria [1] Haslington, Cheshire [1] Inglewood Victoria [1] Jamestown South Australia [1] Kilkenny, Gloucestershire, England [1] Leith, Midlothian [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London England [1] Macclesfield [1] Manchester England [1] Moonee Ponds Victoria [1] Mountain Ash, Glamorgan [1] Pyrmont New South Wales [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1] Shrivenham England [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Southend, Essex [1] St Mary's, Somers Town, London [1] Toorak Victoria [1] Toronto, Ontario [1] Watchfield, Berkshire [1] Wolverhampton England [1]

Rank

Private [98] Gunner [12] Lieutenant [12] Sapper [12] Corporal [9] Serjeant [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [4] Major [4] Acting Corporal [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major General [2] Serjeant Foreman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Administratrice [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Captain [1] Chief Gunner [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Mister [1] Nurse [1] Pioneer [1] Private Rough Rider [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Quartermaster Lieutenant [1] Sapper Acting Serjeant [1] Serjeant Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Shoeing and Carriage Smith [1] Signal Lieutenant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1] Volunteer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18] Cheshire Regiment [14] Labour Corps [14] Army Service Corps [12] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Manchester Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] London Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Irish Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Young Mens Christian Association [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Canadian Artillery [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Corps of Lancers [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Egyptian Labour Corps [2] French Red Cross [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lancers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 120th Infantry [1] 2nd C O [Central Ontario] Regiment [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Australian Infantry [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [176] Royal Navy [20] Australian Imperial Force [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

R [252] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [250] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Canada [1]

Albert George Cox

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 121169 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harris Hooper Reade

Born 1899

Royal Navy PI 39017 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 2nd C O [Central Ontario] Regiment 228th Battalion

Royal Navy PI 39017 Flight Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston-Stonehenge-DPD

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Fred Reade

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 20282 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 10th. Battalion

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Herbert Reade

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95973

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Raymond Northland Revell Reade

Born 1861

Died 1943

British Army Major General Staff

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Bertie James Reade

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 3/10889 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 10889 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10889 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Percy Reade

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 504042 Private Labour Corps

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James Reade

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233653

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Bernard Isaac Reade

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237928

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Herbert Edward Reade

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 57209 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 57209 Private Manchester Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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John Henry Loftus Reade

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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James Read

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 290640 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Leonard Edwin Reade

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 16198 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

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Harold Chandos Reade

Australian Imperial Force 1782

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Frank Savilla Reade

Born 1900

Died 1979

Royal Navy M22638

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Frederick Reade

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15679

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Charlton Leverton Redout Reade

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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George Reade

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 62404 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Thomas Patrick Reade

Australian Imperial Force 10341

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George Bookey Swan Reade

Born 1887

Canadian Expeditionary Force 446167

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