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Stepney, London [4]

Bunbury Western Australia [3]

Highbury, London [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Kempton Tasmania [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Ashfield New South Wales [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bangalow New South Wales [1]

Barraba New South Wales [1]

Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Berry Brow, Yorkshire [1]

Bierton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bingara New South Wales [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bridgwater, Devon [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Buttevant, Co. Cork [1]

Camden Town, London [1]

Charlton, Kent [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Constantinople [1]

Coventry [1]

Delegate New South Wales [1]

Duri New South Wales [1]

East Stonehouse, Plymouth [1]

Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Glen Innes New South Wales [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

Highbury, Middlesex [1]

Islington, London [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Kennington, London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Keyham, Devon [1]

Kilburn, London [1]

Kingston England [1]

London England [1]

Rank

Private [267]

Corporal [28]

Driver [19]

Gunner [19]

Sapper [18]

Serjeant [18]

Lance Corporal [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Acting Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Captain [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

BQMS [1]

Bandsman [1]

Chief Engineer Officer [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Clerk [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major General [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Nurse [1]

Pantry maid [1]

Private (1st Class Signaller) [1]

Private/ Serjeant [1]

Second Hand [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [35]

Royal Engineers [30]

London Regiment [28]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Army Service Corps [26]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Service Corps Labour Company [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

County of London Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [399]

Royal Navy [47]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [29]

Australian Imperial Force [27]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

R [542]

C [1]

I [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [535]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

India [1]

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Stepney, London [4] Bunbury Western Australia [3] Highbury, London [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Kempton Tasmania [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Warwickshire [2] Alton, Hampshire [1] Ashfield New South Wales [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Bangalow New South Wales [1] Barraba New South Wales [1] Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Berry Brow, Yorkshire [1] Bierton, Buckinghamshire [1] Bingara New South Wales [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bridgwater, Devon [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Buttevant, Co. Cork [1] Camden Town, London [1] Charlton, Kent [1] Chelsea, London [1] Constantinople [1] Coventry [1] Delegate New South Wales [1] Duri New South Wales [1] East Stonehouse, Plymouth [1] Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [1] Fulham, London [1] Glen Innes New South Wales [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hackney, London [1] Hertfordshire [1] Highbury, Middlesex [1] Islington, London [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Kennington, London [1] Kensington, London [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Keyham, Devon [1] Kilburn, London [1] Kingston England [1] London England [1]

Rank

Private [267] Corporal [28] Driver [19] Gunner [19] Sapper [18] Serjeant [18] Lance Corporal [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Acting Corporal [7] Lieutenant [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Captain [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bombardier [2] Pioneer [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] BQMS [1] Bandsman [1] Chief Engineer Officer [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Clerk [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major General [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Nurse [1] Pantry maid [1] Private (1st Class Signaller) [1] Private/ Serjeant [1] Second Hand [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [35] Royal Engineers [30] London Regiment [28] Royal Field Artillery [28] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Army Service Corps [26] Machine Gun Corps [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Devonshire Regiment [13] Hampshire Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Coldstream Guards [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Service Corps Labour Company [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Corps of Hussars [2] County of London Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [399] Royal Navy [47] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [29] Australian Imperial Force [27] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

R [542] C [1] I [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [535] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [15] India [1]

George Reading

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 96350 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers attached Head Quarters Infantry Brigade

British Army 96350 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 96350 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Geoffrey Reading

Born 1899

Died 1994

British Army 4711 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 64335 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Private (1st Class Signaller) 9th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers

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Charles Reading

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 429 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt) 4th Battalion

British Army 2538 Private Duke of Wellington Regt 4th Battalion

British Army

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Edgar Reading

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 40231 Sapper Royal Engineers 4th Field Squadron

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Richard Wallace Reading

Born 1879

Died 1918

Royal Navy SA 2690 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2690SA Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Cleon."

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Henry Thomas Reading

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 565039 Rifleman London Regiment 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

British Army 6799 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Alfred Reading

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 9641 Acting Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 9641 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

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Joseph Ernest Reading

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 9645 Bandsman Cheshire Regiment

British Army 9645 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Albert Reading

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36525

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Albert Lewis Reading

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45839

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John Sidney Reading

Born 1900

Died 1942

Other Empire Force Chief Engineer Officer S.S. Empire Shackleton

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Robert Reading

Born 1887

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 670164

Canadian Expeditionary Force 670164 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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George Reading

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66702

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Ernest Reading

Born 1892

Died 1972

British Army 984 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 795615 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 8979 Sergeant RFA 3rd West Riding Bde

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Thomas Reading

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80973

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Joseph Reading

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260993

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Percy James Reading

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131465

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Robert Reading

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 4152 Private London Regiment

British Army 551466 Private London Regiment

British Army 551466 Rifleman London Regiment 16 london regiment (queen's west Battalion

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James Reading

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 305693 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Ernest Albert Reading

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150662

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