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London England [7]

Enfield, Middlesex [4]

Gillingham, Kent [4]

Lamberhurst, Kent [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Newmarket, Suffolk [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Newport, Monmouthshire [3]

Norfolk [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Beccles, Suffolk [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brandon, Suffolk [2]

Cambridgeshire [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Essex, England [2]

Flowerdale Tasmania [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London [2]

Long Stratton, Norfolk [2]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Newport Monmouthshire Wales [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Potters Bar, Middlesex [2]

Starston Norfolk [2]

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [2]

Wantisden, Suffolk [2]

Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Ashford, Middlesex [1]

Balham, London [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Balmoral Victoria [1]

Balsham, Cambs [1]

Barry, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bedfordshire England [1]

Berkamptead, Hertfordshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bexhill on Sea, Sussex [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Rank

Private [822]

Gunner [119]

Corporal [81]

Serjeant [76]

Driver [68]

Sapper [53]

Second Lieutenant [35]

Lance Corporal [34]

Lieutenant [29]

Acting Corporal [14]

Captain [14]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Pioneer [10]

Rifleman [10]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Bombardier [7]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Sergeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Transport Serjeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Bombardier Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [129]

Army Service Corps [108]

Royal Engineers [101]

Labour Corps [94]

Norfolk Regiment [75]

London Regiment [68]

Royal Garrison Artillery [66]

Suffolk Regiment [60]

Machine Gun Corps [48]

Royal Army Medical Corps [44]

Royal Fusiliers [37]

Essex Regiment [34]

Middlesex Regiment [28]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25]

Bedfordshire Regiment [24]

Rifle Brigade [24]

East Surrey Regiment [22]

Northumberland Fusiliers [22]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [20]

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

Army Veterinary Corps [17]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

East Kent Regiment [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Naval Division [15]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13]

Tank Corps [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Royal Horse Artillery [10]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Norfolk Yeomanry [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

West Riding Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [7]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1318]

Royal Navy [146]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [120]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [67]

Australian Imperial Force [41]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

R [1761]

H [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1723]

Merchant Navy [28]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

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Place of birth

London England [7] Enfield, Middlesex [4] Gillingham, Kent [4] Lamberhurst, Kent [4] London, Middlesex [4] Newmarket, Suffolk [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Brighton, Sussex [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Newport, Monmouthshire [3] Norfolk [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Beccles, Suffolk [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brandon, Suffolk [2] Cambridgeshire [2] Deptford, London [2] Essex, England [2] Flowerdale Tasmania [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London [2] Long Stratton, Norfolk [2] Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Newport Monmouthshire Wales [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Potters Bar, Middlesex [2] Starston Norfolk [2] Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [2] Wantisden, Suffolk [2] Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Ashford, Kent [1] Ashford, Middlesex [1] Balham, London [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Balmoral Victoria [1] Balsham, Cambs [1] Barry, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bedfordshire England [1] Berkamptead, Hertfordshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bexhill on Sea, Sussex [1] Birmingham England [1]

Rank

Private [822] Gunner [119] Corporal [81] Serjeant [76] Driver [68] Sapper [53] Second Lieutenant [35] Lance Corporal [34] Lieutenant [29] Acting Corporal [14] Captain [14] Acting Serjeant [12] Pioneer [10] Rifleman [10] Staff Serjeant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Bombardier [7] Able Seaman [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Guardsman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Sergeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Transport Serjeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Petty Officer [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Serjeant Major [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Worker [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Bombardier Acting Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [129] Army Service Corps [108] Royal Engineers [101] Labour Corps [94] Norfolk Regiment [75] London Regiment [68] Royal Garrison Artillery [66] Suffolk Regiment [60] Machine Gun Corps [48] Royal Army Medical Corps [44] Royal Fusiliers [37] Essex Regiment [34] Middlesex Regiment [28] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25] Bedfordshire Regiment [24] Rifle Brigade [24] East Surrey Regiment [22] Northumberland Fusiliers [22] King's Royal Rifle Corps [20] Northamptonshire Regiment [20] The Queen's Regiment [20] Army Veterinary Corps [17] Durham Light Infantry [16] East Kent Regiment [16] Leicestershire Regiment [15] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Royal Naval Division [15] Manchester Regiment [14] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [13] Tank Corps [13] Army Ordnance Corps [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] Canadian Infantry [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Hampshire Regiment [10] Royal Horse Artillery [10] Cambridgeshire Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Norfolk Yeomanry [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] West Riding Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7] Devonshire Regiment [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Royal Irish Fusiliers [7] Somerset Light Infantry [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1318] Royal Navy [146] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [120] Canadian Expeditionary Force [67] Australian Imperial Force [41] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [34] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

R [1761] H [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1723] Merchant Navy [28] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

John Guy Morrell Reeve

Born 1880

Died 1935

British Army 136836 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 05569 Gunner Hampshire Regiment

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George Edward Reeve

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 232867 Boy 2nd Class

Royal Navy 232867 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 232867 Signalman

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John William Reeve

British Army 77018 Driver Royal Engineers

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Frederick Charles Reeve

Born 1888

Died 1919

Royal Navy K39160

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Charles George Reeve

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army R14252 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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William George Reeve

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 291663 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 16/35520 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 16th Battalion

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Edward Daniel Reeve

Born 1893

Died 1971

British Army 331859 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army S/405839 Private Army Service Corps

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James Henry Reeve

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army 2981 Serjeant Essex Regiment 6th Battalion

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Alfred Charles Reeve

Born 1894

Died 1980

British Army 20865 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 307737 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 15/52303 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Henry George Reeve

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 28970 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Vincent Charles Reeve

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 173 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion.

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Edward William Reeve

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109514

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Leonard Henry Reeve

Died 1916

British Army 11935 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 11935 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Georgina Ruth Reeve

Born 1873

Died 1956

Other Empire Force Matron Curative Hospital Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops

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William John Reeve

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164967

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James Quincey Reeve

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169785

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Percy Tom Reeve

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216684

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Enoch Reeve

Born 1893

Died 1971

British Army 44009 Lance Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army

British Army 12928 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Reeve

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103225

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Robert Thomas Reeve

Born 1871

Died 1918

Royal Navy 350152 Ship's Corporal 1st Class HMS Castor

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