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Birmingham, Warwickshire [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

London England [10]

Southampton, Hampshire [10]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Brighton, Sussex [8]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [7]

Swindon, Wiltshire [7]

London [5]

Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Birmingham [3]

Brixham, Devon [3]

Greenwich, London [3]

Holborn, London [3]

Marrickville New South Wales [3]

Melksham, Wiltshire [3]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Acton, Middlesex [2]

Arundel, Sussex [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Bow, Middlesex [2]

Brighton [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Dublin [2]

Essex [2]

Ewhurst, Surrey [2]

Farnham, Surrey [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Hanley, Staffordshire [2]

Henfield, Sussex [2]

Highbury, London [2]

Horsham, Sussex [2]

Kent England [2]

Kingsbridge, Devon [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Rank

Private [1538]

Gunner [180]

Driver [144]

Corporal [132]

Serjeant [114]

Sapper [106]

Lance Corporal [65]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Captain [38]

Pioneer [32]

Acting Corporal [30]

Lieutenant [27]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Bombardier [13]

Major [13]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [7]

Guardsman [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Trooper [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Civilian [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Temporary Sub Conductor [3]

Worker [3]

3rd Clerk [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Sister [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [212]

Army Service Corps [205]

Royal Field Artillery [199]

Labour Corps [176]

Royal Garrison Artillery [105]

London Regiment [86]

Royal Army Medical Corps [74]

Royal Fusiliers [70]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [69]

The Queen's Regiment [56]

Machine Gun Corps [54]

Middlesex Regiment [52]

Hampshire Regiment [49]

Wiltshire Regiment [47]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [43]

Gloucestershire Regiment [42]

Manchester Regiment [40]

Royal Sussex Regiment [39]

Devonshire Regiment [38]

East Kent Regiment [38]

Essex Regiment [35]

Worcestershire Regiment [35]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [34]

Liverpool Regiment [33]

Royal West Kent Regiment [32]

Royal Army Service Corps [31]

Cheshire Regiment [30]

East Surrey Regiment [29]

North Staffordshire Regiment [29]

Rifle Brigade [29]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [29]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [28]

Welsh Regiment [28]

Somerset Light Infantry [25]

Bedfordshire Regiment [24]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [24]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24]

South Staffordshire Regiment [24]

Leicestershire Regiment [23]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

Army Veterinary Corps [21]

Lancashire Fusiliers [21]

Northamptonshire Regiment [21]

Royal Horse Artillery [21]

Royal Defence Corps [20]

Hussars [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Suffolk Regiment [18]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Service

British Army [2392]

Royal Navy [262]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [206]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [176]

Australian Imperial Force [124]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [43]

Other Empire Force [7]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

R [3260]

B [1]

P [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3187]

Merchant Navy [53]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

India [2]

Gibraltar [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [10] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] London England [10] Southampton, Hampshire [10] Sydney New South Wales [9] Brighton, Sussex [8] London, Middlesex, England [8] Southampton, Hampshire, England [7] Swindon, Wiltshire [7] London [5] Bolton, Lancashire [4] Banbury, Oxfordshire [3] Battersea, London [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Birmingham [3] Brixham, Devon [3] Greenwich, London [3] Holborn, London [3] Marrickville New South Wales [3] Melksham, Wiltshire [3] Oxford, Oxfordshire [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Acton, Middlesex [2] Arundel, Sussex [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birmingham England [2] Bow, Middlesex [2] Brighton [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dover, Kent [2] Dublin [2] Essex [2] Ewhurst, Surrey [2] Farnham, Surrey [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Hanley, Staffordshire [2] Henfield, Sussex [2] Highbury, London [2] Horsham, Sussex [2] Kent England [2] Kingsbridge, Devon [2] Lambeth, London [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Rank

Private [1538] Gunner [180] Driver [144] Corporal [132] Serjeant [114] Sapper [106] Lance Corporal [65] Second Lieutenant [46] Captain [38] Pioneer [32] Acting Corporal [30] Lieutenant [27] Acting Serjeant [19] Bombardier [13] Major [13] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [7] Guardsman [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Rifleman [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Trooper [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Civilian [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Temporary Sub Conductor [3] Worker [3] 3rd Clerk [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Sister [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [212] Army Service Corps [205] Royal Field Artillery [199] Labour Corps [176] Royal Garrison Artillery [105] London Regiment [86] Royal Army Medical Corps [74] Royal Fusiliers [70] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [69] The Queen's Regiment [56] Machine Gun Corps [54] Middlesex Regiment [52] Hampshire Regiment [49] Wiltshire Regiment [47] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [43] Gloucestershire Regiment [42] Manchester Regiment [40] Royal Sussex Regiment [39] Devonshire Regiment [38] East Kent Regiment [38] Essex Regiment [35] Worcestershire Regiment [35] Royal Berkshire Regiment [34] Liverpool Regiment [33] Royal West Kent Regiment [32] Royal Army Service Corps [31] Cheshire Regiment [30] East Surrey Regiment [29] North Staffordshire Regiment [29] Rifle Brigade [29] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [29] King's Royal Rifle Corps [28] Welsh Regiment [28] Somerset Light Infantry [25] Bedfordshire Regiment [24] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [24] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24] South Staffordshire Regiment [24] Leicestershire Regiment [23] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] Army Veterinary Corps [21] Lancashire Fusiliers [21] Northamptonshire Regiment [21] Royal Horse Artillery [21] Royal Defence Corps [20] Hussars [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Suffolk Regiment [18] Durham Light Infantry [17] Royal Naval Division [17]

Service

British Army [2392] Royal Navy [262] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [206] Canadian Expeditionary Force [176] Australian Imperial Force [124] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [43] Other Empire Force [7] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

R [3260] B [1] P [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3187] Merchant Navy [53] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [53] India [2] Gibraltar [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

Herbert John Reeves

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 415271 Lance Corporal London Regiment

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William Segismund Reeves

Born 1874

Died 1918

Other Empire Force 10557 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 14220 Private British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

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Lewis Marshall Reeves

Born 1873

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266798

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James Henry Vivians Reeves

Born 1883

Died 1959

Royal Navy SD 2182 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Arthur Ernest Reeves

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 7486 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7625 Private South Staffordshire Regiment Militia 4th Battalion

British Army 7486 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Albert Walter Reeves

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 551540 Private London Regiment

British Army 4249 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 16th (County of London) Battalion

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Herbert Frank Reeves

Died 1918

British Army 58950 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 104742 Private Labour Corps

British Army 31311 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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George Reeves

Born 1878

Died 1914

Canadian Expeditionary Force 46074

Canadian Expeditionary Force 46074 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Reeves

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80972

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S Reeves

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306851

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Charles Reeves

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90758

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Albert Reeves

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119187

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Ernest William Reeves

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55578

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Albert Edward Reeves

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286159

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Wilson Reeves

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161045

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John Reeves

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123424

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Charles Edwin Reeves

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65777

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William Reeves

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92226

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Harry Frederick Reeves

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146069

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Henry Arthur Upavon Reeves

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251166

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