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London, Middlesex, England [21]

Sydney New South Wales [17]

London England [16]

London, Middlesex [16]

Melbourne Victoria [11]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [9]

Bermondsey, London [8]

Faversham, Kent [8]

Canterbury, Kent [7]

Hobart Tasmania [7]

Maidstone, Kent [7]

Sunderland, Durham [7]

Hoxton, London [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Bath, Somerset [5]

Carlton Victoria [5]

Dublin [5]

Lambeth, London [5]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Balmain New South Wales [4]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [4]

Rockhampton Queensland [4]

St Kilda Victoria [4]

Alberton South Australia [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bristol, Somerset [3]

Camborne, Cornwall [3]

Chatham, Kent [3]

Cowes Isle of Wight [3]

Islington, London [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

Lismore New South Wales [3]

Moonta South Australia [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Stiffkey Norfolk [3]

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Ararat Victoria [2]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Rank

Private [3301]

Gunner [373]

Driver [268]

Corporal [240]

Serjeant [223]

Sapper [215]

Lance Corporal [102]

Second Lieutenant [94]

Lieutenant [82]

Captain [66]

Pioneer [52]

Acting Corporal [50]

Acting Serjeant [42]

Major [25]

Bombardier [23]

Rifleman [20]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [19]

Company Serjeant Major [15]

Worker [13]

Guardsman [12]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Trooper [10]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Acting Staff Serjeant [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Nurse [8]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Sister [8]

Staff Nurse [8]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Lance Bombardier [6]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [5]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Private Acting Serjeant [4]

Private Lance Corporal [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Transport Serjeant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Unit

Labour Corps [425]

Royal Engineers [422]

Royal Field Artillery [404]

Army Service Corps [370]

Royal Garrison Artillery [225]

London Regiment [209]

Royal Army Medical Corps [158]

Machine Gun Corps [151]

Royal Fusiliers [107]

Middlesex Regiment [93]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [84]

Liverpool Regiment [83]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [78]

Northumberland Fusiliers [77]

Essex Regiment [76]

Worcestershire Regiment [76]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [72]

Welsh Regiment [72]

The Queen's Regiment [68]

Devonshire Regiment [66]

Manchester Regiment [66]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [66]

Northamptonshire Regiment [63]

Lancashire Fusiliers [61]

South Staffordshire Regiment [61]

Royal Army Service Corps [60]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [58]

Durham Light Infantry [57]

Norfolk Regiment [57]

Bedfordshire Regiment [56]

Suffolk Regiment [56]

West Yorkshire Regiment [56]

Lincolnshire Regiment [53]

Rifle Brigade [51]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [50]

South Wales Borderers [50]

Cheshire Regiment [46]

Gloucestershire Regiment [46]

East Kent Regiment [45]

Leicestershire Regiment [45]

East Surrey Regiment [42]

York and Lancaster Regiment [42]

Hampshire Regiment [41]

Royal Naval Division [41]

Royal Sussex Regiment [41]

Connaught Rangers [40]

Wiltshire Regiment [40]

Somerset Light Infantry [39]

Canadian Infantry [38]

Highland Light Infantry [37]

Service

British Army [5026]

Royal Navy [526]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [425]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [372]

Australian Imperial Force [361]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [64]

Other Empire Force [7]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

R [6930]

M [2]

S [2]

A [1]

E [1]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6752]

Merchant Navy [123]

Conscientious Objector [32]

Country

United Kingdom [127]

Australia [3]

Canada [3]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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London, Middlesex, England [21] Sydney New South Wales [17] London England [16] London, Middlesex [16] Melbourne Victoria [11] Birmingham, Warwickshire [9] Liverpool, Lancashire [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Sheffield, Yorkshire [9] Bermondsey, London [8] Faversham, Kent [8] Canterbury, Kent [7] Hobart Tasmania [7] Maidstone, Kent [7] Sunderland, Durham [7] Hoxton, London [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Bath, Somerset [5] Carlton Victoria [5] Dublin [5] Lambeth, London [5] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Balmain New South Wales [4] Bethnal Green, London [4] Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [4] Rockhampton Queensland [4] St Kilda Victoria [4] Alberton South Australia [3] Battersea, London [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bristol, Somerset [3] Camborne, Cornwall [3] Chatham, Kent [3] Cowes Isle of Wight [3] Islington, London [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] Lismore New South Wales [3] Moonta South Australia [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Stiffkey Norfolk [3] Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Ararat Victoria [2] Armidale New South Wales [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Rank

Private [3301] Gunner [373] Driver [268] Corporal [240] Serjeant [223] Sapper [215] Lance Corporal [102] Second Lieutenant [94] Lieutenant [82] Captain [66] Pioneer [52] Acting Corporal [50] Acting Serjeant [42] Major [25] Bombardier [23] Rifleman [20] Warrant Officer Class 2 [19] Company Serjeant Major [15] Worker [13] Guardsman [12] Stoker 1st Class [12] Colour Serjeant [11] Lance Serjeant [11] Able Seaman [10] Trooper [10] Acting Bombardier [9] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Acting Staff Serjeant [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Nurse [8] Shoeing Smith [8] Sister [8] Staff Nurse [8] Temporary Second Lieutenant [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Lance Bombardier [6] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Gunner Acting Bombardier [5] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Nursing Sister [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Private Acting Serjeant [4] Private Lance Corporal [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Transport Serjeant [4] Acting Captain [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Unit

Labour Corps [425] Royal Engineers [422] Royal Field Artillery [404] Army Service Corps [370] Royal Garrison Artillery [225] London Regiment [209] Royal Army Medical Corps [158] Machine Gun Corps [151] Royal Fusiliers [107] Middlesex Regiment [93] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [84] Liverpool Regiment [83] King's Royal Rifle Corps [78] Northumberland Fusiliers [77] Essex Regiment [76] Worcestershire Regiment [76] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [72] Welsh Regiment [72] The Queen's Regiment [68] Devonshire Regiment [66] Manchester Regiment [66] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [66] Northamptonshire Regiment [63] Lancashire Fusiliers [61] South Staffordshire Regiment [61] Royal Army Service Corps [60] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [58] Durham Light Infantry [57] Norfolk Regiment [57] Bedfordshire Regiment [56] Suffolk Regiment [56] West Yorkshire Regiment [56] Lincolnshire Regiment [53] Rifle Brigade [51] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [50] South Wales Borderers [50] Cheshire Regiment [46] Gloucestershire Regiment [46] East Kent Regiment [45] Leicestershire Regiment [45] East Surrey Regiment [42] York and Lancaster Regiment [42] Hampshire Regiment [41] Royal Naval Division [41] Royal Sussex Regiment [41] Connaught Rangers [40] Wiltshire Regiment [40] Somerset Light Infantry [39] Canadian Infantry [38] Highland Light Infantry [37]

Service

British Army [5026] Royal Navy [526] Canadian Expeditionary Force [425] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [372] Australian Imperial Force [361] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [64] Other Empire Force [7] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

R [6930] M [2] S [2] A [1] E [1] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6752] Merchant Navy [123] Conscientious Objector [32]

Country

United Kingdom [127] Australia [3] Canada [3] France [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

Harry Frederick Reynolds

Born 1882

Died 1951

British Army 34549 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Daniel John Reynolds

Born 1860

Died 1937

Royal Navy Acting Warrant Steward

Royal Navy 94571

Royal Navy 94571 Acting Warrant Steward

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Henry Reynolds

Born 1880

Died 1948

British Army Captain Royal Scots 12th Battalion

British Army Captain The Royal Scots 12th Battalion.

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Thomas Reynolds

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 3/9299 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 3896 Sapper Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia)

British Army 9299 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Daniel Bertram Reynolds

Born 1886

Died 1948

Royal Navy M1203

Royal Navy M1203 Ch Electrical Articifer

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George E Reynolds

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army S/12705 Private Rifle Brigade

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Arthur Herbert Reynolds

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 40389 Private Suffolk Regiment 8th Battalion

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Douglas Reynolds

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery 37th Battery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery 83rd Brigade

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Arthur Sydney Reynolds

Born 1873

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192408 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

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Edward Samuel Reynolds

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 320825 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 320825 Serjeant London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Robert George Reynolds

Born 1901

Died 1991

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297072

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William Reynolds

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 20440 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Bn.

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Alfred Reynolds

Born 1882

British Army L/5345 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army L/5345 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 5345 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 2nd battalion

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Fred Reynolds

Born 1894

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 191 Sapper Australian Engineers 1 Field Company

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Ernest Reynolds

Born 1894

Died 1921

British Army 200345 Private South Staffordshire Regiment *mistake in CWGC records

British Army 200343 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 8629 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Alfred Reynolds

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 17343 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Arthur Reynolds

Died 1915

British Army 1508 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion-Territorial.

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Henry Reginald Reynolds

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 11477 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Sydney Reynolds

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 20116 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 20116 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William Reynolds

Born 1879

Died 1920

British Army 5817 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery 4th Siege Battery

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