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Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

East Hoathly [3]

Kingsbridge, Devon [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Chard, Somerset [2]

Cromer South Australia [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Hailsham [2]

Ivybridge, Devon [2]

London England [2]

Norwood South Australia [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Prahran Victoria [2]

Rushworth Victoria [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Shoreditch, London [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedford [1]

Bedminster, Bristol [1]

Berealston, Devon [1]

Berkshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bethual Green England [1]

Blisland, Cornwall [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bow, London, Middlesex [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Brighton England [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol [1]

Brynmawr, Breconshire [1]

Burwood New South Wales [1]

Buxton, Devon [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cardiff England [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Chippenham Wiltshire [1]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [1]

Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [372]

Driver [41]

Gunner [41]

Corporal [38]

Sapper [24]

Serjeant [23]

Lieutenant [20]

Captain [17]

Lance Corporal [17]

Major [14]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Acting Corporal [7]

Bombardier [6]

Pioneer [6]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Conductor [2]

Guardsman [2]

Honorary Major/Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Honorary Major and Temporary Major/Captain [1]

Lance Corporal/Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [64]

Royal Field Artillery [57]

Royal Engineers [56]

London Regiment [40]

Labour Corps [39]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Devonshire Regiment [16]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Horse Artillery [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Irish Regiment [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

City of London Yeomanry [4]

Dragoon Guards [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Service

British Army [625]

Royal Navy [107]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57]

Australian Imperial Force [46]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [39]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

R [904]

Contribution

Military Service [879]

Merchant Navy [20]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] Bendigo Victoria [4] Cardiff, Glamorgan [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] East Hoathly [3] Kingsbridge, Devon [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Chard, Somerset [2] Cromer South Australia [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Hailsham [2] Ivybridge, Devon [2] London England [2] Norwood South Australia [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Prahran Victoria [2] Rushworth Victoria [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Shoreditch, London [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedford [1] Bedminster, Bristol [1] Berealston, Devon [1] Berkshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bethual Green England [1] Blisland, Cornwall [1] Bow, London [1] Bow, London, Middlesex [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Brighton England [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol [1] Brynmawr, Breconshire [1] Burwood New South Wales [1] Buxton, Devon [1] Cambridge [1] Cardiff England [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Chippenham Wiltshire [1] Chippenham, Wiltshire [1] Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [372] Driver [41] Gunner [41] Corporal [38] Sapper [24] Serjeant [23] Lieutenant [20] Captain [17] Lance Corporal [17] Major [14] Acting Serjeant [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Acting Corporal [7] Bombardier [6] Pioneer [6] Colour Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Conductor [2] Guardsman [2] Honorary Major/Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Honorary Captain [1] Honorary Major and Temporary Major/Captain [1] Lance Corporal/Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Commander [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [64] Royal Field Artillery [57] Royal Engineers [56] London Regiment [40] Labour Corps [39] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Middlesex Regiment [20] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Royal Fusiliers [19] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [18] Devonshire Regiment [16] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] Somerset Light Infantry [13] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Royal Horse Artillery [10] Essex Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Cheshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] East Surrey Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Irish Regiment [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] City of London Yeomanry [4] Dragoon Guards [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4]

Service

British Army [625] Royal Navy [107] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57] Australian Imperial Force [46] Canadian Expeditionary Force [39] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

R [904]

Contribution

Military Service [879] Merchant Navy [20] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Canada [1] India [1]

Albert Rich

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 24924 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Frank Rich

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1962 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 1962 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Donald C Rich

Died 1917

British Army 4139 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 301065 Private Essex Regiment

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Austin Frederick Rich

Died 1917

British Army 1139 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Harold Arthur Rich

Died 1916

British Army 14763 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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William Rich

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 15393 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Percy Arthur Rich

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 34408 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Rich

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 203428 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Samuel Rich

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 12685 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 12685 Serjeant Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 12685 Serjeant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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William G Rich

Died 1918

British Army 4546 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Albert Henry Rich

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114022

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William Gordon Rich

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175486

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Frank Wilfred John Rich

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131167

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Charles Smith Rich

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10003

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Victor Thomas Rich

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 464359

Canadian Expeditionary Force 464359 Private Canadian Infantry

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Henry Edwin Rich

Born 1895

Died 1973

Australian Imperial Force 262 Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 2nd Divisional Troops 2nd Pioneer Battalion

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George Noel Montague Rich

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206631

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William Albert Rich

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222327

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Leonard George Rich

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227849

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Page Robert Rich

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238828

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