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Harwich, Essex, England [10]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [6]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [6]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Canning Mills Western Australia [3]

Darlington, Durham [3]

Harwich, Essex [3]

Jersey, Channel Islands [3]

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [3]

London England [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Motherwell, Lanarkshire [3]

Winchelsea Victoria [3]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Bringelly New South Wales [2]

Bristol England [2]

Fitzroy Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Karridale Western Australia [2]

Kilburn, Middlesex [2]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Londonderry [2]

Nelson, Lancashire [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Retford, Nottinghamshire [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Aberkenfig, Glamorganshire [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Barnham Broom, Norfolk [1]

Barnham-on-Crouch, Essex [1]

Barnsbury, London [1]

Barnsbury, Middlesex [1]

Belturbet [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [653]

Gunner [85]

Serjeant [66]

Corporal [60]

Driver [42]

Sapper [39]

Lieutenant [31]

Captain [27]

Lance Corporal [21]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Acting Corporal [13]

Major [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Pioneer [8]

Bombardier [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Guardsman [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Waggoner [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Constable [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [96]

Labour Corps [78]

Royal Engineers [77]

Army Service Corps [60]

Royal Garrison Artillery [55]

Royal Army Medical Corps [48]

West Yorkshire Regiment [36]

Machine Gun Corps [30]

Durham Light Infantry [27]

London Regiment [26]

Liverpool Regiment [25]

Northumberland Fusiliers [24]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [23]

Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19]

York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18]

Canadian Infantry [17]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

East Lancashire Regiment [15]

Highland Light Infantry [15]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Royal Scots [13]

Scottish Rifles [13]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12]

Royal Air Force [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Gordon Highlanders [11]

Grenadier Guards [11]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

Border Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [10]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Highlanders [9]

Seaforth Highlanders [9]

Tank Corps [9]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Service

British Army [1050]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [101]

Royal Navy [90]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [85]

Australian Imperial Force [83]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [31]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

R [1493]

C [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1441]

Merchant Navy [47]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

Jamaica [1]

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Harwich, Essex, England [10] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [6] Southampton, Hampshire, England [6] Ballarat Victoria [4] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Canning Mills Western Australia [3] Darlington, Durham [3] Harwich, Essex [3] Jersey, Channel Islands [3] Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [3] London England [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Motherwell, Lanarkshire [3] Winchelsea Victoria [3] Belfast, Antrim [2] Birmingham England [2] Bringelly New South Wales [2] Bristol England [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Karridale Western Australia [2] Kilburn, Middlesex [2] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Londonderry [2] Nelson, Lancashire [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Retford, Nottinghamshire [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Salisbury, Wiltshire [2] Warwickshire [2] Aberkenfig, Glamorganshire [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Barnham Broom, Norfolk [1] Barnham-on-Crouch, Essex [1] Barnsbury, London [1] Barnsbury, Middlesex [1] Belturbet [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [653] Gunner [85] Serjeant [66] Corporal [60] Driver [42] Sapper [39] Lieutenant [31] Captain [27] Lance Corporal [21] Second Lieutenant [21] Acting Corporal [13] Major [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Pioneer [8] Bombardier [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Guardsman [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Nursing Sister [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Serjeant Major [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Waggoner [2] Worker [2] 2nd Constable [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [96] Labour Corps [78] Royal Engineers [77] Army Service Corps [60] Royal Garrison Artillery [55] Royal Army Medical Corps [48] West Yorkshire Regiment [36] Machine Gun Corps [30] Durham Light Infantry [27] London Regiment [26] Liverpool Regiment [25] Northumberland Fusiliers [24] Royal Scots Fusiliers [23] Yorkshire Regiment [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19] York and Lancaster Regiment [19] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18] Canadian Infantry [17] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] East Lancashire Regiment [15] Highland Light Infantry [15] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] Royal Scots [13] Scottish Rifles [13] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12] Royal Air Force [12] Army Ordnance Corps [11] Cheshire Regiment [11] Gordon Highlanders [11] Grenadier Guards [11] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] West Riding Regiment [11] Border Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [10] King's Own Scottish Borderers [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] Royal Flying Corps [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Suffolk Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Highlanders [9] Seaforth Highlanders [9] Tank Corps [9] Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Service

British Army [1050] Canadian Expeditionary Force [101] Royal Navy [90] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [85] Australian Imperial Force [83] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [31] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

R [1493] C [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1441] Merchant Navy [47] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [30] Jamaica [1]

Allan Richmond

Born 1886

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94557 Air Mechanic Class 1 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94557 Air Mechanic Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94557 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Archibald Hamilton Douglas Ord Richmond

Born 1898

Died 1945

British Army Corporal Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 7th (TF)

British Army 2220 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Harold Stedman Richmond

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion

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Frederick Richmond

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 35549 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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William James Richmond

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 3294 Rifleman London Regiment 2/6th lond Battalion

British Army 321167 Rifleman London Regiment 2/6th lond Battalion

British Army 321167 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Claude Richmond

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1118 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion 1st Battalion

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Wilfred Stanley Richmond

Born 1882

Died 1962

British Army Colonel Royal Engineers

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George Stanley Robert Richmond

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39534 Serjeant 27th Sqdn.

British Army 238823 Driver Army Service Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39534

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Andrew Richmond

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 13800 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 13800 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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James Chadwick Richmond

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 7350 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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George William Richmond

Born 1888

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant acting Captain Royal Engineers Special Reserve

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Francis James Richmond

Born 1883

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 10th Labour Battalion

British Army Acting Major Royal Engineers 264th Railway Company

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Arthur Richmond

Born 1883

Died 1951

British Army 56857 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 359709 Gunner Royal Engineers

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John Richmond

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9071

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Percy Frederick Richmond

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295790

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Fred Robert Richmond

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134839

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William Bate Richmond

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281373

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Walter Richmond

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83770

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Charles Thomas Richmond

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285778

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Charles Edward Richmond

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168203

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