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Bath, Somerset [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Rochester, Kent [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall [2]

Galashiels, Selkirk [2]

Godalming, Surrey [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Mudgee New South Wales [2]

Yorketown South Australia [2]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Acton Green, Middlesex [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Ballyreagh [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1]

Capetown [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Corfe-Castle, Dorset [1]

Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Dipton, Durham [1]

Dorset England [1]

Dunedin [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Fowler Bay South Australia [1]

Fowlers Bay South Australia [1]

Galt, Canada [1]

Georgetown, Tasmania [1]

Girgarre East Victoria [1]

Glebe New South Wales [1]

Grimsby Lincs [1]

Habergham Eaves, Lancashire [1]

Hamilton Victoria [1]

Hammersmith, Fulham, Middlesex. UK [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hexham, Northumberland [1]

Ipswich Queensland [1]

Kennington, London [1]

Kensal Green, Middlesex [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lancaster England [1]

Lithgow New South Wales [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Longton, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [258]

Gunner [31]

Corporal [24]

Driver [24]

Serjeant [24]

Sapper [16]

Lance Corporal [14]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Acting Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1st Armourer's Crew [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain and Quartermaster [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1]

Pensioner [1]

Pioneer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Seaman [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [40]

Royal Engineers [32]

Labour Corps [29]

Army Service Corps [28]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

London Regiment [20]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Royal Scots [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Hussars [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Service

British Army [406]

Royal Navy [54]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [38]

Australian Imperial Force [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Last name first letter

R [578]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [570]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Bath, Somerset [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Rochester, Kent [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Falmouth, Cornwall [2] Galashiels, Selkirk [2] Godalming, Surrey [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Mudgee New South Wales [2] Yorketown South Australia [2] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Acton Green, Middlesex [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Ballyreagh [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Camden Town, London, Middlesex [1] Capetown [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Corfe-Castle, Dorset [1] Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Dipton, Durham [1] Dorset England [1] Dunedin [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Edinburgh [1] Fowler Bay South Australia [1] Fowlers Bay South Australia [1] Galt, Canada [1] Georgetown, Tasmania [1] Girgarre East Victoria [1] Glebe New South Wales [1] Grimsby Lincs [1] Habergham Eaves, Lancashire [1] Hamilton Victoria [1] Hammersmith, Fulham, Middlesex. UK [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hexham, Northumberland [1] Ipswich Queensland [1] Kennington, London [1] Kensal Green, Middlesex [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lancaster England [1] Lithgow New South Wales [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Longton, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [258] Gunner [31] Corporal [24] Driver [24] Serjeant [24] Sapper [16] Lance Corporal [14] Second Lieutenant [9] Acting Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Captain [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Able Seaman [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Nursing Sister [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Staff Nurse [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1st Armourer's Crew [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Sister [1] Bandsman [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Bugler [1] Captain and Quartermaster [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1] Pensioner [1] Pioneer [1] Rifleman [1] Seaman [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [40] Royal Engineers [32] Labour Corps [29] Army Service Corps [28] Durham Light Infantry [20] London Regiment [20] Machine Gun Corps [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] King's Own Scottish Borderers [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] Royal Scots [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Hussars [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Scottish Rifles [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Service

British Army [406] Royal Navy [54] Canadian Expeditionary Force [38] Australian Imperial Force [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Last name first letter

R [578] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [570] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10] New Zealand [1]

William Riddle

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 6912 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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Joseph Philip Riddle

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248580

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Margaret Jane Riddle

Born 1879

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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John Riddle

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87423

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William Richard Riddle

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217981

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James Henry Riddle

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219404

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Edward Riddle

Died 1917

British Army G/19321 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/19321 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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George William Riddle

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 15216 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Harold Riddle

Died 1915

British Army G/4557 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Charles Riddle

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 250037 Corporal Royal Scots

British Army 864 Serjeant Royal Scots

British Army 250037 Serjeant Royal Scots

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William Riddle

Died 1917

British Army 4312 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Nelson Riddle

Died 1916

British Army 3/7646 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Robert Gordon Riddle

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 34926 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 27358 Private Labour Corps

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John Riddle

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 6235 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Nicholas R Riddle

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 5161 Private London Regiment

British Army 282245 Private London Regiment

British Army 282245 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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William Randolph Riddle

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 12590 Private Acting Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 12590 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 12590 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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James Riddle

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 1242 Private Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345004 Private Devonshire Regiment

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George Riddle

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 302713

Canadian Expeditionary Force 302713 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

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Alexander Riddle

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319056

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Thomas Ashton Riddle

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319174

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