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Stepney, London [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Shoreditch, London [2]

Slough, Buckinghamshire [2]

South Yarra Victoria [2]

Stratford, Essex [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Woolwich, Kent, England [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bowden South Australia [1]

Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Castleford Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Cawood, Yorkshire [1]

Chinchilla Queensland [1]

Clifton Hill Victoria [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Dalby Queensland [1]

Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Flemington New South Wales [1]

Gildersome [1]

Glossop, Derbyshire [1]

Gorton, Lancashire, England [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Heavitree, Exeter, Devon [1]

Homebush New South Wales [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Little Coogee New South Wales [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool England [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Maitland New South Wales [1]

Marple Glossop, Derbyshire [1]

New Norfolk Tasmania [1]

North Melbourne Victoria [1]

Plumstead, London [1]

Potternewton, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Pudsey, Yorkshire [1]

Redmine, Yorkshire [1]

Richmond, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [218]

Serjeant [24]

Corporal [21]

Gunner [21]

Driver [18]

Sapper [18]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Bombardier [5]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Midshipman [1]

Official War Photographer [1]

Plumber [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private/ Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Reverend Senior Chaplain [1]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [29]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Labour Corps [27]

Army Service Corps [20]

London Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Hussars [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [343]

Royal Navy [39]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

R [469]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [459]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Stepney, London [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Hampstead, London [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Shoreditch, London [2] Slough, Buckinghamshire [2] South Yarra Victoria [2] Stratford, Essex [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Woolwich, Kent, England [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Battersea, London [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bowden South Australia [1] Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Castleford Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Cawood, Yorkshire [1] Chinchilla Queensland [1] Clifton Hill Victoria [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Dalby Queensland [1] Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Flemington New South Wales [1] Gildersome [1] Glossop, Derbyshire [1] Gorton, Lancashire, England [1] Hackney, London [1] Heavitree, Exeter, Devon [1] Homebush New South Wales [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leek, Staffordshire [1] Little Coogee New South Wales [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool England [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Maitland New South Wales [1] Marple Glossop, Derbyshire [1] New Norfolk Tasmania [1] North Melbourne Victoria [1] Plumstead, London [1] Potternewton, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Pudsey, Yorkshire [1] Redmine, Yorkshire [1] Richmond, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [218] Serjeant [24] Corporal [21] Gunner [21] Driver [18] Sapper [18] Second Lieutenant [11] Lieutenant [10] Lance Corporal [8] Bombardier [5] Pioneer [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Midshipman [1] Official War Photographer [1] Plumber [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private/ Serjeant [1] Reverend [1] Reverend Senior Chaplain [1] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [29] Royal Field Artillery [29] Labour Corps [27] Army Service Corps [20] London Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [16] Machine Gun Corps [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] West Riding Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Tank Corps [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Hussars [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Shropshire Light Infantry [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [343] Royal Navy [39] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] Australian Imperial Force [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

R [469] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [459] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Arthur Rider

Born 1876

Died 1915

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer HMS Natal

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Thomas Edward Rider

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47399

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Robert John Rider

Born 1883

Died 1961

British Army 1041 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 1041 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 1041 Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Job Arthur Rider

Born 1876

Died 1914

Royal Navy 292920

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Albert Rider

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy K37250 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Contest

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Ernest Rider

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238148

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John Frederick Rider

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252164

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John Robert Rider

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 6887 Private London Regiment

British Army 353239 Private London Regiment

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Thomas Rider

Died 1916

British Army 6844 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Alfred Rider

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 21027 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 21027 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Harry Rider

Died 1918

British Army 98554 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John William Rider

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 38536 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 38536 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Frederick Charles Rider

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 45941 Private South Wales Borderers

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Alfred Ernest Rider

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 486691 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army T870 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army T566 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Albert Edward Rider

Died 1918

British Army DM2/164910 Private Army Service Corps

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Thomas Rider

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 36980 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 36980 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Fredrick Charles Arthur Rider

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 4041 Private London Regiment

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James Rider

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army L/9560 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Albert W Rider

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 205072 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 029044 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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William Varley Rider

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 4072 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 39199 Private South Wales Borderers

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