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Birmingham, Warwickshire [10]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Rylstone New South Wales [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Bath, Somerset [5]

Dover, Kent [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

St Arnaud Victoria [4]

Durham England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Calcutta [2]

Calne, Wiltshire [2]

Chadwell Heath, Essex [2]

Glamorganshire [2]

Gloucester [2]

Hamden, Buckinghamshire [2]

Ilford, Essex [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Murchison Victoria [2]

Newcastle, New South Wales [2]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [2]

Stroud, Gloucestershire [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Abertillery, Monmouthshire [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Aston, Staffordshire [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bath England [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Bradford, Yorks [1]

Braunton, Devon, England [1]

Brighton England [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol England [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bulli New South Wales [1]

Burford England [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Chedworth, Gloucestershire [1]

Chelsea North, London [1]

Chiselhurst, Kent [1]

Clifton, Bristol [1]

Rank

Private [667]

Corporal [78]

Gunner [75]

Driver [73]

Serjeant [50]

Sapper [42]

Lance Corporal [30]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Acting Corporal [19]

Pioneer [13]

Bombardier [12]

Lieutenant [12]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Captain [5]

Rifleman [5]

Trooper [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Private Lance Corporal [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Fireman [2]

Guardsman [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Corporal of Horse [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Instructor [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Lieutenant [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [99]

Royal Engineers [86]

Army Service Corps [85]

Labour Corps [78]

London Regiment [51]

Royal Army Medical Corps [47]

Gloucestershire Regiment [44]

Royal Garrison Artillery [41]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [39]

Worcestershire Regiment [33]

Machine Gun Corps [29]

Wiltshire Regiment [28]

Royal Fusiliers [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Somerset Light Infantry [20]

Essex Regiment [17]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17]

South Wales Borderers [16]

Devonshire Regiment [14]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Coldstream Guards [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Army Veterinary Corps [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Dorsetshire Regiment [10]

East Kent Regiment [10]

Hussars [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

Tank Corps [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

Service

British Army [1066]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [125]

Royal Navy [123]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92]

Australian Imperial Force [68]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

R [1499]

Contribution

Military Service [1476]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [10] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Rylstone New South Wales [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Bath, Somerset [5] Dover, Kent [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] St Arnaud Victoria [4] Durham England [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Calcutta [2] Calne, Wiltshire [2] Chadwell Heath, Essex [2] Glamorganshire [2] Gloucester [2] Hamden, Buckinghamshire [2] Ilford, Essex [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Murchison Victoria [2] Newcastle, New South Wales [2] Salisbury, Wiltshire [2] Stroud, Gloucestershire [2] Warwickshire [2] Abertillery, Monmouthshire [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Aston, Staffordshire [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Bath England [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Bradford, Yorks [1] Braunton, Devon, England [1] Brighton England [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol England [1] Brixton, London [1] Bulli New South Wales [1] Burford England [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Chedworth, Gloucestershire [1] Chelsea North, London [1] Chiselhurst, Kent [1] Clifton, Bristol [1]

Rank

Private [667] Corporal [78] Gunner [75] Driver [73] Serjeant [50] Sapper [42] Lance Corporal [30] Second Lieutenant [21] Acting Corporal [19] Pioneer [13] Bombardier [12] Lieutenant [12] Acting Serjeant [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Captain [5] Rifleman [5] Trooper [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Private Lance Corporal [4] Staff Nurse [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Able Seaman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Fireman [2] Guardsman [2] Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Corporal of Horse [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant Instructor [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Bugler [1] Captain Lieutenant [1] Captain Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [99] Royal Engineers [86] Army Service Corps [85] Labour Corps [78] London Regiment [51] Royal Army Medical Corps [47] Gloucestershire Regiment [44] Royal Garrison Artillery [41] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [39] Worcestershire Regiment [33] Machine Gun Corps [29] Wiltshire Regiment [28] Royal Fusiliers [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Hampshire Regiment [20] Somerset Light Infantry [20] Essex Regiment [17] Liverpool Regiment [17] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17] South Wales Borderers [16] Devonshire Regiment [14] Royal Berkshire Regiment [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [13] Canadian Infantry [12] Coldstream Guards [12] Rifle Brigade [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] Army Veterinary Corps [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Dorsetshire Regiment [10] East Kent Regiment [10] Hussars [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] Tank Corps [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] Leicestershire Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

Service

British Army [1066] Canadian Expeditionary Force [125] Royal Navy [123] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92] Australian Imperial Force [68] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

R [1499]

Contribution

Military Service [1476] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Frederick John Robbins

Born 1873

Died 1915

Royal Navy 277014 Stoker 1st Class HMS Indus

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Walter Robbins

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS115704 Stoker 1st Class HMS Europa

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Harry Edward Robbins

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229572

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Walter Maurice Robbins

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238829

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Vincent E Robbins

Born 1896

British Army 2506 Private London Regiment

British Army 390471 Private London Regiment

British Army 390471 Acting Sergeant 9th Ldn Regt

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Reginald Hugh Robbins

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2141

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Gilbert Robbins

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165626

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William John Robbins

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 371404 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3599 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Samuel Henry Robbins

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy 15758 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Div. HMS Invincible 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron

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Ernest Gregory Robbins

Born 1894

Died 1920

British Army 84042 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 507th Battery

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John Robbins

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 21500 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 114371 Private Labour Corps

British Army 47019 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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William Charles Robbins

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245197

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Montague George Robbins

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246800

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Alfred John Robbins

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260364

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Alfred Robbins

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 11326 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Arthur Albert Robbins

Died 1918

British Army 53042 Private London Regiment

British Army 695013 Private London Regiment

British Army 352251 Private London Regiment

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Charles Henry Robbins

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 6630 Colour Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 6630 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

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Enoch Robbins

Died 1917

British Army 305980 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 346320 Private Labour Corps

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Charles Edward Robbins

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 25844 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Ernest Robbins

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 37128 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry

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