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Private [147]

Gunner [27]

Driver [14]

Corporal [11]

Serjeant [10]

Sapper [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Painter 2nd Class [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [24]

Bedfordshire Regiment [19]

Army Service Corps [18]

Labour Corps [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Essex Regiment [11]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Hertfordshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

10th Hussars [1]

Australian Light Infantry [1]

Braemar Castle Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [235]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

Royal Navy [20]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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R [319]

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Military Service [315]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Canada [1]

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Alton, Hampshire [2] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Essex [2] Southend, Essex [2] Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire [2] Barnsbury, Middlesex [1] Bottisham, Cambridgeshire [1] Cambridge England [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Childerditch, Essex [1] Cincinnati, Ohio [1] Dunmow, Essex [1] Faringdon, Berkshire [1] Farnsborough, Hampshire [1] Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Hendon, London [1] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Hockwold -Cum-Wilton, Norfolk [1] Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [1] Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] London, Middlesex [1] Lowthorpe, Yorkshire [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Ontario [1] Oxford England [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Shellharbour New South Wales [1] Southend On Sea England [1] Southorpe, Yorkshire [1] Surat Queensland [1] Walhalla Victoria [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Willesden, London [1]

Rank

Private [147] Gunner [27] Driver [14] Corporal [11] Serjeant [10] Sapper [9] Lance Corporal [8] Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Commissary [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Painter 2nd Class [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [24] Bedfordshire Regiment [19] Army Service Corps [18] Labour Corps [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Essex Regiment [11] Suffolk Regiment [11] London Regiment [9] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Cambridgeshire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Rifle Brigade [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Hertfordshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 10th Hussars [1] Australian Light Infantry [1] Braemar Castle Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [235] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] Royal Navy [20] Australian Imperial Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

R [319]

Contribution

Military Service [315] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7] Canada [1]

Edward James Rolph

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 26959 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 245256 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 245256 Private London Regiment

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Joseph James Rolph

Died 1914

British Army L/15081 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Walter Rolph

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406329

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Lyal Dunn Rolph

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 151260

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John Rolph

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222455

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Arthur Rolph

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226783

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Arthur Cyril Thomas Rolph

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249505

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Elijah Rolph

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281519

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Herbert H Rolph

British Army 4736 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372218 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Henry Rolph

Australian Imperial Force 293

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Ernest Rolph

Australian Imperial Force 975

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Robert Stewart Rolph

Australian Imperial Force 9558

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John Rolph

Australian Imperial Force 1564

Australian Imperial Force 1609

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Charles William Rolph

Australian Imperial Force 784

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Edward Rolph

Australian Imperial Force 948

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Robert Henry Rolph

Australian Imperial Force 3067

Australian Imperial Force 86090

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Frederick Charles Rolph

Born 1884

Royal Navy 10120 Royal Marine Artillery

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Charles Edward Rolph

Born 1899

Royal Navy 15622 Royal Marine Artillery

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Lionel Edwin Rolph

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 17575 Canterbury Mounted Rifles

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William Rolph

Australian Imperial Force N79471

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