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Ipswich, Suffolk [8]

Beechworth Victoria [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

London England [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Coleraine Victoria [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Ipswich [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Orange New South Wales [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Auburn New South Wales [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Beckenham, Kent [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Dartmouth, Devon [2]

Dergholm Victoria [2]

Essex [2]

Haworth, Yorkshire [2]

Ipswich England [2]

Kilkeel, Down [2]

Lancashire [2]

Liverpool England [2]

Malmesbury, Wiltshire [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Poole, Dorset [2]

Tenterfield New South Wales [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Abbotsbury, Dorset [1]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1]

Acton [1]

Alverstone, Warwickshire [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Barningham Winter, Norfolk [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire, England [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedlington England [1]

Beeston, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bingley, Yorkshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Blythe, Northumberland [1]

Bonavista, Newfoundland [1]

Brewarrina New South Wales [1]

Brookfields, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [700]

Gunner [62]

Serjeant [59]

Corporal [51]

Sapper [45]

Driver [38]

Lance Corporal [30]

Lieutenant [29]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Captain [20]

Acting Corporal [14]

Pioneer [13]

Bombardier [11]

Major [8]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [2]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

Worker [2]

1st Armourer's Crew [1]

1st Writer [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Bugler [1]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Commander [1]

Commander (Acting) [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [85]

Royal Engineers [82]

Army Service Corps [68]

Royal Field Artillery [68]

London Regiment [45]

Royal Garrison Artillery [42]

Royal Army Medical Corps [33]

Suffolk Regiment [33]

Royal Fusiliers [28]

Machine Gun Corps [27]

Northumberland Fusiliers [25]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21]

Norfolk Regiment [20]

Worcestershire Regiment [20]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Devonshire Regiment [17]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Gloucestershire Regiment [16]

Yorkshire Regiment [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

West Riding Regiment [15]

Dorsetshire Regiment [14]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

York and Lancaster Regiment [14]

Essex Regiment [13]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Somerset Light Infantry [12]

South Lancashire Regiment [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Corps of Hussars [11]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

Border Regiment [9]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Service

British Army [1048]

Royal Navy [107]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [88]

Australian Imperial Force [59]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [52]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

R [1388]

T [6]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1365]

Merchant Navy [18]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

France [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Ipswich, Suffolk [8] Beechworth Victoria [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] London England [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Coleraine Victoria [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Ipswich [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Orange New South Wales [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Auburn New South Wales [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Beckenham, Kent [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Dartmouth, Devon [2] Dergholm Victoria [2] Essex [2] Haworth, Yorkshire [2] Ipswich England [2] Kilkeel, Down [2] Lancashire [2] Liverpool England [2] Malmesbury, Wiltshire [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Poole, Dorset [2] Tenterfield New South Wales [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Abbotsbury, Dorset [1] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1] Acton [1] Alverstone, Warwickshire [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barningham Winter, Norfolk [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire, England [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedlington England [1] Beeston, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bingley, Yorkshire [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Blythe, Northumberland [1] Bonavista, Newfoundland [1] Brewarrina New South Wales [1] Brookfields, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [700] Gunner [62] Serjeant [59] Corporal [51] Sapper [45] Driver [38] Lance Corporal [30] Lieutenant [29] Second Lieutenant [28] Captain [20] Acting Corporal [14] Pioneer [13] Bombardier [11] Major [8] Rifleman [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Gunner Acting Bombardier [2] Honorary Second Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Sub Conductor [2] Worker [2] 1st Armourer's Crew [1] 1st Writer [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Brigadier General [1] Bugler [1] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Commander [1] Commander (Acting) [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [85] Royal Engineers [82] Army Service Corps [68] Royal Field Artillery [68] London Regiment [45] Royal Garrison Artillery [42] Royal Army Medical Corps [33] Suffolk Regiment [33] Royal Fusiliers [28] Machine Gun Corps [27] Northumberland Fusiliers [25] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21] Norfolk Regiment [20] Worcestershire Regiment [20] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Devonshire Regiment [17] Liverpool Regiment [17] Gloucestershire Regiment [16] Yorkshire Regiment [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] The Queen's Regiment [15] West Riding Regiment [15] Dorsetshire Regiment [14] Durham Light Infantry [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] York and Lancaster Regiment [14] Essex Regiment [13] Middlesex Regiment [13] Manchester Regiment [12] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Somerset Light Infantry [12] South Lancashire Regiment [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] Corps of Hussars [11] East Surrey Regiment [11] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Hampshire Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] Border Regiment [9] Cheshire Regiment [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Royal Air Force [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Service

British Army [1048] Royal Navy [107] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [88] Australian Imperial Force [59] Canadian Expeditionary Force [52] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

R [1388] T [6] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1365] Merchant Navy [18] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [29] France [1] Sri Lanka [1] United States [1]

Eric Walter Roper

Died 1916

British Army 217 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant and Captain Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Alfred Edward Roper

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army GS/51853 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Bertie John Roper

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 16549 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Frederick Charles Roper

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1189 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Frederick Charles Roper

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 61644 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 61644 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Walker Knight Roper

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2775 Private Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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John Gilbert Roper

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215629

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Rupert Charles Roper

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233823

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Herbert Samuel Roper

Born 1898

Died 1983

British Army 326628 Serjeant Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Howard Roper

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82727

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Charles Dennison Roper

Born 1876

Died 1921

Royal Navy Naval Cadet.

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Henry Roper

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49186

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Henry Milton Roper

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89014

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Henry John Roper

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229473

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Frank Roper

Died 1917

British Army 2503 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 206015 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 206015 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

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Louis Roper

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2685 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Roper

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90659

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Kenneth Roy Roper

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1890 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/1809 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: HMS Colleen

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Herbert Samuel Roper

Born 1898

Died 1983

British Army 326628 Serjeant Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Douglas Ernest Roper

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225453

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