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Sydney New South Wales [14]

London England [11]

London, Middlesex, England [11]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [9]

Battersea, London [8]

Norwich, Norfolk [8]

Adelaide South Australia [7]

Maidstone, Kent [7]

Blandford, Dorset [6]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Reading, Berkshire [6]

London [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5]

Perth Western Australia [5]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Woodbridge, Suffolk [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Birmingham England [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Gillingham, Kent [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [4]

Saint Pancras, London [4]

Walthamstow, Essex [4]

Brunswick New South Wales [3]

Capel Western Australia [3]

Coventry, Warwickshire [3]

Frome, Somerset [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Paddington, London [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Walthamstow, London [3]

Woking, Surrey [3]

Wrexham, Denbighshire [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Ascot Vale Victoria [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bearsted, Kent [2]

Bellingen New South Wales [2]

Berkhamsted [2]

Bingara New South Wales [2]

Birmingham, Warks [2]

Blackheath, Staffordshire [2]

Bognor, Sussex [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2851]

Gunner [352]

Driver [273]

Corporal [240]

Serjeant [213]

Sapper [211]

Lance Corporal [139]

Second Lieutenant [86]

Lieutenant [83]

Captain [59]

Acting Corporal [49]

Acting Serjeant [40]

Pioneer [35]

Major [27]

Bombardier [26]

Staff Serjeant [21]

Lance Serjeant [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [17]

Rifleman [16]

Company Serjeant Major [15]

Worker [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Guardsman [7]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Lance Bombardier [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Chaplain [4]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sister [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Armament Staff Serjeant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Colonel [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [384]

Royal Engineers [341]

Labour Corps [327]

Army Service Corps [325]

Royal Garrison Artillery [217]

London Regiment [181]

Royal Army Medical Corps [144]

Royal Fusiliers [112]

Machine Gun Corps [105]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [104]

Middlesex Regiment [86]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [84]

Suffolk Regiment [77]

Northumberland Fusiliers [74]

Hampshire Regiment [67]

The Queen's Regiment [67]

Worcestershire Regiment [65]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [62]

Essex Regiment [55]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [55]

Rifle Brigade [55]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [54]

Durham Light Infantry [53]

Manchester Regiment [52]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [52]

Dorsetshire Regiment [51]

Norfolk Regiment [50]

Royal Army Service Corps [49]

West Yorkshire Regiment [47]

Royal West Kent Regiment [45]

Lincolnshire Regiment [44]

Wiltshire Regiment [44]

Liverpool Regiment [41]

Bedfordshire Regiment [40]

Canadian Infantry [40]

Gloucestershire Regiment [38]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [37]

East Kent Regiment [37]

East Surrey Regiment [37]

Royal Defence Corps [37]

York and Lancaster Regiment [37]

Devonshire Regiment [36]

Army Ordnance Corps [34]

British West Indies Regiment [34]

Tank Corps [34]

Lancashire Fusiliers [33]

Royal Naval Division [33]

Royal Sussex Regiment [33]

Seaforth Highlanders [33]

South Staffordshire Regiment [33]

Service

British Army [4465]

Royal Navy [456]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [385]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [327]

Australian Imperial Force [298]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [52]

Other Empire Force [7]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

R [6072]

D [11]

L [3]

S [3]

A [2]

E [1]

M [1]

P [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5968]

Merchant Navy [82]

Conscientious Objector [19]

Country

United Kingdom [124]

Jamaica [3]

Italy [2]

New Zealand [2]

South Africa [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Panama [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [14] London England [11] London, Middlesex, England [11] Birmingham, Warwickshire [9] Battersea, London [8] Norwich, Norfolk [8] Adelaide South Australia [7] Maidstone, Kent [7] Blandford, Dorset [6] Brisbane Queensland [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Reading, Berkshire [6] London [5] London, Middlesex [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5] Perth Western Australia [5] Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Woodbridge, Suffolk [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Birmingham England [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Exeter, Devon [4] Gillingham, Kent [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Lowestoft, Suffolk, England [4] Saint Pancras, London [4] Walthamstow, Essex [4] Brunswick New South Wales [3] Capel Western Australia [3] Coventry, Warwickshire [3] Frome, Somerset [3] Kensington, London [3] Paddington, London [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Walthamstow, London [3] Woking, Surrey [3] Wrexham, Denbighshire [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Ascot Vale Victoria [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bearsted, Kent [2] Bellingen New South Wales [2] Berkhamsted [2] Bingara New South Wales [2] Birmingham, Warks [2] Blackheath, Staffordshire [2] Bognor, Sussex [2] Bourke New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2851] Gunner [352] Driver [273] Corporal [240] Serjeant [213] Sapper [211] Lance Corporal [139] Second Lieutenant [86] Lieutenant [83] Captain [59] Acting Corporal [49] Acting Serjeant [40] Pioneer [35] Major [27] Bombardier [26] Staff Serjeant [21] Lance Serjeant [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [17] Rifleman [16] Company Serjeant Major [15] Worker [12] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Temporary Lieutenant [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Able Seaman [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Guardsman [7] Shoeing Smith [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Lance Bombardier [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Chaplain [4] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sister [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Armament Staff Serjeant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Colonel [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Nursing Sister [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [384] Royal Engineers [341] Labour Corps [327] Army Service Corps [325] Royal Garrison Artillery [217] London Regiment [181] Royal Army Medical Corps [144] Royal Fusiliers [112] Machine Gun Corps [105] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [104] Middlesex Regiment [86] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [84] Suffolk Regiment [77] Northumberland Fusiliers [74] Hampshire Regiment [67] The Queen's Regiment [67] Worcestershire Regiment [65] King's Royal Rifle Corps [62] Essex Regiment [55] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [55] Rifle Brigade [55] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [54] Durham Light Infantry [53] Manchester Regiment [52] Royal Berkshire Regiment [52] Dorsetshire Regiment [51] Norfolk Regiment [50] Royal Army Service Corps [49] West Yorkshire Regiment [47] Royal West Kent Regiment [45] Lincolnshire Regiment [44] Wiltshire Regiment [44] Liverpool Regiment [41] Bedfordshire Regiment [40] Canadian Infantry [40] Gloucestershire Regiment [38] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [37] East Kent Regiment [37] East Surrey Regiment [37] Royal Defence Corps [37] York and Lancaster Regiment [37] Devonshire Regiment [36] Army Ordnance Corps [34] British West Indies Regiment [34] Tank Corps [34] Lancashire Fusiliers [33] Royal Naval Division [33] Royal Sussex Regiment [33] Seaforth Highlanders [33] South Staffordshire Regiment [33]

Service

British Army [4465] Royal Navy [456] Canadian Expeditionary Force [385] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [327] Australian Imperial Force [298] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [52] Other Empire Force [7] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

R [6072] D [11] L [3] S [3] A [2] E [1] M [1] P [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5968] Merchant Navy [82] Conscientious Objector [19]

Country

United Kingdom [124] Jamaica [3] Italy [2] New Zealand [2] South Africa [2] Australia [1] France [1] India [1] Panama [1]

George William Rose

Born 1893

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 32744

Canadian Expeditionary Force 32744 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps 1st Canadian Field Ambulance

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Frederick Rose

Born 1882

British Army 21216 Private South Wales Borderers 10th Battalion

British Army 21216 Private South Wales Borderers 10th Battalion

British Army 648049 Serjeant Labour Corps

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Arthur William Rose

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 12005 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Lionel Haughton Rose

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 534185 Private London Regiment

British Army 281931 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 7613 Private London Regiment Royal Engineers Base Signal Depot

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William Henry Christian Rose

Born 1896

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1087 Company Sergeant Major Australian Infantry 55th Battalion

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Herbert Rose

Born 1876

Died 1957

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194144

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Frank Stanley Day Rose

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army Captain 10th Hussars

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Thomas Arthur Rose

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army T2377 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 548437 Sapper Royal Engineers 2/2nd London Field Company

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Isaac Bertram Rose

Born 1889

Died 1943

Australian Imperial Force 38177 Gunner 14th Field Artillery Brigade

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Arthur Gurney Rose

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 2381 Private London Regiment

British Army 2381 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15

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James Rose

Born 1897

Died 1920

Other Empire Force 5327 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 7457 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 7457 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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John Alexander Rose

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 3313 Private Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Henry Rose

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 29838 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Rose

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 58544 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick Alexander Rose

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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James Rose

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4141 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 4141 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Sidney Lasenby Rose

Born 1887

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3243 Canadian Infantry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 152757 Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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John Lewis Rose

Born 1891

Died 1974

Canadian Expeditionary Force 304591

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Cyril Morris Rose

Born 1894

Died 1979

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

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Norman Frank Rose

Born 1895

Died 1961

British Army 310 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

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