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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]

Herbert Lionel Rose

Died 1921

Australian Imperial Force 3176 Private Australian Army Service Corps

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Harry Rose

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167127

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George Rose

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287444

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Edward John Rose

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95861

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Joseph Henry Rose

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290736

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John Rose

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166334

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Arthur Howard Rose

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63207

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George Charles Rose

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309548

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Harold Rose

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115047

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Alexander Wallace Rose

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199932

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Edgar George Soloman Rose

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59307

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Arthur Hugh Percy Rose

Born 1871

Died 1914

British Army Captain Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward Albert Rose

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42345

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Richard Rose

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196532

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William Rose

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277464

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George Henry Rose

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 305301 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Rose

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2476 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 290591 Private Cheshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Frederick Rose

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25537

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Thomas Allen Rose

Born 1874

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Thomas William Rose

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61497

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