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Birmingham [3]

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Lance Corporal [3]

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Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

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Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

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Worcestershire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Sussex Yeomanry [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Auckland Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

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British Army [183]

Royal Navy [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

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Military Service [234]

Conscientious Objector [2]

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United Kingdom [8]

India [1]

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People [236] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham [3] Brentford, Middlesex [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Derbyshire [2] Sale Victoria [2] Beeston, Leeds [1] Beeston, Yorkshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bognor, Sussex [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bury, Pulborough, Sussex [1] Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Hicton, Bedfordshire [1] Kensington, London [1] London, Middlesex [1] Lostwithiel, Cornwall [1] Luton England [1] Oving, Sussex [1] Peckham, London [1] Pulborough, Sussex [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1] Saint Lukes, London [1] Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire [1] South Tottenham, Middlesex [1] St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tottenham, London [1] Walston, London [1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Worthing, Sussex [1]

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Private [121] Gunner [17] Driver [16] Serjeant [11] Corporal [10] Sapper [6] Lance Corporal [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Bombardier [1] Commissary [1] L/Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Rifleman [1] Signal Boy [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [20] Army Service Corps [18] Royal Engineers [12] Labour Corps [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] London Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Shropshire Light Infantry [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Sussex Yeomanry [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Auckland Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS NEW ZEALAND [1] Hampshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [183] Royal Navy [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Australian Imperial Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

R [235] G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [234] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [8] India [1]

Henry Ruff

British Army 21499 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 51928 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Bernard Ruff

British Army 17088 Private Grenadier Guards

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Samuel Ruff

British Army Second Lieutenant West Riding Regiment

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Charles Ruff

British Army R/4/067415 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army G/23740 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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George Ruff

British Army M/336362 Private Army Service Corps

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Stanley Ruff

British Army 197720 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ernest F Ruff

British Army TF911403 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 282265 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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William Ruff

British Army T4/174182 Driver Army Service Corps

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William Ruff

British Army 159627 Acting Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edgar Ruff

British Army 41620 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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James W Ruff

British Army 115576 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Cyril E Ruff

British Army 39729 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army GS/65719 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Tom Lionel Ruff

Born 1897

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A Ruff

British Army 69437 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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John George Goddard

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army 4841 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army SR/118 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Albert Sidney Ruff Alias Rance

Born 1890

Royal Navy 11318 Royal Marine Artillery

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