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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bledlow Ridge, Buckinghamshire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucs [1]

Cheltenham England [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Cobar New South Wales [1]

Colkirk, Dublin [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Fakenham, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Godalming, Surrey [1]

Horsham, Sussex [1]

Lambeth, South West London [1]

Letcombe Bassett, Berkshire [1]

London England [1]

Mackay Queensland [1]

Mile End, London [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Ryde New South Wales [1]

Southwark, London [1]

St Paul's, Gloucestershire [1]

Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire [1]

Strood, Kent [1]

Tring, Hertfordshire [1]

Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Wendover, Buckinghamshire [1]

Windsor New South Wales [1]

Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Wyfold Court, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [99]

Corporal [13]

Gunner [13]

Driver [9]

Lance Corporal [6]

Sapper [4]

Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Mate [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Mate [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 /Temporary Superintending Clerk [1]

Trooper [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Army Service Corps [12]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Labour Corps [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

London Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Buckinghamshire Hussars [1]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Depot Norfolk Regiment [1]

East Anglian Cyclist Corps [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Essex Yeomanry [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS Engadine [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

Herefordshire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [147]

Royal Navy [27]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

R [210]

Contribution

Military Service [205]

Merchant Navy [2]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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Place of birth

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Watford, Hertfordshire [2] Weymouth, Dorset [2] Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1] Bledlow Ridge, Buckinghamshire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucs [1] Cheltenham England [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Cobar New South Wales [1] Colkirk, Dublin [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Fakenham, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Godalming, Surrey [1] Horsham, Sussex [1] Lambeth, South West London [1] Letcombe Bassett, Berkshire [1] London England [1] Mackay Queensland [1] Mile End, London [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Ryde New South Wales [1] Southwark, London [1] St Paul's, Gloucestershire [1] Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire [1] Strood, Kent [1] Tring, Hertfordshire [1] Walthamstow, Essex [1] Wendover, Buckinghamshire [1] Windsor New South Wales [1] Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Wyfold Court, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [99] Corporal [13] Gunner [13] Driver [9] Lance Corporal [6] Sapper [4] Serjeant [4] Lieutenant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Mate [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Seaman [1] Mate [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 /Temporary Superintending Clerk [1] Trooper [1] Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [14] Army Service Corps [12] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Labour Corps [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] London Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Buckinghamshire Hussars [1] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Depot Norfolk Regiment [1] East Anglian Cyclist Corps [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Essex Yeomanry [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS Engadine [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] Herefordshire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [147] Royal Navy [27] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Australian Imperial Force [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

R [210]

Contribution

Military Service [205] Merchant Navy [2] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

George Harry Rutland

Born 1883

British Army 9204 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9204 Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Edgar Thomas Rutland

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290045

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Frank Rutland

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94105

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Frederick Ernest Rutland

Born 1880

Died 1938

British Army 5316 Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 /Temporary Superintending Clerk The Gloucestershire Regiment

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Thomas Rutland

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28769

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Henry Frank Rutland

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2263 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Arthur Rutland

Born 1883

British Army 135772 Royal Garrison Artillery 43rd Anti Aircraft

British Army 135772 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 49 Anti-Aircraft Company Epping

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Frederick Richard Rutland

Born 1892

Died 1974

British Army 47702 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Joseph Sydney Rutland

Born 1876

Died 1960

British Army 26868 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Ben Rutland

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409683

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Herbert Rutland

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 9023 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1 Battalion

British Army 9023 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Raymond Reginald Rutland

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141004

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Albert James Rutland

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army T/242920 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Frederick Joseph Rutland

Born 1885

Died 1949

Royal Navy 212851 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 212851 Ordinary Seaman

Royal Navy 212851 Able Seaman

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Albert James Rutland

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277728

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Joseph Rutland

Died 1915

British Army 8490 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 8490 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 8490 Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Frederick Owen Rutland

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 26460 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 86982 Private Durham Light Infantry

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George William Rutland

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army G/11292 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Bertram A Rutland

Died 1918

British Army 31768 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Arthur Edward Rutland

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2104 Private Norfolk Regiment

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