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South Shields, Durham, England [6]

Crewe, Cheshire [3]

Goole, Yorkshire [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Terang Victoria [3]

Barrington Tasmania [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Durham [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Middleton Cheney, Banbury [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Wimbledon, Surrey [2]

Wolverhampton [2]

Yorkshire [2]

Alresford, Essex, England [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Banbury, Oxon [1]

Barry, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Bishop's Castle, Shropshire [1]

Bishops Castle, Shropshire [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bondi New South Wales [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bridgnorth St Leonards, Shropshire [1]

Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Buckland, Hampshire [1]

Caernarfon [1]

Catshill Near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Catshill, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Cheetham Hill [1]

Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Cheshire [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Coppenhall, Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales [1]

Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Drouin Victoria [1]

Dulwich, London [1]

East meon, Hampshire [1]

Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Eldon, Durham, England [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [516]

Gunner [58]

Corporal [50]

Driver [42]

Sapper [33]

Serjeant [33]

Lance Corporal [19]

Pioneer [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Acting Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Bombardier [6]

Captain [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Sister [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Guardsman [3]

Major [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Trooper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Bearer [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

CSM [1]

Captain Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver Wheeler [1]

Fitter [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Nurse [1]

Orderly [1]

Privat [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [66]

Royal Engineers [64]

Royal Field Artillery [57]

Army Service Corps [47]

Durham Light Infantry [39]

Royal Garrison Artillery [39]

Northumberland Fusiliers [38]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Manchester Regiment [27]

Liverpool Regiment [19]

Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Cheshire Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

South Staffordshire Regiment [16]

North Staffordshire Regiment [14]

Suffolk Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Worcestershire Regiment [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

London Regiment [12]

South Lancashire Regiment [12]

York and Lancaster Regiment [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [7]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Border Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Hussars [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [779]

Royal Navy [68]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [63]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [44]

Australian Imperial Force [26]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

R [1025]

Contribution

Military Service [990]

Merchant Navy [28]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

South Shields, Durham, England [6] Crewe, Cheshire [3] Goole, Yorkshire [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Terang Victoria [3] Barrington Tasmania [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Durham [2] London, Middlesex [2] Middleton Cheney, Banbury [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Wimbledon, Surrey [2] Wolverhampton [2] Yorkshire [2] Alresford, Essex, England [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Banbury, Oxon [1] Barry, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Birmingham England [1] Bishop's Castle, Shropshire [1] Bishops Castle, Shropshire [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bondi New South Wales [1] Bow, London [1] Bridgnorth St Leonards, Shropshire [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Buckland, Hampshire [1] Caernarfon [1] Catshill Near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Catshill, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Cheetham Hill [1] Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Cheshire [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Coppenhall, Crewe, Cheshire [1] Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales [1] Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Drouin Victoria [1] Dulwich, London [1] East meon, Hampshire [1] Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Eldon, Durham, England [1] Exeter, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [516] Gunner [58] Corporal [50] Driver [42] Sapper [33] Serjeant [33] Lance Corporal [19] Pioneer [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Acting Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [7] Bombardier [6] Captain [6] Lieutenant [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Sister [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Guardsman [3] Major [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Trooper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Assistant Matron [1] Bearer [1] Boy 1st Class [1] CSM [1] Captain Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Driver Wheeler [1] Fitter [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Nurse [1] Orderly [1] Privat [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [66] Royal Engineers [64] Royal Field Artillery [57] Army Service Corps [47] Durham Light Infantry [39] Royal Garrison Artillery [39] Northumberland Fusiliers [38] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Manchester Regiment [27] Liverpool Regiment [19] Yorkshire Regiment [19] Machine Gun Corps [18] Cheshire Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [17] South Staffordshire Regiment [16] North Staffordshire Regiment [14] Suffolk Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Worcestershire Regiment [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] London Regiment [12] South Lancashire Regiment [12] York and Lancaster Regiment [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7] East Lancashire Regiment [7] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Border Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Hussars [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Tank Corps [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Corps of Hussars [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [779] Royal Navy [68] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [63] Canadian Expeditionary Force [44] Australian Imperial Force [26] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

R [1025]

Contribution

Military Service [990] Merchant Navy [28] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [25] South Africa [1]

Ernest Rutter

Born 1895

Died 1979

British Army 240335 Private Suffolk Regiment 1/5 Bn Bomber and Stokes Gunner

British Army 240335 Private Suffolk Regiment 1/5 Bn

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Henry Rutter

Born 1879

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25366

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force Central Flying School

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William Farley Rutter

Born 1888

Died 1991

British Army Sergeant British Red Cross Society Friends' Ambulance Unit

British Army Quarter Master Sergeant British Red Cross Society Friends' Ambulance Unit

British Army Corporal British Red Cross Society Friends' Ambulance Unit

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Guy Warwick Rutter

Born 1893

Died 1952

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

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Samuel Rutter

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 72765 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 16th Brigade

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James Almond Parker Rutter

Born 1872

Died 1933

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409488

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William Thomas Rutter

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 10948 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 10948 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion

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Edward Rutter

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 2277 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 23606 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

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Alfred Henry Rutter

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army 49842 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 58002 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot

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Abel Rutter

Born 1876

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131055 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131055 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force 5th Training School

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Thomas Johnstone Rutter

Born 1892

British Army 88173 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 15709 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10905 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Thomas Rutter

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25371

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Stanley Rutter

Died 1920

Australian Imperial Force 1104

Australian Imperial Force 2923 Lance Corporal Australian Infantry

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Roland Richmond Rutter

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106749

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Herbert John Stephen Rutter

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66737

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William Joseph Rutter

Born 1879

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283213

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283213 Royal Air Force 32nd Training Depot Squadron

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George William Rutter

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282480

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William Victor Rutter

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25370

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George Rutter

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139313

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Luke Cornelius Rutter

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275920

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