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Sydney New South Wales [9]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Geelong Victoria [6]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Allansford Victoria [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Colchester, Essex [3]

Holborn, London [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Walsall, Staffordshire [3]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [2]

Gt Bircham Norfolk [2]

Hanley, Staffordshire [2]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [2]

Hertford, Hertfordshire [2]

Hornsey, London [2]

Horsey, Norfolk [2]

Islington, London [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

Jersey, Channel Islands [2]

Kidderminster [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

London England [2]

Loughton, Essex [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Richmond, Yorkshire [2]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Warwickshire [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Wokingham, Berkshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alexandra Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

All Saints, Grantham [1]

Ashow, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Rank

Private [878]

Gunner [99]

Driver [76]

Serjeant [72]

Sapper [55]

Corporal [49]

Lance Corporal [32]

Second Lieutenant [24]

Pioneer [23]

Captain [16]

Bombardier [14]

Lieutenant [14]

Acting Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Major [9]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Saddler [3]

Trooper [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Master At Arms [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Trumpeter [2]

Wheeler [2]

2nd Cooks Mate [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal and Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Admiral [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [118]

Royal Field Artillery [109]

Labour Corps [107]

Army Service Corps [95]

Royal Garrison Artillery [72]

London Regiment [48]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [43]

Royal Army Medical Corps [40]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

East Surrey Regiment [34]

Norfolk Regiment [30]

Suffolk Regiment [30]

Worcestershire Regiment [29]

Royal Fusiliers [28]

Cheshire Regiment [27]

Northumberland Fusiliers [27]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [27]

Royal Sussex Regiment [25]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [22]

South Staffordshire Regiment [22]

West Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Essex Regiment [19]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

The Queen's Regiment [19]

York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

Rifle Brigade [18]

Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [16]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Army Veterinary Corps [13]

Bedfordshire Regiment [13]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [13]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12]

Border Regiment [11]

Royal Horse Artillery [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Service

British Army [1359]

Royal Navy [170]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [119]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [77]

Australian Imperial Force [61]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

S [1836]

H [3]

B [1]

C [1]

L [1]

M [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1787]

Merchant Navy [39]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

France [1]

Guyana [1]

India [1]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [9] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Geelong Victoria [6] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Allansford Victoria [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Colchester, Essex [3] Holborn, London [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Walsall, Staffordshire [3] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Deptford, London [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [2] Gt Bircham Norfolk [2] Hanley, Staffordshire [2] Harrogate, Yorkshire [2] Hertford, Hertfordshire [2] Hornsey, London [2] Horsey, Norfolk [2] Islington, London [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] Jersey, Channel Islands [2] Kidderminster [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] London England [2] Loughton, Essex [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Richmond, Yorkshire [2] Smethwick, Staffordshire [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Warwickshire [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Wokingham, Berkshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alexandra Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] All Saints, Grantham [1] Ashow, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Barking, Essex [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Rank

Private [878] Gunner [99] Driver [76] Serjeant [72] Sapper [55] Corporal [49] Lance Corporal [32] Second Lieutenant [24] Pioneer [23] Captain [16] Bombardier [14] Lieutenant [14] Acting Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [9] Major [9] Acting Bombardier [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Able Seaman [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Saddler [3] Trooper [3] Worker [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Master At Arms [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Major [2] Trumpeter [2] Wheeler [2] 2nd Cooks Mate [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal and Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Admiral [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Captain and Adjutant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [118] Royal Field Artillery [109] Labour Corps [107] Army Service Corps [95] Royal Garrison Artillery [72] London Regiment [48] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [43] Royal Army Medical Corps [40] Machine Gun Corps [35] East Surrey Regiment [34] Norfolk Regiment [30] Suffolk Regiment [30] Worcestershire Regiment [29] Royal Fusiliers [28] Cheshire Regiment [27] Northumberland Fusiliers [27] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [27] Royal Sussex Regiment [25] Middlesex Regiment [22] Royal Berkshire Regiment [22] South Staffordshire Regiment [22] West Yorkshire Regiment [22] Essex Regiment [19] Royal Army Service Corps [19] Royal Defence Corps [19] The Queen's Regiment [19] York and Lancaster Regiment [19] Rifle Brigade [18] Yorkshire Regiment [18] Army Ordnance Corps [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [16] Hampshire Regiment [14] Royal Naval Division [14] Army Veterinary Corps [13] Bedfordshire Regiment [13] Durham Light Infantry [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [13] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12] Border Regiment [11] Royal Horse Artillery [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Leicestershire Regiment [10] Highland Light Infantry [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Royal Air Force [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Coldstream Guards [8]

Service

British Army [1359] Royal Navy [170] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [119] Canadian Expeditionary Force [77] Australian Imperial Force [61] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

S [1836] H [3] B [1] C [1] L [1] M [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1787] Merchant Navy [39] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [36] France [1] Guyana [1] India [1] United States [1]

Samuel Sadler

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army 366567 Private Labour Corps

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George Frederick Sadler

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 10369 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Service Battalion

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Thomas Sadler

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 10042 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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James William Sadler

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army S/4/035590 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 45847 Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 42134 Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers

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William Sadler

Born 1863

Died 1917

British Army 35218 Private Royal Defence Corps

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William James Sadler

Born 1867

Died 1915

Royal Navy 120676 Boy 2nd Class HMS St Vincent

Royal Navy 120676 (RFR PO A1513) Master at Arms HMS Viknor

Royal Navy 120676 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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George Sadler

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 24359 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Born Charles Frederic Sadler

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 14412 Private Norfolk Regiment

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George Henry Sadler

Born 1896

Died 1977

British Army 26260 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Francis Joseph Sadler

Born 1867

Died 1936

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps 29 General Hospital

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Charles Bernard Richard Sadler

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 3751 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Thomas Henry Sadler

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 14361 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Cecil Sadler

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 24747 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 229 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 24747 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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William Harold Sadler

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army R/422 Able Seaman Royal Navy

Royal Navy R/422 Royal Naval Division

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Robert Sadler

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 300093 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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William Francis Edward Sadler

Born 1872

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Hydraulic Winchman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Hydraulic Winchman Mercantile Marine - SS Maloja

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Hubert H Sadler

Born 1892

Died 1978

British Army 78351 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Reginald Charles Sadler

Born 1876

Died 1946

British Army Labour Corps Southern Command

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Ummond Sadler

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304653

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Herbert Sadler

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101038

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