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Sydney New South Wales [12]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Dartford, Kent [3]

Hammersmith, London [3]

Hastings [3]

Islington, London [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Tottenham, London [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Ashey, Isle of Wight [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Ballarat East Victoria [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Beeac Victoria [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Evesham, Worcestershire [2]

Finsbury, London [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Hampton England [2]

Holborn, London [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Newquay, Cornwall [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire [2]

Stratford, Essex [2]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Alverston Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Archer [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Ashey, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Ashford England [1]

Ballarat, Victoria [1]

Barking England [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bawdsey, Suffolk, England [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belgravia, London [1]

Bellinger River New South Wales [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [783]

Gunner [96]

Driver [74]

Corporal [69]

Serjeant [65]

Sapper [44]

Second Lieutenant [37]

Lieutenant [34]

Lance Corporal [26]

Captain [22]

Acting Corporal [18]

Bombardier [13]

Pioneer [13]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Rifleman [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Battery Serjeant Major [6]

Major [6]

Worker [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Guardsman [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Signalman [2]

A/Bombardier [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [104]

Labour Corps [102]

Royal Engineers [100]

Army Service Corps [72]

London Regiment [67]

Royal Garrison Artillery [58]

Royal Fusiliers [40]

Royal Army Medical Corps [39]

Middlesex Regiment [34]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

British West Indies Regiment [30]

Essex Regiment [27]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [24]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Rifle Brigade [24]

Hampshire Regiment [21]

Suffolk Regiment [21]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18]

The Queen's Regiment [18]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

Manchester Regiment [17]

East Kent Regiment [16]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Royal Horse Artillery [13]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Army Veterinary Corps [11]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

York and Lancaster Regiment [11]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Welsh Regiment [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

Connaught Rangers [8]

Service

British Army [1266]

Royal Navy [122]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [95]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [72]

Australian Imperial Force [68]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [1669]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1629]

Merchant Navy [31]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Belgium [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [12] London, Middlesex, England [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Dartford, Kent [3] Hammersmith, London [3] Hastings [3] Islington, London [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Tottenham, London [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Ashey, Isle of Wight [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Ballarat East Victoria [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Beeac Victoria [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Evesham, Worcestershire [2] Finsbury, London [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Hampton England [2] Holborn, London [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Newquay, Cornwall [2] Poplar, London [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire [2] Stratford, Essex [2] Albury New South Wales [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Alverston Gosport, Hampshire [1] Archer [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Ashey, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Ashford England [1] Ballarat, Victoria [1] Barking England [1] Barming, Kent [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bawdsey, Suffolk, England [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belgravia, London [1] Bellinger River New South Wales [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [783] Gunner [96] Driver [74] Corporal [69] Serjeant [65] Sapper [44] Second Lieutenant [37] Lieutenant [34] Lance Corporal [26] Captain [22] Acting Corporal [18] Bombardier [13] Pioneer [13] Acting Serjeant [10] Rifleman [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Battery Serjeant Major [6] Major [6] Worker [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Temporary Captain [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Guardsman [4] Staff Nurse [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Signalman [2] A/Bombardier [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [104] Labour Corps [102] Royal Engineers [100] Army Service Corps [72] London Regiment [67] Royal Garrison Artillery [58] Royal Fusiliers [40] Royal Army Medical Corps [39] Middlesex Regiment [34] Machine Gun Corps [31] British West Indies Regiment [30] Essex Regiment [27] King's Royal Rifle Corps [24] Liverpool Regiment [24] Rifle Brigade [24] Hampshire Regiment [21] Suffolk Regiment [21] Royal Army Service Corps [19] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18] The Queen's Regiment [18] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] Manchester Regiment [17] East Kent Regiment [16] Durham Light Infantry [15] Lincolnshire Regiment [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Royal Horse Artillery [13] Leicestershire Regiment [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Army Veterinary Corps [11] East Surrey Regiment [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] York and Lancaster Regiment [11] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10] Norfolk Regiment [10] Royal Lancaster Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Welsh Regiment [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] Connaught Rangers [8]

Service

British Army [1266] Royal Navy [122] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [95] Canadian Expeditionary Force [72] Australian Imperial Force [68] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [1669] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1629] Merchant Navy [31] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [32] Belgium [1] Jamaica [1]

Charles Sydney Salmon

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76967

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Frank Salmon

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277330

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James Salmon

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119425

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James Rowley Salmon

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1472

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Arthur Edward Salmon

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188178

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George Charles Salmon

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275634

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Harry Roper Salmon

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20070

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Albert Salmon

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 14/1543 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Charles James Salmon

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 8774 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 8774 Warrant Officer Class 2 Hampshire Regiment

British Army 8774 Company Serjeant Major Hampshire Regiment

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Hugh Leonard Salmon

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 15355 Private Essex Regiment 10th Battalion

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George Salmon

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 15460 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Wilfred Salmon

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 46310 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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George Thomas Salmon

Born 1891

British Army 21539 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Stephen Salmon

Died 1918

British Army 81678 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Wilfred Graham Salmon

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force Gunner Australian Field Artillery

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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John Allen Salmon

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 561

Australian Imperial Force 561 Privare Australian Machine Gun Corps

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Robert Salmon

Born 1894

British Army 6518 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Walter Salmon

Born 1889

Died 1956

Australian Imperial Force Gunner 4th Field Artillery Brigade 10th Battery

Australian Imperial Force A/Bombardier 4th Field Artillery Brigade 10th Battery

Australian Imperial Force Bombardier 4th Field Artillery Brigade 10th Battery

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Albert Salmon

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 5596 Private Hussars

British Army 5596 Private 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars

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Herber Preade Salmon

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 410226

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