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Sydney New South Wales [8]

Exeter, Devon [6]

Bethnal Green, London [5]

Broken Hill New South Wales [4]

Clunes Victoria [3]

Dartmouth, Devon [3]

Daylesford Victoria [3]

Hackney, London [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Allendale Victoria [2]

Beccles, Suffolk [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Cornwall England [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Illogan, Cornwall [2]

Kapunda South Australia [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London England [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Newlyn, Cornwall [2]

Penzance, Cornwall, England [2]

Wimbledon, Surrey [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Alexandra Victoria [1]

Balham, London [1]

Ballarat East Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bearminster, Dorset [1]

Bedminster, Bristol [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bighamstown, Mayo [1]

Binghamstown, Mayo [1]

Birchip Victoria [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bishopsworth near Bristol, Somerset [1]

Bishopsworth, Gloucestershire [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Bolton, Yorkshire, England [1]

Bridgwater [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset, England [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol England [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [535]

Gunner [58]

Driver [48]

Serjeant [44]

Corporal [40]

Lieutenant [32]

Sapper [30]

Captain [27]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Lance Corporal [24]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Acting Corporal [10]

Major [9]

Bombardier [7]

Rifleman [6]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Trooper [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Nursing Sister [4]

Private Lance Corporal [4]

Sister [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Mechanician [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Serjeant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Forewoman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bearer [1]

Bombadier [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [65]

Royal Engineers [64]

Royal Field Artillery [63]

Army Service Corps [62]

Royal Garrison Artillery [46]

London Regiment [44]

Royal Army Medical Corps [34]

Devonshire Regiment [29]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Northumberland Fusiliers [21]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Norfolk Regiment [19]

Gloucestershire Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

British West Indies Regiment [15]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Dorsetshire Regiment [12]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [12]

Essex Regiment [12]

West Riding Regiment [12]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Hussars [6]

Service

British Army [878]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [142]

Royal Navy [140]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [96]

Australian Imperial Force [93]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [26]

Last name first letter

S [1411]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1366]

Merchant Navy [29]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [8] Exeter, Devon [6] Bethnal Green, London [5] Broken Hill New South Wales [4] Clunes Victoria [3] Dartmouth, Devon [3] Daylesford Victoria [3] Hackney, London [3] London, Middlesex [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Allendale Victoria [2] Beccles, Suffolk [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Cornwall England [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Illogan, Cornwall [2] Kapunda South Australia [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London England [2] Marylebone, London [2] Newlyn, Cornwall [2] Penzance, Cornwall, England [2] Wimbledon, Surrey [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Alexandra Victoria [1] Balham, London [1] Ballarat East Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bearminster, Dorset [1] Bedminster, Bristol [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bighamstown, Mayo [1] Binghamstown, Mayo [1] Birchip Victoria [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishopsworth near Bristol, Somerset [1] Bishopsworth, Gloucestershire [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Bolton, Yorkshire, England [1] Bridgwater [1] Bridgwater, Somerset, England [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol [1] Bristol England [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Bromley, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [535] Gunner [58] Driver [48] Serjeant [44] Corporal [40] Lieutenant [32] Sapper [30] Captain [27] Second Lieutenant [26] Lance Corporal [24] Acting Serjeant [11] Acting Corporal [10] Major [9] Bombardier [7] Rifleman [6] Staff Serjeant [5] Trooper [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Nursing Sister [4] Private Lance Corporal [4] Sister [4] Temporary Captain [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Mechanician [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Serjeant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Forewoman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bearer [1] Bombadier [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [65] Royal Engineers [64] Royal Field Artillery [63] Army Service Corps [62] Royal Garrison Artillery [46] London Regiment [44] Royal Army Medical Corps [34] Devonshire Regiment [29] Machine Gun Corps [24] Northumberland Fusiliers [21] Middlesex Regiment [19] Norfolk Regiment [19] Gloucestershire Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] British West Indies Regiment [15] Durham Light Infantry [14] Hampshire Regiment [14] Rifle Brigade [13] Dorsetshire Regiment [12] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [12] Essex Regiment [12] West Riding Regiment [12] The Queen's Regiment [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] Hussars [6]

Service

British Army [878] Canadian Expeditionary Force [142] Royal Navy [140] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [96] Australian Imperial Force [93] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [26]

Last name first letter

S [1411] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1366] Merchant Navy [29] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

G Sampson

British Army 142345 Suffolk Volunteers Essex Cyclist Battalion

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Robert W Sampson

British Army 1388 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Victor L Sampson

British Army 23935 Private Essex Regiment

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George Sampson

British Army 49535 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army T2508 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 541560 Private Royal Engineers

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John Sampson

British Army 205273 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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George Sampson

British Army D/1103 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/1103 Private Corps of Dragoons

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William Sampson

British Army 55603 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 42304 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Richard Sampson

British Army 2193 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William W Sampson

British Army 3206 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 240949 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Henry Sampson

British Army 30108 Private South Wales Borderers

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Walter Sampson

British Army 173428 Driver Royal Engineers

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Samuel H Sampson

British Army 57956 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Thomas H Sampson

British Army 241053 Private Devonshire Regiment

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James S Sampson

British Army 9991 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 126701 Private Labour Corps

British Army 120701 Private Labour Corps

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Samuel Sampson

British Army 91839 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George W Sampson

British Army 1794 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Philip E Sampson

British Army 154034 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Reuben Sampson

British Army 21342 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William J Sampson

British Army 40418 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Sampson

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 53417

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