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Bethnal Green, London [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Dubbo New South Wales [4]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Croydon [2]

Leichhardt New South Wales [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Richmond, Surrey [2]

Toowoomba Queensland [2]

Walthamstow, Essex [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birr, King's County [1]

Bishopsgate, London [1]

Bow, London [1]

Brentwood, Essex [1]

Camberwell, Surrey, England [1]

Camperdown New South Wales [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Co Derry, Ireland [1]

Cornwall [1]

Dublin, Ireland [1]

Glanville South Australia [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex [1]

Hanover, Cornwall [1]

Hay New South Wales [1]

Horsham, Sussex [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Innisfail Queensland [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool New South Wales [1]

Lucea [1]

Lucea, Hanover, Cornwall [1]

Manchester [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Middlesex [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

North Melbourne Victoria [1]

Old Marden, Bedfordshire [1]

Old Warden, Bedfordshire [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Portland, Dorset [1]

Reading, Berkshire, England [1]

Redfern New South Wales [1]

Richmond, Surrey, England [1]

Rockhampton Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [295]

Driver [24]

Gunner [24]

Corporal [17]

Serjeant [15]

Sapper [14]

Lance Corporal [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Captain [3]

Major [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Bombardier [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant now Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Private [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Dental Surgeon [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Orderly [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Volunteer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

British West Indies Regiment [69]

Labour Corps [40]

Royal Field Artillery [37]

Royal Engineers [27]

London Regiment [24]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

Army Service Corps [16]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Welsh Regiment [10]

Jamaica War Contingent [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

West India Regiment [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers Transport [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Service

British Army [432]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23]

Royal Navy [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

Other Empire Force [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

S [542]

F [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [524]

Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Bethnal Green, London [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Dubbo New South Wales [4] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Croydon [2] Leichhardt New South Wales [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Richmond, Surrey [2] Toowoomba Queensland [2] Walthamstow, Essex [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birr, King's County [1] Bishopsgate, London [1] Bow, London [1] Brentwood, Essex [1] Camberwell, Surrey, England [1] Camperdown New South Wales [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Co Derry, Ireland [1] Cornwall [1] Dublin, Ireland [1] Glanville South Australia [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hampstead, Middlesex [1] Hanover, Cornwall [1] Hay New South Wales [1] Horsham, Sussex [1] Hoxton, London [1] Innisfail Queensland [1] Lancashire England [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool New South Wales [1] Lucea [1] Lucea, Hanover, Cornwall [1] Manchester [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middlesex [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] North Melbourne Victoria [1] Old Marden, Bedfordshire [1] Old Warden, Bedfordshire [1] Paddington, London [1] Portland, Dorset [1] Reading, Berkshire, England [1] Redfern New South Wales [1] Richmond, Surrey, England [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [295] Driver [24] Gunner [24] Corporal [17] Serjeant [15] Sapper [14] Lance Corporal [10] Acting Corporal [8] Lieutenant [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Pioneer [5] Acting Serjeant [3] Captain [3] Major [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Bombardier [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant now Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Private [1] Deck Hand [1] Dental Surgeon [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Orderly [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Captain [1] Trumpeter [1] Volunteer [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

British West Indies Regiment [69] Labour Corps [40] Royal Field Artillery [37] Royal Engineers [27] London Regiment [24] Royal Fusiliers [17] Army Service Corps [16] Machine Gun Corps [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Welsh Regiment [10] Jamaica War Contingent [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] West India Regiment [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Shropshire Light Infantry [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Highland Light Infantry [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers Transport [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2]

Service

British Army [432] Australian Imperial Force [28] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23] Royal Navy [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] Other Empire Force [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

S [542] F [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [524] Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [5] Ireland [1]

Ernest Fred Samuels

Born 1878

Died 1951

British Army 102657 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery No.1 Officers Cadet School

British Army 102657 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 4a Reserve Brigade

British Army 102657 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 153rd Brigade

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William Samuels

Born 1874

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284833 Private 2nd Class No.3 Fighting School

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Arthur Purefoy Irwin Samuels

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Irish Rifles 11th Battalion (South Antrim)

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Barnett Samuels

Died 1915

British Army 2495 Private Highland Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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Cyril Samuels

Born 1896

British Army 4842 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Aaron Samuels

Born 1896

Other Empire Force 5503 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 7216 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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David Samuels

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 3496 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Walter Rees Samuels

British Army 3/9045 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 9045 South Wales Borderers Depot

British Army 9045 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edwin William Samuels

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98775

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Herbert D Samuels

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123050

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John Samuels

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27452

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Wilfred Templeton Samuels

Died 1917

British Army 7974 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant General List and Royal Flying Corps

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James Samuels

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 9590 Private British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion

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James Samuels

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 5002 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

Other Empire Force 3383 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 5002 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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Theophilus Raymond Samuels

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 10562 Private British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 10562 Lance Corporal British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion

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Zachariah Samuels

Born 1894

Other Empire Force 5629 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 7971 Private British West Indies Regiment

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George Michael Samuels

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 4858 Private London Regiment

British Army 532171 Private London Regiment

British Army 532171 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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John Edward William Samuels

Died 1916

British Army 45928 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Molesworth Samuels

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Uriah Samuels

Died 1916

British Army 2638 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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