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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]

Arthur Samuels

Died 1914

British Army 6309 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Elias Samuels

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army Private British West Indies Regiment

Other Empire Force 12491 Private Jamaica War Contingent

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Charles Samuels

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Private British West Indies Regiment

Other Empire Force 5540 Private Jamaica War Contingent

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Ewart Charles Samuels

Born 1893

Other Empire Force Jamaica Constabulary

Other Empire Force Kingston Infantry Volunteers

Other Empire Force 1429 Private Jamaica War Contingent

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Archibald Ernest Samuels

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216742

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Arthur Samuels

Died 1918

Other Empire Force 362723 Able Seaman Mercantile Marine Reserve - R.F.A. Mollusc

Other Empire Force 362723 Able Seaman Mercantile Marine Reserve

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Thomas Samuels

Died 1916

British Army 40133 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Waldron Samuels

Died 1917

British Army 5944 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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Benjamin Samuels

Died 1917

British Army 8656 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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Robert Samuels

Died 1917

British Army 15611 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

Other Empire Force 8921 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 15611 Lance Corporal British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

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Albert Henry Samuels

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224112

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Henry Samuels

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233825

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Sydney Gerald Samuels

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 48258 Private East Surrey Regiment

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John Samuels

Died 1918

British Army 21111 Acting Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 40483 Acting Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 40483 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Bernard Samuels

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/25446 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 69606 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Edward Samuels

Died 1916

British Army 14936 Private Cheshire Regiment

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William P. Samuels

Died 1917

British Army 3426 Corporal Private London Regiment

British Army 550983 Corporal Private London Regiment

British Army 550983 Corporal London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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John Samuels

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 7927 Private London Regiment

British Army 493838 Private London Regiment

British Army 493838 Private ALIAS

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Henry Samuels

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 16971 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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John E W Samuels

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 45928 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 45928 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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