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London England [3]

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [3]

Portland, Dorset [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brentford, Middlesex [2]

Colyton, Devon [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Lyme Regis, Dorset [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Sherborne, Dorset [2]

Sowton, Devon [2]

Wetherden [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Bayswater, Middlesex [1]

Baywater, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Bourne, Lincolnshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bow, London [1]

Brentford Middlesex [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Cerne England [1]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1]

Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Coleraine Victoria [1]

Darenth, Kent [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dinas Powis, Glamorganshire [1]

Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1]

Durham [1]

Earlstown, Lancashire [1]

Easton, Dorset [1]

Essendon Victoria [1]

Fulham, London SW [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hanley England [1]

Highworth Wiltshire. [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Honiton, Devon [1]

Jarrow [1]

Leicester [1]

Lychett Minster near Poole, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [244]

Driver [25]

Corporal [24]

Gunner [22]

Sapper [20]

Serjeant [17]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Bombardier [7]

Pioneer [7]

Captain [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Corporal [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Major [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major/ Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Lance Bearer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

acting Armourer's Mate [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [38]

Army Service Corps [34]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Labour Corps [23]

Dorsetshire Regiment [16]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Corps of Hussars [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Monmouthshire Regiment [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Service

British Army [391]

Royal Navy [58]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [545]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [536]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Germany [1]

Switzerland [1]

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Place of birth

London England [3] Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [3] Portland, Dorset [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brentford, Middlesex [2] Colyton, Devon [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Lyme Regis, Dorset [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Sherborne, Dorset [2] Sowton, Devon [2] Wetherden [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Bayswater, Middlesex [1] Baywater, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Bourne, Lincolnshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bow, London [1] Brentford Middlesex [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cerne England [1] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1] Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Coleraine Victoria [1] Darenth, Kent [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dinas Powis, Glamorganshire [1] Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1] Durham [1] Earlstown, Lancashire [1] Easton, Dorset [1] Essendon Victoria [1] Fulham, London SW [1] Hampshire [1] Hanley England [1] Highworth Wiltshire. [1] Holloway, London [1] Honiton, Devon [1] Jarrow [1] Leicester [1] Lychett Minster near Poole, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [244] Driver [25] Corporal [24] Gunner [22] Sapper [20] Serjeant [17] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Bombardier [7] Pioneer [7] Captain [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Corporal [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Major [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major/ Acting Serjeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Lance Bearer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Petty Officer [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Sub Conductor [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] acting Armourer's Mate [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [38] Army Service Corps [34] Royal Field Artillery [28] Labour Corps [23] Dorsetshire Regiment [16] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] London Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Devonshire Regiment [11] Somerset Light Infantry [11] Hampshire Regiment [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Corps of Hussars [6] Essex Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Monmouthshire Regiment [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Service

British Army [391] Royal Navy [58] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] Australian Imperial Force [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [545] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [536] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Germany [1] Switzerland [1]

Roland Charles Sansom

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force 25th Sqdn.

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John Arthur Sansom

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 304733 Private London Regiment

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Claude Harold Sansom

Born 1890

Died 1977

British Army 9725 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alfred John Sansom

Born 1867

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Sussex Regiment

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George Edward Sansom

Born 1876

Died 1950

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161528

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James Sansom

Born 1877

Died 1916

Royal Navy 176507 Petty Officer HMS INVINCIBLE

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Thomas Sansom

Died 1915

British Army 15561 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Btn

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Harold Sansom

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22609

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Albert Edward Sansom

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35061

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Frederick William Sansom

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28471

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John Sansom

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 45783 Private Devonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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John Charles Victor Sansom

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310014

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Arthur Sansom

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189974

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Albert Sansom

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120928

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John Howard Sansom

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37397

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Charles Ernest Sansom

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251636

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Ernest Rought Sansom

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194120

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Walter Sansom

Born 1880

Died 1943

British Army 4163 Private Hussars of the Line 10th Hussars

British Army 4163 Private Hussars of the Line Army Reserve

British Army 4163 Private Hussars of the Line 10th Hussars

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Sidney Sansom

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161278

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Frederick John Sansom

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 18408 Private Grenadier Guards

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