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Sydney New South Wales [7]

Plymouth, Devon [6]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Hoxton, London [4]

Bexhill, Sussex [3]

Launceston, Cornwall [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Ascot Vale Victoria [2]

Battle, Sussex [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Cork [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Holsworthy, Devon [2]

Icklesham, Sussex [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Mile End, London [2]

Mintaro South Australia [2]

Ninfield, Sussex [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Willesden, Middlesex [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Allahabad [1]

Ash, Martock, Somerset [1]

Aston, Birmingham, England [1]

Avoca Victoria [1]

Aylburton, Gloucestershire [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Battle [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Biddenham, Bedfordshire [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Birmingham, Staffordshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bombay [1]

Bow, London [1]

Brightlingsea, Essex, England [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Burrowa New South Wales [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cargo New South Wales [1]

Catsfield, East Sussex [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Chelsea Barracks [1]

Colchester [1]

Rank

Private [552]

Gunner [59]

Driver [56]

Corporal [50]

Serjeant [47]

Sapper [38]

Lance Corporal [19]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Bombardier [14]

Lieutenant [13]

Acting Corporal [12]

Captain [10]

Major [10]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Pioneer [7]

Rifleman [6]

Able Seaman [4]

Assistant Surgeon [3]

Colonel [3]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Colonel/Temporary Major General [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

3rd Serjeant [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftsman [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

B 2 Cl (Boy 2 Class) [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [79]

Royal Field Artillery [75]

Labour Corps [72]

Army Service Corps [65]

London Regiment [41]

Royal Garrison Artillery [38]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

Royal Sussex Regiment [33]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

Lincolnshire Regiment [24]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

Suffolk Regiment [20]

Essex Regiment [18]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

The Queen's Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [16]

Bedfordshire Regiment [15]

Devonshire Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Tank Corps [13]

Norfolk Regiment [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

Dorsetshire Regiment [11]

East Kent Regiment [11]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [897]

Royal Navy [104]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [85]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69]

Australian Imperial Force [48]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Indian Army [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1254]

Contribution

Military Service [1210]

Merchant Navy [30]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [7] Plymouth, Devon [6] London, Middlesex, England [5] Hoxton, London [4] Bexhill, Sussex [3] Launceston, Cornwall [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Ascot Vale Victoria [2] Battle, Sussex [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Cork [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Holsworthy, Devon [2] Icklesham, Sussex [2] London, Middlesex [2] Mile End, London [2] Mintaro South Australia [2] Ninfield, Sussex [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Weymouth, Dorset [2] Willesden, Middlesex [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Allahabad [1] Ash, Martock, Somerset [1] Aston, Birmingham, England [1] Avoca Victoria [1] Aylburton, Gloucestershire [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Battle [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Biddenham, Bedfordshire [1] Birkenhead [1] Birmingham, Staffordshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bombay [1] Bow, London [1] Brightlingsea, Essex, England [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Burrowa New South Wales [1] Cambridge [1] Cargo New South Wales [1] Catsfield, East Sussex [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Chelsea Barracks [1] Colchester [1]

Rank

Private [552] Gunner [59] Driver [56] Corporal [50] Serjeant [47] Sapper [38] Lance Corporal [19] Second Lieutenant [16] Bombardier [14] Lieutenant [13] Acting Corporal [12] Captain [10] Major [10] Staff Serjeant [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Pioneer [7] Rifleman [6] Able Seaman [4] Assistant Surgeon [3] Colonel [3] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Colonel/Temporary Major General [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 3rd Serjeant [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftsman [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] B 2 Cl (Boy 2 Class) [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [79] Royal Field Artillery [75] Labour Corps [72] Army Service Corps [65] London Regiment [41] Royal Garrison Artillery [38] Machine Gun Corps [35] Royal Sussex Regiment [33] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] Lincolnshire Regiment [24] Middlesex Regiment [22] Suffolk Regiment [20] Essex Regiment [18] Royal Fusiliers [18] The Queen's Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [16] Bedfordshire Regiment [15] Devonshire Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Tank Corps [13] Norfolk Regiment [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] Dorsetshire Regiment [11] East Kent Regiment [11] Hampshire Regiment [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal Naval Division [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Berkshire Regiment [8] Royal Horse Artillery [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Canadian Infantry [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Leicestershire Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Welsh Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [897] Royal Navy [104] Canadian Expeditionary Force [85] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69] Australian Imperial Force [48] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Indian Army [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1254]

Contribution

Military Service [1210] Merchant Navy [30] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

Malcolm Harold Watts Sargent

Born 1895

Died 1967

British Army 99935 Private Durham Light Infantry 27th Battalion

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Alfred Sargent

Born 1878

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133757

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Fred Wyatt Sargent

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy 220552 B 2 Cl (Boy 2 Class) Various HM Ships and Establishments

Royal Navy 220552 Petty Officer HMS Orion

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Henry John Sargent

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 373094 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6089 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas William Sargent

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army G/6228 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Charles Sargent

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 058474 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 476583 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 47658 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Batt

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Samuel Benjamin Sargent

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy TS 4474 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4474TS Engineman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Piscatorial II"

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Gilbert F Sargent

Born 1889

Died 1983

British Army M2/175234 Private Army Service Corps

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Oliver A Sargent

Born 1883

Died 1919

British Army 2902 Acting Colour Serjeant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Wallace Head Sargent

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 3694 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/23129 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion.

British Army G/23129 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Arthur Victor Sargent

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 101293 Acting Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 711798 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 101293 Bombardier

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Alfred William Sargent

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301339

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William Robert Sargent

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212383

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Henry Westbury Sargent

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Sherwood Foresters Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William John Sargent

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401589

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John Charles Sargent

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 281477 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Henry Sargent

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298321

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Edward Horace Sargent

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13959

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Frederick Augustus Sargent

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260632

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Arthur Sargent

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40663

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