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Euroa Victoria [4]

Bordertown South Australia [3]

East Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Ashton on Ribble, Lancashire, England [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Coburg Victoria [1]

Dunham-Massey, Cheshire [1]

Freemantle, Hampshire, England [1]

Grafton New South Wales [1]

Hurstville New South Wales [1]

Islington New South Wales [1]

Lancashire [1]

London England [1]

Manchester [1]

Narracoorte South Australia [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Patricroft, Lancashire [1]

Prahran Victoria [1]

Stacksteads, Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [124]

Gunner [15]

Serjeant [14]

Sapper [12]

Corporal [11]

Driver [5]

Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Captain [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [20]

Royal Engineers [19]

Labour Corps [17]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

3rd (King's Own) Hussars [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Cyclist Battalion [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [194]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Royal Navy [5]

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Contribution

Military Service [239]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [240] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Euroa Victoria [4] Bordertown South Australia [3] East Brunswick New South Wales [2] Ashton on Ribble, Lancashire, England [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Coburg Victoria [1] Dunham-Massey, Cheshire [1] Freemantle, Hampshire, England [1] Grafton New South Wales [1] Hurstville New South Wales [1] Islington New South Wales [1] Lancashire [1] London England [1] Manchester [1] Narracoorte South Australia [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Patricroft, Lancashire [1] Prahran Victoria [1] Stacksteads, Bacup, Lancashire [1] Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [124] Gunner [15] Serjeant [14] Sapper [12] Corporal [11] Driver [5] Lieutenant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Captain [2] Lance Corporal [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Major [1] Nurse [1] Staff Nurse [1] Transport Corporal [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [20] Royal Engineers [19] Labour Corps [17] Cheshire Regiment [12] Royal Field Artillery [10] Liverpool Regiment [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] Army Service Corps [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Scots [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] South Wales Borderers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 3rd (King's Own) Hussars [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Cyclist Battalion [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [1] French Red Cross [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [194] Australian Imperial Force [17] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Royal Navy [5]

Last name first letter

S [240]

Contribution

Military Service [239] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Harold Saxon

Born 1882

Died 1922

British Army 864 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

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James Saxon

British Army Private Manchester Regiment 27th reserves manchest Battalion

British Army Private 71st Training Reserve Battalion

British Army Private 68th Training Reserves Battalion

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Alfred Saxon

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143500

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Frederick Thomas Saxon

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 66211 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ethel Saxon

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Staff Nurse Territorial Force Nursing Service

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Tom Saxon

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 1558 Corporal Hussars

British Army 1558 Serjeant Hussars

British Army 1558 Serjeant 3rd (King's Own) Hussars

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Joe Saxon

Born 1880

British Army 194101 Private Labour Corps

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Sydney Saxon

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41897

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Albert Saxon

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 67154 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 67154 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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John Saxon

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 30230 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Ernest Saxon

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 26977 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Joseph Saxon

Died 1917

British Army 36548 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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William H Saxon

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 3834 Manchester Regiment

British Army 276282 Private Manchester Regiment

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William Saxon

Died 1920

British Army 21959 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 40237 Private South Wales Borderers

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Harry Saxon

Died 1917

British Army 19583 Private South Wales Borderers

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John Saxon

Died 1916

British Army 8990 Private Manchester Regiment

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Henry Saxon

Died 1915

British Army 4745 Private Manchester Regiment

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Thomas Saxon

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 15538 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Walter Saxon

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 11735 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Harold Saxon

Died 1914

British Army 9161 Private Manchester Regiment

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