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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]

Edward Saxon

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 35557 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Arthur Saxon

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163025

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Harold Saxon

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165136

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Fred Saxon

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50728

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Leonard Saxon

Born 1887

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 670179

Canadian Expeditionary Force 670179 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Fred Saxon

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226354

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John Saxon

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122971

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Richard Ellis Saxon

Australian Imperial Force 2717

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Harry Saxon

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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William E Saxon

Died 1917

British Army 19009 Private Manchester Regiment

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Walter Saxon

Died 1917

British Army 16797 Private Royal Scots

British Army 16797 Corporal Royal Scots

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Joshua Saxon

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 7951 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 43055 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Saxon

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 138788 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Samuel Saxon

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86929

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Samuel Saxon

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 5980 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 36468 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Buller John Hicks Saxon

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/1949 New Zealand Field Artillery 6th Battery

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Thomas Abraham Saxon

Australian Imperial Force 485

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Richard Clive Saxon

Australian Imperial Force 35004

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Bertie Henry Saxon

Australian Imperial Force 2708

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York William Saxon

Australian Imperial Force 6853

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