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Brighton, Sussex [7]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Horsham, Sussex [5]

Eastbourne, Sussex [4]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Mitcham, Surrey [3]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Beulah Victoria [2]

Blyth, Northumberland [2]

Burgess Hill Sussex [2]

Chertsey, Surrey [2]

Coolgardie Western Australia [2]

Dorking, Surrey [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Lewisham, Kent [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Maryborough Victoria [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Mitcham, London [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

West Grinstead, Sussex [2]

Acton, London [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Ardingly, Sussex [1]

Belgrave, London [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bexhill on Sea, Sussex, England [1]

Bexhill, Sussex [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Brentford [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Busselton Western Australia [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Carnlough [1]

Catford, London [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Croydon [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Downham, Norfolk [1]

Durham, Durham [1]

Edenbridge, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [424]

Gunner [54]

Corporal [35]

Serjeant [33]

Sapper [32]

Driver [30]

Lance Corporal [24]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lieutenant [11]

Bombardier [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Captain [5]

Major [5]

Pioneer [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Transport Serjeant [3]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer Serjeant [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Fitter Corporal [1]

Fitter Second Lieutenant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [63]

Royal Field Artillery [60]

Royal Engineers [55]

Labour Corps [52]

London Regiment [38]

Royal Sussex Regiment [32]

Royal Fusiliers [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

Durham Light Infantry [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Essex Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

East Kent Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal Scots [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Service

British Army [663]

Royal Navy [98]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [41]

Australian Imperial Force [36]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

S [903]

Contribution

Military Service [884]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Ireland [1]

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Brighton, Sussex [7] Bendigo Victoria [5] Horsham, Sussex [5] Eastbourne, Sussex [4] London, Middlesex, England [3] Mitcham, Surrey [3] Belfast, Antrim [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Beulah Victoria [2] Blyth, Northumberland [2] Burgess Hill Sussex [2] Chertsey, Surrey [2] Coolgardie Western Australia [2] Dorking, Surrey [2] Lambeth, London [2] Lewisham, Kent [2] London, Middlesex [2] Maryborough Victoria [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Mitcham, London [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Tottenham, London [2] West Grinstead, Sussex [2] Acton, London [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Ardingly, Sussex [1] Belgrave, London [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bexhill on Sea, Sussex, England [1] Bexhill, Sussex [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Brentford [1] Brixton, London [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Busselton Western Australia [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Carnlough [1] Catford, London [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Croydon [1] Dover, Kent [1] Downham, Norfolk [1] Durham, Durham [1] Edenbridge, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [424] Gunner [54] Corporal [35] Serjeant [33] Sapper [32] Driver [30] Lance Corporal [24] Second Lieutenant [15] Lieutenant [11] Bombardier [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Acting Corporal [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Captain [5] Major [5] Pioneer [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Transport Serjeant [3] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer Serjeant [1] Band Corporal [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Fitter Corporal [1] Fitter Second Lieutenant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub Conductor [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [63] Royal Field Artillery [60] Royal Engineers [55] Labour Corps [52] London Regiment [38] Royal Sussex Regiment [32] Royal Fusiliers [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] Durham Light Infantry [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Machine Gun Corps [14] East Surrey Regiment [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Royal Naval Division [11] Essex Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] East Kent Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] East Lancashire Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] West Riding Regiment [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal Scots [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Service

British Army [663] Royal Navy [98] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45] Canadian Expeditionary Force [41] Australian Imperial Force [36] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

S [903]

Contribution

Military Service [884] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [25] Ireland [1]

Rupert William Sayers

Born 1895

Died 1960

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4598

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Harry Samuel Sayers

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67659

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William Sayers

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67159

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James Sayers

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404061

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Christopher William Sayers

Born 1886

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Charles Owen Sayers

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209455

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Frank Edden Sayers

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216064

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Percy Langley Sayers

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Fitter Second Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service

British Army Fitter Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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John Albert Powell Sayers

Died 1915

British Army 14232 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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James Joseph Sayers

Born 1895

Died 1963

British Army 2824 Private London Regiment

British Army 41115 Private Essex Regiment

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Maurice G. Sayers

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2258 Private London Regiment

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Arthur Edward Sayers

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 6431 Private Hussars

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Benjamin Sayers

Died 1917

British Army 177963 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 5219 Liverpool Regiment

British Army 33774 Private Border Regiment

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Burt Sayers

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army G/50487 Private Middlesex Regiment

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James Sayers

Died 1916

British Army 27036 Private Manchester Regiment

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Michael Sayers

Died 1918

British Army 9912 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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John Sayers

Died 1917

British Army 34685 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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David Sayers

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 10587 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 10587 Lance Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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John A. Sayers

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 47635 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Sayers

Died 1916

British Army G/3394 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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