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Place of birth

Enfield, Middlesex [4]

Luton, Bedfordshire [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

Leyton, Essex [2]

Leytonstone, Essex [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Attercliffe Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Benholm, Kincardineshire [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bradford [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Carlisle New South Wales [1]

Chapel Row, Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Cheltenham England [1]

County Clare [1]

Diss, Norfolk [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1]

Hampton, Middlesex [1]

Hatfield, Herfordshire [1]

High Ongar, ESSEX [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Johnshaven, Scotland [1]

Kent England [1]

Limehouse, London [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London [1]

London England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1]

Middlesex [1]

Mile End, London [1]

Mitta Mitta Victoria [1]

Mossend, Lanarkshire [1]

Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1]

North Adelaide South Australia [1]

Norwich England [1]

Old Lakenham, Norfolk [1]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Saint Lukes, London [1]

Scarborough England [1]

Shoreditch, London [1]

Rank

Private [215]

Corporal [32]

Gunner [26]

Driver [25]

Serjeant [16]

Lance Corporal [15]

Sapper [15]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Captain [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Bombardier [3]

Pioneer [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

3rd Serjeant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain and Adjutant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Nurse [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Strapper [1]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Waggoner [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [40]

Labour Corps [31]

Royal Engineers [23]

Army Service Corps [20]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

London Regiment [15]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

City of London Yeomanry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

Border Regiment [2]

British South African Police [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [359]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [32]

Royal Navy [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [468]

B [1]

H [1]

M [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [463]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Place of birth

Enfield, Middlesex [4] Luton, Bedfordshire [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Camberwell, Surrey [2] Leyton, Essex [2] Leytonstone, Essex [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Attercliffe Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Benholm, Kincardineshire [1] Bow, London [1] Bradford [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Cambridge [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Carlisle New South Wales [1] Chapel Row, Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1] Cheltenham England [1] County Clare [1] Diss, Norfolk [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Edmonton, London [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Goole, Yorkshire, England [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1] Hampton, Middlesex [1] Hatfield, Herfordshire [1] High Ongar, ESSEX [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Johnshaven, Scotland [1] Kent England [1] Limehouse, London [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London [1] London England [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1] Middlesex [1] Mile End, London [1] Mitta Mitta Victoria [1] Mossend, Lanarkshire [1] Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1] North Adelaide South Australia [1] Norwich England [1] Old Lakenham, Norfolk [1] Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Saint Lukes, London [1] Scarborough England [1] Shoreditch, London [1]

Rank

Private [215] Corporal [32] Gunner [26] Driver [25] Serjeant [16] Lance Corporal [15] Sapper [15] Second Lieutenant [10] Captain [8] Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Bombardier [3] Pioneer [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Major [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 3rd Serjeant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain and Adjutant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1] Flying Officer [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Nurse [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Strapper [1] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Transport Corporal [1] Waggoner [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [40] Labour Corps [31] Royal Engineers [23] Army Service Corps [20] Middlesex Regiment [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] London Regiment [15] Machine Gun Corps [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Royal Fusiliers [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Canadian Infantry [3] City of London Yeomanry [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Australian Infantry Battalion [2] Border Regiment [2] British South African Police [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [359] Canadian Expeditionary Force [32] Royal Navy [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23] Australian Imperial Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [468] B [1] H [1] M [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [463] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Walter Alexander Scales

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1592 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment

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Thomas Scales

Born 1887

British Army 5176 Acting Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 48341 Acting Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 48341 Machine Gun Corps 54th Battalion

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Sidney Scales

Born 1887

Died 1955

British Army 20920 Private Suffolk Regiment

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William Scales Hall

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 18702 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Edward Arthur Scales

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9470

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Frederick George Scales

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281809

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Louis Percival Scales

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122764

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Walter Albert Scales

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253605

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Edward Scales

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94753

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Cyril Frederick Scales

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92116

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James Jarvis Scales

Born 1896

Died 1993

British Army 3871 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 310066 Private Gordon Highlanders

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David Scales

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 3511 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Scales

Died 1916

British Army 84553 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army 84553 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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Herbert George Scales

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3840 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 3840 Private Suffolk Regiment 1st/4th Btn

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Alfred Scales

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 89760 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 89760 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 44th Field Ambulance

British Army 89760 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 44th Field Ambulance

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George Scales

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army PW/930 Private Middlesex Regiment 18th Battalion

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John Daniel Scales-Manners

Born 1881

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2885 Private Australian Infantry 9th Battalion

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William Oswald Scales

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218227

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Walter Thomas Scales

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232217

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Marcus Hemmings Scales

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252596

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