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London, Middlesex [4]

Sevenoaks, Kent [4]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Hollingbourne, Kent [2]

Hornsey, London [2]

Islington, London [2]

Leyton, Essex [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Nottingham England [2]

Saint Albans, Hertfordshire [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Wheeler End, Buckinghamshire [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

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Ballinrobe, Mayo [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Boxley, Kent [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Datchet, Berkshire [1]

East Farley, Kent [1]

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Forster South Australia [1]

Fort Saint George, Madras [1]

Frieth England [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

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Pukekohe, Auckland [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

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Snodland, Kent [1]

Sydenham, Kent [1]

Upchurch, Kent [1]

Waltham Abbey, Essex [1]

Walworth, London [1]

Warrnambool Victoria [1]

Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [276]

Gunner [27]

Driver [26]

Corporal [20]

Sapper [17]

Serjeant [14]

Lance Corporal [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Pioneer [8]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Bombardier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Engineer Rear Admiral [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Ledger Clerk [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [37]

Army Service Corps [34]

Royal Engineers [31]

London Regiment [28]

Labour Corps [27]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [4]

Hussars [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Dragoon Guards [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Territorial Force Nursing Service [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [412]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [81]

Royal Navy [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [589]

B [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [585]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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Place of birth

London, Middlesex [4] Sevenoaks, Kent [4] Gravesend, Kent [2] Hollingbourne, Kent [2] Hornsey, London [2] Islington, London [2] Leyton, Essex [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Nottingham England [2] Saint Albans, Hertfordshire [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Wheeler End, Buckinghamshire [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Aylesford, Kent [1] Ballinrobe, Mayo [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Boxley, Kent [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Datchet, Berkshire [1] East Farley, Kent [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Forster South Australia [1] Fort Saint George, Madras [1] Frieth England [1] Fulham, London [1] Hertfordshire [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leyton, London [1] Linton, Kent [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Malvern Victoria [1] Marylebone, London [1] Murstone, Kent [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Pukekohe, Auckland [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Romford, Essex [1] Snodland, Kent [1] Sydenham, Kent [1] Upchurch, Kent [1] Waltham Abbey, Essex [1] Walworth, London [1] Warrnambool Victoria [1] Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [276] Gunner [27] Driver [26] Corporal [20] Sapper [17] Serjeant [14] Lance Corporal [11] Acting Corporal [9] Pioneer [8] Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Serjeant [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Bombardier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Engineer Rear Admiral [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Ledger Clerk [1] Nursing Sister [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [37] Army Service Corps [34] Royal Engineers [31] London Regiment [28] Labour Corps [27] Machine Gun Corps [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] Rifle Brigade [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] The Queen's Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7] East Surrey Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] East Kent Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [4] Hussars [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] British West Indies Regiment [3] Dragoon Guards [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Territorial Force Nursing Service [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [412] Canadian Expeditionary Force [81] Royal Navy [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] Australian Imperial Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [589] B [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [585] Conscientious Objector [3] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Harry John Sears

Born 1885

Died 1965

British Army 179581 Driver Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British Army 179581 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 84th Battery

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Donald Sears

Born 1892

Died 1966

British Army Acting Sergeant Kings Own Rifles

British Army 356839 Acting Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

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Frederick Martin Sears

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237337

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Harold Stine Sears

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 273136

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Reginald Sears

Born 1889

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 109591

Canadian Expeditionary Force 109591 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles

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Bertie Sears

Died 1915

British Army 9419 Private Cheshire Regiment

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William Sears

Died 1916

British Army 5902 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 36470 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Samuel Charles Sears

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 27764 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Harold George Sears

Died 1917

British Army 28873 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 28873 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Horace Sears

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 70092 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 70092 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Robert Sears

Died 1917

British Army 14403 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Edward Sears

Died 1917

British Army T4/060712 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 50458 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 50458 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Jesse Sears

Born 1882

Died 1963

British Army 18552 Private Coldstream Guards

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Charles J Sears

Died 1916

British Army 2280 Lance Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 2280 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 350583 Serjeant London Regiment

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Arthur Sears

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38522 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 43622 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Arthur James Sears

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 85911 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Thomas Sears

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 239398 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Alfred Sears

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 29492 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 29492 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

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John Sears

Died 1917

British Army 2009 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 25099 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Richard J Sears

Died 1918

British Army 87444 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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