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Sydney New South Wales [7]

London England [6]

London, Middlesex [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Croydon, Surrey [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Armidale New South Wales [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Beverley Western Australia [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Croxton, Cambridgeshire [2]

Essex [2]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manilla New South Wales [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Peckham, Surrey [2]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [2]

Prittlewell, Essex [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

26, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London [1]

Ascot Vale Victoria [1]

Ashby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Ashmore House, Cudham, Kent [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Australia [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Belleville Ontario [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Birmingham [1]

Boume England [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bristol England [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cambridgeshire [1]

Carlisle [1]

Carlisle England [1]

Caulfield Victoria [1]

Caxton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Charlton England [1]

Chesterfield England [1]

Rank

Private [759]

Gunner [85]

Driver [62]

Corporal [55]

Serjeant [50]

Sapper [43]

Lieutenant [33]

Lance Corporal [28]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Captain [19]

Acting Corporal [15]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Pioneer [14]

Major [10]

Bombardier [5]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [5]

Rifleman [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Dresser [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Fitter [2]

Guardsman [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Trooper [2]

Worker [2]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting L [1]

Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [96]

Army Service Corps [89]

Royal Field Artillery [85]

Labour Corps [75]

London Regiment [73]

Royal Garrison Artillery [56]

Royal Army Medical Corps [49]

Border Regiment [40]

Durham Light Infantry [33]

Machine Gun Corps [33]

Royal Fusiliers [32]

Middlesex Regiment [29]

Rifle Brigade [24]

Essex Regiment [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19]

The Queen's Regiment [19]

Norfolk Regiment [18]

Suffolk Regiment [17]

Bedfordshire Regiment [16]

East Surrey Regiment [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Army Veterinary Corps [11]

East Kent Regiment [11]

Northamptonshire Regiment [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Royal Irish Rifles [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

Coldstream Guards [10]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

Dragoon Guards [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Service

British Army [1189]

Royal Navy [105]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [100]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [95]

Australian Imperial Force [56]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [1591]

N [2]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1563]

Merchant Navy [20]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [39]

Canada [2]

China [1]

France [1]

Pakistan [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [7] London England [6] London, Middlesex [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Croydon, Surrey [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Armidale New South Wales [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Beverley Western Australia [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Croxton, Cambridgeshire [2] Essex [2] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Hackney, London [2] Hammersmith, London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manilla New South Wales [2] Paddington, London [2] Peckham, Surrey [2] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [2] Prittlewell, Essex [2] Tottenham, London [2] 26, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London [1] Ascot Vale Victoria [1] Ashby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire [1] Ashmore House, Cudham, Kent [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Australia [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Belleville Ontario [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Birmingham [1] Boume England [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bristol England [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cambridgeshire [1] Carlisle [1] Carlisle England [1] Caulfield Victoria [1] Caxton, Cambridgeshire [1] Charlton England [1] Chesterfield England [1]

Rank

Private [759] Gunner [85] Driver [62] Corporal [55] Serjeant [50] Sapper [43] Lieutenant [33] Lance Corporal [28] Second Lieutenant [26] Captain [19] Acting Corporal [15] Acting Serjeant [14] Pioneer [14] Major [10] Bombardier [5] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [5] Rifleman [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [3] Staff Nurse [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Dresser [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Fitter [2] Guardsman [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Sister [2] Temporary Major [2] Trooper [2] Worker [2] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting L [1] Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [96] Army Service Corps [89] Royal Field Artillery [85] Labour Corps [75] London Regiment [73] Royal Garrison Artillery [56] Royal Army Medical Corps [49] Border Regiment [40] Durham Light Infantry [33] Machine Gun Corps [33] Royal Fusiliers [32] Middlesex Regiment [29] Rifle Brigade [24] Essex Regiment [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19] The Queen's Regiment [19] Norfolk Regiment [18] Suffolk Regiment [17] Bedfordshire Regiment [16] East Surrey Regiment [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] Manchester Regiment [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] Army Veterinary Corps [11] East Kent Regiment [11] Northamptonshire Regiment [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Royal Irish Rifles [11] Royal Naval Division [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Canadian Infantry [10] Coldstream Guards [10] Hampshire Regiment [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] West Riding Regiment [9] Dragoon Guards [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8]

Service

British Army [1189] Royal Navy [105] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [100] Canadian Expeditionary Force [95] Australian Imperial Force [56] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [1591] N [2] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1563] Merchant Navy [20] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [39] Canada [2] China [1] France [1] Pakistan [1] South Africa [1]

Gladys Hope Sewell

Born 1891

Died 1933

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps, Ontario Military Hospital

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Ralph Houghton Sewell

Born 1897

Died 1980

British Army Second Lieutenant Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 19th Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant 19th Hussars B Squadron

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Edward Morris Sewell

Born 1885

British Army M2/137406 Private Army Service Corps

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Walter Henry Sewell

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 12138 Bugler Royal Marines Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 227577 Boy 2nd Class St Vincent

Royal Navy 227577 Boy 1st Class HMSs St Vincent, Boscawen III, St Vincent, Grafton, Terrible

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Charles Oswald Sewell

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Z74 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army Z/74 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 3rd Battalion

British Army Z/74 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Cecil Harold Sewell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army PS/3233 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment attached to the Tank Corps.

British Army Lieutenant Kent Regiment queen's own (royal west Battalion

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John Rowland Sewell

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 9243 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9243 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Henry Hodgson Sewell

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 7000 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 7000 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 7000 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Charles Sewell

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 33440 Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Frank Liddell Sewell

Born 1895

Died 1974

Royal Navy F24098

Royal Navy Aircraftman 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Private 1st Class 62 Wing

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Nellie May Sewell

Born 1895

Died 1965

British Army 273 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Guy Blanchard Sewell

Born 1885

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654410

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654410 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Clifton Cooper Sewell

Born 1890

Died 1965

Royal Navy M6631

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Thomas Sewell

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 45754 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Horace Somerville Sewell

Born 1881

British Army Captain Dragoon Guards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Dragoons

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Hussars

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Dorothy Sewell

Born 1897

Died 1992

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Munitions Industry Ponders End Shell Factory

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Douglas Fellows Sewell

Born 1893

Died 1984

British Army 95255 Acting Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edward Harry Sewell

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 1595 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Herbert George Sewell

Born 1879

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 541952

Canadian Expeditionary Force 541952 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Leonard Austin Sewell

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310093

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