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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]

Arthur Edmund Sewell

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30264

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William Sewell

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85235

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Richard Cecil Sewell

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167098

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Horace Sewell

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3622

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George Henry Sewell

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 962 Royal Garrison Artillery East Anglian Heavy Battery

British Army 6/1017 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

British Army 6/1017 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 6th Battalion

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Fritz John Sewell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189385

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Robert Sewell

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29083

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Albert Sewell

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292259

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James Sewell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186540

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George Sewell

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297351

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Henry William Sewell

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136691

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Percy Marks Sewell

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85401

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Wilfred Sewell

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 15/800 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15/800 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Fane Sewell

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2053 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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William Charles Sewell

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army S/8888 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Oscar Edmonds Sewell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314875

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Alfred William Sewell

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 123329

Canadian Expeditionary Force 123329 Private Canadian Infantry

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Leonard Francis Sewell

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208383

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Charles Sewell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230472

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James Leonard Sewell

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246931

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