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Ballarat Victoria [2]

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Sapper [28]

Driver [27]

Captain [13]

Lieutenant [12]

Serjeant [12]

Corporal [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [4]

Major [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Bombardier [3]

Bandsman [2]

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Royal Field Artillery [50]

Royal Engineers [40]

Labour Corps [33]

Army Service Corps [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

London Regiment [24]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

The Queen's Regiment [13]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Border Regiment [7]

Connaught Rangers [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Irish Guards [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Irish Regiment [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Leinster Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [430]

Royal Navy [44]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [35]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

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B [1]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [580]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Guildford, Surrey [4] Perth Western Australia [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Dublin [2] Islington, London [2] Kingston [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Athboy [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Broughton, Lancashire [1] Burgess Hill, Brighton, Sussex [1] Burwood New South Wales [1] Caulfield Victoria [1] Clive [1] Clunes Victoria [1] Coraki New South Wales [1] Crondall, Hampshire [1] Cuckfield, Sussex [1] Dapto New South Wales [1] Darlinghurst New South Wales [1] Drogheda, Louth [1] East Melbourne Victoria [1] Everton England [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Hambleden, Buckinghamshire [1] Haslemere, Surrey [1] Horsham Victoria [1] Ipswich Queensland [1] Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Kilburn, Middlesex [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Lethbridge, Alberta [1] Lewes, Sussex [1] Liverpool England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Manchester [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Meath [1] Mitcham Victoria [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Plaistow, Essex [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Poulton, Wallasey, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [275] Gunner [44] Sapper [28] Driver [27] Captain [13] Lieutenant [12] Serjeant [12] Corporal [10] Lance Corporal [10] Second Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [4] Major [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Bombardier [3] Bandsman [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mechanic Corporal and Corporal [1] Motor Driver [1] Munitions Worker [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Steward [1] Stoker [1] Trooper [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [50] Royal Engineers [40] Labour Corps [33] Army Service Corps [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] London Regiment [24] Cheshire Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] The Queen's Regiment [13] Royal Irish Fusiliers [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Border Regiment [7] Connaught Rangers [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Munster Fusiliers [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Irish Guards [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Irish Regiment [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Leinster Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [430] Royal Navy [44] Canadian Expeditionary Force [35] Australian Imperial Force [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [594] B [1] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [580] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Joshua Sherlock

Born 1870

Died 1915

Royal Navy 255V Stoker HMS Goliath

Royal Navy 255V Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 255V Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath."

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Walter Sherlock

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282709

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Ronald Francis Sherlock

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Captain 1st Division, 2nd Brigade 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Daniel James Sherlock

Died 1918

British Army 30743 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army S/28658 Private Royal Highlanders

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Henry Francis Sherlock

Died 1917

British Army A/2773 Staff Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps

British Army A/2773 Armament Staff Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps attd. 1st Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Randolph Churchill Sherlock

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38281

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Edward John William Sherlock

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267037

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Ernest E Sherlock

Died 1917

British Army 14924 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 14924 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Charles Sherlock

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127259

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Gerard Lourdes Edward Sherlock

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Hussars attached to Nigerian Regiment - West African Frontier Force

British Army Captain Hussars attached to Nigerian Regiment - West African Frontier Force

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Seymour Sherlock

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109027

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Nelson Sherlock

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102143

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Edward Sherlock

Born 1898

Died 1954

British Army 22452 Private West Riding Regiment

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Henry James Sherlock

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228245

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William Sherlock

Born 1864

Died 1920

British Army 20152 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 20152 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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John Sherlock

Born 1881

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 802448

Canadian Expeditionary Force 802448 Private Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion

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Arthur John Sherlock

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281876

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Wylie Mcclelland Sherlock

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204422

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Alfred Charles Sherlock

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 34447 Auckland Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Sherlock

Born 1897

Died 1942

Royal Navy 16913 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 16913 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry; HMS Ajax

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