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Ipswich Queensland [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Braidwood New South Wales [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Dublin [2]

Gatton Queensland [2]

Lambeth, Surrey [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Pirbright, Surrey [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Wollongong New South Wales [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Acton, London [1]

Aldworth, Berkshire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beena Victoria [1]

Bellambi New South Wales [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Braintree, Essex [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Clerkenwell, London N [1]

Cornwall [1]

Cudworth England [1]

Damascus [1]

Dublin, Dublin [1]

Falmouth England [1]

Gelligaer, Glamorgan [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Hawthorn Victoria [1]

Henbury, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Highworth,Wiltshire. [1]

Hungerford, Berkshire [1]

Ipswich,Suffolk. [1]

Kenyon Street, Ramsbottom [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lancaster [1]

Little Ellingham, Norfolk [1]

London Fields, London [1]

Marcham, Berkshire, England [1]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1]

Mitcham, Surrey [1]

Newhaven, Sussex [1]

North Denford, Kintbury, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [226]

Corporal [29]

Gunner [28]

Serjeant [24]

Driver [22]

Sapper [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Lance Corporal [8]

Pioneer [6]

Captain [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Bombardier [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Drummer [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant Captain [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [40]

Royal Field Artillery [34]

Royal Engineers [27]

Army Service Corps [25]

Royal Fusiliers [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

London Regiment [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Indian Defence Force [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [361]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [105]

Royal Navy [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

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Contribution

Military Service [561]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Jamaica [1]

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Place of birth

Ipswich Queensland [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Belfast, Antrim [2] Braidwood New South Wales [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Dublin [2] Gatton Queensland [2] Lambeth, Surrey [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Pirbright, Surrey [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Wollongong New South Wales [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Acton, London [1] Aldworth, Berkshire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beena Victoria [1] Bellambi New South Wales [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham England [1] Braintree, Essex [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Clerkenwell, London N [1] Cornwall [1] Cudworth England [1] Damascus [1] Dublin, Dublin [1] Falmouth England [1] Gelligaer, Glamorgan [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hawthorn Victoria [1] Henbury, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Highworth,Wiltshire. [1] Hungerford, Berkshire [1] Ipswich,Suffolk. [1] Kenyon Street, Ramsbottom [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lancaster [1] Little Ellingham, Norfolk [1] London Fields, London [1] Marcham, Berkshire, England [1] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1] Mitcham, Surrey [1] Newhaven, Sussex [1] North Denford, Kintbury, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [226] Corporal [29] Gunner [28] Serjeant [24] Driver [22] Sapper [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Lance Corporal [8] Pioneer [6] Captain [5] Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Bombardier [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Temporary Major [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Able Seaman [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Commander [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Drummer [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant Captain [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [40] Royal Field Artillery [34] Royal Engineers [27] Army Service Corps [25] Royal Fusiliers [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] London Regiment [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Irish Fusiliers [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] South Wales Borderers [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Indian Defence Force [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Scots [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Auckland Infantry Regiment [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [361] Canadian Expeditionary Force [105] Royal Navy [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] Australian Imperial Force [24] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

S [573]

Contribution

Military Service [561] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Jamaica [1]

William Edgar Sherman

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 3/8574 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Richard Sherman

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army

British Army 30231 Private Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William James Sherman

Born 1873

Died 1931

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190990

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Cussell Claude Clarence Sherman

Born 1894

British Army 3150 Serjeant British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Sherman

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 17216 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Sidney Henry Sherman

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164255

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Charles David Sherman

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 10271 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 10271 Acting Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 10271 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

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William Tillett Sherman

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64163

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Harold Charles Deller Sherman

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28818

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Francis Cornelius Sherman

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 3479 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 3479 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Wilfred James Sherman

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy J9781 Able Seaman HMS Gurka 6th Destroyer Flotilla

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Alfred Walter Sherman

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241781

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Percy Frederick Sherman

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 969 Private 3rd Bn., Australian Infantry

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Horace William Sherman

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 3/593 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 3/593 Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

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Herbert Sherman

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 42637 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Thomas Sherman

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army R9728 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

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James Sherman

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 11906 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 1733 Sapper Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia)

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Walter Emmanuel Sherman

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277044

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Harold Sherman

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21712

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Frederick George Sherman

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3239

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