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Plymouth, Devon [6]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire. [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Berwick Victoria [2]

Creswick Victoria [2]

Hertford, Hertfordshire [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Aylesbeare, Devon [1]

Bristol [1]

Broughty Ferrry, Angus [1]

Broughty Ferry, Angus [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Devonport Tasmania [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Exeter, Devonshire [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Grantham [1]

Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1]

Hampton Wick, Middlesex [1]

Hawick Scotland [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kimberley, South Africa [1]

Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Larbert, Stirlingshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Longwarry Victoria [1]

Molesworth Victoria [1]

Mutley, Devon [1]

Narrandera New South Wales [1]

Plymouth England [1]

Plymouth, Devon, England [1]

Rockdale New South Wales [1]

Sutterton, Lincolnshire [1]

Totnes, Devon [1]

Townsville Queensland [1]

Walworth, London [1]

Wanganue [1]

West Ham, London [1]

Worcester [1]

Yorkes Peninsula South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [143]

Gunner [13]

Driver [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Corporal [11]

Sapper [8]

Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Lance Corporal [5]

Captain [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer and Staff Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver and Havildar [1]

Drummer [1]

Guardsman [1]

L. Corporal [1]

Lance Naik [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private and Acting Serjeant [1]

Probationary Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Serjeant and Instructor [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Subadar [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 and Captain [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [15]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Labour Corps [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Madras Sappers and Miners [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Scots [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leinster Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Service

British Army [227]

Royal Navy [22]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

S [297]

M [2]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [291]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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Plymouth, Devon [6] Grimsby, Lincolnshire. [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Berwick Victoria [2] Creswick Victoria [2] Hertford, Hertfordshire [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Aylesbeare, Devon [1] Bristol [1] Broughty Ferrry, Angus [1] Broughty Ferry, Angus [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Canning Town, London [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Devonport Tasmania [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Exeter, Devonshire [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Grantham [1] Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1] Hampton Wick, Middlesex [1] Hawick Scotland [1] Kensington, London [1] Kimberley, South Africa [1] Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1] Larbert, Stirlingshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Longwarry Victoria [1] Molesworth Victoria [1] Mutley, Devon [1] Narrandera New South Wales [1] Plymouth England [1] Plymouth, Devon, England [1] Rockdale New South Wales [1] Sutterton, Lincolnshire [1] Totnes, Devon [1] Townsville Queensland [1] Walworth, London [1] Wanganue [1] West Ham, London [1] Worcester [1] Yorkes Peninsula South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [143] Gunner [13] Driver [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Corporal [11] Sapper [8] Serjeant [8] Lieutenant [7] Lance Corporal [5] Captain [3] Able Seaman [2] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Transport Corporal [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer and Staff Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver and Havildar [1] Drummer [1] Guardsman [1] L. Corporal [1] Lance Naik [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private and Acting Serjeant [1] Probationary Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Serjeant and Instructor [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Sub Conductor [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Subadar [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 and Captain [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [16] Royal Engineers [15] Royal Field Artillery [15] Labour Corps [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Durham Light Infantry [8] London Regiment [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Gordon Highlanders [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Madras Sappers and Miners [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Scots [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Welsh Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leinster Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1] Army Pay Corps [1]

Service

British Army [227] Royal Navy [22] Australian Imperial Force [20] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

S [297] M [2] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [291] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Thomas Joseph Sherriff

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2646 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 2646 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own)

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George Sherriff

Died 1917

British Army 17858 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Gilroy Sherriff

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 21491 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Sherriff

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 169758 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 307675 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 307675 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles Francis Sherriff

Died 1915

British Army 18820 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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John Sherriff

Died 1917

British Army 118677 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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James Sherriff

Died 1916

British Army 9610 Private Manchester Regiment

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Edwin Percival Sherriff

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 17914 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Leonard Gordon Sherriff

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 4537 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 143119 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 143119 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Frederick George Sherriff

Born 1889

Died 1943

British Army 9849 Warrant Officer Class 2 and Captain York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Royal Air Force

British Army 9849 Sergeant Durham Light Infantry

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George Frederick Sherriff

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 36235 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 36235 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Alfred Sherriff

Australian Imperial Force 2994

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James Stanley Sherriff

Australian Imperial Force 6801

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George Charles Sherriff

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208840

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Frank Murray Sherriff

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218013

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Stanley Aldrich Sherriff

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246861

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George Sherriff

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1350 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 470829 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Brasier Sherriff

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 8942 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

British Army 72377 Lance Corporal Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 72377 Lance Corporal Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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William Henry Sherriff

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 10649 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Frederick George Sherriff

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army M2/148173 Lance Corporal Army Service Corps

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