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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

Belfast, Antrim [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]

Hull, Yorkshire [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3]

Holywood, Down [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Deloraine Tasmania [2]

Dublin [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Heathcote Victoria [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Isleworth, Middlesex [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

Mudgee New South Wales [2]

Nipissing ON [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wallsend, Northumberland [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Argyllshire [1]

Ayr [1]

Ayr Scotland [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Bacchus Marsh [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Birtley, Durham [1]

Blaney [1]

Blaydon, Oxfordshire [1]

Bridlington, Yorkshire [1]

Busby, Renfrewshire [1]

Calcutta [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Campsie, Stirlingshire [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carrick, Argyll [1]

Castle Bolton, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [771]

Driver [71]

Serjeant [61]

Gunner [57]

Corporal [55]

Sapper [39]

Lance Corporal [30]

Lieutenant [19]

Captain [14]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Pioneer [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Bombardier [6]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Major [5]

Rifleman [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker [2]

Trooper [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4 Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Fitter [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [90]

Royal Field Artillery [90]

Royal Engineers [83]

Army Service Corps [68]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [48]

Scottish Rifles [48]

Highland Light Infantry [45]

Royal Scots [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery [38]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [35]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

Royal Irish Rifles [33]

Royal Army Medical Corps [31]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [28]

Durham Light Infantry [27]

Seaforth Highlanders [27]

Machine Gun Corps [26]

Royal Highlanders [24]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Liverpool Regiment [21]

Manchester Regiment [21]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [21]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [17]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [13]

London Regiment [12]

Royal Irish Regiment [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Gordon Highlanders [11]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

Tank Corps [10]

Border Regiment [9]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1126]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [176]

Australian Imperial Force [103]

Royal Navy [84]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [66]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [1614]

C [1]

G [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1566]

Merchant Navy [42]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] Belfast, Antrim [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Hull, Yorkshire [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Geelong Victoria [3] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3] Holywood, Down [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [2] Darlington, Durham [2] Deloraine Tasmania [2] Dublin [2] Edinburgh [2] Heathcote Victoria [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Isleworth, Middlesex [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] Mudgee New South Wales [2] Nipissing ON [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wallsend, Northumberland [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Argyllshire [1] Ayr [1] Ayr Scotland [1] Ayrshire [1] Bacchus Marsh [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Belfast, Down [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead [1] Birtley, Durham [1] Blaney [1] Blaydon, Oxfordshire [1] Bridlington, Yorkshire [1] Busby, Renfrewshire [1] Calcutta [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Campsie, Stirlingshire [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carrick, Argyll [1] Castle Bolton, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [771] Driver [71] Serjeant [61] Gunner [57] Corporal [55] Sapper [39] Lance Corporal [30] Lieutenant [19] Captain [14] Acting Serjeant [13] Second Lieutenant [12] Pioneer [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Bombardier [6] Colour Serjeant [6] Acting Corporal [5] Major [5] Rifleman [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Staff Nurse [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Worker [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Nursing Sister [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker [2] Trooper [2] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4 Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Fitter [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [90] Royal Field Artillery [90] Royal Engineers [83] Army Service Corps [68] Royal Scots Fusiliers [48] Scottish Rifles [48] Highland Light Infantry [45] Royal Scots [42] Royal Garrison Artillery [38] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [35] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] Royal Irish Rifles [33] Royal Army Medical Corps [31] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [28] Durham Light Infantry [27] Seaforth Highlanders [27] Machine Gun Corps [26] Royal Highlanders [24] Yorkshire Regiment [22] Liverpool Regiment [21] Manchester Regiment [21] Royal Irish Fusiliers [21] King's Own Scottish Borderers [17] Royal Fusiliers [15] Canadian Infantry [14] Royal Army Service Corps [14] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Royal Lancaster Regiment [13] London Regiment [12] Royal Irish Regiment [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] Gordon Highlanders [11] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [11] West Riding Regiment [11] Royal Defence Corps [10] Tank Corps [10] Border Regiment [9] Royal Munster Fusiliers [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] East Lancashire Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Royal Naval Division [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1126] Canadian Expeditionary Force [176] Australian Imperial Force [103] Royal Navy [84] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [66] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [1614] C [1] G [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1566] Merchant Navy [42] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

William Shields

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 10113 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 10113 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment Depot

British Army 10113 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Shields

Born 1881

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 45145 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Francis Waugh Shields

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 9th Battalion (attached to the 5th)

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Ralph Shields

Born 1892

Died 1944

British Army 110709 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

Australian Imperial Force NX57251 Private Australian Army Service Corps No. 2 Company

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Samuel Shields

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 13588 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Stanley Shields

Born 1890

Died 1921

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 343617 Corporal

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Nathaniel Shields

Born 1896

Other Empire Force 6742 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 8529 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 8529 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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James Shields

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118057

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Hughie Shields

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150087

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Arthur Shields

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141146

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Fred Kilding Shields

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 26237 Private Yorkshire Regiment 8th Battalion.

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Walter John Shields

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208783

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John Shields

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147915

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John Samuel Shields

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289121

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Frederick Ernest Shields

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112752

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Hugh John Sladen Shields

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps/Irish Guards 5th Field Ambulance

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Robert Shields

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309910

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William Shields

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100706

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Robert Shields

Born 1871

Died 1919

Royal Navy 137680 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Pembroke

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J Shields

Born 1885

Died 1979

British Army 14/18759 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

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