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Camberwell Victoria [2]

Digby Victoria [2]

Birmingham England [1]

Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Herefordshire [1]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [1]

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Limehouse, Middlesex [1]

London [1]

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Private [57]

Driver [6]

Gunner [5]

Serjeant [4]

Captain [3]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

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Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Hussars [1]

Labour Corps ex West Surrey Regiment [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lovat Scouts Yeomanry [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [1]

Royal Scots [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Training Reserve Battalion [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Yorkshire Dragoons [1]

Yorkshire Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [83]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Royal Navy [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [107]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

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People [109] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Camberwell Victoria [2] Digby Victoria [2] Birmingham England [1] Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Herefordshire [1] Kensington, London, Middlesex [1] Kings Hill, Staffordshire [1] Limehouse, Middlesex [1] London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Omeo Victoria [1] Perth Western Australia [1] South Brisbane Queensland [1] South Melbourne Victoria [1] Staffordshire [1] Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [57] Driver [6] Gunner [5] Serjeant [4] Captain [3] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Bombardier [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [12] Royal Field Artillery [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Hussars [1] Labour Corps ex West Surrey Regiment [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lovat Scouts Yeomanry [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [1] Royal Scots [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Training Reserve Battalion [1] West Riding Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Yorkshire Dragoons [1] Yorkshire Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [83] Australian Imperial Force [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Royal Navy [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [109]

Contribution

Military Service [107] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

Horace John Simkin

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Captain Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion

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John Edward Simkin

Died 1915

British Army G/3560 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/3560 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Henry George Simkin

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289271

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Albert Freer Simkin

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30736

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John Vincent Simkin

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56604

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Edward Simkin

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93998

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Albert Norman Simkin

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249235

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John Ernest Simkin

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264850

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Ernest Simkin

Died 1917

British Army 33412 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 33412 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Luke Simkin

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 15918 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 15918 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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George Simkin

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 10490 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Joseph Simkin

Died 1917

British Army 66541 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 66541 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Frank Bailey Simkin

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 202106 Private Essex Regiment

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Alfred Tebbutt Simkin

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 6306 Essex Regiment

British Army 5612 Border Regiment

British Army 242002 Private Border Regiment

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John Charles Simkin

Australian Imperial Force 1108

Australian Imperial Force 914

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Henry Walter Simkin

Australian Imperial Force 2039

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Frank Simkin

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 130230 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Harold Simkin

Died 1916

British Army 14401 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Arthur Simkin

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26930

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Ernest Simkin

Australian Imperial Force 2369

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