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Jersey, Channel Islands [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Coomera Queensland [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Glamorganshire [2]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [2]

Urana New South Wales [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberlour, Banffshire [1]

Aden [1]

Alberton South Australia [1]

Alderney, Channel Islands [1]

Anstruther, Fife [1]

Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire [1]

Bedwas, Monmouthshire [1]

Bilboa [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Didsbury Manchester [1]

Forster New South Wales [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Goa [1]

Goxhill Lincolnshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Hamilton ON [1]

Highbury, London [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Invercargill [1]

Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Kempsey New South Wales [1]

Kidsgrove, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Kintore, Aberdeenshire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lithgow New South Wales [1]

Llanelli, Carmarthenshire [1]

London England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Myross Bush [1]

New Orleans, Louisiana [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Nuriootpa South Australia [1]

Paddington South Australia [1]

Place of Birth Balaklava South Australia [1]

Port-of-Spain [1]

Praikonies [1]

Rome [1]

Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Saint George Bay, Newfoundland [1]

Rank

Private [185]

Lieutenant [21]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Gunner [13]

Serjeant [13]

Corporal [10]

Driver [10]

Captain [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Major [7]

Sapper [6]

Sepoy [4]

Labourer [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Clerk [2]

Foreman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

1st Constable [1]

2nd Class Interpreter [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Bearer [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Bugler Major [1]

Canteen Clerk [1]

Colour Serjeant Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Cook [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Fusilier [1]

Havildar [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Temporary Instructor of Works [1]

Jemadar [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Muleteer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Labour Corps [19]

Royal Engineers [17]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Army Service Corps [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

British West Indies Regiment [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

King's African Rifles [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Indian Defence Force [4]

Jewish Labour Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Belgian Agents [3]

Carnatic Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Yeomanry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Indian Engineers Telegraph Department [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Mauritius Labour Battalion [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [318]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [48]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

Royal Navy [24]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

S [473]

A [2]

Contribution

Military Service [448]

Merchant Navy [24]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Australia [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Jersey, Channel Islands [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Coomera Queensland [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Glamorganshire [2] Guernsey, Channel Islands [2] Urana New South Wales [2] Aberdeen [1] Aberlour, Banffshire [1] Aden [1] Alberton South Australia [1] Alderney, Channel Islands [1] Anstruther, Fife [1] Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire [1] Bedwas, Monmouthshire [1] Bilboa [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Didsbury Manchester [1] Forster New South Wales [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Goa [1] Goxhill Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Hamilton ON [1] Highbury, London [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Invercargill [1] Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Kempsey New South Wales [1] Kidsgrove, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Kintore, Aberdeenshire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lithgow New South Wales [1] Llanelli, Carmarthenshire [1] London England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Myross Bush [1] New Orleans, Louisiana [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Nuriootpa South Australia [1] Paddington South Australia [1] Place of Birth Balaklava South Australia [1] Port-of-Spain [1] Praikonies [1] Rome [1] Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Saint George Bay, Newfoundland [1]

Rank

Private [185] Lieutenant [21] Second Lieutenant [17] Gunner [13] Serjeant [13] Corporal [10] Driver [10] Captain [8] Lance Corporal [7] Major [7] Sapper [6] Sepoy [4] Labourer [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Clerk [2] Foreman [2] Pioneer [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 1st Constable [1] 2nd Class Interpreter [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Sister [1] Bearer [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Bugler Major [1] Canteen Clerk [1] Colour Serjeant Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Cook [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Flight Officer [1] Fusilier [1] Havildar [1] Honorary Lieutenant Temporary Instructor of Works [1] Jemadar [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Muleteer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [22] Labour Corps [19] Royal Engineers [17] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15] Royal Fusiliers [13] Army Service Corps [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] British West Indies Regiment [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] King's African Rifles [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Border Regiment [4] Indian Defence Force [4] Jewish Labour Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Belgian Agents [3] Carnatic Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Yeomanry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] Indian Engineers Telegraph Department [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Mauritius Labour Battalion [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [318] Canadian Expeditionary Force [48] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] Royal Navy [24] Australian Imperial Force [18] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

S [473] A [2]

Contribution

Military Service [448] Merchant Navy [24] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Australia [1] New Zealand [1]

Harold Walwin Simon

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265384

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Eric Conrad Simon

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 5th Battalion

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Louis Simon

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33958

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Albert James Simon

Died 1917

British Army 1510 Private Royal Guernsey Light Infantry

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Barnet Simon

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army M/298288 Private Army Service Corps

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Victor Herman Simon

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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M Yen Simon

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 33653 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 33653 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Sidney Simon

Died 1917

British Army 73311 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Harry Simon

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 20396 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 20396 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Stanley Simon

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 39336 Private Hampshire Regiment

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William Simon

Died 1915

British Army 7268 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Mannsell Simon

Born 1883

Died 1947

British Army 38107 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Herbert Charles Simon

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 84186

Canadian Expeditionary Force 84186 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery

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William John Simon

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131488

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Sidney Simon

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38286

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Isaac Simon

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178209

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Max Agustus Sedgley Simon

Born 1894

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 58150 Canterbury Mounted Rifles

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Herbert Frederick Simon

Australian Imperial Force 1174

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W. Thomas Simon

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 28771 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Herbert Simon

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137948

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