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Sydney New South Wales [13]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

London England [6]

Southampton, Hampshire [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Battersea, London [4]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Sherborne, Dorset [4]

Albury New South Wales [3]

Bedminster, Somerset [3]

Chelsea, London [3]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Erith, Kent [3]

Footscray Victoria [3]

Gloucester [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London [3]

Maitland South Australia [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Woolwich, Kent [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol England [2]

Bromley, London [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

Camborne, Cornwall [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Chepstow, Monmouthshire [2]

Derby [2]

Derby England [2]

Dunedin [2]

Goondiwindi Queensland [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Korumburra Victoria [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Manchester England [2]

North Cray, Kent [2]

Omeo Victoria [2]

Revelstoke, Devon [2]

Stroud, Gloucestershire [2]

Sutton, Surrey [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Rank

Private [1028]

Gunner [135]

Driver [93]

Corporal [77]

Sapper [71]

Serjeant [71]

Lance Corporal [39]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Lieutenant [25]

Pioneer [17]

Acting Corporal [16]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Guardsman [11]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Bombardier [9]

Captain [9]

Trooper [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Rifleman [5]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Worker [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

1st Serjeant [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Forewoman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [145]

Royal Engineers [139]

Labour Corps [111]

Army Service Corps [105]

London Regiment [84]

Royal Garrison Artillery [76]

Hampshire Regiment [62]

Machine Gun Corps [56]

Royal Army Medical Corps [55]

Gloucestershire Regiment [44]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

Devonshire Regiment [32]

Somerset Light Infantry [32]

Middlesex Regiment [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [29]

Wiltshire Regiment [27]

Dorsetshire Regiment [26]

Essex Regiment [26]

Rifle Brigade [23]

Welsh Regiment [23]

Royal Sussex Regiment [22]

The Queen's Regiment [22]

Royal Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

Royal Naval Division [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17]

Grenadier Guards [16]

South Wales Borderers [16]

Hussars [15]

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

North Staffordshire Regiment [15]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

Corps of Hussars [14]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [13]

Leicestershire Regiment [13]

Bedfordshire Regiment [12]

East Kent Regiment [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Dragoon Guards [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Service

British Army [1582]

Royal Navy [251]

Australian Imperial Force [135]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [135]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [121]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Last name first letter

S [2284]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2239]

Merchant Navy [32]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [55]

Canada [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [13] Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] London England [6] Southampton, Hampshire [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Battersea, London [4] Bethnal Green, London [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Sherborne, Dorset [4] Albury New South Wales [3] Bedminster, Somerset [3] Chelsea, London [3] Chichester, Sussex [3] Erith, Kent [3] Footscray Victoria [3] Gloucester [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London [3] Maitland South Australia [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Woolwich, Kent [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol England [2] Bromley, London [2] Camberwell, London [2] Camberwell, Surrey [2] Camborne, Cornwall [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Chepstow, Monmouthshire [2] Derby [2] Derby England [2] Dunedin [2] Goondiwindi Queensland [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Islington, London [2] Kensington, London [2] Korumburra Victoria [2] Lambeth, London [2] London, Middlesex [2] Manchester England [2] North Cray, Kent [2] Omeo Victoria [2] Revelstoke, Devon [2] Stroud, Gloucestershire [2] Sutton, Surrey [2] Tottenham, London [2]

Rank

Private [1028] Gunner [135] Driver [93] Corporal [77] Sapper [71] Serjeant [71] Lance Corporal [39] Second Lieutenant [28] Lieutenant [25] Pioneer [17] Acting Corporal [16] Acting Serjeant [16] Guardsman [11] Stoker 1st Class [10] Bombardier [9] Captain [9] Trooper [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Rifleman [5] Ordinary Seaman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Worker [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Sister [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 1st Serjeant [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Forewoman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [145] Royal Engineers [139] Labour Corps [111] Army Service Corps [105] London Regiment [84] Royal Garrison Artillery [76] Hampshire Regiment [62] Machine Gun Corps [56] Royal Army Medical Corps [55] Gloucestershire Regiment [44] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34] Royal Fusiliers [34] Devonshire Regiment [32] Somerset Light Infantry [32] Middlesex Regiment [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] King's Royal Rifle Corps [29] Wiltshire Regiment [27] Dorsetshire Regiment [26] Essex Regiment [26] Rifle Brigade [23] Welsh Regiment [23] Royal Sussex Regiment [22] The Queen's Regiment [22] Royal Army Service Corps [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] Royal Naval Division [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] East Surrey Regiment [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17] Grenadier Guards [16] South Wales Borderers [16] Hussars [15] Lincolnshire Regiment [15] North Staffordshire Regiment [15] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15] Army Ordnance Corps [14] Corps of Hussars [14] Manchester Regiment [14] Canadian Infantry [13] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [13] Leicestershire Regiment [13] Bedfordshire Regiment [12] East Kent Regiment [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] Dragoon Guards [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Service

British Army [1582] Royal Navy [251] Australian Imperial Force [135] Canadian Expeditionary Force [135] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [121] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Last name first letter

S [2284] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2239] Merchant Navy [32] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [55] Canada [1]

Henry Greatorex Sims

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 12251 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Bertrand Sims

Born 1896

Died 1979

British Army 285702 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 2770 Private Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Harry Lindus Sims

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 29098 Private Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harry Edward Sims

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army 6987 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Hubert Alfred Sims

Born 1898

Died 1953

British Army 28662 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Melvin Harry Maurice Sims

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 550734 Private London Regiment 16th battalion london regiment (queen's west Battalion

British Army 2961 Rifleman London Regiment Queens Westminster Rifles

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Oswald Follett Sims

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 24644 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles Reuben Sims

Born 1881

Died 1958

British Army 470 Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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Frank Hubert Sims

Born 1895

British Army 4862 Acting Corporal London Regiment 14th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 511357 Acting Corporal London Regiment 14th battalion lond Battalion

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Richard Joseph Sims

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 39945 Private London Regiment

British Army 39945 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army East Surrey Regiment 1/21 London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles)

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Victor Albert Sims

Born 1997

Died 1916

British Army 1749 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army GS/7475 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/7475 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 8th Bn

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Albert Leonard Sims

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1575 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division 1st Royal Marine Battalion

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Thomas S Sims

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 22163 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 177350 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 177350 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John George Sims

Born 1893

Died 1978

British Army DM2/112885 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

British Army EMT/64542 Staff Sergeant Royal Army Service Corps

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Herbert Rowland Sims

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 5191 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 203024 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 203024 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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William Sims

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98863

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Frank Herbert Sims

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 546245 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Henry Frank Sims

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75507

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Frank Sims

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293470

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John Sims

Born 1896

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 205 Private Australian Army Medical Corps

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