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Sydney New South Wales [17]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [10]

Exeter, Devon [8]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

West Ham, Essex [7]

Maidstone, Kent [6]

Tonbridge, Kent [6]

Torquay, Devon [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Brighton, Sussex [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

London England [5]

Barnstaple, Devon [4]

Battersea, London [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Gillingham, Kent [4]

Ipswich Queensland [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Penola South Australia [4]

West Maitland New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Bideford, Devon [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Edinburgh Scotland [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Poole, Dorset [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Albury New South Wales [2]

Auburn New South Wales [2]

Auburn South Australia [2]

Beechworth Victoria [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bishopsbourne, Kent [2]

Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Coleraine Victoria [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Deniliquin New South Wales [2]

Devonport [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

East Grinstead, Sussex [2]

Essex [2]

Exmouth, Devon [2]

Rank

Private [1635]

Gunner [191]

Driver [148]

Corporal [134]

Serjeant [130]

Sapper [117]

Lance Corporal [77]

Second Lieutenant [60]

Lieutenant [59]

Acting Corporal [36]

Captain [29]

Major [29]

Acting Serjeant [18]

Pioneer [17]

Bombardier [12]

Rifleman [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Colonel [6]

Acting Staff Serjeant [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [5]

Guardsman [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Nurse [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Sister [3]

Sub Conductor [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Assistant Matron [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Colonel/Temporary Surgeon General [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [216]

Royal Engineers [212]

Labour Corps [190]

Army Service Corps [183]

London Regiment [147]

Royal Garrison Artillery [117]

Royal Army Medical Corps [101]

Machine Gun Corps [81]

Royal Fusiliers [75]

Devonshire Regiment [70]

Middlesex Regiment [62]

Rifle Brigade [53]

The Queen's Regiment [53]

Royal Sussex Regiment [48]

Royal West Kent Regiment [45]

Royal Army Service Corps [39]

Seaforth Highlanders [39]

East Surrey Regiment [36]

Essex Regiment [36]

Bedfordshire Regiment [35]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [35]

East Kent Regiment [32]

Gordon Highlanders [32]

Royal Horse Artillery [31]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [29]

Lincolnshire Regiment [28]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

Royal Scots [27]

West Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [26]

Worcestershire Regiment [25]

Northamptonshire Regiment [24]

Royal Naval Division [24]

Dorsetshire Regiment [23]

Somerset Light Infantry [23]

Gloucestershire Regiment [22]

Highland Light Infantry [22]

Army Ordnance Corps [21]

Hampshire Regiment [21]

Royal Highlanders [20]

Lancashire Fusiliers [19]

Leicestershire Regiment [19]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [19]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Cameron Highlanders [16]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [16]

Army Veterinary Corps [15]

Border Regiment [15]

Service

British Army [2570]

Royal Navy [351]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [228]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [192]

Australian Imperial Force [186]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37]

Indian Army [4]

South African Services [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [3643]

C [1]

D [1]

L [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3558]

Merchant Navy [60]

Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [79]

New Zealand [3]

Barbados [1]

Bermuda [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [17] Bristol, Gloucestershire [10] Exeter, Devon [8] London, Middlesex, England [8] West Ham, Essex [7] Maidstone, Kent [6] Tonbridge, Kent [6] Torquay, Devon [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Brighton, Sussex [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] London England [5] Barnstaple, Devon [4] Battersea, London [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Gillingham, Kent [4] Ipswich Queensland [4] London, Middlesex [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Penola South Australia [4] West Maitland New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Bideford, Devon [3] Camberwell, London [3] Edinburgh Scotland [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Poole, Dorset [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Albury New South Wales [2] Auburn New South Wales [2] Auburn South Australia [2] Beechworth Victoria [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bishopsbourne, Kent [2] Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Chelsea, London [2] Coleraine Victoria [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Deniliquin New South Wales [2] Devonport [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] East Grinstead, Sussex [2] Essex [2] Exmouth, Devon [2]

Rank

Private [1635] Gunner [191] Driver [148] Corporal [134] Serjeant [130] Sapper [117] Lance Corporal [77] Second Lieutenant [60] Lieutenant [59] Acting Corporal [36] Captain [29] Major [29] Acting Serjeant [18] Pioneer [17] Bombardier [12] Rifleman [12] Able Seaman [11] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Colonel [6] Acting Staff Serjeant [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Battery Serjeant Major [5] Guardsman [4] Nursing Sister [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Nurse [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Sister [3] Sub Conductor [3] Temporary Captain [3] Trooper [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Assistant Matron [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Colonel/Temporary Surgeon General [2] Commander [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [216] Royal Engineers [212] Labour Corps [190] Army Service Corps [183] London Regiment [147] Royal Garrison Artillery [117] Royal Army Medical Corps [101] Machine Gun Corps [81] Royal Fusiliers [75] Devonshire Regiment [70] Middlesex Regiment [62] Rifle Brigade [53] The Queen's Regiment [53] Royal Sussex Regiment [48] Royal West Kent Regiment [45] Royal Army Service Corps [39] Seaforth Highlanders [39] East Surrey Regiment [36] Essex Regiment [36] Bedfordshire Regiment [35] King's Royal Rifle Corps [35] East Kent Regiment [32] Gordon Highlanders [32] Royal Horse Artillery [31] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [29] Lincolnshire Regiment [28] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] Royal Scots [27] West Yorkshire Regiment [27] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [26] Worcestershire Regiment [25] Northamptonshire Regiment [24] Royal Naval Division [24] Dorsetshire Regiment [23] Somerset Light Infantry [23] Gloucestershire Regiment [22] Highland Light Infantry [22] Army Ordnance Corps [21] Hampshire Regiment [21] Royal Highlanders [20] Lancashire Fusiliers [19] Leicestershire Regiment [19] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] Royal Defence Corps [19] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [19] Manchester Regiment [18] Cameron Highlanders [16] King's Own Scottish Borderers [16] Army Veterinary Corps [15] Border Regiment [15]

Service

British Army [2570] Royal Navy [351] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [228] Canadian Expeditionary Force [192] Australian Imperial Force [186] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37] Indian Army [4] South African Services [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [3643] C [1] D [1] L [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3558] Merchant Navy [60] Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [79] New Zealand [3] Barbados [1] Bermuda [1] India [1] Ireland [1]

Henry Devenish Skinner

Born 1886

Died 1978

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1837 Lance-Corporal Otago Infantry Battalion

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Herbert Fenton Skinner

Born 1888

Died 1975

British Army M/272973 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 096649 Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Ernest Lee Skinner

Born 1889

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5190 Sergeant 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion

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Samuel George Skinner

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 4966 Private London Regiment

British Army 4966 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Kendrick Skinner

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 6895 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 6895 Warrant Officer Class 2 King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 6895 Company Serjeant Major King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Stuart Skinner

Born 1894

Died 1983

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/105 Sergeant Otago Infantry Brigade Main Body

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Benjamin Charles Skinner

Born 1883

Died 1918

Royal Navy 347122 Writer 1st Class H.M.S. "Attentive"

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Richard George Skinner

Born 1880

Died 1918

Royal Navy 361338 Officer's Steward 1st Class HMS Vivid

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Robert J Skinner

Born 1896

Died 1944

British Army 2757 Private Lothian and Border Horse

British Army 120869 Private Lothian and Border Horse

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Alexander Skinner

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 973 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Thomas Breadmore Skinner

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 4948 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4948 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur Charles Skinner

Born 1891

Died 1967

British Army 800982 Private London Regiment

British Army 1998 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1998 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Sidney Skinner

Died 1917

British Army 1269 Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army 1269 Corporal Royal Engineers Devon (Fortress) 2/2nd Company

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Frank Skinner

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 13644 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Harry Skinner

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 23312 Private Suffolk Regiment

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John Leonard Skinner

Died 1916

British Army Stk/2346 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 2346 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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John Bernard Skinner

Born 1887

Died 1951

British Army 5182 Private London Regiment

British Army 552227 Private London Regiment

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Thomas Skinner

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 158991 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 25th Fire Command

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Edward Charles Skinner

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 15628 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Louis Arthur Skinner

Born 1878

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 419 Lance Corporal Royal Naval Division: Engineers Deal battalion

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