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Sydney New South Wales [12]

Blackburn, Lancashire [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Leeds, Yorkshire [8]

London England [8]

Adelaide South Australia [7]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Oldham, Lancashire [6]

Accrington, Lancashire [5]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Hull England [4]

Lancashire [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Stockport, Cheshire [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Bow, London, Middlesex [3]

Brunswick New South Wales [3]

Deptford, London [3]

Hyde, Cheshire [3]

Islington, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [3]

Blundeston, Suffolk [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [2]

Deloraine Tasmania [2]

Dublin [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Kerang Victoria [2]

Lambton New South Wales [2]

Laura South Australia [2]

Lossiemouth, Morayshire [2]

Manchester England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Middlesex [2]

Morley, Yorkshire [2]

Mortlake Victoria [2]

Mount Morgan Queensland [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1997]

Gunner [252]

Driver [174]

Corporal [138]

Sapper [113]

Serjeant [104]

Lance Corporal [71]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Captain [35]

Lieutenant [32]

Acting Corporal [31]

Pioneer [30]

Acting Serjeant [29]

Bombardier [19]

Major [13]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Rifleman [9]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Guardsman [7]

Staff Nurse [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Worker [6]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Sister [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bearer [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [2]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Mechanist Serjeant Major [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [285]

Royal Engineers [226]

Labour Corps [221]

Army Service Corps [175]

Royal Garrison Artillery [126]

Royal Army Medical Corps [106]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [97]

Manchester Regiment [94]

East Lancashire Regiment [87]

Cheshire Regiment [81]

Northumberland Fusiliers [81]

Machine Gun Corps [80]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [77]

Durham Light Infantry [71]

Liverpool Regiment [71]

West Yorkshire Regiment [71]

London Regiment [68]

Lancashire Fusiliers [67]

Royal Fusiliers [56]

York and Lancaster Regiment [47]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [45]

South Staffordshire Regiment [44]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [43]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [41]

Lincolnshire Regiment [41]

North Staffordshire Regiment [40]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [36]

Worcestershire Regiment [36]

Leicestershire Regiment [33]

Royal Naval Division [33]

Royal Army Service Corps [32]

Middlesex Regiment [31]

West Riding Regiment [30]

South Lancashire Regiment [29]

Border Regiment [26]

The Queen's Regiment [26]

Rifle Brigade [25]

Royal Scots [25]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [25]

Army Ordnance Corps [23]

Hampshire Regiment [23]

East Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Suffolk Regiment [21]

Yorkshire Regiment [21]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20]

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

Royal Sussex Regiment [20]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19]

Bedfordshire Regiment [19]

East Surrey Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [2966]

Royal Navy [246]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [218]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [185]

Australian Imperial Force [143]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

S [3854]

C [1]

D [1]

K [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3771]

Merchant Navy [60]

Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [83]

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Sydney New South Wales [12] Blackburn, Lancashire [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Leeds, Yorkshire [8] London England [8] Adelaide South Australia [7] London, Middlesex, England [7] Melbourne Victoria [6] Oldham, Lancashire [6] Accrington, Lancashire [5] Ballarat Victoria [5] Bradford, Yorkshire [5] London, Middlesex [5] Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Hull England [4] Lancashire [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Stockport, Cheshire [4] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Bow, London, Middlesex [3] Brunswick New South Wales [3] Deptford, London [3] Hyde, Cheshire [3] Islington, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Macclesfield, Cheshire [3] Blundeston, Suffolk [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Brixton, London [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Chelsea, London [2] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [2] Deloraine Tasmania [2] Dublin [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Kerang Victoria [2] Lambton New South Wales [2] Laura South Australia [2] Lossiemouth, Morayshire [2] Manchester England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Middlesex [2] Morley, Yorkshire [2] Mortlake Victoria [2] Mount Morgan Queensland [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1997] Gunner [252] Driver [174] Corporal [138] Sapper [113] Serjeant [104] Lance Corporal [71] Second Lieutenant [45] Captain [35] Lieutenant [32] Acting Corporal [31] Pioneer [30] Acting Serjeant [29] Bombardier [19] Major [13] Lance Serjeant [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Rifleman [9] Colour Serjeant [7] Company Serjeant Major [7] Guardsman [7] Staff Nurse [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Worker [6] Staff Serjeant [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Deck Hand [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Sister [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bearer [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Flight Sub Lieutenant [2] Gunner Acting Bombardier [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Mechanist Serjeant Major [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Private Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [285] Royal Engineers [226] Labour Corps [221] Army Service Corps [175] Royal Garrison Artillery [126] Royal Army Medical Corps [106] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [97] Manchester Regiment [94] East Lancashire Regiment [87] Cheshire Regiment [81] Northumberland Fusiliers [81] Machine Gun Corps [80] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [77] Durham Light Infantry [71] Liverpool Regiment [71] West Yorkshire Regiment [71] London Regiment [68] Lancashire Fusiliers [67] Royal Fusiliers [56] York and Lancaster Regiment [47] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [45] South Staffordshire Regiment [44] Royal Lancaster Regiment [43] King's Royal Rifle Corps [41] Lincolnshire Regiment [41] North Staffordshire Regiment [40] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [36] Worcestershire Regiment [36] Leicestershire Regiment [33] Royal Naval Division [33] Royal Army Service Corps [32] Middlesex Regiment [31] West Riding Regiment [30] South Lancashire Regiment [29] Border Regiment [26] The Queen's Regiment [26] Rifle Brigade [25] Royal Scots [25] Yorkshire Light Infantry [25] Army Ordnance Corps [23] Hampshire Regiment [23] East Yorkshire Regiment [21] Suffolk Regiment [21] Yorkshire Regiment [21] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20] Northamptonshire Regiment [20] Royal Sussex Regiment [20] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [19] Bedfordshire Regiment [19] East Surrey Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [2966] Royal Navy [246] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [218] Canadian Expeditionary Force [185] Australian Imperial Force [143] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

S [3854] C [1] D [1] K [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3771] Merchant Navy [60] Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [83]

Joseph Slater

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 6983 Private Liverpool Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6983 Private Liverpool Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 6983 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment

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Arthur Frederick Slater

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 100472

Canadian Expeditionary Force 100472 Sergeant Canadian Infantry 49th Bn

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William Slater

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 3789 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 125704 Private Labour Corps 300th Reserve Labour Company

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Ronald Mortimer Slater

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas Alvin Aaron Slater

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2624 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 242074 Private Border Regiment 5th Battalion

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John Slater

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2664 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265942 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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William Henry Slater

Born 1891

Australian Imperial Force 3186

Australian Imperial Force 3186 Private 4th Pioneer Battalion

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John Elwyn Slater

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 5873 Private London Regiment 28th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Daniel Slater

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 123740 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Leonard Slater

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment

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Charles Slater

Born 1885

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83207

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83207 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps School of Technical Training

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Leonard Horatio Slatter

Born 1894

Died 1961

Royal Navy 1840 Mechanic (Engineer) HMS President II

Royal Navy 1840 Mechanic (Engineer) HMS Pembroke III

Royal Navy Temporary Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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William Samuel Slater

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 1164 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Benjamin Slater

Born 1891

Died 1965

British Army 3497 Lance Corporal Dragoon Guards

British Army D/3497 Private Dragoon Guards

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Henry James Slater

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 1985 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1985 Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1985 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Harold Slater

Born 1887

British Army 10210 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Edward Albert Slater

Born 1900

Died 1946

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175329

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175329 Student

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Helion Slater

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Reserve (Derby Scheme)

British Army 221625 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No 1 Depot

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James Harold Slater

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 48515 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion.

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Thomas Edwin Slater

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 11137 Private Royal Flying Corps

British Army 72412 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 72412 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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