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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]

John William Slater

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126000

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Philip Slater

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31467

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Matthew Slater

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112962

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Percival James Slater

Born 1892

Died 1967

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Albert Slater

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78532

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Ernest Slater

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94931

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Richard Slater

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269280

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George Slater

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11082

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Charles Henry Slater

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41720

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Thomas Christian Slater

Born 1880

Died 1955

British Army 2404 Corporal Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army 5412 Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 2404 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Frank Slater

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215546

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James Slater

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197063

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Harry Glencoe Slater

Born 1902

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Boy Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Boy Mercantile Marine - HMHS 'Llandovery Castle' (London)

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Hugh Slater

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92225

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Edwin William Slater

Born 1877

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1838 Private Otago Infantry Battalion

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F Slater

Died 1916

British Army 16992 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 9th Battalion

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Charles Henry Slater

Born 1884

Died 1915

Royal Navy K14626

Royal Navy K/14626 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Walter Stanley Slater

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225763

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Charles James Slater

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227154

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William Slater

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246567

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