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Sydney New South Wales [28]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Grafton New South Wales [5]

Hastings, Sussex [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Camden New South Wales [4]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Battersea, London [3]

Camberwell, Surrey [3]

Dundee Scotland [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

London England [3]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Bloomsbury, London [2]

Bristol England [2]

Brixham, Devon [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Campbelltown New South Wales [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Durham [2]

Eastwood New South Wales [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

Enfield Wash, Middlesex [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Hale, Farnham, Surrey [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Knutsford [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Ludlow, Shropshire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Methyr, Glamorgan [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [2]

Plympton, Devon [2]

Poole, Dorset [2]

Ryde New South Wales [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Ulmarra New South Wales [2]

Worle, Somerset [2]

Yeovil, Somerset [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Alford, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Alton, Hants [1]

Ancroft, Northumberland [1]

Andover, Hampshire [1]

Ballina New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [981]

Gunner [93]

Driver [87]

Corporal [74]

Serjeant [60]

Sapper [58]

Lieutenant [33]

Lance Corporal [32]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Acting Corporal [18]

Pioneer [16]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Captain [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Bombardier [9]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Rifleman [5]

Carrier [4]

Trooper [4]

Worker [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Chaplain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

2nd A.M. [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Colour Serjeant Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [119]

Royal Field Artillery [108]

Labour Corps [96]

Army Service Corps [84]

London Regiment [64]

Royal Garrison Artillery [57]

Royal Army Medical Corps [44]

Royal Highlanders [42]

Royal Scots [41]

Machine Gun Corps [32]

Devonshire Regiment [30]

British West Indies Regiment [29]

Middlesex Regiment [28]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

Somerset Light Infantry [28]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

Gordon Highlanders [26]

Highland Light Infantry [26]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

Scottish Rifles [20]

South Staffordshire Regiment [20]

Army Ordnance Corps [19]

Canadian Infantry [19]

Rifle Brigade [18]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

Gloucestershire Regiment [17]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17]

Worcestershire Regiment [17]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [16]

Seaforth Highlanders [16]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Welsh Regiment [15]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Essex Regiment [14]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [14]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Royal Sussex Regiment [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Cameron Highlanders [13]

Royal Irish Rifles [13]

Bedfordshire Regiment [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1454]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [178]

Royal Navy [139]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [121]

Australian Imperial Force [116]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [57]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [2119]

Contribution

Military Service [2063]

Merchant Navy [50]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

Panama [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [28] London, Middlesex, England [7] Grafton New South Wales [5] Hastings, Sussex [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Camden New South Wales [4] Edinburgh, Midlothian [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Battersea, London [3] Camberwell, Surrey [3] Dundee Scotland [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] London England [3] Battersea, Surrey [2] Bloomsbury, London [2] Bristol England [2] Brixham, Devon [2] Camberwell, London [2] Campbelltown New South Wales [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Durham [2] Eastwood New South Wales [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] Enfield Wash, Middlesex [2] Fulham, London [2] Hale, Farnham, Surrey [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Knutsford [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Ludlow, Shropshire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Methyr, Glamorgan [2] Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [2] Plympton, Devon [2] Poole, Dorset [2] Ryde New South Wales [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Tottenham, London [2] Ulmarra New South Wales [2] Worle, Somerset [2] Yeovil, Somerset [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Alford, Lincolnshire, England [1] Alton, Hants [1] Ancroft, Northumberland [1] Andover, Hampshire [1] Ballina New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [981] Gunner [93] Driver [87] Corporal [74] Serjeant [60] Sapper [58] Lieutenant [33] Lance Corporal [32] Second Lieutenant [25] Acting Corporal [18] Pioneer [16] Acting Serjeant [10] Captain [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Bombardier [9] Lance Serjeant [9] Acting Bombardier [7] Company Serjeant Major [7] Staff Serjeant [6] Rifleman [5] Carrier [4] Trooper [4] Worker [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Chaplain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Transport Serjeant [2] 2nd A.M. [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Colour Serjeant Acting Serjeant Major [1] Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [119] Royal Field Artillery [108] Labour Corps [96] Army Service Corps [84] London Regiment [64] Royal Garrison Artillery [57] Royal Army Medical Corps [44] Royal Highlanders [42] Royal Scots [41] Machine Gun Corps [32] Devonshire Regiment [30] British West Indies Regiment [29] Middlesex Regiment [28] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] Somerset Light Infantry [28] Hampshire Regiment [27] Gordon Highlanders [26] Highland Light Infantry [26] Royal Fusiliers [22] Liverpool Regiment [20] Scottish Rifles [20] South Staffordshire Regiment [20] Army Ordnance Corps [19] Canadian Infantry [19] Rifle Brigade [18] Royal Scots Fusiliers [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] Gloucestershire Regiment [17] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17] Worcestershire Regiment [17] Durham Light Infantry [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [16] Seaforth Highlanders [16] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [15] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Welsh Regiment [15] Cheshire Regiment [14] Essex Regiment [14] King's Own Scottish Borderers [14] Royal Naval Division [14] Royal Sussex Regiment [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Cameron Highlanders [13] Royal Irish Rifles [13] Bedfordshire Regiment [12] Leicestershire Regiment [12] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] East Lancashire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1454] Canadian Expeditionary Force [178] Royal Navy [139] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [121] Australian Imperial Force [116] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [57] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [2119]

Contribution

Military Service [2063] Merchant Navy [50] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [38] Panama [1]

Charles William Small

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 15012 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 15012 Private Grenadier Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army Army Reserve

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Bert Geice Small

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 235353 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Benjamin Small

Born 1888

Died 1969

British Army 93161 Private Tank Corps

British Army 93161 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 93161 Private Tank Corps 'G' Battalion

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Arthur Cecil Small

Born 1884

Died 1971

British Army 3986 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 200996 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 200996 Sgt Leicester Regt 6th Battalion

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Joseph Henry Small

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 69075 Royal Fusiliers

British Army 41074 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Joseph James Small

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army 59160 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Edgcumbe Small

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Z-2659 Acting Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade 3rd Bn.

British Army Z-2659 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade 1st Bn.

British Army Z2659 Private Rifle Brigade 3rd Bn.

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Herbert John Small

Born 1892

Died 1978

British Army SE9896 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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John Ford Small

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 3175 Private London Regiment 15th (County of London) Battalion (P.W.O. Civil Service Rifles)

British Army 3175 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Frederick W Small

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4562 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 4562 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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Ernest Small

Died 1917

British Army 22739 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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George Stewart Small

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1626 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Ralph Theodore Small

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 48562 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 48562 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 13th Btn

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Wilfred Matthias Small

Born 1896

British Army 6678 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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Claris Small

Born 1893

British Army 4843 Private British West Indies Regiment

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F Small

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 55572 Private Cheshire Regiment 53rd

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Arthur Hubert Small

Born 1890

British Army 10103 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 328794 Corporal 9th Leicesters

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James Small

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107909

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Frederick Ernest Small

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24795

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Ernest Richard Small

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55969

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