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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]

Robert Small

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284221

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Arthur George Small

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163376

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Joseph Small

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36653

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John Small

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301303

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John Small

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275621

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Finlay Small

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281094

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Percy Small

Born 1886

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300844

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Alexander Small

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 201170 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 9194 Private Scottish Rifles 1/5th Battalion

British Army 201170 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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William Arthur Small

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3543 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 201647 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1/4t

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John William Small

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 329 Serjeant 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 200034 Company Serjeant Major 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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Alfred Naish Small

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77149

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Herbert Small

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36081

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Frederick Small

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216737

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Austin Small

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192248

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Joseph James Small

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120926

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John Small

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150193

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Harold Small

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406841

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Albert Edward Small

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104109

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Thomas Small

Born 1894

British Army 4967 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

Other Empire Force 12667 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 16154 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

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Walter Small

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army G/6185 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

British Army G/6185 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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