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Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Darwen, Lancashire [2]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Preston [2]

Townsville Queensland [2]

Abergavenny Wales [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Brinsley, Nottinghamshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Charlton Victoria [1]

Croydon [1]

Elton, Huntingdonshire [1]

Erina New South Wales [1]

Flintham, Nottinghamshire, England [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Greasley [1]

Harley, Yorkshire [1]

Holbeach, Lincolnshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kirton, Lincolnshire [1]

Lancashire [1]

Leicestershire [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Limehouse, London [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Loughborough [1]

Loughborough, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Mortdale New South Wales [1]

Norfolk [1]

North Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Nottinghamshire [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Padiham, Lancashire [1]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [310]

Gunner [31]

Driver [30]

Serjeant [24]

Corporal [20]

Sapper [16]

Lance Corporal [11]

Captain [8]

Lieutenant [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Pioneer [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Mechanic Corporal [1]

Orderly [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Commander [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Warrant Officer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47]

Army Service Corps [39]

Royal Engineers [38]

Labour Corps [27]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

East Lancashire Regiment [21]

Leicestershire Regiment [20]

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

Manchester Regiment [17]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [17]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Scottish Rifles [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Seaforth Highlanders [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Training Reserve Battalion [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Service Corps Labour Company [2]

Service

British Army [458]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

Royal Navy [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [22]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [572]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [562]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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Place of birth

Accrington, Lancashire [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Darwen, Lancashire [2] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Preston [2] Townsville Queensland [2] Abergavenny Wales [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1] Brinsley, Nottinghamshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Charlton Victoria [1] Croydon [1] Elton, Huntingdonshire [1] Erina New South Wales [1] Flintham, Nottinghamshire, England [1] Fulham, London [1] Greasley [1] Harley, Yorkshire [1] Holbeach, Lincolnshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Kirton, Lincolnshire [1] Lancashire [1] Leicestershire [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Limehouse, London [1] Lincolnshire [1] London, Middlesex [1] Loughborough [1] Loughborough, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Mortdale New South Wales [1] Norfolk [1] North Fitzroy Victoria [1] Nottinghamshire [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Padiham, Lancashire [1] Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [310] Gunner [31] Driver [30] Serjeant [24] Corporal [20] Sapper [16] Lance Corporal [11] Captain [8] Lieutenant [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Major [4] Pioneer [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissary [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mechanic Corporal [1] Orderly [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant Commander [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Transport Corporal [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Warrant Officer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47] Army Service Corps [39] Royal Engineers [38] Labour Corps [27] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] East Lancashire Regiment [21] Leicestershire Regiment [20] Lincolnshire Regiment [19] Manchester Regiment [17] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [17] Machine Gun Corps [14] Liverpool Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] London Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Air Force [7] Scottish Rifles [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Seaforth Highlanders [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] Training Reserve Battalion [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [3] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Service Corps Labour Company [2]

Service

British Army [458] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] Royal Navy [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [22] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [572] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [562] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

James Smalley Alias Smally

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 423906 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR 176071 Sapper Royal Engineers 31st Light Railway Operating Company

British Army 3101 Acting Serjeant Royal Scots 9th Battalion

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Jack Nunn Smalley

Born 1884

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20265

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John M Smalley

Born 1882

Died 1948

British Army 131269 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Wray Smalley

Born 1898

Died 1969

Royal Navy J39534

Flight Sergeant

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Thomas Smalley

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 75073 Private Training Battalion 107th

British Army GS/82523 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Edward Smalley

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 1416 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 28203 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Harry Smalley

Died 1916

British Army S/10737 Private Seaforth Highlanders 7th Battalion

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John William Smalley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123334

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James Smalley

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147629

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John Thomas Smalley

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211352

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Frank Smalley

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262600

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Bertram Henry White Smalley

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90884

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Harry Smalley

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy K7481

Royal Navy K7481 Leading Stoker HMS Mary Rose

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Walter Smalley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229690

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William Miles Smalley

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Albert Smalley

Died 1916

British Army 21019 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 21019 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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John Henry Smalley

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283921

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Thomas Smalley

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283673

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John Thomas William Smalley

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 12064 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Frederick Smalley

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27310

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