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Sydney New South Wales [6]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [3]

Wrexham, Denbighshire [3]

Benalla Victoria [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Dunolly Victoria [2]

Hillgrove New South Wales [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Holborn, London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Redhill, Surrey [2]

Warwick Queensland [2]

Woolwich, Kent [2]

Aboyne Scotland [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ballymena [1]

Belleview Queensland [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Blackpool England [1]

Braidwood New South Wales [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Bromsgrove England [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cambridgeshire [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Clerkenwell, Middlesex [1]

Cople, Bedfordshire, England [1]

Cornwood, Devon [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Farbert, Kerry [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Goolwa South Australia [1]

Grantham Queensland [1]

Gympie Queensland [1]

Hynam South Australia [1]

Ipswich, England [1]

Jerilderie New South Wales [1]

Kent [1]

Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire [1]

Lismore New South Wales [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London [1]

London England [1]

Maidstone England [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Northampton [1]

Rank

Private [131]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Captain [15]

Lieutenant [14]

Corporal [12]

Serjeant [10]

Major [9]

Driver [8]

Gunner [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Sapper [7]

Sister [5]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Orderly Room Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Pioneer [1]

Quarter Master Lieutenant [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [21]

Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

London Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Hussars [5]

Irish Guards [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Intelligence Corps [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

British Expeditionary Force [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Dragoons [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [242]

Australian Imperial Force [50]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [45]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Royal Navy [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Canadian Navy [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [404]

L [6]

G [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [401]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Bermuda [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [412] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [6] Ballarat Victoria [3] North Shields, Northumberland, England [3] Wrexham, Denbighshire [3] Benalla Victoria [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Dunolly Victoria [2] Hillgrove New South Wales [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Holborn, London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Redhill, Surrey [2] Warwick Queensland [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] Aboyne Scotland [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ballymena [1] Belleview Queensland [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Blackpool England [1] Braidwood New South Wales [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Bromsgrove England [1] Cambridge [1] Cambridgeshire [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Clapham, London [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Clerkenwell, Middlesex [1] Cople, Bedfordshire, England [1] Cornwood, Devon [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Farbert, Kerry [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Goolwa South Australia [1] Grantham Queensland [1] Gympie Queensland [1] Hynam South Australia [1] Ipswich, England [1] Jerilderie New South Wales [1] Kent [1] Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire [1] Lismore New South Wales [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London [1] London England [1] Maidstone England [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Northampton [1]

Rank

Private [131] Second Lieutenant [17] Captain [15] Lieutenant [14] Corporal [12] Serjeant [10] Major [9] Driver [8] Gunner [8] Lance Corporal [7] Sapper [7] Sister [5] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Matron [1] Bombardier [1] Colonel [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Flying Officer [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Seaman [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Nursing Sister [1] Orderly Room Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Pioneer [1] Quarter Master Lieutenant [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Sub Conductor [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [21] Army Service Corps [15] Royal Engineers [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] London Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Hussars [5] Irish Guards [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Irish Fusiliers [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Intelligence Corps [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Tank Corps [3] West Riding Regiment [3] British Expeditionary Force [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Dragoons [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [242] Australian Imperial Force [50] Canadian Expeditionary Force [45] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Royal Navy [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Canadian Navy [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [404] L [6] G [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [401] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [7] Bermuda [1] Ireland [1]

Ralph Conran Smythe

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 2nd Lieutenant

British Army Lieutenant

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Frederick Fleming Smythe

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Rudolph Meade Smythe

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Captain Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Battalion (Territorial)

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George Nathaniel Smythe

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77148

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Andrew Graham Conran Smythe

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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Leslie Cloudsley Smythe

Born 1893

Died 1966

Australian Imperial Force 3553 Private 11th Reinforcements 16th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3553 Corporal 16th Battalion

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Leonard Gilbert Smythe

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150162

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Francis William Smythe

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 328663 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Lionel Smythe

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213238

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Henry Smythe

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223472

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Gerald Arthur Smythe

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122859

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Cyril Arthur Smythe

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246388

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Albert Edward Smythe

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army 4480 Private Irish Guards

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Frederick C Smythe

Died 1918

British Army 229754 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 229754 Private London Regiment

British Army 229754 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Charles Travers Smythe

Died 1918

British Army 4512 Private London Regiment

British Army 592131 Private London Regiment 18th (County of London) Battalion

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Francis Smythe

Died 1915

British Army 1665 Private Highland Light Infantry

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H R Smythe

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2478 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Thomas Smythe

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 15777 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Thomas Smythe

Died 1918

British Army 270127 Private Manchester Regiment

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John William Smythe

Born 1880

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 16817

Canadian Expeditionary Force 16817 Private Canadian Infantry

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