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Captain [6]

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Royal Field Artillery [27]

Labour Corps [20]

Royal Engineers [17]

Army Service Corps [15]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

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Royal Scots [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Connaught Rangers [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Leinster Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Irish Guards [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [237]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [55]

Royal Navy [26]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

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S [376]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [367]

Merchant Navy [7]

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United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Mornington Victoria [3] Camberwell, London [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Toodyay Western Australia [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] Antwerp [1] Aughnacloy, Tyrone [1] Axminister, Devon [1] Bank, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Beenleigh Queensland [1] Belturbet, County Cavan [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Brighton South Australia [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Clifton Hill Victoria [1] Colyton, Devon [1] Custom House, London [1] Earlsfield, London [1] East Plumstead, Kent [1] Fishponds, Bristol [1] Glasgow [1] Gloucestershire [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hersham, Surrey [1] Hughenden Queensland [1] Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Kennington, London [1] Lille [1] Malvern Victoria [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Mile End, London [1] Mile End, London, Middlesex [1] North Sydney New South Wales [1] Northumberland [1] Palmers Island New South Wales [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Ronkee [1] Roorkee, India [1] Saint Thomas Wigan, Lancashire [1] Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Somerset England [1] Staple Fitzpaine Somerset [1] Stowbridge England [1] Swansea Tasmania [1] Tenterfield New South Wales [1]

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Private [154] Driver [20] Gunner [14] Serjeant [14] Lance Corporal [10] Corporal [8] Sapper [7] Captain [6] Lieutenant [6] Acting Corporal [5] Bombardier [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Pioneer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Batman [1] Captain Flight Conductor [1] Civilian [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Gunner Paid Lance Bombardier [1] Inspector of Army Schools/ Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private /Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [27] Labour Corps [20] Royal Engineers [17] Army Service Corps [15] London Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Irish Fusiliers [7] Royal Scots [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Connaught Rangers [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Leinster Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Irish Guards [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Military Foot Police [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [237] Canadian Expeditionary Force [55] Royal Navy [26] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Australian Imperial Force [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [376] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [367] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Herbert George Somers

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 34082 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/34082 Gunner Royal Field Artillery C/174 Brigade

British Army 34082 Gunner Royal Field Artillery C Battery, 174 Brigade

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James Somers

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 10512 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army M/39117 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M/39117 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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John Robert Somers-Smith

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Captain London Regiment

British Army Captain London Regiment 1/5 lond Battalion

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Stephen Montague Somers

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82872

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William Robert Somers

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 10598 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 202198 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 2233 Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Gervase Somers

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176157

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Archibald Somers

Born 1886

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 73187

Canadian Expeditionary Force 73187 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Somers

Died 1915

British Army 6688 Driver Royal FIeld Artillery "C" Battery 73rd Brigade

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Cyril Dermot F Somers

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Herbert James Somers

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209681

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William Somers

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167936

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Campbell Stephenson Somers

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236355

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Archibald John Somers

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36053

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Christopher Somers

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129059

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Albert James Somers

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121611

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John Somers

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166345

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Harold Somers

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184064

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William Somers

Born 1886

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 455492

Canadian Expeditionary Force 455492 Private Royal Canadian Regiment

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Owen Deebert Somers

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 877689

Canadian Expeditionary Force 877689 Private Canadian Infantry

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George Somers

Died 1918

British Army 57464 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 57464 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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