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Place of birth

Alderminster, Warwickshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

Moonee Ponds Victoria [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Tilba New South Wales [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

Alderminster, Worcestershire [1]

Aylesbury, Wiltshire [1]

Bledlow Ridge, Buckinghamshire [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Cheam, Surrey [1]

Clifton, Deddington, Oxfordshire [1]

Cobargo New South Wales [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Egham, Surrey [1]

Goodwood South Australia [1]

Halford, Warwickshire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Haselor, Warwickshire [1]

Hendon, London, Middlesex [1]

Hendon, Middlesex [1]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Hornsey, London [1]

Huntingdon New South Wales [1]

Kensington, Middlesex [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Keynsham, Somerset [1]

Killington, Devon [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leicester [1]

Leicester England [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Newton Abbott, Devon [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Paddington, London, Middlesex [1]

Quorn South Australia [1]

Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [1]

Rushworth Victoria [1]

St Pancras London [1]

Straford, London [1]

Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Tilba Tilba New South Wales [1]

Totnes, Devon, England [1]

Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [154]

Serjeant [14]

Sapper [13]

Corporal [11]

Driver [11]

Gunner [10]

Lance Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Chaplain [1]

Civilian [1]

Clerical Work [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Reverend [1]

Saddler [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [24]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Engineers [16]

Labour Corps [13]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

18th Hussars [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

12th Lancers [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Corps of Lancers [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Life Guards [2]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Service

British Army [234]

Royal Navy [25]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [311]

Contribution

Military Service [307]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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Place of birth

Alderminster, Warwickshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] Moonee Ponds Victoria [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Tilba New South Wales [2] Watford, Hertfordshire [2] Alderminster, Worcestershire [1] Aylesbury, Wiltshire [1] Bledlow Ridge, Buckinghamshire [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Cheam, Surrey [1] Clifton, Deddington, Oxfordshire [1] Cobargo New South Wales [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Goodwood South Australia [1] Halford, Warwickshire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Haselor, Warwickshire [1] Hendon, London, Middlesex [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Hornsey, London [1] Huntingdon New South Wales [1] Kensington, Middlesex [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Keynsham, Somerset [1] Killington, Devon [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leicester [1] Leicester England [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Newton Abbott, Devon [1] Paddington, London [1] Paddington, London, Middlesex [1] Quorn South Australia [1] Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [1] Rushworth Victoria [1] St Pancras London [1] Straford, London [1] Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tilba Tilba New South Wales [1] Totnes, Devon, England [1] Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [154] Serjeant [14] Sapper [13] Corporal [11] Driver [11] Gunner [10] Lance Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Chaplain [1] Civilian [1] Clerical Work [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Reverend [1] Saddler [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [24] London Regiment [16] Royal Engineers [16] Labour Corps [13] Royal Field Artillery [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Leicestershire Regiment [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Coldstream Guards [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] 18th Hussars [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] 12th Lancers [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Corps of Lancers [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Life Guards [2] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2]

Service

British Army [234] Royal Navy [25] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] Australian Imperial Force [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [311]

Contribution

Military Service [307] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

John William Southam

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 41765 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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William Southam

Died 1915

British Army 14993 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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William James Southam

Died 1915

British Army 14580 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Joseph Southam

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 22849 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Richard Southam

Died 1917

British Army 16266 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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George Aubrey Southam

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 131897 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 131897 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Sidney Southam

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 18361 Private Coldstream Guards

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William Southam

Died 1945

British Army 19437 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 318621 Private Labour Corps

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Herbert David Southam

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 2018 Private London Regiment

British Army 2018 Rifleman London Regiment (The Rangers)

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Harry Southam

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 7851 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 7851 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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Percy Southam

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 55851 Private Manchester Regiment

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Walter Southam

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 032537 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 032537 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Jonathan Southam

Died 1918

British Army 28690 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Francis James Southam

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 16216 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Gordon Hamilton Southam

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Major Canadian Artillery

British Army Major Canadian Field Artillery

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John Henry Southam

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243073

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George Grainger Southam

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288350

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Harry Southam

Died 1918

British Army L/2052 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/2052 Private 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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Raymond Southam

Australian Imperial Force 1711

Australian Imperial Force 1865

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Bertram Harry Southam

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225589

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