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Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Queanbeyan New South Wales [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Portsea, Hampshire [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Maryport, Cumberland [2]

Yass New South Wales [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bridgetown, Barbados [1]

Bridgnorth [1]

Coolamon New South Wales [1]

Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Halesowen, Staffordshire [1]

Hall New South Wales [1]

Hartlepool, Durham, England [1]

Heywood New South Wales [1]

Highworth,Wiltshire. [1]

Homebush New South Wales [1]

Horncastle, Lincolnshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hurst Green, Sussex [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Littlehampton, Sussex [1]

Liverpool New South Wales [1]

London England [1]

Norland, Halifax, West Yorkshire [1]

Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Perth Western Australia [1]

Poplar, Middlesex, England [1]

Riverton South Australia [1]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [1]

Sibsey, Lincolnshire [1]

Southsea, Hampshire [1]

Stamofrd, Lincolnshire [1]

Sunbury, Middlesex [1]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Westminster, London [1]

Widnes [1]

Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Wisbech, Norfolk [1]

Yorkshire England [1]

Rank

Private [197]

Sapper [23]

Corporal [19]

Serjeant [18]

Gunner [17]

Driver [14]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Captain [2]

Chaplain 1st Class [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Major [2]

Trooper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Accountant R.R. Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Bugler [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Cyclist [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Midshipman [1]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Reverend [1]

Saddler [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Venerable Archdeacon Bishop [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [34]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Labour Corps [21]

Army Service Corps [17]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

London Regiment [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

East Lancashire Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

6th Dragoons [2]

Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Service

British Army [301]

Royal Navy [38]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

S [409]

Contribution

Military Service [394]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Queanbeyan New South Wales [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Portsea, Hampshire [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Bath, Somerset [2] Maryport, Cumberland [2] Yass New South Wales [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1] Bridgetown, Barbados [1] Bridgnorth [1] Coolamon New South Wales [1] Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Halesowen, Staffordshire [1] Hall New South Wales [1] Hartlepool, Durham, England [1] Heywood New South Wales [1] Highworth,Wiltshire. [1] Homebush New South Wales [1] Horncastle, Lincolnshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hurst Green, Sussex [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Littlehampton, Sussex [1] Liverpool New South Wales [1] London England [1] Norland, Halifax, West Yorkshire [1] Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Perth Western Australia [1] Poplar, Middlesex, England [1] Riverton South Australia [1] Ryde, Isle of Wight [1] Sibsey, Lincolnshire [1] Southsea, Hampshire [1] Stamofrd, Lincolnshire [1] Sunbury, Middlesex [1] Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Westminster, London [1] Widnes [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1] Wisbech, Norfolk [1] Yorkshire England [1]

Rank

Private [197] Sapper [23] Corporal [19] Serjeant [18] Gunner [17] Driver [14] Second Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Lieutenant [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Pioneer [5] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Captain [2] Chaplain 1st Class [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Major [2] Trooper [2] Able Seaman [1] Accountant R.R. Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Bugler [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Cyclist [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Midshipman [1] Officer's Cook 1st Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Reverend [1] Saddler [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Transport Corporal [1] Venerable Archdeacon Bishop [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [34] Royal Field Artillery [22] Labour Corps [21] Army Service Corps [17] Hampshire Regiment [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] London Regiment [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] East Lancashire Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] 6th Dragoons [2] Army Chaplain's Department [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2]

Service

British Army [301] Royal Navy [38] Australian Imperial Force [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

S [409]

Contribution

Military Service [394] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Frederick Silas Southwell

Born 1893

Died 1968

Australian Imperial Force 93507 Private Composite Battalion Liverpool

Australian Imperial Force 93507 Private Composite Battalion Liverpool B Company

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Reginald Edwin Southwell

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15204 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 15204 Acting Colour Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Evelyn Herbert Lightfoot Southwell

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 9th Battalion

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade 9th Battalion

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Malcolm Mcintosh Southwell

Born 1888

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4524 Private Depot Battalion, Casula C Company

Australian Imperial Force 4524 Private 20th Battalion 11th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 4524 Private 20th Battalion B Company

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Charles Walter Southwell

Born 1873

Died 1917

Royal Navy 356563 Officer's Cook 1st Class HMS King George V

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Fred Southwell

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 27726 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 27726 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Lewis Southwell

Died 1918

British Army G/31060 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

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Benjamin Southwell

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 40572 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Benjamin Southwell

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1293

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Harry Asher Southwell

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 46274 Sapper Royal Engineers 89th Field Coy.

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Leonard Vincent Southwell

Born 1889

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 255531

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry

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Oswald Southwell

Born 1883

British Army 2286 Sergeant Lincolnshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 265266 Company Quarter Master Sergeant Lincolnshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Harold Sidney J Southwell

Born 1892

Died 1964

British Army 25381 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Harold Edgar Southwell

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 12682 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 12682 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 11th Battalion

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Herbert Southwell

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 17336 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Ernest Southwell

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 53254 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 42853 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Fred Southwell

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 202174 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 202174 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Edward Southwell

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 20813 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 20813 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Henry Kenneth Martin Southwell

Born 1895

Died 1919

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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George James Southwell

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47260

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