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Allendale Victoria [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Clunes Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Colac Victoria [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alston, Cumberland, England [1]

Ballarat East Victoria [1]

Banchory Scotland [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Cassilis New South Wales [1]

Charlton Victoria [1]

Cults, Fifeshire [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland [1]

Malvern Victoria [1]

Marysville Victoria [1]

New Southgate, Middlesex, England [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Pontyeynemen, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

Stanmore New South Wales [1]

Sunbury Victoria [1]

Townsville Queensland [1]

Tumbridge Wells England [1]

Young New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [102]

Serjeant [17]

Gunner [12]

Driver [9]

Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Sapper [6]

Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Guardsman [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Motor Mechanic [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Adjutant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Royal Engineers [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Gordon Highlanders [9]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Army Service Corps [7]

Border Regiment [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

1/19th Punjabis [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

3rd Hussars [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Australian Army Unit [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Corps of Lancers [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Graduate Battalion [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [179]

Australian Imperial Force [27]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Royal Navy [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [243]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [252] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Allendale Victoria [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] Clunes Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Colac Victoria [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alston, Cumberland, England [1] Ballarat East Victoria [1] Banchory Scotland [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Cassilis New South Wales [1] Charlton Victoria [1] Cults, Fifeshire [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland [1] Malvern Victoria [1] Marysville Victoria [1] New Southgate, Middlesex, England [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Pontyeynemen, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] South Shields, Durham [1] Stanmore New South Wales [1] Sunbury Victoria [1] Townsville Queensland [1] Tumbridge Wells England [1] Young New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [102] Serjeant [17] Gunner [12] Driver [9] Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Sapper [6] Captain [3] Acting Corporal [2] Guardsman [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Motor Mechanic [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Temporary Lieutenant Adjutant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [17] Royal Field Artillery [16] Durham Light Infantry [14] Royal Engineers [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Gordon Highlanders [9] Labour Corps [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Army Service Corps [7] Border Regiment [5] Royal Highlanders [5] East Kent Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] 1/19th Punjabis [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Scots [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 3rd Hussars [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Australian Army Unit [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Corps of Lancers [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Graduate Battalion [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Hampshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [179] Australian Imperial Force [27] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Royal Navy [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [1]

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S [252]

Contribution

Military Service [243] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Archibald Douglas Spark

Born 1892

Died 1977

British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army Major Machine Gun Corps

British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders

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Alexander Spark

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34422

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Archibald Graham Spark

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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William Spark

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267231

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Thomas Edwin Spark

Died 1918

British Army 16380 Private Border Regiment

British Army G/62910 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/62910 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Henry Spark

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140517

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Forbes Spark

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94907

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Walter Spark

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 30811 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Louis Spark

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 200249 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Spark

Died 1916

British Army 23/1388 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Frank Spark

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 105255 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Robert E Spark

Died 1918

British Army 17337 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick W Spark

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 126967 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army T 2469 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Robert Spark

Died 1918

British Army 33738 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Archibald Charles Spark

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3/14125 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

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Isaac Spark

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 74685 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Spark

Died 1918

British Army 7158 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Edwin Mitchell Spark

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 427 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Henry Spark

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121832

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Percy Spark

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269929

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