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Sydney New South Wales [8]

South Shields, Durham, England [6]

Fremantle Western Australia [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Edinburgh [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [4]

Port Macquarie New South Wales [4]

Yorkshire [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Brighton Victoria [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Goole, Yorkshire [3]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Clunes Victoria [2]

Creswick Victoria [2]

Cullivoe, Shetland, Scotland [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Hertfordshire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Leicester [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Newcastle Upon Tyne England [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Port Melbourne Victoria [2]

Portstewart, Londonderry [2]

Royston, Hertfordshire [2]

Rushworth Victoria [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

St Andrews, Fife [2]

Tottenham, London, Middlesex [2]

Acton, London, Middlesex [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Auckland [1]

Belfast [1]

Berwich on Tweed, Northumberland [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1194]

Gunner [150]

Corporal [99]

Serjeant [96]

Driver [80]

Sapper [74]

Second Lieutenant [52]

Lieutenant [44]

Lance Corporal [39]

Captain [35]

Acting Corporal [24]

Pioneer [13]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Bombardier [10]

Major [9]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Worker [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Colonel [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Nurse [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Reverend [3]

Sergeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Adjutant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [133]

Labour Corps [131]

Royal Field Artillery [131]

Army Service Corps [120]

Royal Garrison Artillery [105]

Royal Scots [78]

Royal Army Medical Corps [65]

Royal Irish Rifles [61]

Durham Light Infantry [59]

Highland Light Infantry [56]

Royal Highlanders [56]

Northumberland Fusiliers [51]

Gordon Highlanders [48]

West Yorkshire Regiment [47]

Machine Gun Corps [44]

Seaforth Highlanders [43]

Yorkshire Regiment [41]

Scottish Rifles [36]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [34]

British West Indies Regiment [34]

London Regiment [33]

Cameron Highlanders [31]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [30]

Royal Fusiliers [28]

Leicestershire Regiment [27]

Liverpool Regiment [26]

Middlesex Regiment [24]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [23]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [23]

East Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Lincolnshire Regiment [22]

West Riding Regiment [21]

Canadian Infantry [20]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [19]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Border Regiment [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Defence Corps [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

South Lancashire Regiment [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [12]

Tank Corps [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Army Cyclist Corps [10]

Service

British Army [1832]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [233]

Royal Navy [118]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [116]

Australian Imperial Force [114]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [33]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

S [2526]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2441]

Merchant Navy [68]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

Jamaica [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [8] South Shields, Durham, England [6] Fremantle Western Australia [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Edinburgh [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] North Shields, Northumberland, England [4] Port Macquarie New South Wales [4] Yorkshire [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Brighton Victoria [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Goole, Yorkshire [3] Greenock, Renfrewshire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Clunes Victoria [2] Creswick Victoria [2] Cullivoe, Shetland, Scotland [2] Darlington, Durham [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Hertfordshire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Leicester [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Newcastle Upon Tyne England [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Port Melbourne Victoria [2] Portstewart, Londonderry [2] Royston, Hertfordshire [2] Rushworth Victoria [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2] South Shields, Durham [2] St Andrews, Fife [2] Tottenham, London, Middlesex [2] Acton, London, Middlesex [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Auckland [1] Belfast [1] Berwich on Tweed, Northumberland [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1194] Gunner [150] Corporal [99] Serjeant [96] Driver [80] Sapper [74] Second Lieutenant [52] Lieutenant [44] Lance Corporal [39] Captain [35] Acting Corporal [24] Pioneer [13] Acting Serjeant [11] Bombardier [10] Major [9] Staff Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Worker [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Colonel [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Nurse [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Reverend [3] Sergeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Trooper [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Adjutant Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [133] Labour Corps [131] Royal Field Artillery [131] Army Service Corps [120] Royal Garrison Artillery [105] Royal Scots [78] Royal Army Medical Corps [65] Royal Irish Rifles [61] Durham Light Infantry [59] Highland Light Infantry [56] Royal Highlanders [56] Northumberland Fusiliers [51] Gordon Highlanders [48] West Yorkshire Regiment [47] Machine Gun Corps [44] Seaforth Highlanders [43] Yorkshire Regiment [41] Scottish Rifles [36] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [34] British West Indies Regiment [34] London Regiment [33] Cameron Highlanders [31] Royal Scots Fusiliers [30] Royal Fusiliers [28] Leicestershire Regiment [27] Liverpool Regiment [26] Middlesex Regiment [24] King's Own Scottish Borderers [23] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [23] East Yorkshire Regiment [22] Lincolnshire Regiment [22] West Riding Regiment [21] Canadian Infantry [20] Royal Irish Fusiliers [19] Royal Naval Division [17] Manchester Regiment [16] Border Regiment [15] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Royal Defence Corps [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Cheshire Regiment [13] South Lancashire Regiment [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [13] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [12] East Lancashire Regiment [12] Tank Corps [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Army Cyclist Corps [10]

Service

British Army [1832] Canadian Expeditionary Force [233] Royal Navy [118] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [116] Australian Imperial Force [114] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [33] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [2] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

S [2526] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2441] Merchant Navy [68] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [36] Jamaica [1]

John F Spence

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army S/17924 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S-17924 Private Royal Highlanders Black Watch

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Robert Spence

Born 1864

Died 1916

British Army 50938 Gunner Royal Artillery

British Army 111577 Pioneer Royal Engineers 3rd Provisional Company

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William Spence

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 5833 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army 5833 Serjeant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Gilbert Ormerod Spence

Born 1879

Died 1925

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Durham Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 1st Volunteer Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 1st Volunteer Battalion

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Philip Spence

Born 1882

British Army 50572 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John Malcolm Spence

Born 1893

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4614 Corporal Australian Infantry 30th Battalion

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Alexander Spence

Born 1889

Died 1931

British Army 55663 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur George Spence

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 8107 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 235213 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army

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Thomas Spence

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 6165 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Robert Morton Spence

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 33230 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th Battalion

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Alfred Spence

Born 1895

Other Empire Force 2767 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 3908 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Charles Bennett Spence

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery attached Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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James Albert Spence

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42321

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Arthur Spence

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41053

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James Alexander Spence

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288295

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Tom Spence

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63843

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John Thomas Spence

Born 1880

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55478 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

British Army Army Reserve

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55478 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

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Cornelius Josiah Spence

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 8874 Private British West Indies Regiment 7th Battalion

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George Edward Spence

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196127

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Benjamin West Spence

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85969

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