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Sydney New South Wales [18]

Liverpool, Lancashire [13]

London England [12]

Burnley, Lancashire [10]

Leicester, Leicestershire [10]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [10]

Hull, Yorkshire [9]

London, Middlesex [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Manchester, Lancashire [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Keighley, Yorkshire [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Nottingham [6]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6]

Reading, Berkshire [6]

Belper, Derbyshire [5]

Birmingham [5]

Bolton, Lancashire [5]

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

Colne, Lancashire [5]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Fulham, London [4]

Greenwich, London [4]

Hobart Tasmania [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

London [4]

Paddington, London [4]

Preston, Lancashire [4]

Scone New South Wales [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Young New South Wales [4]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Barraba New South Wales [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Battersea, Surrey [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Bridport, Dorset [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Chorley, Lancashire [3]

Dartmoor Victoria [3]

Derby [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Willenhall, Staffordshire [3]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Acton, Middlesex [2]

Albany Western Australia [2]

Rank

Private [3052]

Gunner [340]

Driver [269]

Serjeant [238]

Corporal [225]

Sapper [144]

Lance Corporal [110]

Lieutenant [104]

Second Lieutenant [104]

Captain [83]

Acting Corporal [46]

Acting Serjeant [44]

Bombardier [36]

Pioneer [32]

Major [22]

Rifleman [19]

Company Serjeant Major [17]

Lance Serjeant [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [14]

Acting Bombardier [12]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Staff Serjeant [12]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [11]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Acting Captain [9]

Shoeing Smith [9]

Guardsman [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Trooper [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Worker [7]

Staff Nurse [6]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Pte [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Major [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Captain and Quarter Master [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Drummer [3]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [3]

Sister [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [444]

Labour Corps [348]

Royal Engineers [314]

Army Service Corps [283]

Royal Garrison Artillery [197]

Royal Army Medical Corps [178]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [176]

London Regiment [170]

Machine Gun Corps [151]

Liverpool Regiment [126]

Royal Fusiliers [106]

West Yorkshire Regiment [98]

Lancashire Fusiliers [96]

Leicestershire Regiment [93]

Manchester Regiment [93]

West Riding Regiment [80]

York and Lancaster Regiment [79]

Lincolnshire Regiment [78]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [75]

Northumberland Fusiliers [72]

Middlesex Regiment [70]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [67]

Durham Light Infantry [66]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [58]

Hampshire Regiment [57]

Cheshire Regiment [56]

East Yorkshire Regiment [56]

East Lancashire Regiment [53]

Northamptonshire Regiment [51]

Rifle Brigade [51]

South Staffordshire Regiment [48]

Royal Army Service Corps [47]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [46]

South Lancashire Regiment [46]

Gloucestershire Regiment [45]

Worcestershire Regiment [44]

Army Ordnance Corps [43]

The Queen's Regiment [40]

Yorkshire Regiment [40]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [39]

Royal Defence Corps [37]

East Surrey Regiment [36]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [35]

Welsh Regiment [35]

Royal Naval Division [34]

North Staffordshire Regiment [31]

Essex Regiment [30]

Bedfordshire Regiment [29]

Tank Corps [29]

Grenadier Guards [28]

Service

British Army [4707]

Royal Navy [413]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [395]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [328]

Australian Imperial Force [244]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [50]

Other Empire Force [7]

Indian Army [3]

South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

S [6250]

H [2]

B [1]

J [1]

L [1]

P [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6126]

Merchant Navy [86]

Conscientious Objector [21]

Country

United Kingdom [123]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [18] Liverpool, Lancashire [13] London England [12] Burnley, Lancashire [10] Leicester, Leicestershire [10] Southampton, Hampshire, England [10] Hull, Yorkshire [9] London, Middlesex [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Manchester, Lancashire [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Keighley, Yorkshire [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Nottingham [6] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6] Reading, Berkshire [6] Belper, Derbyshire [5] Birmingham [5] Bolton, Lancashire [5] Bradford, Yorkshire [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] Colne, Lancashire [5] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Bendigo Victoria [4] Fulham, London [4] Greenwich, London [4] Hobart Tasmania [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] London [4] Paddington, London [4] Preston, Lancashire [4] Scone New South Wales [4] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Young New South Wales [4] Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Barraba New South Wales [3] Battersea, London [3] Battersea, Surrey [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Bridport, Dorset [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Chorley, Lancashire [3] Dartmoor Victoria [3] Derby [3] Staffordshire [3] Willenhall, Staffordshire [3] Accrington, Lancashire [2] Acton, Middlesex [2] Albany Western Australia [2]

Rank

Private [3052] Gunner [340] Driver [269] Serjeant [238] Corporal [225] Sapper [144] Lance Corporal [110] Lieutenant [104] Second Lieutenant [104] Captain [83] Acting Corporal [46] Acting Serjeant [44] Bombardier [36] Pioneer [32] Major [22] Rifleman [19] Company Serjeant Major [17] Lance Serjeant [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Lieutenant Colonel [14] Acting Bombardier [12] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Staff Serjeant [12] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [11] Colour Serjeant [10] Acting Captain [9] Shoeing Smith [9] Guardsman [8] Temporary Captain [8] Trooper [8] Able Seaman [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Worker [7] Staff Nurse [6] Corporal 2nd [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Pte [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Major [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Captain and Quarter Master [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Drummer [3] Shoeing Smith Corporal [3] Sister [3] Stoker 1st Class [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [444] Labour Corps [348] Royal Engineers [314] Army Service Corps [283] Royal Garrison Artillery [197] Royal Army Medical Corps [178] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [176] London Regiment [170] Machine Gun Corps [151] Liverpool Regiment [126] Royal Fusiliers [106] West Yorkshire Regiment [98] Lancashire Fusiliers [96] Leicestershire Regiment [93] Manchester Regiment [93] West Riding Regiment [80] York and Lancaster Regiment [79] Lincolnshire Regiment [78] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [75] Northumberland Fusiliers [72] Middlesex Regiment [70] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [67] Durham Light Infantry [66] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [58] Hampshire Regiment [57] Cheshire Regiment [56] East Yorkshire Regiment [56] East Lancashire Regiment [53] Northamptonshire Regiment [51] Rifle Brigade [51] South Staffordshire Regiment [48] Royal Army Service Corps [47] King's Royal Rifle Corps [46] South Lancashire Regiment [46] Gloucestershire Regiment [45] Worcestershire Regiment [44] Army Ordnance Corps [43] The Queen's Regiment [40] Yorkshire Regiment [40] Yorkshire Light Infantry [39] Royal Defence Corps [37] East Surrey Regiment [36] Royal Lancaster Regiment [35] Welsh Regiment [35] Royal Naval Division [34] North Staffordshire Regiment [31] Essex Regiment [30] Bedfordshire Regiment [29] Tank Corps [29] Grenadier Guards [28]

Service

British Army [4707] Royal Navy [413] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [395] Canadian Expeditionary Force [328] Australian Imperial Force [244] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [50] Other Empire Force [7] Indian Army [3] South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

S [6250] H [2] B [1] J [1] L [1] P [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6126] Merchant Navy [86] Conscientious Objector [21]

Country

United Kingdom [123] Australia [1] Canada [1] New Zealand [1]

Thomas Spencer

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 19519 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6th. Battalion

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Albert Spencer

Born 1885

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 14497 Private Australian Army Medical Corps

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James Richard Spencer

Born 1891

Died 1961

British Army G/10669 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/10669 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 11th & 10th Battalions

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Thomas Richard Spencer

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 77930 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 77930 later 1042170 Driver 27th Division RFA 1914-1919

British Army 77930 later 1042170 Driver RFA

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Eric Spencer

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 20115 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 20115 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion

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Arthur Spencer

Died 1916

British Army 189241 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Harold Spencer

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 26689 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 142882 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 142882 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 88th Battalion

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Howard Spencer

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 27069 Private Welsh Regiment 8th Battalion

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Norman Francis Spencer

Born 1890

Died 1962

British Army 39898 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 39898 Sergeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Lewis Spencer

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 14580 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

British Army 14580 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 11th Battn

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Charles James Spencer

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment

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Gerald Theodosius Leigh Spencer

Born 1882

Died 1948

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Joseph Robson Spencer

Born 1893

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3239 19th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3239 Private 4th Battalion

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Hugh Maitland Spencer

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army Captain Seaforth Highlanders 2 seaforth highland Battalion

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Arthur Spencer

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 24170 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army 24170 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Edwin Spencer

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army R/8756 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/8756 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Alfred Ernest Spencer

Born 1890

Died 1961

British Army

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27046 Air Mechanic II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24076 Air Mechanic I

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Charles Robert Spencer

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 32751

Australian Imperial Force Gunner Australian Trench Mortar Battery

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Arthur William Spencer

Born 1894

Died 1967

British Army 12172 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 12172 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

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Joseph Spencer

Born 1879

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine: SS Serrana

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