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Battle, Sussex [3]

Loughborough, Leicestershire [3]

Bristol [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Nottingham [2]

Warter, Yorkshire [2]

Ashover, Derbyshire, England [1]

Basford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Beeston, Nottinghamshire [1]

Bexhill, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Briston England [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex, England [1]

Cobar New South Wales [1]

Cranborne, Dorset [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Hartlepool, Durham, England [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Malvern Worcester [1]

Marton, Lincolnshire [1]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Surbiton, Surrey [1]

Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

White Waltham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [85]

Gunner [13]

Serjeant [13]

Driver [12]

Sapper [6]

Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Pioneer [1]

Saddler [1]

Seaman [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Third Mate [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Royal Engineers [13]

Labour Corps [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chaplain [1]

Cornwall Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine: HMHS Galway Castle [1]

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [139]

Royal Navy [24]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [191]

Contribution

Military Service [184]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Place of birth

Battle, Sussex [3] Loughborough, Leicestershire [3] Bristol [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Nottingham [2] Warter, Yorkshire [2] Ashover, Derbyshire, England [1] Basford, Nottinghamshire [1] Beeston, Nottinghamshire [1] Bexhill, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Briston England [1] Chelsea, Middlesex, England [1] Cobar New South Wales [1] Cranborne, Dorset [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Hartlepool, Durham, England [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Malvern Worcester [1] Marton, Lincolnshire [1] Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Surbiton, Surrey [1] Swansea, Glamorganshire [1] White Waltham, Buckinghamshire [1] Wimborne, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [85] Gunner [13] Serjeant [13] Driver [12] Sapper [6] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [2] Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Pioneer [1] Saddler [1] Seaman [1] Temporary Captain [1] Third Mate [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [19] Royal Engineers [13] Labour Corps [11] Army Service Corps [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chaplain [1] Cornwall Royal Garrison Artillery [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine: HMHS Galway Castle [1] Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] North Somerset Yeomanry [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [139] Royal Navy [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [191]

Contribution

Military Service [184] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Tom Rowland Spray

Born 1890

Died 1973

British Army Chaplain

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Thomas Henry Spray

Born 1894

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Third Mate Mercantile Marine: HMHS Galway Castle

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Thomas Henry Ernest Spray

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295867

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Leonard Spray

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224072

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Arthur Cecil Spray

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68004

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Howard Tredinnick Spray

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Spts/5287 Private Royal Fusiliers 30th Battalion

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William Spray

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1843 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 1843 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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Stanley Beckford Spray

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 55181 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick William Spray

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 98997 Battery Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery, 104th Hvy Bty

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Frank Spray

Died 1917

British Army 56567 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James E Spray

Died 1919

British Army L/42918 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Walter Spray

Died 1915

British Army 15096 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Peter Reginald Spray

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2156 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 736120 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Bertram Spray

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 748624

Canadian Expeditionary Force 748624 Private Canadian Infantry

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Gerald Benjamin Spray

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159022

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James Collyer Spray

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175953

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Francis Arthur Spray

Australian Imperial Force 15720

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George Spray

Died 1915

British Army 10700 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 10700 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Frederick Spray

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 12044 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick Spray

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army 18908 Private Hampshire Regiment

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