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Eden New South Wales [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Alderton, Suffolk [1]

Banham Norfolk [1]

Beetaloo Valley South Australia [1]

Bressingham Norfolk [1]

Bromley, London [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Haggerston, London [1]

Hamilton [1]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Mile End Old Town Stepney London [1]

Ninnes South Australia [1]

Owen South Australia [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Shoreditch, London [1]

Warracknabeal Victoria [1]

West Norwood, Surrey [1]

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Private [49]

Gunner [7]

Corporal [5]

Driver [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Serjeant [3]

Captain [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

Trooper [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Gunner Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Temporary Major [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [11]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Engineers [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

London Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Life Guards [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East African Forces [1]

East African Labour Corps [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "P.52" [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lancers [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment Depot [1]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

South African Mounted Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [78]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Royal Navy [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

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Contribution

Military Service [99]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

Bermuda [1]

United Kingdom [1]

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People [104] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Eden New South Wales [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Alderton, Suffolk [1] Banham Norfolk [1] Beetaloo Valley South Australia [1] Bressingham Norfolk [1] Bromley, London [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Haggerston, London [1] Hamilton [1] Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Mile End Old Town Stepney London [1] Ninnes South Australia [1] Owen South Australia [1] Poplar, London [1] Shoreditch, London [1] Warracknabeal Victoria [1] West Norwood, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [49] Gunner [7] Corporal [5] Driver [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Serjeant [3] Captain [2] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] Trooper [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Gunner Acting Corporal [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [11] Labour Corps [8] Royal Engineers [7] Essex Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [5] London Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] East Surrey Regiment [2] Life Guards [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East African Forces [1] East African Labour Corps [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] H.M.S. "P.52" [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hussars [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lancers [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment Depot [1] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Foot Police [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] South African Mounted Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [78] Australian Imperial Force [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Royal Navy [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

S [104]

Contribution

Military Service [99] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

Bermuda [1] United Kingdom [1]

William James Spurling

Born 1883

Died 1918

Royal Navy 203791 Petty Officer H.M.S. "P.52"

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Harry Spurling

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401291

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William Alfred Spurling

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4275 Corporal Australian Infantry 50th Battalion

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Henry Stephen Spurling

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

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Alexander James Spurling

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 13702 Serjeant Essex Regiment

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Montague William Spurling

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4850 Private London Regiment

British Army 302933 Private London Regiment

British Army 302933 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) 1st/5th Battalion

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George Thomas Howard Spurling

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176279

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H Spurling

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61816

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Roy Sydney Spurling

Australian Imperial Force T9268

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John Henry Spurling

Australian Imperial Force 4772

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F L Spurling

Died 1916

British Army 14656 Private Essex Regiment

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Francis Eyton Spurling

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade

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Arthur George Spurling

Australian Imperial Force 2089

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Harry Edward Spurling

Born 1897

British Army 203703 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 270071 Private Manchester Regiment

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Alfred Spurling

Born 1889

British Army 33279 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Alfred Arthur Spurling

British Army 17909 Private Essex Regiment

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Thomas Francis Spurling

Australian Imperial Force 1198

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Richard Leslie Spurling

Australian Imperial Force 3176

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William John Spurling

Australian Imperial Force 3883

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Edwin Thomas Spurling

Australian Imperial Force 3912

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