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Hitchin Hertfordshire [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Nottingham [3]

Albury New South Wales [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

60 Grenville Rd, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Balham, London [1]

Barnsley [1]

Barnsley Yorkshire [1]

Carrington New South Wales [1]

Chipping Sodbury, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Dewsbury Yorkshire [1]

Essex [1]

Exton Tasmania [1]

Four Mile Creek Victoria [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Grantham England [1]

Haggerston, London [1]

Handsworth Staffordshire [1]

Hemel Hempstead [1]

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leeds England [1]

Leeds Yorkshire [1]

Leytonstone Essex [1]

Leytonstone, Essex, England [1]

London Islington [1]

Manchester [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Nottingham England [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Plympton Devon [1]

St Peters South Australia [1]

Torquay, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [136]

Gunner [23]

Corporal [12]

Driver [11]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Guardsman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private / Rifleman [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Auckland Mounted Rifles [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Imperial Forces [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

City of London Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [196]

Royal Navy [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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S [272]

Contribution

Military Service [268]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Hitchin Hertfordshire [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Nottingham [3] Albury New South Wales [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2] Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] 60 Grenville Rd, Plymouth, Devon [1] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Balham, London [1] Barnsley [1] Barnsley Yorkshire [1] Carrington New South Wales [1] Chipping Sodbury, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Dewsbury Yorkshire [1] Essex [1] Exton Tasmania [1] Four Mile Creek Victoria [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Grantham England [1] Haggerston, London [1] Handsworth Staffordshire [1] Hemel Hempstead [1] Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1] Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leeds England [1] Leeds Yorkshire [1] Leytonstone Essex [1] Leytonstone, Essex, England [1] London Islington [1] Manchester [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Nottingham England [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Plympton Devon [1] St Peters South Australia [1] Torquay, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [136] Gunner [23] Corporal [12] Driver [11] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Acting Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Corporal 2nd [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Guardsman [1] Pioneer [1] Private / Rifleman [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Royal Field Artillery [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12] Army Service Corps [11] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Engineers [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Tank Corps [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Auckland Mounted Rifles [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Imperial Forces [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] City of London Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [196] Royal Navy [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] Australian Imperial Force [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [272]

Contribution

Military Service [268] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Australia [1]

Samuel Edward Spurr

Born 1900

Died 1976

Royal Navy K48281 Stoker Various HM Ships and naval Establishments

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Clifford Spurr

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 240099 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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George A Spurr

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army R5184 Private / Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd attalion

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Frederick James Spurr

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 41315 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 33690 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Archibald Herbert Frank Spurr

Born 1884

Died 1970

British Army 12690 Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 345822 Serjeant Labour Corps

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Walter Gunnis Spurr

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 16678 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 16678 Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Alfred Archibald Robinson Spurr

Born 1879

Died 1945

British Army 18/1345 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 18/1345 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

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Eli Rowland Spurr

Born 1880

Died 1938

British Army 200921 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Harry Spurr

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 37256 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 37256 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 9th Battalion

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Anthony George Spurr

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 2924 Private London Regiment

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Eli Spurr

Born 1892

Died 1955

British Army 34818 Driver Royal Field Artillery Ammunition Column 94th Brigade, no.1 Depot

British Army 187052 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Antrim Aircraft Reserve Brigade

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Joseph Spurr

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281676

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Douglas Bateman Spurr

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2116 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Ernest John Spurr

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243652

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Harry Spurr

Born 1895

British Army 4/7869 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 243689 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Frank Spurr

Born 1892

Died 1970

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95459

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant

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Percy Wilfred Spurr

Born 1895

Died 1973

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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Harold Spurr

Born 1889

Died 1959

British Army 1403 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant City of London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Hedley Spurr

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 22766 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Arthur John Spurr

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237992

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