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Barnstaple, Devon [7]

Chertsey, Surrey [5]

Ravenswood Queensland [4]

Taunton, Somerset [4]

Islington, London [3]

Tiverton, Devon [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Chideock, Dorset [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Eidsvold Queensland [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Hayle, Cornwall [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Quirindi New South Wales [2]

Tumbarumba New South Wales [2]

Upper Norwood, London [2]

Aldgate South Australia [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Bersham, Denbighshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Broomfield, Essex [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chard, Somerset [1]

Chideock, Bridport, Dorset [1]

Cleckheaton, Yorkshire [1]

Clevedon, Somerset [1]

Combe Martin, Devon [1]

Condobolin Queensland [1]

Cullompton, Devon [1]

Derby [1]

Devon [1]

Dundee Scotland [1]

Ealing, Middlesex [1]

Eastney, Hampshire [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Exmoor, Devon [1]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Hall England [1]

Hawker South Australia [1]

Horsham Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [280]

Corporal [33]

Gunner [32]

Serjeant [32]

Driver [26]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Lieutenant [16]

Lance Corporal [15]

Sapper [14]

Captain [11]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [5]

Major [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master and Honarary Lieutenant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

2nd Class Boy [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Instructor of cookery [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain (Medical) [1]

Carrier [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major Instructor [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant (Medical) [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Drummer [1]

Lieutenant Quartermaster [1]

Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister, Matron [1]

Orderly [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Recruit [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Signalman [1]

Sister [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [45]

Royal Field Artillery [44]

Royal Engineers [43]

Army Service Corps [35]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

London Regiment [24]

Devonshire Regiment [21]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Leinster Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Service Corps attached Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [469]

Royal Navy [68]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [35]

Australian Imperial Force [31]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [688]

H [2]

Contribution

Military Service [677]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

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People [690] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Barnstaple, Devon [7] Chertsey, Surrey [5] Ravenswood Queensland [4] Taunton, Somerset [4] Islington, London [3] Tiverton, Devon [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Chideock, Dorset [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Eidsvold Queensland [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Hayle, Cornwall [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Quirindi New South Wales [2] Tumbarumba New South Wales [2] Upper Norwood, London [2] Aldgate South Australia [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnet, Middlesex [1] Bersham, Denbighshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Broomfield, Essex [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Chard, Somerset [1] Chideock, Bridport, Dorset [1] Cleckheaton, Yorkshire [1] Clevedon, Somerset [1] Combe Martin, Devon [1] Condobolin Queensland [1] Cullompton, Devon [1] Derby [1] Devon [1] Dundee Scotland [1] Ealing, Middlesex [1] Eastney, Hampshire [1] Edmonton, London [1] Exmoor, Devon [1] Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hall England [1] Hawker South Australia [1] Horsham Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [280] Corporal [33] Gunner [32] Serjeant [32] Driver [26] Second Lieutenant [17] Lieutenant [16] Lance Corporal [15] Sapper [14] Captain [11] Acting Serjeant [5] Pioneer [5] Major [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Quarter Master and Honarary Lieutenant [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 2nd Class Boy [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Instructor of cookery [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Captain (Medical) [1] Carrier [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major Instructor [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant (Medical) [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Drummer [1] Lieutenant Quartermaster [1] Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister, Matron [1] Orderly [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Recruit [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Signalman [1] Sister [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [45] Royal Field Artillery [44] Royal Engineers [43] Army Service Corps [35] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] London Regiment [24] Devonshire Regiment [21] Middlesex Regiment [12] Somerset Light Infantry [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Highlanders [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Coldstream Guards [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Hussars [3] Leinster Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Service Corps attached Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [469] Royal Navy [68] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59] Canadian Expeditionary Force [35] Australian Imperial Force [31] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [688] H [2]

Contribution

Military Service [677] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Felix James Corsellis Squire

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 11137 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 11137 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Wallace Herbert Squire

Born 1872

Died 1950

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277161

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Arthur Edward Squire

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 84470 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 84470 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Walter Ernest Squire

Born 1879

Died 1935

British Army Lieutenant and Quartermaster Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Staff Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Joseph Squire

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army D/745 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/745 Private Corps of Dragoons

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William Henry Noel Squire

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 366923 Pioneer Royal Engineers Tyne Electrical Engineers

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William John Squire

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204309

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Frederick Robert Squire

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 305691 Leading Stoker HMS Queen Mary

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George Edward Squire

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68360

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Frederick Herbert Squire

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9566

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Thomas Hillard Squire

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195447

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Dorothy Jeanette Squire

Born 1889

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Cambridge Military Hospital

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot

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Ernest Squire

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262131

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Robert William Squire

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71284

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James Charles Squire

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32946

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Albert Edward Squire

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83050

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John George Squire

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33086

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Frederick Nelson Squire

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209397

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Alfred Sydney Squire

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221867

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Herbert James Squire

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235327

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