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Sydney New South Wales [8]

Chichester, Sussex [4]

Exeter, Devon [3]

Hoo, Kent, England [3]

Inverell New South Wales [3]

Swan Hill Victoria [3]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Campbelltown Tasmania [2]

Clunes Victoria [2]

Dunston, Lincolnshire [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Penrith New South Wales [2]

Tenbury, Worcestershire [2]

Thrussington, Leicestershire [2]

Yalgoo Western Australia [2]

Adlington, Lancashire [1]

Alderney [1]

Aldershot England [1]

Aldingbourne, Sussex [1]

Alexandria New South Wales [1]

Ashwellthorpe Norfolk [1]

Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk [1]

Barrow Upon Soar England [1]

Barry, Glamorgan [1]

Barry, Glamorganshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Blackwater, Hampshire [1]

Bognor, Sussex [1]

Bothwell Tasmania [1]

Bournemouth England [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Brighton England [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Brixham England [1]

Brockenhurst, Hampshire [1]

Cadoxton, Glamorgan [1]

Carleton, England [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chichester, Sussex, England [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Cockley Cley, Norfolk, England [1]

Rank

Private [576]

Gunner [74]

Corporal [56]

Driver [48]

Serjeant [41]

Lance Corporal [26]

Sapper [19]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Pioneer [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Bombardier [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Captain [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Trooper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Conductor [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Boy [1]

CPO [1]

Captain Assistant Field Engineer [1]

Clerk [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Cyclist [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [78]

Royal Engineers [65]

Labour Corps [59]

Royal Garrison Artillery [48]

Army Service Corps [46]

London Regiment [35]

Machine Gun Corps [33]

Devonshire Regiment [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Leicestershire Regiment [24]

Royal Fusiliers [23]

Royal Sussex Regiment [22]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [21]

York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment [17]

The Queen's Regiment [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Dorsetshire Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

South Wales Borderers [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [8]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

East Kent Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Service

British Army [870]

Royal Navy [88]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [58]

Australian Imperial Force [55]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1143]

C [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1118]

Merchant Navy [20]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [8] Chichester, Sussex [4] Exeter, Devon [3] Hoo, Kent, England [3] Inverell New South Wales [3] Swan Hill Victoria [3] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Campbelltown Tasmania [2] Clunes Victoria [2] Dunston, Lincolnshire [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Luton, Bedfordshire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Penrith New South Wales [2] Tenbury, Worcestershire [2] Thrussington, Leicestershire [2] Yalgoo Western Australia [2] Adlington, Lancashire [1] Alderney [1] Aldershot England [1] Aldingbourne, Sussex [1] Alexandria New South Wales [1] Ashwellthorpe Norfolk [1] Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk [1] Barrow Upon Soar England [1] Barry, Glamorgan [1] Barry, Glamorganshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedfordshire [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Blackwater, Hampshire [1] Bognor, Sussex [1] Bothwell Tasmania [1] Bournemouth England [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Brighton England [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brixham England [1] Brockenhurst, Hampshire [1] Cadoxton, Glamorgan [1] Carleton, England [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [1] Chichester, Sussex, England [1] Clapham, London [1] Cockley Cley, Norfolk, England [1]

Rank

Private [576] Gunner [74] Corporal [56] Driver [48] Serjeant [41] Lance Corporal [26] Sapper [19] Second Lieutenant [12] Pioneer [11] Acting Corporal [9] Bombardier [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Captain [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Lieutenant [5] Corporal 2nd [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Trooper [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Conductor [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Transport Corporal [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Boy [1] CPO [1] Captain Assistant Field Engineer [1] Clerk [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Cyclist [1] Deck Hand [1] Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [78] Royal Engineers [65] Labour Corps [59] Royal Garrison Artillery [48] Army Service Corps [46] London Regiment [35] Machine Gun Corps [33] Devonshire Regiment [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Leicestershire Regiment [24] Royal Fusiliers [23] Royal Sussex Regiment [22] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [21] York and Lancaster Regiment [19] West Yorkshire Regiment [17] The Queen's Regiment [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Rifle Brigade [14] Liverpool Regiment [13] Dorsetshire Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] South Wales Borderers [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [8] Durham Light Infantry [8] East Kent Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Service

British Army [870] Royal Navy [88] Canadian Expeditionary Force [58] Australian Imperial Force [55] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1143] C [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1118] Merchant Navy [20] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Canada [1] India [1]

Evelyn Squires

Born 1894

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14430 Clerk Women's Royal Air Force No. 3 Stores Depot (Milton)

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Ezra Squires

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 10594 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 202184 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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David Herbert Squires

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 28754 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Archie Squires

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 3/5275 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Alfred Henry Squires

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 8519 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Horace Squires

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227111

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Percy Richard Squires

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20207

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Francis Chavasse Squires

Born 1885

Died 1915

Indian Army Captain 23rd Sikh Pioneers

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William Alfred Squires

Born 1892

Died 1964

British Army 18409 Private Grenadier Guards

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Ernest S. Squires

Born 1872

Died 1919

British Army 57963 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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John William Squires

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11199

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George Harry Squires

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299494

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Albert Thomas Squires

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 3531 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 331545 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 3531; 331545 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/8 Hampshire Regiment (Isle of Wight Rifles)

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Harry Squires

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19393

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Norman Squires

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124255

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William John Squires

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265559

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Joseph Squires

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 13804 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 12591 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 13804 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Joseph Squires

Died 1915

British Army 2168 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Levi Squires

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 15296 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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John Henry Squires

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2529 Acting Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/40333 Acting Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

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