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Lingfield, Surrey [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Forbes New South Wales [3]

Maldon Victoria [3]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Croydon England [2]

Fulham South Australia [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Kempsey New South Wales [2]

Lismore New South Wales [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Portland Victoria [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

West Wyalong New South Wales [2]

Apollo Bay Victoria [1]

Armagh [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Batemans Bay New South Wales [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blofield, Norfolk [1]

Brighton [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

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Cilfrin, Glamorgan [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Colchester [1]

Cowra New South Wales [1]

Cranfield, Bedfordshire [1]

Creswick Victoria [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Darlaston, Staffordshire [1]

Darlinton, Staffordshire [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Daylesford Victoria [1]

Dunolly Victoria [1]

Farina South Australia [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Fitzroy, Victoria [1]

Flemington Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [340]

Serjeant [33]

Gunner [32]

Corporal [29]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Driver [14]

Lieutenant [14]

Lance Corporal [13]

Sapper [13]

Captain [8]

Bombardier [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Major [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Commander [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Canteener [1]

Captain Major [1]

Chief Gunner [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal /Temporary Farrier Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Nurse [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master and Temporary Captain [1]

Saddler and Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [41]

Army Service Corps [36]

Royal Engineers [35]

Labour Corps [33]

London Regiment [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

Suffolk Regiment [16]

Worcestershire Regiment [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

South Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

East Kent Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Lancers [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Training Reserve Battalion [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Dragoon Guards [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [524]

Australian Imperial Force [64]

Royal Navy [56]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [728]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [713]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

India [2]

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Place of birth

Lingfield, Surrey [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Forbes New South Wales [3] Maldon Victoria [3] Smethwick, Staffordshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Croydon England [2] Fulham South Australia [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Kempsey New South Wales [2] Lismore New South Wales [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Portland Victoria [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] West Wyalong New South Wales [2] Apollo Bay Victoria [1] Armagh [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Batemans Bay New South Wales [1] Birmingham [1] Blofield, Norfolk [1] Brighton [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Burham, Kent [1] Cambridgeshire [1] Canterbury [1] Casterton Victoria [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cilfrin, Glamorgan [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Colchester [1] Cowra New South Wales [1] Cranfield, Bedfordshire [1] Creswick Victoria [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Darlaston, Staffordshire [1] Darlinton, Staffordshire [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Daylesford Victoria [1] Dunolly Victoria [1] Farina South Australia [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Fitzroy, Victoria [1] Flemington Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [340] Serjeant [33] Gunner [32] Corporal [29] Second Lieutenant [22] Driver [14] Lieutenant [14] Lance Corporal [13] Sapper [13] Captain [8] Bombardier [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Major [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Corporal [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Transport Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Commander [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Canteener [1] Captain Major [1] Chief Gunner [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal /Temporary Farrier Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Nurse [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Temporary Captain [1] Saddler and Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [41] Army Service Corps [36] Royal Engineers [35] Labour Corps [33] London Regiment [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Royal Fusiliers [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] Suffolk Regiment [16] Worcestershire Regiment [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Middlesex Regiment [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] South Staffordshire Regiment [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] East Kent Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Devonshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Coldstream Guards [5] Lancers [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Training Reserve Battalion [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Cambridgeshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Dragoon Guards [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [524] Australian Imperial Force [64] Royal Navy [56] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [728] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [713] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [19] India [2]

Vere Benett Stanford

Born 1894

Died 1922

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Flying Corps

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Donovan Edward Stanford

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 15215 Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 6th Battalion attached 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment

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Frederick Charles Stanford

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army L/1206 Private Lancers

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J M Benett Stanford

Born 1870

Died 1947

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment

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Gerald Charles Stanford

Born 1884

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant King's African Rifles

British Army GS/7396 Corporal Dragoon Guards 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 3rd Reserve Battalion

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Thomas Charles Stanford

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123116

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Joseph Stanford

Born 1892

British Army 5337 Acting Lance Sergeant British West Indies Regiment attached Royal Engineers attached Inland Water Transport

British Army 5337 Corporal British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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Samuel Stanford

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77462

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Herbert Stanford

Born 1889

British Army 8301 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 8301 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Battalion

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Alfred Stanford

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111896

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Richard Stanford

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112138

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William George Stanford

Born 1896

Died 1949

British Army 2084 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alan Kinderley Stanford

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 76331

Canadian Expeditionary Force 76331 Private Canadian Infantry 29th Battalion

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Thomas Harold Stanford

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108596

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Samuel Stanford

Born 1865

Died 1916

British Army S2248 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

British Army S/2248 Sgt Rifle Brigade 11th

British Army S/2248 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

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William Stanford

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37385

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Charles Arthur Stanford

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33082

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James Stanford

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56671

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Charles Henry Stanford

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 9084 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas William Stanford

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96374

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