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Sydney New South Wales [17]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16]

London England [9]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Echuca Victoria [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Dover, Kent [5]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Bermondsey, London [4]

Hull, Yorkshire [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Marylebone, London [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Ashford, Kent [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [3]

Dublin [3]

Eastbourne, Sussex [3]

Forbes New South Wales [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

Salford, Lancashire [3]

Walsall, Staffordshire [3]

Woolwich, Kent [3]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [2]

Bexhill, Sussex [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Birmingham [2]

Blackburn England [2]

Bow, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Castleford, Yorkshire [2]

Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Derby [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Dudley, Worcestershire [2]

Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire [2]

Gawler South Australia [2]

Greenwich, Kent [2]

Horsham Victoria [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Rank

Private [1512]

Gunner [191]

Driver [130]

Corporal [123]

Serjeant [122]

Sapper [74]

Second Lieutenant [54]

Lance Corporal [51]

Lieutenant [49]

Captain [48]

Acting Corporal [27]

Acting Serjeant [25]

Pioneer [21]

Bombardier [19]

Major [18]

Staff Serjeant [13]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Rifleman [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Trooper [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Guardsman [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Volunteer [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [3]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Cook [2]

Honorary Captain [2]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [224]

Royal Engineers [177]

Labour Corps [170]

Army Service Corps [168]

Royal Garrison Artillery [101]

Machine Gun Corps [74]

Manchester Regiment [69]

Royal Army Medical Corps [68]

London Regiment [67]

Royal Fusiliers [64]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [61]

Worcestershire Regiment [61]

South Staffordshire Regiment [43]

Cheshire Regiment [41]

Liverpool Regiment [41]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [40]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [40]

Lancashire Fusiliers [39]

Middlesex Regiment [37]

Northamptonshire Regiment [36]

Rifle Brigade [35]

Northumberland Fusiliers [33]

Gloucestershire Regiment [31]

North Staffordshire Regiment [31]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

Royal Army Service Corps [26]

Royal West Kent Regiment [26]

South Lancashire Regiment [26]

The Queen's Regiment [26]

West Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Wiltshire Regiment [26]

Essex Regiment [25]

Devonshire Regiment [23]

East Surrey Regiment [23]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23]

West Riding Regiment [23]

Army Ordnance Corps [22]

Lincolnshire Regiment [22]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [22]

York and Lancaster Regiment [22]

Leicestershire Regiment [21]

East Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [20]

South Wales Borderers [20]

East Kent Regiment [18]

Corps of Hussars [17]

Dorsetshire Regiment [17]

Welsh Regiment [17]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [17]

Service

British Army [2409]

Royal Navy [213]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [208]

Australian Imperial Force [187]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [173]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [44]

Other Empire Force [4]

Canadian Navy [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [3320]

B [1]

J [1]

P [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3218]

Merchant Navy [76]

Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [62]

New Zealand [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [17] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16] London England [9] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Echuca Victoria [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] London, Middlesex, England [6] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Dover, Kent [5] Bendigo Victoria [4] Bermondsey, London [4] Hull, Yorkshire [4] London, Middlesex [4] Marylebone, London [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Ashford, Kent [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [3] Dublin [3] Eastbourne, Sussex [3] Forbes New South Wales [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] Salford, Lancashire [3] Walsall, Staffordshire [3] Woolwich, Kent [3] Banbury, Oxfordshire [2] Bexhill, Sussex [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Birmingham [2] Blackburn England [2] Bow, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Brixton, London [2] Castleford, Yorkshire [2] Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire [2] Chelsea, London [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Clapham, London [2] Derby [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Dudley, Worcestershire [2] Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire [2] Gawler South Australia [2] Greenwich, Kent [2] Horsham Victoria [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Rank

Private [1512] Gunner [191] Driver [130] Corporal [123] Serjeant [122] Sapper [74] Second Lieutenant [54] Lance Corporal [51] Lieutenant [49] Captain [48] Acting Corporal [27] Acting Serjeant [25] Pioneer [21] Bombardier [19] Major [18] Staff Serjeant [13] Lance Serjeant [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Rifleman [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Trooper [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Corporal 2nd [6] Guardsman [6] Able Seaman [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Temporary Captain [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Volunteer [4] Acting Captain [3] Armourer Staff Serjeant [3] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Cook [2] Honorary Captain [2] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [224] Royal Engineers [177] Labour Corps [170] Army Service Corps [168] Royal Garrison Artillery [101] Machine Gun Corps [74] Manchester Regiment [69] Royal Army Medical Corps [68] London Regiment [67] Royal Fusiliers [64] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [61] Worcestershire Regiment [61] South Staffordshire Regiment [43] Cheshire Regiment [41] Liverpool Regiment [41] King's Royal Rifle Corps [40] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [40] Lancashire Fusiliers [39] Middlesex Regiment [37] Northamptonshire Regiment [36] Rifle Brigade [35] Northumberland Fusiliers [33] Gloucestershire Regiment [31] North Staffordshire Regiment [31] Durham Light Infantry [28] Royal Army Service Corps [26] Royal West Kent Regiment [26] South Lancashire Regiment [26] The Queen's Regiment [26] West Yorkshire Regiment [26] Wiltshire Regiment [26] Essex Regiment [25] Devonshire Regiment [23] East Surrey Regiment [23] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23] West Riding Regiment [23] Army Ordnance Corps [22] Lincolnshire Regiment [22] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [22] York and Lancaster Regiment [22] Leicestershire Regiment [21] East Yorkshire Regiment [20] Hampshire Regiment [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [20] South Wales Borderers [20] East Kent Regiment [18] Corps of Hussars [17] Dorsetshire Regiment [17] Welsh Regiment [17] Yorkshire Light Infantry [17]

Service

British Army [2409] Royal Navy [213] Canadian Expeditionary Force [208] Australian Imperial Force [187] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [173] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [44] Other Empire Force [4] Canadian Navy [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [3320] B [1] J [1] P [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3218] Merchant Navy [76] Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [62] New Zealand [1]

Robert Stanley

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy 190580 (RFR Ch B3583) Able Seaman HMS India

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S Mary Ann Stanley

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Member Women's Royal Air Force 1st Salvage Section

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Lawrence Aston Stanley

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th

British Army

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John Stanley

Born 1877

British Army 8572 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 South Wales Borderers

British Army 8572 Colour Serjeant South Wales Borderers Depot

British Army 8572 Colour Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John George Stanley

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161514

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George Hopkins Stanley

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army 4805 Quarter Master Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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George Henry Stanley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134339

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Wilfred Stanley

Born 1894

Other Empire Force 3394 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 4019 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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Leonard Senior Stanley

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79256

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Richard James Stanley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111822

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Bernard Stanley

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78015

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William Harwood Stanley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108695

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George Albert Stanley

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82228

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Thomas Stanley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169430

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Harry Stanley

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280323

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George Thomas Stanley

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35954

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Albert Edward Victor Stanley

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37577

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The Hon. Ferdinand Charles Stanley

Born 1871

Died 1935

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant A.D.C. to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

British Army Lieutenant A.D.C. to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

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Thomas Edward Stanley

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199220

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Frederick Stanley

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 57816 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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