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London England [5]

Parramatta New South Wales [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

South Melbourne Victoria [4]

Illogan, Cornwall [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bright Victoria [2]

Burnie Tasmania [2]

Coburg Victoria [2]

Dublin [2]

Emmaville New South Wales [2]

Islington, London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Pirton, Hertfordshire [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Barringbar New South Wales [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Beeac Victoria [1]

Boggabri New South Wales [1]

Bosmore England [1]

Bow, London [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Buckland, Hampshire [1]

Burraga New South Wales [1]

Camden New South Wales [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Castle Acre, Norfolk [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Church Town, Illogan, Cornwall [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Clifton Queensland [1]

Cobargo New South Wales [1]

Colne, Lancashire [1]

Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Cootamundra Western Australia [1]

Cornwall [1]

Darlinghurst New South Wales [1]

Dungarvan, Waterford [1]

Durham [1]

Eccles Salford Lancashire [1]

Egloskerrry England [1]

Rank

Private [413]

Gunner [48]

Corporal [39]

Serjeant [33]

Driver [32]

Sapper [23]

Captain [18]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lance Corporal [14]

Lieutenant [13]

Acting Corporal [11]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Pioneer [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Bombardier [4]

Major [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Drummer [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Admiral [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Canteener Canteener [1]

Captain Emergency [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Clerk [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Emergency Captain [1]

Fitter /Acting Corporal Fitter [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [55]

Royal Engineers [51]

Royal Field Artillery [44]

Army Service Corps [43]

Royal Garrison Artillery [41]

London Regiment [33]

Bedfordshire Regiment [29]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Devonshire Regiment [19]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Irish Regiment [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Leinster Regiment [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [7]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Connaught Rangers [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Military Foot Police [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Royal Marine Artillery [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Army Pay Corps [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Service

British Army [650]

Australian Imperial Force [79]

Royal Navy [79]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [55]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [921]

C [3]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [905]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

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Place of birth

London England [5] Parramatta New South Wales [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] South Melbourne Victoria [4] Illogan, Cornwall [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bright Victoria [2] Burnie Tasmania [2] Coburg Victoria [2] Dublin [2] Emmaville New South Wales [2] Islington, London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Pirton, Hertfordshire [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] Ararat Victoria [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Barringbar New South Wales [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Beeac Victoria [1] Boggabri New South Wales [1] Bosmore England [1] Bow, London [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Buckland, Hampshire [1] Burraga New South Wales [1] Camden New South Wales [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Castle Acre, Norfolk [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Church Town, Illogan, Cornwall [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Clifton Queensland [1] Cobargo New South Wales [1] Colne, Lancashire [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Cootamundra Western Australia [1] Cornwall [1] Darlinghurst New South Wales [1] Dungarvan, Waterford [1] Durham [1] Eccles Salford Lancashire [1] Egloskerrry England [1]

Rank

Private [413] Gunner [48] Corporal [39] Serjeant [33] Driver [32] Sapper [23] Captain [18] Second Lieutenant [16] Lance Corporal [14] Lieutenant [13] Acting Corporal [11] Acting Serjeant [7] Pioneer [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Bombardier [4] Major [4] Worker [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Drummer [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Admiral [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Canteener Canteener [1] Captain Emergency [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Clerk [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Emergency Captain [1] Fitter /Acting Corporal Fitter [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [55] Royal Engineers [51] Royal Field Artillery [44] Army Service Corps [43] Royal Garrison Artillery [41] London Regiment [33] Bedfordshire Regiment [29] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23] Machine Gun Corps [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Devonshire Regiment [19] Middlesex Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] Liverpool Regiment [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] Norfolk Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Irish Regiment [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Leinster Regiment [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [7] Royal Irish Fusiliers [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Connaught Rangers [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Military Foot Police [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Royal Marine Artillery [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Army Pay Corps [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4]

Service

British Army [650] Australian Imperial Force [79] Royal Navy [79] Canadian Expeditionary Force [55] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [921] C [3] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [905] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Walter Theopilus Stapleton

Born 1895

Died 1920

British Army 11614 Acting Corporal British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 11614 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

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John Stapleton

Born 1870

Died 1916

British Army 10917 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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George Joseph Stapleton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 39789 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Joseph Edward Stapleton

Born 1892

Died 1941

British Army 15000 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 15000 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Nicholas Stapleton

Born 1861

Died 1918

British Army Nova Scotia Regiment

British Army Captain Canadian Expeditionary Force

British Army Captain London Regiment

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George Frederick Stapleton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402511

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Victor William Stapleton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206029

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Charles Stapleton

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 14496 Colour Sergeant King's Shropshire Light infantry Depot (Shrewsbury)

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Cyril Stapleton

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 537254 Private London Regiment 3/15 lond Battalion

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Albert Paull Stapleton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206058

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Augustus Frederick St Clair Stapleton

Born 1878

Died 1951

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Major Hampshire Regiment

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Richard James Stapleton

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237517

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Albert George Stapleton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27449

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William Henry Stapleton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285099

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John William Stapleton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260463

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Richard Arthur Stapleton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224653

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William Thomas Stapleton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 680 Private London Regiment

British Army 300497 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/5 lond Battalion

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Thomas Stapleton

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 17825 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 19th Battalion. The 3rd Salford Pals.

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Frederick Horace Stapleton

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55765

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Ernest Stapleton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41945

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