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Sydney New South Wales [9]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4]

Hackney, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Wimbledon, Surrey [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Dublin [2]

Staffordshire England [2]

Walsall England [2]

Agden Cheshire [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1]

Altrincham [1]

Ashton, Warwickshire [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, England [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Brompton, London [1]

Brynmawr, Montgomeryshire, Wales [1]

Burstwick, Yorkshire, England [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chatteris, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chorley England [1]

Clapham [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Erdington, Warwickshire [1]

Gosford New South Wales [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Hanmer [1]

Hanover Square, Glamorganshire [1]

Hatfield, Hertfordshire [1]

Hawkesbury River New South Wales [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Homerton, London [1]

Huddersfield [1]

Hull England [1]

Huttons Ambo, Yorkshire [1]

Leicester [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Liverpool England [1]

Longton, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [313]

Gunner [41]

Corporal [32]

Serjeant [31]

Driver [30]

Sapper [22]

Lieutenant [18]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Captain [12]

Lance Corporal [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Farrier [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Major Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [48]

Labour Corps [40]

Royal Engineers [39]

Army Service Corps [33]

Royal Garrison Artillery [28]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [16]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

South Staffordshire Regiment [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Border Regiment [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Tank Corps [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

London Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [510]

Royal Navy [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

S [667]

B [3]

Contribution

Military Service [646]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

India [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [9] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4] Hackney, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Wimbledon, Surrey [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Dublin [2] Staffordshire England [2] Walsall England [2] Agden Cheshire [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1] Altrincham [1] Ashton, Warwickshire [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, England [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brompton, London [1] Brynmawr, Montgomeryshire, Wales [1] Burstwick, Yorkshire, England [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Chatteris, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Chorley England [1] Clapham [1] Clapton, London [1] Derbyshire [1] Erdington, Warwickshire [1] Gosford New South Wales [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hanmer [1] Hanover Square, Glamorganshire [1] Hatfield, Hertfordshire [1] Hawkesbury River New South Wales [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Homerton, London [1] Huddersfield [1] Hull England [1] Huttons Ambo, Yorkshire [1] Leicester [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Liverpool England [1] Longton, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [313] Gunner [41] Corporal [32] Serjeant [31] Driver [30] Sapper [22] Lieutenant [18] Second Lieutenant [16] Captain [12] Lance Corporal [11] Acting Corporal [9] Pioneer [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Bombardier [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Captain [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Able Seaman [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Major [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Farrier [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Major Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Medical Officer [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [48] Labour Corps [40] Royal Engineers [39] Army Service Corps [33] Royal Garrison Artillery [28] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [16] Machine Gun Corps [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Cheshire Regiment [14] Rifle Brigade [14] Manchester Regiment [12] Royal Fusiliers [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] South Staffordshire Regiment [11] West Riding Regiment [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Border Regiment [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Tank Corps [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Royal Naval Division [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6] London Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Coldstream Guards [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Cameron Highlanders [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [510] Royal Navy [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] Australian Imperial Force [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

S [667] B [3]

Contribution

Military Service [646] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [17] India [1]

Patrick Starkey

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 6632 Lance Serjeant Border Regiment

British Army 6632 Acting Serjeant Border Regiment

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Leonard Starkey

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 4476 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 201635 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Alban James Starkey

Died 1916

British Army 19914 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 19914 Corporal South Wales Borderers

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George Henry Starkey

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 14214 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Charles Starkey

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 81429 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 81429 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Joseph Starkey

Died 1915

British Army R/7959 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/7959 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Edwin Starkey

Died 1916

British Army 12993 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 20463 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 12993 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Barnes Starkey

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 201073 Private Tank Corps

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George Starkey

Died 1915

British Army 8952 Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 8952 Acting Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 8952 Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment

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George Ernest Starkey

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 78033 Private Durham Light Infantry

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William Foster Starkey

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 202688 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Victor Starkey

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4421 Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 18576 Acting Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army 4421 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William Starkey

Died 1916

British Army 12463 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Thomas George Starkey

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 753 Trooper Household Battalion

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William Edward Starkey

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army G/1114 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/1114 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Theophilus Starkey

Died 1916

British Army 51385 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Leslie Starkey

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218543

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Henry Betty Starkey

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236353

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Ben Starkey

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20952

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Arthur Ralph Starkey

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125406

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