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Sydney New South Wales [10]

Ballarat Victoria [6]

Crewe, Cheshire [4]

Hanley, Staffordshire [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

Mount Gambier South Australia [4]

Young New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Carlisle, Cumberland [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [3]

Glasgow Scotland [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Islington, London [3]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Warrnambool Victoria [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Alcester, Warwickshire [2]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland [2]

Corowa New South Wales [2]

Deepwater New South Wales [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Durham [2]

East Adelaide South Australia [2]

Fenton, Staffordshire [2]

Fowey, Cornwall, England [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Glebe New South Wales [2]

Hambledon, Hampshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London England [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [2]

Northumberland [2]

Port Fairy Victoria [2]

Retford, Nottinghamshire [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

Staffordshire [2]

Ackworth, Yorkshire, England [1]

Adalon New South Wales [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1323]

Corporal [147]

Gunner [143]

Serjeant [120]

Driver [112]

Sapper [91]

Lieutenant [59]

Second Lieutenant [57]

Lance Corporal [54]

Captain [41]

Acting Corporal [25]

Acting Serjeant [21]

Pioneer [19]

Bombardier [15]

Major [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Battery Serjeant Major [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Sister [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Worker [6]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Trooper [3]

1st Class Assistant Surgeon [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Coal Mine Worker [2]

Drummer [2]

Guardsman [2]

Orderly [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [197]

Royal Engineers [177]

Labour Corps [149]

Army Service Corps [96]

Royal Garrison Artillery [86]

Royal Army Medical Corps [78]

North Staffordshire Regiment [57]

Machine Gun Corps [55]

Royal Fusiliers [50]

Royal Scots [50]

London Regiment [49]

Highland Light Infantry [48]

Manchester Regiment [45]

Northumberland Fusiliers [44]

Royal Irish Rifles [35]

Royal Highlanders [34]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [34]

Cheshire Regiment [32]

Lancashire Fusiliers [32]

Border Regiment [31]

West Yorkshire Regiment [31]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [28]

Gordon Highlanders [28]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [28]

Middlesex Regiment [28]

Canadian Infantry [27]

Seaforth Highlanders [27]

York and Lancaster Regiment [27]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

Hampshire Regiment [26]

Lincolnshire Regiment [26]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26]

Cameron Highlanders [25]

Rifle Brigade [24]

Scottish Rifles [24]

East Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [20]

West Riding Regiment [20]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Royal Naval Division [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

Dorsetshire Regiment [16]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [16]

South Lancashire Regiment [16]

The Queen's Regiment [16]

East Lancashire Regiment [15]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [15]

Service

British Army [2135]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [303]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [182]

Australian Imperial Force [158]

Royal Navy [154]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [48]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [3046]

D [2]

H [2]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2981]

Merchant Navy [51]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

Canada [4]

Australia [3]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [10] Ballarat Victoria [6] Crewe, Cheshire [4] Hanley, Staffordshire [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] Mount Gambier South Australia [4] Young New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Carlisle, Cumberland [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian [3] Glasgow Scotland [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Islington, London [3] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Warrnambool Victoria [3] Aberdeen [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Alcester, Warwickshire [2] Andover, Hampshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland [2] Corowa New South Wales [2] Deepwater New South Wales [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Durham [2] East Adelaide South Australia [2] Fenton, Staffordshire [2] Fowey, Cornwall, England [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Glebe New South Wales [2] Hambledon, Hampshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London England [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [2] Northumberland [2] Port Fairy Victoria [2] Retford, Nottinghamshire [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] South Shields, Durham [2] Staffordshire [2] Ackworth, Yorkshire, England [1] Adalon New South Wales [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1323] Corporal [147] Gunner [143] Serjeant [120] Driver [112] Sapper [91] Lieutenant [59] Second Lieutenant [57] Lance Corporal [54] Captain [41] Acting Corporal [25] Acting Serjeant [21] Pioneer [19] Bombardier [15] Major [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Staff Serjeant [10] Battery Serjeant Major [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Company Serjeant Major [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Sister [7] Able Seaman [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Worker [6] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Nursing Sister [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Trooper [3] 1st Class Assistant Surgeon [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2] Coal Mine Worker [2] Drummer [2] Guardsman [2] Orderly [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [197] Royal Engineers [177] Labour Corps [149] Army Service Corps [96] Royal Garrison Artillery [86] Royal Army Medical Corps [78] North Staffordshire Regiment [57] Machine Gun Corps [55] Royal Fusiliers [50] Royal Scots [50] London Regiment [49] Highland Light Infantry [48] Manchester Regiment [45] Northumberland Fusiliers [44] Royal Irish Rifles [35] Royal Highlanders [34] Royal Scots Fusiliers [34] Cheshire Regiment [32] Lancashire Fusiliers [32] Border Regiment [31] West Yorkshire Regiment [31] Liverpool Regiment [29] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [28] Gordon Highlanders [28] King's Own Scottish Borderers [28] Middlesex Regiment [28] Canadian Infantry [27] Seaforth Highlanders [27] York and Lancaster Regiment [27] Durham Light Infantry [26] Hampshire Regiment [26] Lincolnshire Regiment [26] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26] Cameron Highlanders [25] Rifle Brigade [24] Scottish Rifles [24] East Yorkshire Regiment [21] Royal Lancaster Regiment [20] West Riding Regiment [20] Royal Defence Corps [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Royal Naval Division [18] Royal Army Service Corps [17] Dorsetshire Regiment [16] Royal Irish Fusiliers [16] South Lancashire Regiment [16] The Queen's Regiment [16] East Lancashire Regiment [15] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [15]

Service

British Army [2135] Canadian Expeditionary Force [303] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [182] Australian Imperial Force [158] Royal Navy [154] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [48] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [3046] D [2] H [2] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2981] Merchant Navy [51] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [54] Canada [4] Australia [3] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Owen W Steele

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Newfoundland Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 326 Second Lieutenant Newfoundland Regiment 1st Battalion

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Oliver Steele

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 94836 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 68th Brigade

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Alexander Steele

Born 1888

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 41 Staff Serjeant Major Queensland Australian Infantry

Australian Imperial Force Major Australian Infantry 11th Battalion

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Albert Steele

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 10262 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 10262 Private The Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Norman Leslie Steele

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2 Second Lieutenant Australian Flying Corps No. 1 Squadron

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John Steele

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 510 Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 510 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial)

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Albert Victor Steele

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 17593 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 17593 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th service battalion. southst Battalion

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Oliver Steele

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Princess Charlotte of Wales' Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Princess Charlotte of Wales' Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Princess Charlotte of Wales' Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Oliver Goldsmith Steele

Born 1870

Died 1922

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266924 Private 258 Squadron

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Hilda Mary Steele Arrc

Born 1887

Died 1972

Australian Imperial Force 22/60 Sister Australian Army Nursing Service Corps

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Winifred Mary Steele

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1593 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

British Army 1593 Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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William Steele

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/6015 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde Z/6015 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Drake Battalion Royal Naval Division

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Phillip John Rupert Steele

Born 1890

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Australian Field Artillery 4th Brigade

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Ralph Steele

Born 1886

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Albert Steele

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 20855 Acting Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 20855 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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Frederick Arthur Godfrey Steele

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J18803 Able Seaman HMS Flirt

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Arthur Steele

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 72097 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment Depot

British Army 70192 Sergeant Devonshire Regiment

British Army 72097 Sergeant Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Cyril Steele

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 241742 Private Highland Light Infantry 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion (Territorial).

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Frank George Steele

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 11913 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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George William Steele

Born 1890

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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