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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]

Robert Henry Lewis Steele

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 291027 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

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Arthur Steele

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267877

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Henry Steele

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143320

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Sydney Herbert Steele

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28958

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William Walter Steele

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85904

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Harry Steele

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129669

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Thomas Steele

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260458

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Kenneth Marshall Steele

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204550

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Frederick Charles Steele

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189055

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John Thomas Steele

Died 1916

British Army 20131 Private Border Regiment 1st Battalion

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John William Steele

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 7129 Lance Corporal King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 8th Bn.

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Edward Ercell Steele

Born 1890

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant

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Oliver Steele

Born 1870

Canadian Expeditionary Force 925656

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Harold John Steele

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 2511 Private London Regiment

British Army 530642 Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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William Henry Steele

Born 1891

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 6/4148 Private Auckland Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Steele

Born 1891

Died 1978

British Army 811 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 811 Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

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William Steele

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295858

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Thomas Steele

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296921

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Frederick James Steele

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303032

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Alister Steele

Born 1895

Australian Imperial Force 1263 Private Australian Field Ambulance 2nd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Infantry 86th Battalion

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