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Melbourne Victoria [39]

Plymouth, Devon [19]

Sydney New South Wales [12]

Ballarat Victoria [10]

Devonport, Devon [9]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [8]

Southampton, Hampshire [8]

Stroud, Gloucestershire [8]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

London England [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Liskeard, Cornwall [5]

Port Adelaide South Australia [5]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [4]

Camelford, Cornwall [4]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Sevenoaks, Kent [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [3]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Calstock, Cornwall [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Redruth, Cornwall [3]

Torquay, Devon [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Apsley Victoria [2]

Auckland [2]

Beulah Tasmania [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Bodmin, Cornwall [2]

Bowral New South Wales [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brixham, Devon [2]

Bundamba Queensland [2]

Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Camelford England [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Christchurch, Hampshire [2]

Cornwall England [2]

Deloraine Tasmania [2]

Devonport Tasmania [2]

Drouin Victoria [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Glamorganshire [2]

Rank

Private [1557]

Gunner [188]

Sapper [158]

Serjeant [151]

Corporal [147]

Driver [138]

Second Lieutenant [86]

Lieutenant [70]

Lance Corporal [58]

Captain [36]

Pioneer [32]

Acting Corporal [28]

Bombardier [27]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Major [15]

Rifleman [13]

Staff Serjeant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Worker [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Trooper [6]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Guardsman [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Boatswain [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Bugler [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Drummer [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Major General [2]

Midshipman [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [243]

Royal Field Artillery [203]

Army Service Corps [194]

Labour Corps [184]

Royal Garrison Artillery [134]

Welsh Regiment [100]

London Regiment [98]

Machine Gun Corps [88]

Gloucestershire Regiment [87]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [79]

Royal Army Medical Corps [77]

Devonshire Regiment [71]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [63]

Liverpool Regiment [44]

South Wales Borderers [44]

Worcestershire Regiment [43]

Rifle Brigade [42]

Hampshire Regiment [40]

Middlesex Regiment [39]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [33]

Somerset Light Infantry [33]

Royal Naval Division [32]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32]

Northumberland Fusiliers [31]

Cheshire Regiment [30]

Lancashire Fusiliers [28]

Manchester Regiment [28]

British West Indies Regiment [26]

Royal Army Service Corps [26]

Royal Sussex Regiment [25]

The Queen's Regiment [24]

Monmouthshire Regiment [23]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [22]

South Lancashire Regiment [22]

Army Ordnance Corps [21]

Army Veterinary Corps [19]

Canadian Infantry [19]

Durham Light Infantry [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Dorsetshire Regiment [17]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [17]

Shropshire Light Infantry [17]

South Staffordshire Regiment [17]

Essex Regiment [16]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [16]

Royal Defence Corps [16]

Royal West Kent Regiment [14]

Border Regiment [13]

Service

British Army [2548]

Royal Navy [372]

Australian Imperial Force [308]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [263]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [215]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [49]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [3864]

L [3]

B [2]

J [2]

G [1]

K [1]

V [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3735]

Merchant Navy [95]

Conscientious Objector [16]

Country

United Kingdom [87]

Canada [1]

France [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [39] Plymouth, Devon [19] Sydney New South Wales [12] Ballarat Victoria [10] Devonport, Devon [9] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [8] Southampton, Hampshire [8] Stroud, Gloucestershire [8] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] London England [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Brisbane Queensland [6] Liskeard, Cornwall [5] Port Adelaide South Australia [5] Bendigo Victoria [4] Bournemouth, Hampshire [4] Camelford, Cornwall [4] Launceston Tasmania [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Sevenoaks, Kent [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Basingstoke, Hampshire [3] Beaconsfield Tasmania [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Calstock, Cornwall [3] Camberwell, London [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Redruth, Cornwall [3] Torquay, Devon [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Apsley Victoria [2] Auckland [2] Beulah Tasmania [2] Birmingham England [2] Bodmin, Cornwall [2] Bowral New South Wales [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brixham, Devon [2] Bundamba Queensland [2] Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Camelford England [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Christchurch, Hampshire [2] Cornwall England [2] Deloraine Tasmania [2] Devonport Tasmania [2] Drouin Victoria [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Glamorganshire [2]

Rank

Private [1557] Gunner [188] Sapper [158] Serjeant [151] Corporal [147] Driver [138] Second Lieutenant [86] Lieutenant [70] Lance Corporal [58] Captain [36] Pioneer [32] Acting Corporal [28] Bombardier [27] Acting Serjeant [23] Major [15] Rifleman [13] Staff Serjeant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Lance Serjeant [10] Worker [9] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Trooper [6] Stoker 1st Class [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Guardsman [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Serjeant Major [3] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Boatswain [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Bugler [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Drummer [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Major General [2] Midshipman [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [243] Royal Field Artillery [203] Army Service Corps [194] Labour Corps [184] Royal Garrison Artillery [134] Welsh Regiment [100] London Regiment [98] Machine Gun Corps [88] Gloucestershire Regiment [87] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [79] Royal Army Medical Corps [77] Devonshire Regiment [71] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [63] Liverpool Regiment [44] South Wales Borderers [44] Worcestershire Regiment [43] Rifle Brigade [42] Hampshire Regiment [40] Middlesex Regiment [39] Royal Fusiliers [34] King's Royal Rifle Corps [33] Somerset Light Infantry [33] Royal Naval Division [32] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32] Northumberland Fusiliers [31] Cheshire Regiment [30] Lancashire Fusiliers [28] Manchester Regiment [28] British West Indies Regiment [26] Royal Army Service Corps [26] Royal Sussex Regiment [25] The Queen's Regiment [24] Monmouthshire Regiment [23] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [22] South Lancashire Regiment [22] Army Ordnance Corps [21] Army Veterinary Corps [19] Canadian Infantry [19] Durham Light Infantry [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Dorsetshire Regiment [17] Royal Berkshire Regiment [17] Shropshire Light Infantry [17] South Staffordshire Regiment [17] Essex Regiment [16] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [16] Royal Defence Corps [16] Royal West Kent Regiment [14] Border Regiment [13]

Service

British Army [2548] Royal Navy [372] Australian Imperial Force [308] Canadian Expeditionary Force [263] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [215] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [49] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [3864] L [3] B [2] J [2] G [1] K [1] V [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3735] Merchant Navy [95] Conscientious Objector [16]

Country

United Kingdom [87] Canada [1] France [1] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Charles Henry Stephens

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 5/4911 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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Edward Stanley Stephens

Born 1893

Died 1977

Australian Imperial Force 2231

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John Samuel Stephens

Born 1895

British Army 3858 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 46216 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Francis Stephens

Born 1869

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Boatswain SS Memphian

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William Stephens

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81454

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Kyrle Nalder Stephens

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 5215 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Arnold Stanley Stephens

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281524

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Herbert Richard Stephens

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48685

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Gilbert James Stephens

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80937

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Harold Stephens

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12152

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Richard Stephens

Born 1870

Died 1919

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Terrible

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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Edward Stephens

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293301

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John Stephens

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294548

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Fred Zandra Stephens

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308574

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Arthur William Stephens

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 7459 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Denis Stephens

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265812

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John Curtis Stephens

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46643

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Roy William Stephens

Born 1894

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3944 Private Australian Infantry

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Richard Stephens

Born 1874

Died 1920

Royal Navy 174246 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Vivid

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John Stephens

Died 1914

British Army 4906 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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