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Sydney New South Wales [24]

London, Middlesex, England [19]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [18]

London England [18]

Portland, Dorset [16]

Brighton, Sussex [12]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [12]

Brisbane Queensland [11]

Kingsbridge, Devon [11]

Exeter, Devon [9]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Plymouth, Devon [9]

Hobart Tasmania [7]

Weymouth, Dorset [7]

Ballina New South Wales [6]

Bendigo Victoria [6]

Bristol [6]

Maidstone, Kent [6]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Bath, Somerset [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Bristol, Somerset [5]

Camberwell, London [5]

Derby, Derbyshire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Middlesex [5]

Mornington Victoria [5]

Perth Western Australia [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Taunton, Somerset [5]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Bridgwater, Somerset [4]

Brighton Victoria [4]

Dorset [4]

Islington, London [4]

Bedminster, Somerset [3]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [3]

Fulham, London [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Holloway, London [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Kingswood, Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Leeds England [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Newhaven, Sussex [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Pontypool, Monmouthshire [3]

Poplar, Middlesex, England [3]

Rank

Private [2600]

Gunner [317]

Corporal [233]

Serjeant [216]

Driver [204]

Sapper [175]

Lance Corporal [92]

Second Lieutenant [80]

Lieutenant [79]

Acting Corporal [50]

Captain [49]

Pioneer [39]

Bombardier [31]

Acting Serjeant [27]

Lance Serjeant [22]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [19]

Rifleman [16]

Company Serjeant Major [15]

Major [14]

Staff Serjeant [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Worker [12]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [9]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [8]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Corporal 2nd [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Trooper [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Staff Serjeant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Drummer [3]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Sergeant [3]

Sister [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [343]

Royal Field Artillery [322]

Labour Corps [320]

Army Service Corps [309]

Royal Garrison Artillery [205]

London Regiment [183]

Royal Army Medical Corps [121]

Royal Fusiliers [121]

Devonshire Regiment [119]

Machine Gun Corps [97]

Middlesex Regiment [92]

Hampshire Regiment [88]

Somerset Light Infantry [79]

Gloucestershire Regiment [70]

Essex Regiment [69]

Norfolk Regiment [68]

Rifle Brigade [64]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [62]

Royal Army Service Corps [60]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [59]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [59]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [58]

Dorsetshire Regiment [56]

Royal Sussex Regiment [56]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [53]

The Queen's Regiment [53]

East Surrey Regiment [51]

East Kent Regiment [49]

Welsh Regiment [49]

Wiltshire Regiment [48]

Royal West Kent Regiment [47]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [46]

Worcestershire Regiment [45]

Army Ordnance Corps [44]

Bedfordshire Regiment [44]

Northumberland Fusiliers [44]

Manchester Regiment [38]

Royal Defence Corps [36]

Liverpool Regiment [34]

Royal Naval Division [32]

Canadian Infantry [31]

Leicestershire Regiment [31]

North Staffordshire Regiment [30]

South Wales Borderers [30]

Lincolnshire Regiment [29]

Suffolk Regiment [29]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

Tank Corps [27]

Army Veterinary Corps [26]

Cheshire Regiment [26]

Service

British Army [4092]

Royal Navy [515]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [332]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [321]

Australian Imperial Force [301]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [46]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [5734]

B [2]

V [2]

C [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5582]

Merchant Navy [102]

Conscientious Objector [23]

Country

United Kingdom [131]

Canada [3]

India [2]

Australia [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [24] London, Middlesex, England [19] Bristol, Gloucestershire [18] London England [18] Portland, Dorset [16] Brighton, Sussex [12] Southampton, Hampshire, England [12] Brisbane Queensland [11] Kingsbridge, Devon [11] Exeter, Devon [9] Melbourne Victoria [9] Plymouth, Devon [9] Hobart Tasmania [7] Weymouth, Dorset [7] Ballina New South Wales [6] Bendigo Victoria [6] Bristol [6] Maidstone, Kent [6] Oxford, Oxfordshire [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Bath, Somerset [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Bristol, Somerset [5] Camberwell, London [5] Derby, Derbyshire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Middlesex [5] Mornington Victoria [5] Perth Western Australia [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Southampton, Hampshire [5] Taunton, Somerset [5] Bethnal Green, London [4] Bridgwater, Somerset [4] Brighton Victoria [4] Dorset [4] Islington, London [4] Bedminster, Somerset [3] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [3] Fulham, London [3] Hackney, London [3] Holloway, London [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Kingswood, Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Leeds England [3] Marylebone, London [3] Newhaven, Sussex [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Pontypool, Monmouthshire [3] Poplar, Middlesex, England [3]

Rank

Private [2600] Gunner [317] Corporal [233] Serjeant [216] Driver [204] Sapper [175] Lance Corporal [92] Second Lieutenant [80] Lieutenant [79] Acting Corporal [50] Captain [49] Pioneer [39] Bombardier [31] Acting Serjeant [27] Lance Serjeant [22] Warrant Officer Class 2 [19] Rifleman [16] Company Serjeant Major [15] Major [14] Staff Serjeant [13] Able Seaman [12] Worker [12] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [9] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [8] Colour Serjeant [8] Corporal 2nd [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Shoeing Smith [7] Trooper [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Staff Serjeant [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Colonel [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Drummer [3] Farrier Staff Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Sergeant [3] Sister [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Unit

Royal Engineers [343] Royal Field Artillery [322] Labour Corps [320] Army Service Corps [309] Royal Garrison Artillery [205] London Regiment [183] Royal Army Medical Corps [121] Royal Fusiliers [121] Devonshire Regiment [119] Machine Gun Corps [97] Middlesex Regiment [92] Hampshire Regiment [88] Somerset Light Infantry [79] Gloucestershire Regiment [70] Essex Regiment [69] Norfolk Regiment [68] Rifle Brigade [64] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [62] Royal Army Service Corps [60] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [59] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [59] King's Royal Rifle Corps [58] Dorsetshire Regiment [56] Royal Sussex Regiment [56] Royal Berkshire Regiment [53] The Queen's Regiment [53] East Surrey Regiment [51] East Kent Regiment [49] Welsh Regiment [49] Wiltshire Regiment [48] Royal West Kent Regiment [47] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [46] Worcestershire Regiment [45] Army Ordnance Corps [44] Bedfordshire Regiment [44] Northumberland Fusiliers [44] Manchester Regiment [38] Royal Defence Corps [36] Liverpool Regiment [34] Royal Naval Division [32] Canadian Infantry [31] Leicestershire Regiment [31] North Staffordshire Regiment [30] South Wales Borderers [30] Lincolnshire Regiment [29] Suffolk Regiment [29] Durham Light Infantry [28] Tank Corps [27] Army Veterinary Corps [26] Cheshire Regiment [26]

Service

British Army [4092] Royal Navy [515] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [332] Canadian Expeditionary Force [321] Australian Imperial Force [301] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [46] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [5734] B [2] V [2] C [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5582] Merchant Navy [102] Conscientious Objector [23]

Country

United Kingdom [131] Canada [3] India [2] Australia [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Bernard W J Stone

Born 1896

Died 1991

British Army 17828 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 17828 Private 8th South Wales Borderers 8th (Service) Battalion 67th Brigade of the 22nd Division

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Ebenezer Edward Stone

Born 1893

Died 1956

British Army 22391 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Arthur William Stone

Born 1880

British Army 6187 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion in South Africa

British Army 6187 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 6187 Private South Wales Borderers

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Herbert Robertson Stone

Born 1893

Died 1973

British Army Second Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment 3rd Battalion, attached N.C.O's School

British Army 3450 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 1/10th (Scottish) Battalion

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Charles Herbert Stone

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 3504 Private Sussex Yeomanry

British Army G/16594 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Joseph Stone

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 252119 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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Edward Stone

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 3/6945 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 241391 Private 425 Agricultural Company Labour Corps

British Army 241391 Private Labour Corps

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Henry Brassington Stone

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers, TF

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers London Divisional Engineers

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Arthur Cuthbert Stone

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant 45th Sikhs

Indian Army Lieut 45th Rattray Sikhs

British Army 2nd Lieut IARO attached 45th Rattray Sikhss

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Nathan Thomas Stone

Born 1899

Died 1979

British Army 1898 Private Suffolk Yeomanry 3/1 Battalion

British Army 4452 Trooper Life Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 69454 Private Queen's (Royal West Surreys) Regiment 6th Battalion

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George Brain Stone

Born 1877

Died 1915

Royal Navy 8953 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/8953 Private HMS Goliath

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Horace Walter Stone

Born 1891

Died 1952

British Army 187591 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Raymond Edgar Stone

Born 1898

Died 1984

British Army 43135 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 43135 Private Gloucestershire Regiment (Glosters)

British Army 43135 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Stephen William Stone

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 3530 Private KOYLI

British Army 325839 Private Royal Scots 13th Battalion

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William Leonard Stone

Born 1887

Died 1915

Royal Navy 11561 Corporal Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 11561 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/11561 Serjeant Royal Marine Artillery Anti-Aircraft Brigade

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Walter Stone

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 15477 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 15477 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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William George Stone

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 7335 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Y/335 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Guy Stone

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 70903 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army 70903 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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Frank Ernest Stone

Born 1888

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12161 Serjeant Royal Air Force 3rd "W" Aircraft Repair Depot

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Percival Joseph Stone

Born 1899

British Army G/73891 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 20296 Private Army Pay Corps

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