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Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Preston, Lancashire [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Southport, Lancashire [4]

Bermondsey, Surrey [3]

Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [3]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Balham, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Digby, Lincolnshire [2]

Hartley Wintney Hampshire [2]

London England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Point Mcleay South Australia [2]

Runcorn, Cheshire, England [2]

Windsor, Berkshire [2]

Ainsworth, Lancashire [1]

Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Ashburton [1]

Astbury, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barton-upon-Humber England [1]

Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Blackburn England [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bracknell, Berkshire [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Burgess Hill, Sussex [1]

Campbell Town Tasmania [1]

Candelo New South Wales [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Christmas Hills Victoria [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Cleethorpes [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire, England [1]

Croft, Lancashire, England [1]

Davenport Green, Hale, Altrincham [1]

Desborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Devizes England [1]

Dudley New South Wales [1]

Durham [1]

Rank

Private [584]

Driver [72]

Gunner [68]

Corporal [57]

Serjeant [48]

Sapper [29]

Lance Corporal [20]

Lieutenant [15]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Bombardier [10]

Captain [10]

Pioneer [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Major [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Commander [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Orderly [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

C/S [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain (Retired) [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [104]

Royal Engineers [67]

Army Service Corps [66]

Labour Corps [63]

Liverpool Regiment [61]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [48]

Royal Garrison Artillery [36]

Manchester Regiment [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [35]

Machine Gun Corps [34]

Cheshire Regiment [33]

London Regiment [23]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [22]

South Lancashire Regiment [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

East Lancashire Regiment [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

Border Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Royal Irish Regiment [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Service

British Army [898]

Royal Navy [77]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [46]

Australian Imperial Force [41]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

South African Services [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1160]

H [3]

G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1128]

Merchant Navy [27]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Australia [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Preston, Lancashire [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Southport, Lancashire [4] Bermondsey, Surrey [3] Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [3] Ormskirk, Lancashire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Balham, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Digby, Lincolnshire [2] Hartley Wintney Hampshire [2] London England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Point Mcleay South Australia [2] Runcorn, Cheshire, England [2] Windsor, Berkshire [2] Ainsworth, Lancashire [1] Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Ashburton [1] Astbury, Congleton, Cheshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barton-upon-Humber England [1] Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire [1] Bermondsey [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Blackburn England [1] Bow, London [1] Bracknell, Berkshire [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Burgess Hill, Sussex [1] Campbell Town Tasmania [1] Candelo New South Wales [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Christmas Hills Victoria [1] Clapton, London [1] Cleethorpes [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Coventry, Warwickshire, England [1] Croft, Lancashire, England [1] Davenport Green, Hale, Altrincham [1] Desborough, Northamptonshire [1] Devizes England [1] Dudley New South Wales [1] Durham [1]

Rank

Private [584] Driver [72] Gunner [68] Corporal [57] Serjeant [48] Sapper [29] Lance Corporal [20] Lieutenant [15] Second Lieutenant [13] Bombardier [10] Captain [10] Pioneer [9] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Major [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Commander [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Orderly [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Temporary Captain [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Colonel [1] C/S [1] Cadet [1] Captain (Retired) [1] Captain Acting Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [104] Royal Engineers [67] Army Service Corps [66] Labour Corps [63] Liverpool Regiment [61] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [48] Royal Garrison Artillery [36] Manchester Regiment [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [35] Machine Gun Corps [34] Cheshire Regiment [33] London Regiment [23] Royal Lancaster Regiment [22] South Lancashire Regiment [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] Royal Fusiliers [16] East Lancashire Regiment [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Middlesex Regiment [12] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] Hampshire Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Somerset Light Infantry [7] Welsh Regiment [7] Border Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Coldstream Guards [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Royal Irish Regiment [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal Naval Division [5]

Service

British Army [898] Royal Navy [77] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61] Canadian Expeditionary Force [46] Australian Imperial Force [41] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] South African Services [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1160] H [3] G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1128] Merchant Navy [27] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Australia [1] South Africa [1]

Charles Herbert Sumner

Born 1884

Died 1947

British Army 5008 Private Coldstream Guards 1st battalion

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Percy Harold Sumner

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 325893 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 06203 Sapper Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 34602 Sapper Wiltshire Regiment

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Albert Sumner

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 38117 Manchester Regiment

British Army G/69561 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

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Syfret Flowers Sumner

Born 1888

Died 1947

South African Services 700137 Private Essential Services Protection Corps

South African Services 3813 Private South African Mounted Rifles

South African Services 630 Private 10th South African Horse

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William Joseph Sumner

Born 1899

Died 1956

Royal Navy F30281 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230281 Aircraftman 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Charles Maunoir Sumner

Born 1857

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment 82nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment 82nd Battalion

British Army Captain Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)

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Frank George Sumner

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3997 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 3997 Private The Lancashire Fusiliers 10th (Service) Battalion

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Frederick Arthur Sumner

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 1115 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry "G" Sqdn.

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Thomas Ignatius Sumner

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 20408 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 40336 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Fred Ward Sumner

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 213425 Driver Royal Field Artillery 112th Battery, 24th Brigade.

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Owen William Sumner

Born 1889

Died 1946

Royal Navy Private Royal Marines

Royal Navy Lance Corporal Royal Marines

Royal Navy Corporal Royal Marines

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Harry Sumner

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1/1269 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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John Sumner

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 6513 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade

British Army 6513 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 6513 Corporal Rifle Brigade

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Harold Lawrence Sumner

Born 1885

British Army Second Lieutenant South African Infantry

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

South African Services 3677 Corporal 4th South African Infantry M.M. for Delville Wood

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John Thomas Sumner

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 28771 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 61452 Private Manchester Regiment 12th Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Btn.

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George Sumner

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306019

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Ernest Mark Sumner

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143968

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Charles Sumner

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64238

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William Sumner

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75364

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George Sumner

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190130

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