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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]

Leopold James Sumner

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133805

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Cecil Sumner

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3936 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 201273 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 201273 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

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Bertram Alfred Edward Sumner

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 8546 Private Essex Regiment

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William Sumner

Died 1917

British Army 23212 Lance Corporal King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Henry Sumner

Born 1885

Died 1960

British Army 6908 Private Border Regiment

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Richard Kellett Sumner

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1290 Private Manchester Regiment 5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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William Sumner

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23592 Serjeant Mechanic Royal Air Force

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Daniel Sumner

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189537

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Leonard Sumner

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3313 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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William Bromfield Sumner

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57607 Royal Flying Corps

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Alick Sumner

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32941

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Charles Sumner

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94271

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Richard Sumner

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14190

British Army 8820 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Fred Sumner

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118559

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Harold Ernest Sumner

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2122 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 3rd/1st Wessex Brigade

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James Holensbe Gray Sumner

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217177

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Albert Edward Sumner

Born 1876

British Army 234127 Pioneer Royal Engineers Depot Rly. Troops Dep

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Harold Sumner

Died 1916

British Army SD/3224 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Harry Sumner

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 34839 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Walter George Henry Sumner

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168965

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