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Cardigan Victoria [4]

Herne Bay, Kent [4]

Alvechurch, Worcestershire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alvechurch, Warwickshire [1]

Bellerive Tasmania [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Garsington, Oxfordshire [1]

Great Malvern, Worcestershire [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Indooroopilly Queensland [1]

Jericks Oxford, Oxfordshire [1]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

London England [1]

Malvern Victoria [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

North Woolwich England [1]

Northam, Hampshire [1]

Nunhead, London [1]

Oakleigh Victoria [1]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [1]

Oxfordshire [1]

Oxfordshire England [1]

Palmerston [1]

Port Augusta South Australia [1]

Redditch, Warwickshire [1]

Redditch, Worcestershire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

Sterne Bay, Kent [1]

Tooting, Surrey, England [1]

Whitney, Oxfordshire [1]

Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Woolloomooloo New South Wales [1]

Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [81]

Serjeant [8]

Driver [7]

Gunner [7]

Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [2]

Sapper [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colour Serjeant Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Strapper [1]

Tally Clerk [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Army Service Corps [11]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

12th Lancers [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [2]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

3rd (King's Own) Hussars [1]

3rd Hussars [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East African Labour Corps [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [118]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

Royal Navy [21]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [192]

Contribution

Military Service [187]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [192] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cardigan Victoria [4] Herne Bay, Kent [4] Alvechurch, Worcestershire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Lambeth, Surrey [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alvechurch, Warwickshire [1] Bellerive Tasmania [1] Birmingham England [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Garsington, Oxfordshire [1] Great Malvern, Worcestershire [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Indooroopilly Queensland [1] Jericks Oxford, Oxfordshire [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] London England [1] Malvern Victoria [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] North Woolwich England [1] Northam, Hampshire [1] Nunhead, London [1] Oakleigh Victoria [1] Oxford, Oxfordshire [1] Oxfordshire [1] Oxfordshire England [1] Palmerston [1] Port Augusta South Australia [1] Redditch, Warwickshire [1] Redditch, Worcestershire [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1] Sterne Bay, Kent [1] Tooting, Surrey, England [1] Whitney, Oxfordshire [1] Windsor, Berkshire [1] Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Woolloomooloo New South Wales [1] Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [81] Serjeant [8] Driver [7] Gunner [7] Corporal [6] Lieutenant [2] Sapper [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colour Serjeant Major [1] Nurse [1] Pioneer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private Corporal [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Strapper [1] Tally Clerk [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [13] Army Service Corps [11] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Labour Corps [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Corps of Hussars [3] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] 12th Lancers [2] Essex Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [2] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 3rd (King's Own) Hussars [1] 3rd Hussars [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East African Labour Corps [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [118] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Australian Imperial Force [21] Royal Navy [21] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [192]

Contribution

Military Service [187] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Arthur Henry Surman

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2514 Private London Regiment

British Army 2514 Serjeant London Regiment

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Ernest Albert Surman

Died 1916

British Army 2408 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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George Silvester Surman

Born 1901

Died 1963

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307260 Private 2nd Class

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William Edward Surman

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305

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Thomas Herbert Surman

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277237

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Albert Surman

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12156

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Henry Mark Surman

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306416

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Herbert Thomas Surman

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228851

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Horace Harry Surman

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263379

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William Henry Surman

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 29301 Private Somerset Light Infantry 6th Btn

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Stephen George Surman

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 532967 Private London Regiment

British Army 532967 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

British Army 6008 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Arthur Henry Surman

Born 1896

Died 1975

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain and Adjutant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Charles P. Surman

Died 1915

British Army 5806 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Thomas James Surman

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269703

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Joseph Surman

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36381

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William Joseph Surman

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166009

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Edgar Charles Surman

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191578

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Frederick William Surman

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65975

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Frederick Thomas Surman

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy K22013 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Monmouth

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Herbert C Surman

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 27623 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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