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Sydney New South Wales [25]

Hull, Yorkshire [8]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Adelaide South Australia [6]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Dover, Kent [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Maidstone, Kent [6]

Ramsgate, Kent [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Braintree, Essex [5]

Gosport, Hampshire [5]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [5]

Macksville New South Wales [5]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [5]

London, Middlesex [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Orange New South Wales [4]

Preston, Lancashire [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3]

Bourke New South Wales [3]

Bristol, Somerset [3]

Darwen England [3]

Derby, Derbyshire [3]

Echuca Victoria [3]

Frome, Somerset [3]

Hastings, Sussex [3]

Kensington, London [3]

London England [3]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Molong New South Wales [3]

Swindon, Wiltshire [3]

Woodend Victoria [3]

Alberton South Australia [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barcaldine Queensland [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Blackall Queensland [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bolton England [2]

Bombay [2]

Boort Victoria [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Rank

Private [2101]

Gunner [255]

Corporal [200]

Driver [193]

Sapper [172]

Serjeant [170]

Second Lieutenant [79]

Lance Corporal [75]

Lieutenant [66]

Captain [54]

Acting Corporal [40]

Acting Serjeant [35]

Pioneer [33]

Bombardier [23]

Rifleman [19]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Major [10]

Guardsman [9]

Worker [9]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Acting Colour Serjeant [7]

Colonel [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Transport Serjeant [6]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Forewoman [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Gunner [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [3]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Drummer [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain and Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Colonel/Temporary Major General [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [318]

Royal Engineers [278]

Army Service Corps [257]

Labour Corps [257]

London Regiment [130]

Royal Garrison Artillery [130]

Machine Gun Corps [98]

Liverpool Regiment [95]

Royal Army Medical Corps [95]

Royal Fusiliers [79]

Manchester Regiment [77]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [73]

North Staffordshire Regiment [59]

Middlesex Regiment [56]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [54]

Cheshire Regiment [52]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [52]

Leicestershire Regiment [52]

Essex Regiment [47]

Lancashire Fusiliers [47]

Hampshire Regiment [44]

Northumberland Fusiliers [44]

Rifle Brigade [44]

South Lancashire Regiment [44]

Welsh Regiment [43]

South Staffordshire Regiment [41]

Durham Light Infantry [39]

Norfolk Regiment [39]

Royal Army Service Corps [39]

The Queen's Regiment [38]

East Yorkshire Regiment [34]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [34]

Devonshire Regiment [33]

Royal West Kent Regiment [32]

West Yorkshire Regiment [32]

Royal Sussex Regiment [31]

Gloucestershire Regiment [30]

Somerset Light Infantry [29]

Suffolk Regiment [29]

Wiltshire Regiment [29]

Lincolnshire Regiment [28]

Royal Defence Corps [28]

Tank Corps [28]

Worcestershire Regiment [28]

East Kent Regiment [27]

Army Ordnance Corps [25]

East Surrey Regiment [24]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [24]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [23]

Royal Naval Division [23]

Service

British Army [3337]

Royal Navy [361]

Australian Imperial Force [262]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [255]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [240]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [67]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [4601]

M [3]

E [2]

F [2]

H [2]

A [1]

B [1]

D [1]

P [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4500]

Merchant Navy [72]

Conscientious Objector [18]

Country

United Kingdom [99]

New Zealand [2]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [25] Hull, Yorkshire [8] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Melbourne Victoria [7] Adelaide South Australia [6] Brisbane Queensland [6] Dover, Kent [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Maidstone, Kent [6] Ramsgate, Kent [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Braintree, Essex [5] Gosport, Hampshire [5] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [5] Macksville New South Wales [5] Salisbury, Wiltshire [5] London, Middlesex [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Orange New South Wales [4] Preston, Lancashire [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3] Bourke New South Wales [3] Bristol, Somerset [3] Darwen England [3] Derby, Derbyshire [3] Echuca Victoria [3] Frome, Somerset [3] Hastings, Sussex [3] Kensington, London [3] London England [3] Macclesfield, Cheshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Molong New South Wales [3] Swindon, Wiltshire [3] Woodend Victoria [3] Alberton South Australia [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barcaldine Queensland [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Blackall Queensland [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bolton England [2] Bombay [2] Boort Victoria [2] Brighton, Sussex [2]

Rank

Private [2101] Gunner [255] Corporal [200] Driver [193] Sapper [172] Serjeant [170] Second Lieutenant [79] Lance Corporal [75] Lieutenant [66] Captain [54] Acting Corporal [40] Acting Serjeant [35] Pioneer [33] Bombardier [23] Rifleman [19] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Able Seaman [11] Acting Bombardier [11] Major [10] Guardsman [9] Worker [9] Staff Serjeant [8] Acting Colour Serjeant [7] Colonel [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Transport Serjeant [6] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Acting Captain [4] Forewoman [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Trooper [4] Acting Gunner [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [3] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Drummer [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain and Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Colonel/Temporary Major General [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [318] Royal Engineers [278] Army Service Corps [257] Labour Corps [257] London Regiment [130] Royal Garrison Artillery [130] Machine Gun Corps [98] Liverpool Regiment [95] Royal Army Medical Corps [95] Royal Fusiliers [79] Manchester Regiment [77] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [73] North Staffordshire Regiment [59] Middlesex Regiment [56] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [54] Cheshire Regiment [52] King's Royal Rifle Corps [52] Leicestershire Regiment [52] Essex Regiment [47] Lancashire Fusiliers [47] Hampshire Regiment [44] Northumberland Fusiliers [44] Rifle Brigade [44] South Lancashire Regiment [44] Welsh Regiment [43] South Staffordshire Regiment [41] Durham Light Infantry [39] Norfolk Regiment [39] Royal Army Service Corps [39] The Queen's Regiment [38] East Yorkshire Regiment [34] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [34] Devonshire Regiment [33] Royal West Kent Regiment [32] West Yorkshire Regiment [32] Royal Sussex Regiment [31] Gloucestershire Regiment [30] Somerset Light Infantry [29] Suffolk Regiment [29] Wiltshire Regiment [29] Lincolnshire Regiment [28] Royal Defence Corps [28] Tank Corps [28] Worcestershire Regiment [28] East Kent Regiment [27] Army Ordnance Corps [25] East Surrey Regiment [24] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [24] Royal Berkshire Regiment [23] Royal Naval Division [23]

Service

British Army [3337] Royal Navy [361] Australian Imperial Force [262] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [255] Canadian Expeditionary Force [240] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [67] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [4601] M [3] E [2] F [2] H [2] A [1] B [1] D [1] P [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4500] Merchant Navy [72] Conscientious Objector [18]

Country

United Kingdom [99] New Zealand [2] Canada [1] Germany [1]

Frederick J Sutton

Born 1885

Died 1937

British Army 17066 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 17066 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment ASC [Baker]

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Charles Sidney Sutton

Born 1897

Died 1967

Australian Imperial Force 6418

Australian Imperial Force 6418 Private 19th Infantry Battalion

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Herbert G Sutton

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army S/112 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army SD/112 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Reg't 11th Battalion

British Army

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John Stainton Sutton

Born 1877

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 23/612 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Levi Sutton

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 18/163 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 18/163 Pte Durham Light Infantry 15th Bn

British Army 18/163 Pte 18(Service)(1st County) Durham Pals

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John James Sutton

Born 1892

Died 1961

Australian Imperial Force 6417

Australian Imperial Force 6417 Corporal 19th Infantry Battalion

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William Sutton

Born 1874

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 41957 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 4th Battalion

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Charles Henry Sutton

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 201487 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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Arthur Henry Sutton

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 1762 Private East African Transport Corps

British Army 1762 Serjeant East African Transport Corps

Other Empire Force 1762 Conductor East African Transport Corps

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Leonard Cecil Leicester Sutton

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 109632 Lance Sergeant Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 109632

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Oliver Joseph Sutton

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant/Temporary Captain Manchester Regiment 9th Battalion

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Frank Hoswell Sutton

Born 1893

Died 1956

Royal Navy M17836 Cooks Mate H.M.S. Ganges II

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Herbert Percy Sutton

Born 1894

Died 1964

British Army 11193 Private Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

British Army 11193 Private Royal Fusiliers 5th Battalion

British Army 60172 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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John C Sutton

Born 1898

British Army 311034 Private Tank Corps 9th Tank Regiment

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Charles Benjamin Sutton

Born 1879

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Third Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Third Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Rosedale" (Grimsby)

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Robert Clare Sutton

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 17230 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

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John Sutton

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army 45763 Driver Royal Field Artillery 67th Battery

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Alfred Edward Sutton

Born 1885

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 760163

Canadian Expeditionary Force 760163 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Albert Sutton

Born 1886

Died 1961

British Army TF/1846 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army TF/265975 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army 265975 Royal West Kent Regiment 1/1st Battalion

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Thomas William Sutton

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 326048 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 41768 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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