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Sydney New South Wales [11]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

London, Middlesex [6]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

London England [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Warwick, Warwickshire [3]

Abertillery, Monmouthshire [2]

Aston, Warwickshire [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Eton, Buckinghamshire [2]

Hallett South Australia [2]

High Offley, Staffordshire [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Little Gaddesden [2]

Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London [2]

Mount Gambier South Australia [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Retford, Nottinghamshire [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Stourbridge, Staffordshire [2]

Tantanoola South Australia [2]

Taunton, Somerset [2]

Wareham, Dorset [2]

Aberfillery, Monmouthshire [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Addiscombe, London [1]

Alberta, [1]

Alberton South Australia [1]

Andover [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire [1]

Ashfield, Co.Cavan [1]

Ashted, Birmingham [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Attyduff, Co. Monaghan [1]

Audley End England [1]

Rank

Private [975]

Gunner [125]

Driver [93]

Corporal [69]

Serjeant [67]

Sapper [54]

Second Lieutenant [54]

Lieutenant [49]

Lance Corporal [35]

Captain [31]

Acting Corporal [17]

Pioneer [14]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Bombardier [11]

Rifleman [8]

Commander [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Private /Lance Corporal [6]

Colonel [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Major [5]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Chaplain [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Fitter [2]

Guardsman [2]

Nurse [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [138]

Royal Engineers [132]

Labour Corps [126]

Army Service Corps [107]

Royal Garrison Artillery [68]

London Regiment [55]

Royal Army Medical Corps [51]

Machine Gun Corps [45]

Royal Fusiliers [40]

Suffolk Regiment [38]

Liverpool Regiment [37]

South Staffordshire Regiment [35]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [34]

North Staffordshire Regiment [30]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29]

Hampshire Regiment [25]

Durham Light Infantry [23]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

Somerset Light Infantry [22]

Worcestershire Regiment [22]

East Lancashire Regiment [21]

Middlesex Regiment [21]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21]

West Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

Rifle Brigade [19]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

Lancashire Fusiliers [18]

The Queen's Regiment [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Army Ordnance Corps [16]

Dorsetshire Regiment [16]

York and Lancaster Regiment [16]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15]

Welsh Regiment [15]

Essex Regiment [14]

Royal Air Force [14]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

Royal Naval Division [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12]

Royal Flying Corps [12]

Border Regiment [11]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

South Lancashire Regiment [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

Coldstream Guards [10]

Service

British Army [1535]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [152]

Royal Navy [146]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [116]

Australian Imperial Force [99]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [9]

Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

T [2103]

W [2]

C [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2078]

Merchant Navy [20]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [11] Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] London, Middlesex [6] Adelaide South Australia [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] London England [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Warwick, Warwickshire [3] Abertillery, Monmouthshire [2] Aston, Warwickshire [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Eton, Buckinghamshire [2] Hallett South Australia [2] High Offley, Staffordshire [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Little Gaddesden [2] Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London [2] Mount Gambier South Australia [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Retford, Nottinghamshire [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Stourbridge, Staffordshire [2] Tantanoola South Australia [2] Taunton, Somerset [2] Wareham, Dorset [2] Aberfillery, Monmouthshire [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Addiscombe, London [1] Alberta, [1] Alberton South Australia [1] Andover [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire [1] Ashfield, Co.Cavan [1] Ashted, Birmingham [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Attyduff, Co. Monaghan [1] Audley End England [1]

Rank

Private [975] Gunner [125] Driver [93] Corporal [69] Serjeant [67] Sapper [54] Second Lieutenant [54] Lieutenant [49] Lance Corporal [35] Captain [31] Acting Corporal [17] Pioneer [14] Acting Serjeant [11] Bombardier [11] Rifleman [8] Commander [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Private /Lance Corporal [6] Colonel [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Major [5] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Chaplain [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Trooper [3] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Fitter [2] Guardsman [2] Nurse [2] Nursing Sister [2] Petty Officer [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [2] 2nd Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [138] Royal Engineers [132] Labour Corps [126] Army Service Corps [107] Royal Garrison Artillery [68] London Regiment [55] Royal Army Medical Corps [51] Machine Gun Corps [45] Royal Fusiliers [40] Suffolk Regiment [38] Liverpool Regiment [37] South Staffordshire Regiment [35] Royal Berkshire Regiment [34] North Staffordshire Regiment [30] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29] Hampshire Regiment [25] Durham Light Infantry [23] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] Somerset Light Infantry [22] Worcestershire Regiment [22] East Lancashire Regiment [21] Middlesex Regiment [21] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21] West Yorkshire Regiment [21] Manchester Regiment [20] Northamptonshire Regiment [20] Royal Army Service Corps [20] Rifle Brigade [19] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] Lancashire Fusiliers [18] The Queen's Regiment [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Army Ordnance Corps [16] Dorsetshire Regiment [16] York and Lancaster Regiment [16] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15] Welsh Regiment [15] Essex Regiment [14] Royal Air Force [14] Norfolk Regiment [13] Royal Naval Division [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Cheshire Regiment [12] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12] Royal Flying Corps [12] Border Regiment [11] East Surrey Regiment [11] South Lancashire Regiment [11] West Riding Regiment [11] Coldstream Guards [10]

Service

British Army [1535] Canadian Expeditionary Force [152] Royal Navy [146] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [116] Australian Imperial Force [99] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [9] Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

T [2103] W [2] C [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2078] Merchant Navy [20] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [46] Ireland [2] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1]

Albert Edward Talbot

Born 1877

Died 1936

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Colonel Chaplain 1st Infantry Brigade

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William Talbot

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army 298744 Private Labour Corps

British Army 9221 and 298744 Private Army Service Corps and labour corps

British Army 298744 private Labour Corps

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Ernest William Talbot

Born 1894

Died 1961

British Army 515144 Private London Regiment 14th Battalion

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Edward Charles Talbot

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 2nd Lieut Bedforshire Regiment

British Army Bedforshire Regiment

Indian Army Major 47th Sikhs

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Edgar Francis Talbot

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army B/20077 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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Humphrey John Talbot

Born 1883

Died 1944

Royal Navy A.A. 811 Able Seaman Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. President

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport

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Kathleen Talbot

Born 1893

Died 1958

British Army VAD Nurse British Red Cross Society Clopton War Hospital

British Army VAD Staff Nurse British Red Cross Society Clopton War Hospital

British Army VAD Nurse British Red Cross Society No 2 British Red Cross Service Hospital, France

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George William Talbot

Born 1885

British Army 11783 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Frederick Henry Talbot

Born 1893

Died 1920

British Army 22581 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 380963 Private Labour Corps

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David Talbot

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 4759 Private London Regiment

British Army 532105 Private London Regiment

British Army 532105 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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William Talbot

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 204806 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 204806 Lance Corporal King's Liverpool Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 204806 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Geoffrey Richard Henry Talbot

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Eton College Volunteer Rifles

Indian Army East Indian Railway Volunteers

Royal Navy Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service, Fisgard

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Sidney Talbot

Born 1886

Australian Imperial Force 1341

Australian Imperial Force 1341 Private 17th Battalion, 5th Infantry Brigade

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Claude Eustace Chetwynd Talbot

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 6th Battalion

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John Lionel Pemberton Talbot

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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Gilbert Walter Lyttelton Talbot

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade The Prince Consort's Own

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David Laurence Talbot

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 19026 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 98048 Private Royal Field Artillery

British Army 41941 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Thomas Talbot

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2371 Private Manchester Regiment 1st./5th. Battalion

British Army 2371 Private Manchester Regiment

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Walter Robert Talbot

Born 1895

Died 1920

British Army 1290 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 810005 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 4th Staffordshire Battery

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Norman Roy Talbot

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1000

Australian Imperial Force 1000 Private 39th Battalion/ 10th Brigade/3rd Division

Australian Imperial Force 1000A Private 40th Battalion/ 10th Brigade/3rd Division

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