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Sydney New South Wales [10]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

London England [6]

Bristol [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [5]

Eastbourne, Sussex [4]

Hook, Surrey [4]

Poplar, London [4]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bristol England [3]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [3]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [3]

Cranleigh, Surrey [3]

Farnham, Surrey [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Batcombe, Somerset [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Cardiff [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Chelmsford England [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Dorking, Surrey [2]

Godalming, Surrey [2]

Kennington, London [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Napier [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Quirindi New South Wales [2]

Ringwood, Hampshire [2]

Scone New South Wales [2]

Stroud, Gloucestershire [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Traralgon Victoria [2]

Yate, Gloucestershire [2]

18, Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London [1]

Ascot, Berkshire [1]

Ashburton [1]

Auburn Victoria [1]

Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Avening, Glos [1]

Ballineen, Cork [1]

Bampton England [1]

Bampton Oxon [1]

Bampton, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [746]

Gunner [92]

Corporal [70]

Serjeant [64]

Driver [57]

Sapper [53]

Lance Corporal [40]

Captain [35]

Lieutenant [32]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Pioneer [16]

Acting Corporal [14]

Bombardier [11]

Major [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Rifleman [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Guardsman [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Nurse [3]

Sister [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Signalman [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [112]

Army Service Corps [109]

Royal Field Artillery [95]

Labour Corps [88]

London Regiment [73]

Royal Garrison Artillery [57]

Gloucestershire Regiment [49]

Royal Army Medical Corps [42]

Wiltshire Regiment [34]

Royal Fusiliers [33]

Machine Gun Corps [32]

The Queen's Regiment [28]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

Middlesex Regiment [27]

Devonshire Regiment [24]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24]

Rifle Brigade [23]

Royal Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [20]

Somerset Light Infantry [19]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Manchester Regiment [17]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Royal Horse Artillery [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

East Kent Regiment [10]

South Wales Borderers [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Military Foot Police [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Army Cyclist Corps [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Grenadier Guards [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [7]

Scottish Rifles [7]

Service

British Army [1223]

Royal Navy [160]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [127]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [125]

Australian Imperial Force [89]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

T [1784]

E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1744]

Merchant Navy [32]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

Australia [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [10] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] London England [6] Bristol [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [5] Eastbourne, Sussex [4] Hook, Surrey [4] Poplar, London [4] Bath, Somerset [3] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bristol England [3] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [3] Chippenham, Wiltshire [3] Cranleigh, Surrey [3] Farnham, Surrey [3] London, Middlesex [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Batcombe, Somerset [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Cardiff [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Chelmsford England [2] Chelsea, London [2] Dorking, Surrey [2] Godalming, Surrey [2] Kennington, London [2] Lambeth, London [2] Napier [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Quirindi New South Wales [2] Ringwood, Hampshire [2] Scone New South Wales [2] Stroud, Gloucestershire [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Traralgon Victoria [2] Yate, Gloucestershire [2] 18, Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London [1] Ascot, Berkshire [1] Ashburton [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Avening, Glos [1] Ballineen, Cork [1] Bampton England [1] Bampton Oxon [1] Bampton, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [746] Gunner [92] Corporal [70] Serjeant [64] Driver [57] Sapper [53] Lance Corporal [40] Captain [35] Lieutenant [32] Second Lieutenant [25] Acting Serjeant [16] Pioneer [16] Acting Corporal [14] Bombardier [11] Major [9] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Rifleman [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Guardsman [4] Petty Officer [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Able Seaman [3] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3] Nurse [3] Sister [3] Trooper [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Nursing Sister [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Signalman [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Major [2] Worker [2] Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [112] Army Service Corps [109] Royal Field Artillery [95] Labour Corps [88] London Regiment [73] Royal Garrison Artillery [57] Gloucestershire Regiment [49] Royal Army Medical Corps [42] Wiltshire Regiment [34] Royal Fusiliers [33] Machine Gun Corps [32] The Queen's Regiment [28] Hampshire Regiment [27] Middlesex Regiment [27] Devonshire Regiment [24] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24] Rifle Brigade [23] Royal Army Service Corps [22] Royal Berkshire Regiment [20] Somerset Light Infantry [19] East Surrey Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [17] Manchester Regiment [17] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] Royal Defence Corps [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Welsh Regiment [13] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Royal Horse Artillery [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] East Kent Regiment [10] South Wales Borderers [10] Essex Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] East Lancashire Regiment [8] Military Foot Police [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Army Cyclist Corps [7] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Grenadier Guards [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [7] Scottish Rifles [7]

Service

British Army [1223] Royal Navy [160] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [127] Canadian Expeditionary Force [125] Australian Imperial Force [89] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

T [1784] E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1744] Merchant Navy [32] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [54] Australia [1] India [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

Ernest Tanner

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 46977 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William James Tanner

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 22649 Private Wiltshire Regiment No. 1 Infantry Works Company

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Herbert Ernest Percival Tanner

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy PO/346S Private Victory, Royal Marine Brigade Royal Naval Light Infantry

Royal Navy PO/346S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 346 S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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William George Tanner

Born 1895

Died 1921

British Army 10712 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Morris Villiers Godwin Tanner

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 44129 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 3rd, attached 2/8 Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

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William Sidney Tanner

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 24249 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 24249 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd

British Army 22779 Volunteer Notts & Derby Regiment

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William Thomas Tanner

Born 1864

Died 1935

British Army F/914 Sergeant Middlesex Regiment 23rd Battalion

British Army F/914 Sergeant Middlesex Regiment 27th Battalion

British Army F/914 Private Middlesex Regiment 27th Battalion

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Ernest Edwin Tanner

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army 2980 Private Coldstream Guards

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Percy Valentine Tanner

Born 1888

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps No.79 Squadron

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Ralph Eyre Tanner

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army Captain The King's Liverpool Regiment 1st Battalion,

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William Tanner

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army G/5395 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd (Militia) Battalion

British Army G/5395 Gunner Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 76579 Gunner Tank Corps D Battalion

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Daniel Tanner

Born 1891

Died 1970

British Army 2636TF Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 265513 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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John Arthur Tanner

Born 1858

Died 1917

British Army Brigadier General Royal Engineers

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Frederick Tanner

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 51685 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 43344 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Edward Victor Tanner

Born 1886

Died 1977

British Army Chaplain Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Herbert G Tanner

Born 1899

Died 1971

British Army 41707 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/43884 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Thomas John Tanner

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210462

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William Victor Tanner

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 2896 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 2896 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2896 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles James Tanner

Died 1918

British Army 372960 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5887 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5887 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Hubert John Tanner

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 1957 Private London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 1957 Lance Corporal County of London Regiment 1/15th

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