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Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

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Petty Officer [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

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Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

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Leading Seaman [2]

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Worker [2]

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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]

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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]

J T Tanner

British Army Second Lieutenant 31st Lancers

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John W. Tanner

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C O O Tanner

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Edwin Tanner

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 221813 Petty Officer HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Evelyn Ellam (mrs Tanner)

British Army Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

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