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Birmingham, Warwickshire [13]

Sydney New South Wales [13]

Bradford, Yorkshire [9]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [8]

Leeds, Yorkshire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Greenwich, London [5]

London England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

South Shields, Durham, England [5]

Dublin [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Warren New South Wales [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Durham [3]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [3]

Greenwich, Kent [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

South Melbourne Victoria [3]

York, Yorkshire [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Beckenham, Kent [2]

Beulah Victoria [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Camden New South Wales [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Charlton, Kent [2]

Cuckfield, Sussex [2]

Daylesford Victoria [2]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2]

Douglas, Isle of Man, England [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Goornong Victoria [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Mile End, London [2]

Nimmitabel New South Wales [2]

Northampton [2]

Nottingham [2]

Otley, Yorkshire [2]

Port Melbourne Victoria [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Rochdale, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [1652]

Gunner [186]

Driver [153]

Corporal [135]

Serjeant [133]

Sapper [96]

Second Lieutenant [77]

Lieutenant [63]

Lance Corporal [51]

Captain [38]

Acting Corporal [28]

Acting Serjeant [26]

Bombardier [24]

Pioneer [22]

Major [20]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Worker [10]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Rifleman [8]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Nurse [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Guardsman [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Brevet Colonel [2]

Commander [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Fitter [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [250]

Labour Corps [212]

Royal Engineers [206]

Army Service Corps [172]

Royal Garrison Artillery [121]

West Riding Regiment [94]

Royal Army Medical Corps [93]

West Yorkshire Regiment [93]

Machine Gun Corps [81]

Northumberland Fusiliers [77]

London Regiment [61]

Durham Light Infantry [60]

Royal Fusiliers [53]

Manchester Regiment [50]

Lancashire Fusiliers [49]

Leicestershire Regiment [47]

Yorkshire Regiment [46]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [41]

Liverpool Regiment [40]

East Lancashire Regiment [38]

York and Lancaster Regiment [38]

Lincolnshire Regiment [35]

Royal Scots [32]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32]

Middlesex Regiment [31]

Cheshire Regiment [30]

East Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29]

Army Ordnance Corps [28]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [28]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26]

Royal Naval Division [26]

Rifle Brigade [25]

South Staffordshire Regiment [24]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [23]

Royal Army Service Corps [22]

Royal West Kent Regiment [20]

Royal Flying Corps [19]

Worcestershire Regiment [19]

Essex Regiment [18]

North Staffordshire Regiment [18]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [18]

South Lancashire Regiment [18]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

Northamptonshire Regiment [17]

Royal Highlanders [17]

Suffolk Regiment [17]

Gordon Highlanders [16]

Training Reserve Battalion [16]

Royal Air Force [15]

Service

British Army [2609]

Royal Navy [237]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [205]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [199]

Australian Imperial Force [133]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [31]

Indian Army [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

T [3482]

G [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3411]

Merchant Navy [53]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [55]

Canada [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [13] Sydney New South Wales [13] Bradford, Yorkshire [9] Portsmouth, Hampshire [8] Leeds, Yorkshire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Greenwich, London [5] London England [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] South Shields, Durham, England [5] Dublin [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Salisbury, Wiltshire [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Warren New South Wales [4] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Durham [3] Goole, Yorkshire, England [3] Greenwich, Kent [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] South Melbourne Victoria [3] York, Yorkshire [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Beckenham, Kent [2] Beulah Victoria [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Camden New South Wales [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Charlton, Kent [2] Cuckfield, Sussex [2] Daylesford Victoria [2] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2] Douglas, Isle of Man, England [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Goornong Victoria [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] London, Middlesex [2] Mile End, London [2] Nimmitabel New South Wales [2] Northampton [2] Nottingham [2] Otley, Yorkshire [2] Port Melbourne Victoria [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Rochdale, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [1652] Gunner [186] Driver [153] Corporal [135] Serjeant [133] Sapper [96] Second Lieutenant [77] Lieutenant [63] Lance Corporal [51] Captain [38] Acting Corporal [28] Acting Serjeant [26] Bombardier [24] Pioneer [22] Major [20] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Worker [10] Staff Serjeant [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Rifleman [8] Corporal 2nd [7] Nurse [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Shoeing Smith [6] Acting Captain [5] Guardsman [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Trooper [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Nursing Sister [4] Temporary Captain [4] Able Seaman [3] Armourer Staff Serjeant [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Brevet Colonel [2] Commander [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Fitter [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [250] Labour Corps [212] Royal Engineers [206] Army Service Corps [172] Royal Garrison Artillery [121] West Riding Regiment [94] Royal Army Medical Corps [93] West Yorkshire Regiment [93] Machine Gun Corps [81] Northumberland Fusiliers [77] London Regiment [61] Durham Light Infantry [60] Royal Fusiliers [53] Manchester Regiment [50] Lancashire Fusiliers [49] Leicestershire Regiment [47] Yorkshire Regiment [46] King's Royal Rifle Corps [41] Liverpool Regiment [40] East Lancashire Regiment [38] York and Lancaster Regiment [38] Lincolnshire Regiment [35] Royal Scots [32] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32] Middlesex Regiment [31] Cheshire Regiment [30] East Yorkshire Regiment [30] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29] Army Ordnance Corps [28] Royal Lancaster Regiment [28] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26] Royal Naval Division [26] Rifle Brigade [25] South Staffordshire Regiment [24] Yorkshire Light Infantry [23] Royal Army Service Corps [22] Royal West Kent Regiment [20] Royal Flying Corps [19] Worcestershire Regiment [19] Essex Regiment [18] North Staffordshire Regiment [18] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [18] South Lancashire Regiment [18] Hampshire Regiment [17] Northamptonshire Regiment [17] Royal Highlanders [17] Suffolk Regiment [17] Gordon Highlanders [16] Training Reserve Battalion [16] Royal Air Force [15]

Service

British Army [2609] Royal Navy [237] Canadian Expeditionary Force [205] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [199] Australian Imperial Force [133] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [31] Indian Army [4] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

T [3482] G [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3411] Merchant Navy [53] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [55] Canada [1]

John Thomas Thornton

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 470483 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 3rd Durham Fortress Company

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Oliver Thornton

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1335 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 429833 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Labour Corps Southern Command Labour Centre

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George Peter Thornton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222653

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William Edwin Thornton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228832

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Harry Thornton

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army M/286216 Private Army Service Corps

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James Thornton

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 40689 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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David Thornton

Died 1918

British Army 75259 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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George Rowland Hart Thornton

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army G/25707 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Leonard Percival Stanley Thornton

Born 1894

Died 1940

British Army 2462 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 560452 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Robert Thornton

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 39303 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 31635 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas Thornton

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 1170 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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William Thornton

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army 4358 Private London Regiment

British Army 531811 Private London Regiment

British Army 531811 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Charles John Thornton

Born 1887

British Army 8862 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8862 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edward James Thornton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276091

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James Robert Thornton

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3059333

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3059333 Private Canadian Infantry 6th (Reserve) Battalion

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John Robert Thornton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407550

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Leonard Thornton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10804

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Henry Grey Thornton

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311834

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Reginald George Thornton

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 4411 Rifleman London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 20th (County of London) Battalion

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Albert Edward Thornton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213870

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