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Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Canterbury, Kent [3]

Dunstable, Bedfordshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Ware, Hertfordshire [3]

Ascot, Berkshire [2]

Aston, Warwickshire [2]

Clerkenwell, Middlesex [2]

Deal, Kent [2]

Ellendale Tasmania [2]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2]

Leicester [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Nottingham [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Aston Warwickshire [1]

Aylesford, Maidstone, Kent [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Bampton, Oxfordshire [1]

Berkshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Blythe, Northumberland [1]

Botley, Hampshire [1]

Bradford [1]

Brigg, Lincolnshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Castle Donington, Leicestershire [1]

Chatham Kent [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cookham Dean, Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

East Malling, Kent [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Harlesden England [1]

Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Hertford [1]

Hertford, Hertfordshire [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [331]

Gunner [36]

Driver [34]

Serjeant [27]

Corporal [23]

Sapper [17]

Lieutenant [11]

Acting Corporal [10]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Captain [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

AM II [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bugler [1]

Canon [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant (Acting) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

M II [1]

Mechanician [1]

Pioneer [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Serjeant Mechanic [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [49]

Labour Corps [40]

London Regiment [35]

Royal Engineers [32]

Army Service Corps [30]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Bedfordshire Regiment [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Hampshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

East Kent Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Service

British Army [500]

Royal Navy [74]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [654]

Merchant Navy [9]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Singapore [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Maidstone, Kent [4] Canterbury, Kent [3] Dunstable, Bedfordshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Ware, Hertfordshire [3] Ascot, Berkshire [2] Aston, Warwickshire [2] Clerkenwell, Middlesex [2] Deal, Kent [2] Ellendale Tasmania [2] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2] Leicester [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Marylebone, London [2] Nottingham [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Weymouth, Dorset [2] Aston Warwickshire [1] Aylesford, Maidstone, Kent [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Bampton, Oxfordshire [1] Berkshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Blythe, Northumberland [1] Botley, Hampshire [1] Bradford [1] Brigg, Lincolnshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Castle Donington, Leicestershire [1] Chatham Kent [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cookham Dean, Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Dover, Kent [1] East Malling, Kent [1] Edmonton, London [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Harlesden England [1] Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Hertford [1] Hertford, Hertfordshire [1] Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [331] Gunner [36] Driver [34] Serjeant [27] Corporal [23] Sapper [17] Lieutenant [11] Acting Corporal [10] Second Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Captain [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] AM II [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Major [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bombardier [1] Bugler [1] Canon [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant (Acting) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] M II [1] Mechanician [1] Pioneer [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [1] Serjeant Mechanic [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [49] Labour Corps [40] London Regiment [35] Royal Engineers [32] Army Service Corps [30] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] Royal Fusiliers [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Bedfordshire Regiment [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [15] Machine Gun Corps [15] Hampshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Leicestershire Regiment [12] Rifle Brigade [12] The Queen's Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [10] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10] Essex Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] East Kent Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Welsh Regiment [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Tank Corps [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Hussars [3] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Service

British Army [500] Royal Navy [74] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Australian Imperial Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

T [667]

Contribution

Military Service [654] Merchant Navy [9] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Singapore [1]

Charles Tomlin

Died 1915

British Army 4/7321 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Thomas Tomlin

Died 1918

British Army 23978 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 401893 Private Labour Corps

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Harold Tomlin

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army G/8192 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/8192 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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James Tomlin

Died 1916

British Army 3083 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Robert Tomlin

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 23/329 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Fredrick Arthur Tomlin

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 5471 Private London Regiment

British Army 352345 Private London Regiment

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Henry Tomlin

Died 1917

British Army 10922 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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George Tomlin

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2101 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 265522 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 265522 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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James William Tomlin

Australian Imperial Force 1807

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Frank Tomlin

Australian Imperial Force

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Leonard Charles Tomlin

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208775

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George Henry Tomlin

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229707

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Walter Linford Tomlin

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248590

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Alfred Tomlin

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 23684 Private Devonshire Regiment

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William Tomlin

Died 1918

British Army 4610 Private London Regiment

British Army 351841 Private London Regiment

British Army 695011 Private London Regiment

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Fred Tomlin

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army G/17136 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 47495 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Robert Tobias Tomlin

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 29/142 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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James A B Tomlin

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 128999 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Frank Tomlin

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 9093 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 9093 Acting Colour Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 9093 Serjeant Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Henry Tomlin

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 552710 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 3369 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

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