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Ely, Cambridgeshire [4]

Cambridge [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Beachampton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Brecon, Breconshire [1]

Claremont Queensland [1]

Clermont Queensland [1]

Clevedon, Somerset [1]

Dagshai Punjab, India [1]

Gawler South Australia [1]

Grimsby [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Lambeth [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Nailsea, Somerset [1]

North Adelaide South Australia [1]

Poplar, London [1]

St Marys Tasmania [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Willesden, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [48]

Serjeant [10]

Gunner [8]

Corporal [7]

Driver [4]

Sapper [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Signalman [1]

Unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [10]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

London Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

13th Hussars [1]

Attached Machine Gun Corps/Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Dragoons [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Indian Unattached List [1]

Intelligence Corps [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Labour Corps Southern Command [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment Divisional Cyclist Company [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps Transport [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

Royal Signals [1]

Service

British Army [84]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Royal Navy [12]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [124]

L [2]

Contribution

Military Service [123]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [126] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ely, Cambridgeshire [4] Cambridge [2] Lambeth, London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Beachampton, Buckinghamshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Brecon, Breconshire [1] Claremont Queensland [1] Clermont Queensland [1] Clevedon, Somerset [1] Dagshai Punjab, India [1] Gawler South Australia [1] Grimsby [1] Hackney, London [1] Lambeth [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Nailsea, Somerset [1] North Adelaide South Australia [1] Poplar, London [1] St Marys Tasmania [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Willesden, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [48] Serjeant [10] Gunner [8] Corporal [7] Driver [4] Sapper [4] Acting Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Captain [1] Lance Corporal [1] Pioneer [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Acting Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Signalman [1] Unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [10] Army Service Corps [8] Royal Field Artillery [7] London Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Essex Regiment [3] Hussars [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 13th Hussars [1] Attached Machine Gun Corps/Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Dragoons [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Indian Unattached List [1] Intelligence Corps [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Labour Corps Southern Command [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment Divisional Cyclist Company [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps Transport [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] Royal Signals [1]

Service

British Army [84] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Royal Navy [12] Australian Imperial Force [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [124] L [2]

Contribution

Military Service [123] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Allen Victor Cyril Toombs

Australian Imperial Force 1335

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Albert Edward George Toombs

Australian Imperial Force 2730

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Eric Toombs

Australian Imperial Force 302

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William George Toombs

Australian Imperial Force 2895

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Frederick Toombs

Born 1882

Royal Navy 11402 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Frederick William Toombs

Born 1879

Royal Navy 10329 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Conan Alfred Toombs

Australian Imperial Force 2559

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Ernest Toombs

Born 1886

British Army 44177 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 231910 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 36890 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Percy Toombs

Born 1884

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Arthur Eugene Toombs

Born 1888

Canadian Expeditionary Force 796632

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George Leonard Toombs

Born 1896

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3311562

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Harold Toombs

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3201798

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John Toombs

Born 1890

Canadian Expeditionary Force 796646

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Ernest Clifford Toombs

Born 1896

Canadian Expeditionary Force 135587

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Henry Goldwin Toombs

Born 1896

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3035536

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Charles Edward Toombs

Born 1898

Royal Navy J35081

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Ernest Toombs

Born 1891

Royal Navy 238536

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David Toombs

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS115027

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Edward John Toombs

Born 1891

Royal Navy 238255

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Horace Henry Toombs

Born 1883

Royal Navy 346665

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