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Andover, Hampshire [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Geraldton Western Australia [2]

Kennington, London [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkenhead , Cheshire [1]

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bowen Queensland [1]

Braintree, Essex, England [1]

Brighton England [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Chepstow, Monmouthshire [1]

Cue Western Australia [1]

Devonport [1]

Kingston on Thames, Surrey [1]

Liverpool [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Montagu [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Shoeburyness, Essex [1]

Southwark, London [1]

St Lukes, Lancashire [1]

Stamford Hill, London [1]

Stoke Newington, London [1]

Walcha New South Wales [1]

Wandsworth [1]

Whitchurch, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [85]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Corporal [12]

Lieutenant [12]

Gunner [9]

Serjeant [9]

Captain [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Driver [6]

Sapper [6]

Lance Corporal [4]

Major General [4]

Nurse [4]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Major [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Captain/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Private/Lance Corporal [1]

Sapper /Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18]

Army Service Corps [17]

Labour Corps [16]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Norfolk Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

French Red Cross [2]

General Headquarters Staff [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2]

Royal Engineers/Staff [2]

Scots Guards [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

77th Wentworth Rgt [1]

Army Pay Department [1]

Australian Engineers [1]

British War Mission [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Service

British Army [168]

Royal Navy [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

T [233]

M [2]

C [1]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [234]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Ireland [1]

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People [237] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Andover, Hampshire [3] Battersea, London [2] Geraldton Western Australia [2] Kennington, London [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenhead , Cheshire [1] Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1] Bowen Queensland [1] Braintree, Essex, England [1] Brighton England [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Chepstow, Monmouthshire [1] Cue Western Australia [1] Devonport [1] Kingston on Thames, Surrey [1] Liverpool [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Montagu [1] Peckham, London [1] Shoeburyness, Essex [1] Southwark, London [1] St Lukes, Lancashire [1] Stamford Hill, London [1] Stoke Newington, London [1] Walcha New South Wales [1] Wandsworth [1] Whitchurch, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [85] Second Lieutenant [14] Corporal [12] Lieutenant [12] Gunner [9] Serjeant [9] Captain [8] Acting Corporal [7] Driver [6] Sapper [6] Lance Corporal [4] Major General [4] Nurse [4] Pioneer [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Major [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Captain/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Private/Lance Corporal [1] Sapper /Acting Lance Corporal [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18] Army Service Corps [17] Labour Corps [16] Rifle Brigade [8] Norfolk Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] London Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] French Red Cross [2] General Headquarters Staff [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2] Royal Engineers/Staff [2] Scots Guards [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 77th Wentworth Rgt [1] Army Pay Department [1] Australian Engineers [1] British War Mission [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1]

Service

British Army [168] Royal Navy [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Australian Imperial Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

T [233] M [2] C [1] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [234] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Ireland [1]

Harold Rothwell Townshend

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 34682 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 17778 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 38362 Private Manchester Regiment

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Ernest Townshend

Born 1860

Died 1929

British Army Major Reserve of Officers Royal Engineers

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Charles George Townshend

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133902

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Ralph Townshend

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116144

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Samuel Townshend

Born 1896

Died 1915

Royal Navy 16093 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 16093 Private HMS Goliath

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Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend

Born 1861

Died 1924

British Army Major General Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force

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Charles Richard De Bunsen Loftus Townshend

Born 1896

Died 1973

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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Joseph J Townshend

Died 1917

British Army 85702 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 85702 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Ernest Townshend

Died 1914

British Army 9661 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 9661 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Edward P Townshend

Died 1916

British Army 29145 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Blamey Townshend

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 2661 Private Royal North Devon Yeomanry

British Army 345843 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Alvin Scotchmer Townshend

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 171873

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Arthur Fitzhenry Townshend

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Major Scottish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal West Kent Regiment

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Walter Montagu Townshend

Australian Imperial Force 380

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Geoffrey Keith Townshend

Australian Imperial Force 11415

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Ferdinand Marsham-Townshend

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Scots Guards Attached 2nd Battalion

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Roy Cowell Townshend

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army M2/051269 Corporal Royal Army Service Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 7th Training Depot Station

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Arthur William Townshend

Born 1893

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 6/3901 Canterbury Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Douglas Oxford Arthur Townshend

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 213247

Canadian Expeditionary Force 213247 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

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George Henry Townshend

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1063150

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1063150 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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