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Bridport, Dorset [10]

Hobart Tasmania [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Bunbury Western Australia [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Antony, Cornwall [2]

Braidwood New South Wales [2]

Gorey, Wexford [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London [2]

Pekina South Australia [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Southport, Lancashire [2]

Tallangatta Victoria [2]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Acton London, Middlesex [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alsager, Cheshire [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Bacchus Marsh New South Wales [1]

Beaminster [1]

Blackall Queensland [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bootle England [1]

Bromahan Leitrim, Ireland [1]

Bundoran, Donegal [1]

Calcutta [1]

Chester [1]

Deniliquin New South Wales [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Devonshire England [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Echuca Victoria [1]

Euroie New South Wales [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Gilgandra New South Wales [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Glen Innes New South Wales [1]

Goa, India [1]

Goring, Oxfordshire [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Guildford Western Australia [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Hargraves New South Wales [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

Hornsby New South Wales [1]

Ilford England [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Rank

Private [229]

Gunner [31]

Driver [21]

Lieutenant [17]

Captain [16]

Corporal [15]

Sapper [14]

Serjeant [13]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Major [9]

Acting Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Bombardier [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel and Ordnance Officer 2nd Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Temporary Gunner [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Colonel Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [31]

Royal Field Artillery [30]

Labour Corps [25]

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Dorsetshire Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Highland Light Infantry [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Irish Regiment [8]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

Royal Scots [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Connaught Rangers [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Depot [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [383]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [56]

Royal Navy [56]

Australian Imperial Force [49]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [599]

M [2]

Contribution

Military Service [586]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Bridport, Dorset [10] Hobart Tasmania [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Bunbury Western Australia [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Antony, Cornwall [2] Braidwood New South Wales [2] Gorey, Wexford [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London [2] Pekina South Australia [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Southport, Lancashire [2] Tallangatta Victoria [2] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Acton London, Middlesex [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alsager, Cheshire [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Bacchus Marsh New South Wales [1] Beaminster [1] Blackall Queensland [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bootle England [1] Bromahan Leitrim, Ireland [1] Bundoran, Donegal [1] Calcutta [1] Chester [1] Deniliquin New South Wales [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Devonshire England [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Echuca Victoria [1] Euroie New South Wales [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Gilgandra New South Wales [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Glen Innes New South Wales [1] Goa, India [1] Goring, Oxfordshire [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Guildford Western Australia [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hargraves New South Wales [1] Hertfordshire [1] Hornsby New South Wales [1] Ilford England [1] Lambeth, London [1]

Rank

Private [229] Gunner [31] Driver [21] Lieutenant [17] Captain [16] Corporal [15] Sapper [14] Serjeant [13] Second Lieutenant [12] Major [9] Acting Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Stoker 1st Class [4] Bombardier [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [2] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel and Ordnance Officer 2nd Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Temporary Gunner [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Colonel Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Flight Officer [1] Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Pioneer [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Brigadier General [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [31] Royal Field Artillery [30] Labour Corps [25] Army Service Corps [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Dorsetshire Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Highland Light Infantry [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Irish Regiment [8] Royal Scots Fusiliers [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] London Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] Royal Scots [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Highlanders [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Connaught Rangers [3] Essex Regiment [3] Hussars [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Depot [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [383] Canadian Expeditionary Force [56] Royal Navy [56] Australian Imperial Force [49] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [599] M [2]

Contribution

Military Service [586] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Canada [1]

Oliver Travers.

Born 1876

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 49th Canadian Regiment

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Robert Travers

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 20423 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 20423 Private Welsh Regiment Depot.

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Arthur Travers

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 45727 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Richard Wilfred Travers

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army C/9099 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Michael Travers

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279886

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Dugald Travers

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143480

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Granville Travers

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3935

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Frederick Travers

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170794 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170794 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170794 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Herbert Gardner Travers

Born 1891

Died 1958

British Army 764 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service

British Army Major Royal Air Force

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George Rogers Travers

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91342

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Hugh Price Travers

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army Major West Riding Regiment

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Thomas Henry Travers

Died 1914

British Army 8446 Serjeant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 8446 Corporal Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 8446 Lance Sergeant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Hugh Mortimer Travers

Born 1873

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Captain 5th Royal Munster Fusiliers attached 2nd Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment

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Archie Edwin Travers

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54163

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William Travers

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280794

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John G Travers

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army O/617 Private Rifle Brigade

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Hamilton Henry Travers

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Tom Stockham Travers

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Captain London Regiment

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Peter Travers

Died 1921

Australian Imperial Force 2992 Gunner Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery

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George Travers

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305770

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