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Devizes, Wiltshire [5]

Leicester [5]

London England [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Brightlingsea, Essex, England [4]

Gumeracha South Australia [4]

Hull, Yorkshire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Chertsey, Surrey [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Ascot, Berkshire [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bexley, Kent [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bow, London [2]

Chesterton Cambridge [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Clerkenwell, Middlesex [2]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Havant, Hampshire [2]

Hull England [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

Kentish Town, London, Middlesex [2]

Kinver, Staffordshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Mount Gambier South Australia [2]

Mount Gravatt Queensland [2]

Northamptonshire [2]

Oakey Queensland [2]

Saffron Walden, Essex [2]

South Stoneham, Hampshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

Yea Victoria [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire, England [1]

Balaklava South Australia [1]

Ballan Victoria [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Berkshire [1]

Beverley South Australia [1]

Bexley Dartford [1]

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [956]

Gunner [97]

Corporal [82]

Driver [74]

Serjeant [74]

Sapper [51]

Lance Corporal [39]

Second Lieutenant [34]

Lieutenant [25]

Captain [24]

Pioneer [21]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Bombardier [13]

Acting Corporal [12]

Major [8]

Worker [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Serjeant Major [5]

Trooper [5]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Rifleman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

4th Class Assistant Surgeon [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Assistant Surgeon [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Trumpeter [2]

VAD [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

AB [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lieutenant Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [114]

Royal Engineers [114]

Army Service Corps [109]

Royal Field Artillery [90]

Royal Garrison Artillery [76]

London Regiment [59]

Leicestershire Regiment [54]

Machine Gun Corps [54]

Northamptonshire Regiment [54]

Royal Army Medical Corps [42]

Royal Fusiliers [36]

The Queen's Regiment [35]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [33]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [32]

Bedfordshire Regiment [29]

Essex Regiment [29]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [24]

Lincolnshire Regiment [22]

Rifle Brigade [22]

Suffolk Regiment [21]

Wiltshire Regiment [21]

Worcestershire Regiment [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

Durham Light Infantry [18]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

Middlesex Regiment [18]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Royal Naval Division [16]

East Surrey Regiment [15]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

Somerset Light Infantry [15]

East Yorkshire Regiment [14]

North Staffordshire Regiment [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

Hussars [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Royal Irish Rifles [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

Corps of Hussars [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Service

British Army [1471]

Royal Navy [148]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [124]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [83]

Australian Imperial Force [79]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

U [1950]

Contribution

Military Service [1917]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

Canada [3]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Nigeria [1]

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Place of birth

Devizes, Wiltshire [5] Leicester [5] London England [5] London, Middlesex [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Brightlingsea, Essex, England [4] Gumeracha South Australia [4] Hull, Yorkshire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Chertsey, Surrey [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Ascot, Berkshire [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Battersea, London [2] Bexley, Kent [2] Birmingham [2] Bow, London [2] Chesterton Cambridge [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Clerkenwell, Middlesex [2] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Hackney, London [2] Havant, Hampshire [2] Hull England [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] Kentish Town, London, Middlesex [2] Kinver, Staffordshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Mount Gambier South Australia [2] Mount Gravatt Queensland [2] Northamptonshire [2] Oakey Queensland [2] Saffron Walden, Essex [2] South Stoneham, Hampshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wandsworth, London [2] Yea Victoria [2] Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire, England [1] Balaklava South Australia [1] Ballan Victoria [1] Bedfordshire [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Berkshire [1] Beverley South Australia [1] Bexley Dartford [1] Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [956] Gunner [97] Corporal [82] Driver [74] Serjeant [74] Sapper [51] Lance Corporal [39] Second Lieutenant [34] Lieutenant [25] Captain [24] Pioneer [21] Acting Serjeant [15] Bombardier [13] Acting Corporal [12] Major [8] Worker [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Serjeant Major [5] Trooper [5] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Rifleman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Shoeing Smith [3] 4th Class Assistant Surgeon [2] Able Seaman [2] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Assistant Surgeon [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sister [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Trumpeter [2] VAD [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] AB [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lieutenant Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [114] Royal Engineers [114] Army Service Corps [109] Royal Field Artillery [90] Royal Garrison Artillery [76] London Regiment [59] Leicestershire Regiment [54] Machine Gun Corps [54] Northamptonshire Regiment [54] Royal Army Medical Corps [42] Royal Fusiliers [36] The Queen's Regiment [35] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [33] King's Royal Rifle Corps [32] Bedfordshire Regiment [29] Essex Regiment [29] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [24] Lincolnshire Regiment [22] Rifle Brigade [22] Suffolk Regiment [21] Wiltshire Regiment [21] Worcestershire Regiment [20] Royal Army Service Corps [19] Durham Light Infantry [18] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] Middlesex Regiment [18] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Hampshire Regiment [16] Manchester Regiment [16] Royal Naval Division [16] East Surrey Regiment [15] Liverpool Regiment [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] Somerset Light Infantry [15] East Yorkshire Regiment [14] North Staffordshire Regiment [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Norfolk Regiment [13] Army Ordnance Corps [12] Devonshire Regiment [12] Hussars [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Royal Irish Rifles [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Cheshire Regiment [10] Corps of Hussars [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Canadian Infantry [9]

Service

British Army [1471] Royal Navy [148] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [124] Canadian Expeditionary Force [83] Australian Imperial Force [79] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

U [1950]

Contribution

Military Service [1917] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [40] Canada [3] France [1] Germany [1] Nigeria [1]

Sydney Horace Underwood

Born 1896

Died 1985

Canadian Expeditionary Force 675353

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Herbert Evelyn Underwood

Born 1900

British Army 341630 Private Royal Engineers 53rd Training Reserve Battalion

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Herbert Underwood

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1974 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 1974 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 200255 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Augustus Albert Underwood

Born 1891

Died 1979

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16306 Flight Clerk

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John Douglas Underwood

Born 1900

Royal Navy London Z/9790 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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William John Underwood

Born 1895

Died 1986

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 154232 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force Canada

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 154232 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps Canada

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William Alexander Underwood

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654683

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654683 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 38th Battalion

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William Underwood

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 9880 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Bn.

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Richard Lloyd Aubrey Underwood

Born 1894

Died 1943

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Underwood

Born 1895

Died 1972

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 38625

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 38625 Rifleman

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Arthur Herbert Underwood

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 235081 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Ernest Claude Underwood

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 4272 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 326675 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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William Thomas Underwood

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147506

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Stephen Thomas Underwood

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30689

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John Underwood

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405544

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Francis Edwin Underwood

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213338

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Henry Underwood

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309948

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John Percy Underwood

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136220

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Sydney Underwood

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89769

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Joseph Underwood

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146273

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