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Sheffield, Yorkshire [7]

Carshalton, Surrey [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Panmure Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Itchen, Hampshire, England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Palmers Island New South Wales [2]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bayswater Western Australia [1]

Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Biddulph, Staffordshire [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Bollington, Cheshire, England [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bromley, London [1]

Bushfield Victoria [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camperdown Victoria [1]

Carlton, Nottingham [1]

Carlton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Castle Cary, Somerset [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chefou [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Chesterton, Cambridge [1]

Colchester England [1]

Derby [1]

Devon England [1]

Epping, Essex [1]

Fawley, Hampshire [1]

Fawley, Hampshire, England [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Granville New South Wales [1]

Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire [1]

Hatfield, Hertfordshire [1]

Hawker South Australia [1]

Heighley, Yorkshire [1]

Hollingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Koroit Victoria [1]

Kyabram Victoria [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Liverpool England [1]

London, England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Manchester [1]

Rank

Private [295]

Gunner [42]

Driver [28]

Serjeant [21]

Sapper [19]

Corporal [18]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Lieutenant [16]

Captain [10]

Bombardier [7]

Major [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Pioneer [4]

Rifleman [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Captain/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Major (Squadron Commander) [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [44]

Royal Field Artillery [44]

Royal Engineers [38]

Army Service Corps [27]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

York and Lancaster Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

North Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

London Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

West Riding Regiment [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [481]

Royal Navy [56]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

U [654]

Contribution

Military Service [634]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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Place of birth

Sheffield, Yorkshire [7] Carshalton, Surrey [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Panmure Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Itchen, Hampshire, England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Palmers Island New South Wales [2] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bayswater Western Australia [1] Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Biddulph, Staffordshire [1] Birkenhead [1] Bollington, Cheshire, England [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bromley, London [1] Bushfield Victoria [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camperdown Victoria [1] Carlton, Nottingham [1] Carlton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Castle Cary, Somerset [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chefou [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Chesterton, Cambridge [1] Colchester England [1] Derby [1] Devon England [1] Epping, Essex [1] Fawley, Hampshire [1] Fawley, Hampshire, England [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Granville New South Wales [1] Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire [1] Hatfield, Hertfordshire [1] Hawker South Australia [1] Heighley, Yorkshire [1] Hollingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Koroit Victoria [1] Kyabram Victoria [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Liverpool England [1] London, England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Manchester [1]

Rank

Private [295] Gunner [42] Driver [28] Serjeant [21] Sapper [19] Corporal [18] Second Lieutenant [18] Lieutenant [16] Captain [10] Bombardier [7] Major [6] Acting Corporal [5] Lance Corporal [5] Pioneer [4] Rifleman [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Commander [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Captain/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Major (Squadron Commander) [1] Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant Major [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Major [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [44] Royal Field Artillery [44] Royal Engineers [38] Army Service Corps [27] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] York and Lancaster Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Liverpool Regiment [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] Leicestershire Regiment [12] North Staffordshire Regiment [11] Suffolk Regiment [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] London Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Royal Naval Division [10] West Riding Regiment [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] East Kent Regiment [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Cambridgeshire Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [481] Royal Navy [56] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] Australian Imperial Force [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

U [654]

Contribution

Military Service [634] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

George William Unwin

Born 1877

Died 1950

British Army 428786 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Ernest Frederick Unwin

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army Captain Army Service Corps attached Royal Flying Corps

British Army Major Army Service Corps attached Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Flying Corps Reserve

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Edward George Unwin

Born 1864

Died 1950

British Army Commander Royal Naval Division

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William Henry Unwin

Died 1917

British Army 754 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 5261 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 15092 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Frederick Henry Unwin

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8 Sergeant Major

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Ernest Unwin

Born 1883

British Army 766003 London Regiment (Romford)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 766003 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 766003 Corporal Royal Flying Corps

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Thomas James S Unwin

Born 1898

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62837

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Harold Guy Unwin

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98551

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Claude Unwin

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406984

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Henry Unwin

Born 1880

Died 1946

British Army 430097 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 8284 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

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Ernest Unwin

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106259

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John Edward Unwin

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31555

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Lancelot Urquhart Unwin

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas William Unwin

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army A/201306 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 13th Battalion

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Henry Unwin

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114076

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Sidney Joseph Unwin

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 87113 Serjeant Canadian Field Artillery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 87113 Sergeant Canadian Garrison Artillery 6th Howitzer Battery

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Norman Charles Unwin

Born 1888

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1658

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George Thomas Unwin

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7908

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Henry Frederick Unwin

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3969

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George Unwin

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 70339 Driver Royal Horse Artillery "U" Battery

British Army 70339 Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery Depot

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