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Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Birmingham England [1]

Birmingham, Worcestershire [1]

Hindmarsh South Australia [1]

Leicester [1]

Middlesex, England [1]

Rotherhithe, London [1]

Rotherhithe, Surrey [1]

Rushden [1]

Skegby, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [84]

Corporal [11]

Gunner [9]

Serjeant [9]

Lance Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Driver [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Captain [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Privat [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

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Army Service Corps [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

London Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [1]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1]

Service

British Army [130]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Royal Navy [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

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V [161]

Contribution

Military Service [160]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Birmingham England [1] Birmingham, Worcestershire [1] Hindmarsh South Australia [1] Leicester [1] Middlesex, England [1] Rotherhithe, London [1] Rotherhithe, Surrey [1] Rushden [1] Skegby, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [84] Corporal [11] Gunner [9] Serjeant [9] Lance Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Bombardier [4] Driver [3] Sapper [3] Acting Corporal [2] Captain [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mechanist Serjeant Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Privat [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Captain [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [12] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Labour Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] London Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Royal Engineers [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] General List [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Hussars [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Yeomanry [1] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1] Military Foot Police [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1]

Service

British Army [130] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Royal Navy [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [4]

Last name first letter

V [161]

Contribution

Military Service [160] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Bernard William Vann

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 1800 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Arthur Harrison Allard Vann

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 1799 Private London Regiment

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Clarence Leonard Vann

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 5588 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 43211 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 43211 Private Durham Light Infantry 14th Battalion

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Henry Vann

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281754

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Prince Arthur Vann

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45032

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James Wallace Vann

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102105

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William Charles Webster Vann

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 22343 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Frederick W Vann

Died 1917

British Army 6907 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 328216 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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William Charles Vann

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148070

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Herbert Vann

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114332

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Henry G. Vann

Died 1916

British Army 6194 Private London Regiment

British Army 552909 Private London Regiment

British Army 6194 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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William George Vann

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277065

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John Vann

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 22947 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Charles Edward Lewis Vann

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76161

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Edgar Henry Vann

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 203877 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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George Vann

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 13244 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

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Edward S. Vann

Died 1916

British Army 13258 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Harry Vann

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58987

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John Vann

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104116

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Cyril Irving Vann

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180645

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