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Woolwich, Kent [4]

Foster Victoria [3]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Farnham, Surrey [2]

London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales [2]

Thornbury, Gloucestershire [2]

Water Eaton, Buckinghamshire [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Banbury [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Belper Derbyshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blaina, Monmouthshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broxburne, Hertfordshire [1]

Charlton, Kent [1]

Coonabarabran New South Wales [1]

Cripplegate, London [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Ealing, Middlesex [1]

Faringdon, Berkshire [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Frampton Cotterell, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Hale, Surrey [1]

Harrow, Middlesex [1]

Kentish Town, London, Middlesex [1]

Leamington, Warwickshire [1]

Lindenow Victoria [1]

Middlesex [1]

Moe Victoria [1]

Mold, Flintshire [1]

Nottingham [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England [1]

Pailton, Warwickshire [1]

Plaistow, London [1]

Port Chalmers, Otago [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Rosedale Victoria [1]

Sale Victoria [1]

Sheffield [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

South Melbourne Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [212]

Serjeant [19]

Gunner [17]

Corporal [16]

Driver [15]

Sapper [12]

Lance Corporal [11]

Rifleman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major Acting Mechanist Staff Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Pioneer [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Shipwright Lieutenant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

T/Sergeant [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [28]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Army Service Corps [27]

London Regiment [25]

Royal Engineers [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Scottish Rifles [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [310]

Royal Navy [40]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

V [409]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [400]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Woolwich, Kent [4] Foster Victoria [3] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Farnham, Surrey [2] London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales [2] Thornbury, Gloucestershire [2] Water Eaton, Buckinghamshire [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Banbury [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Belper Derbyshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birmingham [1] Blaina, Monmouthshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broxburne, Hertfordshire [1] Charlton, Kent [1] Coonabarabran New South Wales [1] Cripplegate, London [1] Deptford, London [1] Ealing, Middlesex [1] Faringdon, Berkshire [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Frampton Cotterell, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Hale, Surrey [1] Harrow, Middlesex [1] Kentish Town, London, Middlesex [1] Leamington, Warwickshire [1] Lindenow Victoria [1] Middlesex [1] Moe Victoria [1] Mold, Flintshire [1] Nottingham [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England [1] Pailton, Warwickshire [1] Plaistow, London [1] Port Chalmers, Otago [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Rosedale Victoria [1] Sale Victoria [1] Sheffield [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] South Melbourne Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [212] Serjeant [19] Gunner [17] Corporal [16] Driver [15] Sapper [12] Lance Corporal [11] Rifleman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Mechanist Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major Acting Mechanist Staff Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Boatman [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Pioneer [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Shipwright Lieutenant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] T/Sergeant [1] Transport Corporal [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [28] Royal Field Artillery [28] Army Service Corps [27] London Regiment [25] Royal Engineers [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Coldstream Guards [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Scottish Rifles [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [310] Royal Navy [40] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] Australian Imperial Force [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

V [409] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [400] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [7] New Zealand [1]

Alfred Charles Varney

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13145 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Edward Varney

Born 1878

British Army 43167 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 73061 Private Labour Corps

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David Henry Varney

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2528 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2528 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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John Edward Varney

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 2960 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Russell Varney

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266282

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Alfred Varney

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47934

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Thomas Varney

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 1885 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Henry Raymond Varney

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 7328 Private London Regiment

British Army 283683 Private London Regiment

British Army 283683 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Hay Frederick Varney

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289942

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Frederick Richard Varney

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79258

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Arthur Garnett Varney

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288152

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James Varney

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306931

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Ernest Varney

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 19661 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 593214 Private Labour Corps

British Army 9368 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Arthur Varney

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 32110 Corporal Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

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Edward L Varney

Born 1898

Died 1985

British Army 36475 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Harry Varney

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 261556 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "A" Bty. 348th B

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George John Varney

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 23589 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Cyril Edmund Frederick Varney

Born 1895

British Army 91810 T/Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 91810 Acting Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps 40th Stationary Hospital

British Army 91810 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Percy William Varney

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212155

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Bernard Varney

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251358

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