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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

London England [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Northwich, Cheshire [3]

Swinton, Yorkshire [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Bow, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bryn-coch South Wales New South Wales [2]

Donald Victoria [2]

Dumfries [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Grenville Victoria [2]

Johannesburg [2]

Knutsford [2]

Liverpool England [2]

Llansaintffraid, Montgomeryshire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Williamstown Victoria [2]

Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire [1]

Arbirlot, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Audley, Staffordshire [1]

Balham, London [1]

Ballinrobe, County Mayo [1]

Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bersham, Denbighshire [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire, England [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blyth Tasmania [1]

Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Bridgend England [1]

Burslem, Staffordshire [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Bushey, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Calcutta [1]

Cheshire England [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Colwall England [1]

Coventry England [1]

Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Daylesford Victoria [1]

Derby [1]

Derby England [1]

Rank

Private [572]

Gunner [71]

Corporal [49]

Serjeant [45]

Driver [42]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Lieutenant [32]

Captain [29]

Sapper [27]

Lance Corporal [22]

Pioneer [12]

Major [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Trooper [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Midshipman [2]

Nurse [2]

Nursing Member [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Actg. BSM [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brigadier-General [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [91]

Royal Engineers [82]

Labour Corps [67]

Army Service Corps [43]

London Regiment [40]

Cheshire Regiment [37]

Royal Garrison Artillery [37]

Leicestershire Regiment [29]

Manchester Regiment [27]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

North Staffordshire Regiment [24]

Lancashire Fusiliers [21]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

Royal Fusiliers [20]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [14]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14]

York and Lancaster Regiment [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Royal Air Force [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Welsh Regiment [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

South Lancashire Regiment [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Border Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [7]

Tank Corps [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Grenadier Guards [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Service

British Army [917]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86]

Royal Navy [80]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [65]

Australian Imperial Force [56]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17]

Other Empire Force [6]

Last name first letter

V [1229]

H [10]

T [2]

K [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1217]

Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

India [2]

New Zealand [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] London England [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Northwich, Cheshire [3] Swinton, Yorkshire [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Bow, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bryn-coch South Wales New South Wales [2] Donald Victoria [2] Dumfries [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Grenville Victoria [2] Johannesburg [2] Knutsford [2] Liverpool England [2] Llansaintffraid, Montgomeryshire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Warrington, Lancashire [2] Williamstown Victoria [2] Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire [1] Arbirlot, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Audley, Staffordshire [1] Balham, London [1] Ballinrobe, County Mayo [1] Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bersham, Denbighshire [1] Beverley, Yorkshire, England [1] Birmingham [1] Blyth Tasmania [1] Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Bridgend England [1] Burslem, Staffordshire [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Bushey, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Calcutta [1] Cheshire England [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Colwall England [1] Coventry England [1] Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Daylesford Victoria [1] Derby [1] Derby England [1]

Rank

Private [572] Gunner [71] Corporal [49] Serjeant [45] Driver [42] Second Lieutenant [42] Lieutenant [32] Captain [29] Sapper [27] Lance Corporal [22] Pioneer [12] Major [10] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Trooper [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Rifleman [3] Sister [3] Staff Nurse [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Midshipman [2] Nurse [2] Nursing Member [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Actg. BSM [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brigadier-General [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [91] Royal Engineers [82] Labour Corps [67] Army Service Corps [43] London Regiment [40] Cheshire Regiment [37] Royal Garrison Artillery [37] Leicestershire Regiment [29] Manchester Regiment [27] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] North Staffordshire Regiment [24] Lancashire Fusiliers [21] Liverpool Regiment [20] Royal Fusiliers [20] Machine Gun Corps [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [14] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14] York and Lancaster Regiment [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Royal Air Force [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Welsh Regiment [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] South Lancashire Regiment [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] Royal Flying Corps [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Border Regiment [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Canadian Infantry [7] East Lancashire Regiment [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Scots Fusiliers [7] Tank Corps [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Grenadier Guards [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Service

British Army [917] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86] Royal Navy [80] Canadian Expeditionary Force [65] Australian Imperial Force [56] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17] Other Empire Force [6]

Last name first letter

V [1229] H [10] T [2] K [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1217] Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [23] India [2] New Zealand [1]

William John Vernon

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33412

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James Vernon

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76499

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John A Vernon

Died 1919

British Army 676 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 240036 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 240036 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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Herbert Douglas Vernon

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

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George Thomas Vernon

Born 1895

British Army L/18727 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery, 170th Brigade

British Army L/18727 Actg. BSM Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery, 170th Brigade

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George Henry Vernon

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120581

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William Vernon

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85104

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Leonard Benjamin Vernon

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194047

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Bernard Harry Vernon

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169138

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Charles Price Vernon

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 176240 Petty Officer HMS Indefatigable

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Eric Cecil Wentworth Vernon

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 15270 Private Coldstream Guards

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John Vernon

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 8/2073 Rifleman Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Bn

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Walter J Vernon

Died 1917

British Army 35600 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Lewis Edwin Vernon

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228568

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Jack Vernon

Born 1898

Died 1972

British Army 73669 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Harry Herbert Vernon

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199336

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Arthur Hynton Vernon

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 271012

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George Harry Vernon

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 40547 Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment

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Frederick Vernon

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 18206 Private Border Regiment

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William John Vernon

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169879

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