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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]

Thomas Vernon

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45103

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Charles Edward Granville Vernon

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Samuel Vernon

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 14889 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Theophilus Chater Vernon

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy Squadron Commander Royal Naval Air Service

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Thomas Thornycroft Vernon

Born 1862

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Liverpool Regiment 4th (Volunteer) Battalion

British Army Captain King's (Liverpool Regiment) 7th Battalion

British Army Captain King's (Liverpool Regiment) 4th Volunteer Battalion

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Frederick G Vernon

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army 10866 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 10866 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st

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A D P Vernon

Born 1889

Died 1917

Other Empire Force 654 Private British Honduras Territorial Force

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Ralph Vernon

Born 1868

Died 1918

British Army TT/0936 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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Louis James Vernon

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29602

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Leslie Godfrey Harcourt Vernon

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 23 Squadron

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J A Vernon

Died 1919

British Army 240036 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

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Arthur Vernon

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113796

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Thomas Vernon

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144561

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Charles Gayford Vernon

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160964

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Edward Robert Vernon

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161728

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George Henry Vernon

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164460

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Tom Vernon

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165101

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Harold Vernon

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168214

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Clifford Elgar Vernon

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177034

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Harry Vernon

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 183836

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