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Warrnambool Victoria [4]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Bristol England [1]

Chelsea London [1]

Colerain [1]

Coleraine [1]

Coventry [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Croft, Yorkshire [1]

Devon [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Fulham, Middlesex [1]

Hawthorn Victoria [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Johannesburg [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

ORANGE FREE STATE [1]

Rockhampton Queensland [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Tolleshunt Knights, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [43]

Captain [19]

Major [15]

Lieutenant [13]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Colonel [2]

Commander [2]

Conductor [2]

Sapper [2]

Second Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Driver [1]

Inspector [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Commander (Emergency) [1]

Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Pioneer [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Rear-Admiral [1]

Second Lieutenant/Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

VAD [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Indian Ordnance Department [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

London Regiment [4]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [3]

Indian Army [3]

Indian Army/Staff [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East African Ordnance Department [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire Hussars [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers/Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

1/5th Gurkha Rifles [1]

1/5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) [1]

16th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1]

3rd King's African Rifles [1]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force) and Staff [1]

56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force), attached to H.Q. Staff Australian and N.Z. Army Corps [1]

56th Rifles [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Buffalo Volunteer Rifles [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

Dragoons [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Africa Unattached List [1]

Service

British Army [118]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Royal Navy [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Indian Army [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

V [147]

D [15]

C [3]

Contribution

Military Service [163]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

South Africa [1]

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People [165] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Warrnambool Victoria [4] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Bristol England [1] Chelsea London [1] Colerain [1] Coleraine [1] Coventry [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Croft, Yorkshire [1] Devon [1] Fulham, London [1] Fulham, Middlesex [1] Hawthorn Victoria [1] Hoxton, London [1] Johannesburg [1] Lambeth, London [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] ORANGE FREE STATE [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tolleshunt Knights, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [43] Captain [19] Major [15] Lieutenant [13] Second Lieutenant [12] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Colonel [2] Commander [2] Conductor [2] Sapper [2] Second Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Captain/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Driver [1] Inspector [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant Commander (Emergency) [1] Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Pioneer [1] Rear Admiral [1] Rear-Admiral [1] Second Lieutenant/Temporary Major [1] Temporary Brigadier General [1] Temporary Captain [1] VAD [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [8] Royal Field Artillery [7] Coldstream Guards [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Indian Ordnance Department [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] London Regiment [4] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [3] Indian Army [3] Indian Army/Staff [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East African Ordnance Department [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Hussars [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire Hussars [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers/Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 1/5th Gurkha Rifles [1] 1/5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) [1] 16th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 3rd King's African Rifles [1] 3rd South African Infantry [1] 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force) and Staff [1] 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force), attached to H.Q. Staff Australian and N.Z. Army Corps [1] 56th Rifles [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Buffalo Volunteer Rifles [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] Dragoons [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Africa Unattached List [1]

Service

British Army [118] Australian Imperial Force [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Royal Navy [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Indian Army [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

V [147] D [15] C [3]

Contribution

Military Service [163] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3] South Africa [1]

Charles Hyde Villiers

Born 1863

Died 1947

British Army Lieutenant Colonel City of London Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Horse Guards

British Army Officer / 212 Captain Royal Horse Guards

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Algernon Hyde Villiers

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 1719 Private Hertfordshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Lothian and Border Horse attached Machine Gun Corps

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William Alfred Villiers

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 12627 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Earle Villiers

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Algernon Edward Villiers

Born 1892

Died 1991

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Francis Edward Earle Villiers

Born 1889

Died 1967

British Army G22705 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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George William Villiers

Died 1917

British Army 289324 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Robert Villiers

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 102058 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Oliver George Graham Villiers

Born 1886

Died 1981

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major

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Arthur Henry Villiers

Born 1894

Died 1975

British Army 8502 London Regiment

British Army 762572 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Paul Frederick Villiers

Born 1884

Died 1968

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 14th Hussars Canadian Local Forces

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Archibald Peel Fife Villiers

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101380

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Clair Benjamin De Villiers

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137926

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Arthur E Villiers

Died 1917

British Army 67371 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Alfred Villiers

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125648

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Edward Cecil Villiers

Born 1866

Died 1939

Royal Navy Rear-Admiral

Royal Navy Rear Admiral

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Arthur Villiers

Australian Imperial Force 4810

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Alfred Villiers

Australian Imperial Force

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George Frederick Villiers

Australian Imperial Force 71458

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Charles Walter Villiers

Born 1873

Died 1938

British Army Temporary Captain Coldstream Guards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Coldstream Guards

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