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Sydney New South Wales [13]

Wangaratta Victoria [8]

London England [7]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Exeter, Devon [5]

Fulham, London [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Falmouth, Cornwall [4]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [4]

Stepney, London [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Chatham, Kent [3]

Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Glen Innes New South Wales [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Redruth, Cornwall [3]

Truro, Cornwall [3]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Brixham, Devon [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Dundee, Natal [2]

Durham [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Fulham, London, Middlesex [2]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [2]

Hackney South Australia [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Harleston, Suffolk [2]

Hemyock, Devon [2]

Hickling, Norfolk [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Islington, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Middlesex [2]

Moree New South Wales [2]

New Barnet, Hertfordshire [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Saxmundham, Suffolk [2]

Shanghai [2]

Sherborne, Dorset [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Rank

Private [1120]

Gunner [112]

Driver [96]

Serjeant [94]

Corporal [85]

Sapper [83]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Lieutenant [37]

Lance Corporal [36]

Captain [28]

Acting Corporal [25]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Pioneer [17]

Bombardier [13]

Major [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Rifleman [8]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

1st Class Assistant Surgeon [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Engineer Lieutenant [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Flight Cadet [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant and Captain [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Seaman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Army Service Corps [153]

Royal Engineers [143]

Labour Corps [140]

Royal Field Artillery [127]

London Regiment [87]

Royal Garrison Artillery [68]

Royal Army Medical Corps [53]

Machine Gun Corps [46]

Royal Fusiliers [46]

Hampshire Regiment [45]

Devonshire Regiment [42]

Norfolk Regiment [40]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [37]

Somerset Light Infantry [36]

Middlesex Regiment [34]

Rifle Brigade [33]

Dorsetshire Regiment [30]

The Queen's Regiment [29]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [28]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Suffolk Regiment [27]

Wiltshire Regiment [27]

Gloucestershire Regiment [23]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [23]

Worcestershire Regiment [22]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

Canadian Infantry [19]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

Royal Sussex Regiment [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [17]

Essex Regiment [17]

Lincolnshire Regiment [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

Royal West Kent Regiment [17]

Liverpool Regiment [16]

Welsh Regiment [16]

Bedfordshire Regiment [15]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Dragoon Guards [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

East Kent Regiment [13]

Royal Naval Division [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Army Veterinary Corps [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1750]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [247]

Royal Navy [241]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [139]

Australian Imperial Force [138]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [59]

Other Empire Force [16]

South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

V [2615]

S [12]

C [4]

H [3]

A [1]

E [1]

G [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2572]

Merchant Navy [48]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

Australia [2]

South Africa [2]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [13] Wangaratta Victoria [8] London England [7] London, Middlesex, England [6] Exeter, Devon [5] Fulham, London [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Falmouth, Cornwall [4] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Salisbury, Wiltshire [4] Stepney, London [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Chatham, Kent [3] Dorchester, Dorset [3] Glen Innes New South Wales [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Redruth, Cornwall [3] Truro, Cornwall [3] Andover, Hampshire [2] Brixham, Devon [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Camberwell, London [2] Dundee, Natal [2] Durham [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Fulham, London, Middlesex [2] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [2] Hackney South Australia [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Harleston, Suffolk [2] Hemyock, Devon [2] Hickling, Norfolk [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Islington, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London [2] London, Middlesex [2] Middlesex [2] Moree New South Wales [2] New Barnet, Hertfordshire [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Saxmundham, Suffolk [2] Shanghai [2] Sherborne, Dorset [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Rank

Private [1120] Gunner [112] Driver [96] Serjeant [94] Corporal [85] Sapper [83] Second Lieutenant [45] Lieutenant [37] Lance Corporal [36] Captain [28] Acting Corporal [25] Acting Serjeant [20] Pioneer [17] Bombardier [13] Major [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Rifleman [8] Staff Serjeant [6] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] 1st Class Assistant Surgeon [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2] Brigadier General [2] Engineer Lieutenant [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Flight Cadet [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant and Captain [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Seaman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Army Service Corps [153] Royal Engineers [143] Labour Corps [140] Royal Field Artillery [127] London Regiment [87] Royal Garrison Artillery [68] Royal Army Medical Corps [53] Machine Gun Corps [46] Royal Fusiliers [46] Hampshire Regiment [45] Devonshire Regiment [42] Norfolk Regiment [40] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [37] Somerset Light Infantry [36] Middlesex Regiment [34] Rifle Brigade [33] Dorsetshire Regiment [30] The Queen's Regiment [29] King's Royal Rifle Corps [28] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Suffolk Regiment [27] Wiltshire Regiment [27] Gloucestershire Regiment [23] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [23] Worcestershire Regiment [22] Durham Light Infantry [20] Canadian Infantry [19] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] Royal Sussex Regiment [18] Army Ordnance Corps [17] Essex Regiment [17] Lincolnshire Regiment [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [17] Royal West Kent Regiment [17] Liverpool Regiment [16] Welsh Regiment [16] Bedfordshire Regiment [15] Leicestershire Regiment [15] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] Dragoon Guards [14] Royal Army Service Corps [14] East Kent Regiment [13] Royal Naval Division [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Army Veterinary Corps [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [11] Manchester Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1750] Canadian Expeditionary Force [247] Royal Navy [241] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [139] Australian Imperial Force [138] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [59] Other Empire Force [16] South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

V [2615] S [12] C [4] H [3] A [1] E [1] G [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2572] Merchant Navy [48] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [41] Australia [2] South Africa [2] Canada [1] India [1] Ireland [1]

Albert Charles Stewart Vincent

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292391

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Leonard Godfrey Vincent

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302637

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Thomas Vincent

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10404

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George Vincent

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102183

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Bertram Ernest Vincent

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267599

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William John Bevis Vincent

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118264

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Thomas Vincent

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303306

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Frank Willam Vincent

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24770

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Robert Vincent

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164755

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Arthur William Vincent

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32078

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Arthur Vincent

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306254

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Berkeley Vincent

Born 1872

Died 1963

British Army Major Dragoons

British Army Brigadier General Infantry Brigade

British Army Colonel Commandant Infantry Brigade

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Henry Vincent

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294238

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Oscar James Vincent

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62164

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Thomas William Vincent

Born 1889

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2853

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2853 Air Mechanic 1st Class RFC

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2853 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

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Oswald Owen Vincent

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army 10096 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army L/10096 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 10096 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Harold Graham Vincent

Born 1891

Died 1981

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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William Jefferson Vincent

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 46922 2nd Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment 5th

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Frederick Vincent

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88261

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Ernest Charles Vincent

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190243

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