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Plymouth, Devon [4]

Camborne, Cornwall [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [3]

Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Isleworth, Middlesex [2]

Kaniva Victoria [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Moonta South Australia [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

1874 [1]

Abbotsbury, Dorset [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birchington, Kent, England [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Burra South Australia [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Carisbrook Victoria [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Clunes Victoria [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Cornwall [1]

Cornwall Hayle [1]

Cornwood, Devon [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Guernsey England [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Hamilton Victoria [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hawthorn Victoria [1]

Horsham Victoria [1]

Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

Llanelli, Carmarthenshire [1]

London England [1]

Marrickville New South Wales [1]

Mirboo Victoria [1]

Mount Pleasant South Australia [1]

Mumbles [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Old Junee New South Wales [1]

Palmer South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [98]

Gunner [17]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Captain [13]

Lieutenant [11]

Sapper [11]

Serjeant [11]

Driver [10]

Corporal [8]

Major [7]

Lance Corporal [5]

Bombardier [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Admiral [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Commander [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class/Acting Corporal [1]

Assistant Superintendent [1]

Battalion Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cyclist [1]

Granted Acting rank of Captain [1]

Lieutenant (Emergency) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Paymaster [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper /Acting Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant/Temporary Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [25]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

London Regiment [14]

Army Service Corps [10]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [10]

Labour Corps [10]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Welsh Regiment [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards/Staff [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Indian Army [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Newfoundland Forestry Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

15th Sikhs [1]

2nd Sappers & Miners [1]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Engineers [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Pioneers [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Service

British Army [207]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [34]

Royal Navy [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

V [342]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [330]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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People [343] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [4] Camborne, Cornwall [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [3] Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Isleworth, Middlesex [2] Kaniva Victoria [2] London, Middlesex [2] Moonta South Australia [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] 1874 [1] Abbotsbury, Dorset [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birchington, Kent, England [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Burra South Australia [1] Camberwell, London [1] Carisbrook Victoria [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Clunes Victoria [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Cornwall [1] Cornwall Hayle [1] Cornwood, Devon [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Guernsey England [1] Hackney, London [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Hamilton Victoria [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hawthorn Victoria [1] Horsham Victoria [1] Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Llanelli, Carmarthenshire [1] London England [1] Marrickville New South Wales [1] Mirboo Victoria [1] Mount Pleasant South Australia [1] Mumbles [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Old Junee New South Wales [1] Palmer South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [98] Gunner [17] Second Lieutenant [16] Captain [13] Lieutenant [11] Sapper [11] Serjeant [11] Driver [10] Corporal [8] Major [7] Lance Corporal [5] Bombardier [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Admiral [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Commander [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class/Acting Corporal [1] Assistant Superintendent [1] Battalion Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cyclist [1] Granted Acting rank of Captain [1] Lieutenant (Emergency) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Paymaster [1] Pioneer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper /Acting Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant/Temporary Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [25] Royal Field Artillery [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] London Regiment [14] Army Service Corps [10] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [10] Labour Corps [10] Hampshire Regiment [8] Welsh Regiment [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] East Surrey Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards/Staff [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Dragoon Guards [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Indian Army [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Newfoundland Forestry Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 15th Sikhs [1] 2nd Sappers & Miners [1] 3rd South African Infantry [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Engineers [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Pioneers [1] Corps of Dragoons [1]

Service

British Army [207] Australian Imperial Force [35] Canadian Expeditionary Force [34] Royal Navy [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

V [342] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [330] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Albert Henry Vivian

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army 31420 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 57397 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Ernest Ralph Vivian

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 2140 Private London Regiment

British Army 2140 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Charles Vivian

Born 1859

Died 1920

British Army 44187 Lance Serjeant The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Joseph Vivian

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192883

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Edward Valentine Vivian

Born 1878

Died 1917

South African Services Captain 3rd South African Infantry Wounded at Delville Wood 15th July 1916

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John William Vivian

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281334

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William Ernest Vivian

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101892

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Gerald William Vivian

Born 1869

Died 1921

Royal Navy Captain

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Frank Harold Vivian

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405748

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George Crespigny Brabazon Vivian

Born 1878

Died 1940

British Army Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army Major Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Major Reserve of Officers / 17th Lancers

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William Aubrey Vivian

Born 1898

British Army 71807 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115734 Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115734 Royal Flying Corps

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Major Clarence Vivian

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233474

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Percy Vivian

Died 1918

British Army 82270 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Stanley Furneaux Vivian

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 3537 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Alfred Thomas Vivian

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106344

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William Bassett Vivian

Died 1917

British Army 8/8897 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army TR8/8897 Private Training Reserve 35th Battalion

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Walter Glyn Vivian

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198742

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Herbert Wilson Vivian

Born 1895

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 17290

Canadian Expeditionary Force 17290 Private Canadian Infantry

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Howard Benjamin Vivian

Born 1890

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 154136

Canadian Expeditionary Force 154136 Private Canadian Pioneers

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Henry Charles Vivian

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 305546

Canadian Expeditionary Force 305546 Private Canadian Infantry

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