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London England [9]

Leeds, Yorkshire [8]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Ballarat Victoria [6]

Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Islington, London [5]

Faversham, Kent [4]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Durham [3]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [3]

Greenwich, London [3]

North Melbourne Victoria [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Aylsham, Norfolk [2]

Ballarat East Victoria [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Blackstone Hill, Central Otago [2]

Blackwood South Australia [2]

Bookham New South Wales [2]

Bradford England [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bungaree Victoria [2]

Buxton, Norfolk [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Croydon South Australia [2]

Darlinghurst New South Wales [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Dublin [2]

Edmonton, London [2]

Essendon Victoria [2]

Euroley New South Wales [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Gulgong New South Wales [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Halifax [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Keighley, Yorkshire [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Manchester [2]

Rank

Private [1289]

Gunner [151]

Driver [113]

Corporal [108]

Serjeant [76]

Lance Corporal [61]

Sapper [61]

Second Lieutenant [57]

Lieutenant [41]

Acting Corporal [29]

Captain [29]

Pioneer [21]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Bombardier [14]

Rifleman [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Major [8]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Private /Lance Corporal [5]

Sergeant [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Sister [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

Bandsman [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [167]

Labour Corps [157]

Royal Engineers [142]

Army Service Corps [138]

Royal Garrison Artillery [103]

London Regiment [96]

Machine Gun Corps [70]

Royal Army Medical Corps [61]

Royal Fusiliers [60]

West Yorkshire Regiment [58]

Essex Regiment [45]

Northumberland Fusiliers [43]

West Riding Regiment [43]

Durham Light Infantry [37]

Royal Army Service Corps [37]

Manchester Regiment [35]

Liverpool Regiment [34]

Norfolk Regiment [33]

Leicestershire Regiment [32]

Middlesex Regiment [32]

Lincolnshire Regiment [31]

Rifle Brigade [31]

Lancashire Fusiliers [27]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [25]

The Queen's Regiment [25]

Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Suffolk Regiment [24]

East Surrey Regiment [23]

Cheshire Regiment [21]

York and Lancaster Regiment [21]

East Lancashire Regiment [20]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20]

Royal Defence Corps [20]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

South Lancashire Regiment [19]

Army Ordnance Corps [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Royal Naval Division [18]

East Yorkshire Regiment [17]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [17]

Royal West Kent Regiment [17]

Training Reserve Battalion [16]

East Kent Regiment [15]

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

Bedfordshire Regiment [14]

Hussars [14]

Royal Flying Corps [14]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

Service

British Army [1984]

Royal Navy [198]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [165]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [147]

Australian Imperial Force [144]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [31]

Other Empire Force [12]

Last name first letter

W [2730]

N [3]

R [3]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2667]

Merchant Navy [46]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [61]

New Zealand [2]

Ireland [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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London England [9] Leeds, Yorkshire [8] Sydney New South Wales [7] Ballarat Victoria [6] Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Islington, London [5] Faversham, Kent [4] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Durham [3] Grantham, Lincolnshire [3] Greenwich, London [3] North Melbourne Victoria [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Armidale New South Wales [2] Aylsham, Norfolk [2] Ballarat East Victoria [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Blackstone Hill, Central Otago [2] Blackwood South Australia [2] Bookham New South Wales [2] Bradford England [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bungaree Victoria [2] Buxton, Norfolk [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Croydon South Australia [2] Darlinghurst New South Wales [2] Darlington, Durham [2] Dublin [2] Edmonton, London [2] Essendon Victoria [2] Euroley New South Wales [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Grays, Essex [2] Gulgong New South Wales [2] Hackney, London [2] Halifax [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Keighley, Yorkshire [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Manchester [2]

Rank

Private [1289] Gunner [151] Driver [113] Corporal [108] Serjeant [76] Lance Corporal [61] Sapper [61] Second Lieutenant [57] Lieutenant [41] Acting Corporal [29] Captain [29] Pioneer [21] Acting Serjeant [20] Bombardier [14] Rifleman [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Major [8] Lance Serjeant [7] Able Seaman [6] Acting Bombardier [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Private /Lance Corporal [5] Sergeant [5] Acting Captain [4] Sister [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Colonel [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] Bandsman [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Deck Hand [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Saddler Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [167] Labour Corps [157] Royal Engineers [142] Army Service Corps [138] Royal Garrison Artillery [103] London Regiment [96] Machine Gun Corps [70] Royal Army Medical Corps [61] Royal Fusiliers [60] West Yorkshire Regiment [58] Essex Regiment [45] Northumberland Fusiliers [43] West Riding Regiment [43] Durham Light Infantry [37] Royal Army Service Corps [37] Manchester Regiment [35] Liverpool Regiment [34] Norfolk Regiment [33] Leicestershire Regiment [32] Middlesex Regiment [32] Lincolnshire Regiment [31] Rifle Brigade [31] Lancashire Fusiliers [27] King's Royal Rifle Corps [25] The Queen's Regiment [25] Yorkshire Regiment [25] Suffolk Regiment [24] East Surrey Regiment [23] Cheshire Regiment [21] York and Lancaster Regiment [21] East Lancashire Regiment [20] Hampshire Regiment [20] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20] Royal Defence Corps [20] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] South Lancashire Regiment [19] Army Ordnance Corps [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Royal Naval Division [18] East Yorkshire Regiment [17] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [17] Royal West Kent Regiment [17] Training Reserve Battalion [16] East Kent Regiment [15] Worcestershire Regiment [15] Bedfordshire Regiment [14] Hussars [14] Royal Flying Corps [14] Yorkshire Light Infantry [14] Canadian Infantry [13]

Service

British Army [1984] Royal Navy [198] Canadian Expeditionary Force [165] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [147] Australian Imperial Force [144] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [31] Other Empire Force [12]

Last name first letter

W [2730] N [3] R [3] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2667] Merchant Navy [46] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [61] New Zealand [2] Ireland [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Robert Hunter Wade

Born 1878

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 45263 Otago Infantry Regiment

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 45263 2nd Lieutenant Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Henry Oswald Wade

Born 1869

Died 1941

British Army West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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John Thomas Wade

Born 1880

Died 1939

British Army 7069 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 7069 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Ernest Walter Wade

Born 1891

Died 1953

British Army 9316 Private /Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 9316 Ptrivate Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9316 Lance Corporal Royal SussexRegiment 2nd Battalion

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John Edward Wade

Born 1888

Died 1966

British Army 10034 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 278742 Private Labour Corps

British Army 10034 Private Royal Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Patrick Joseph Wade

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 24702 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 24702 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 10th Batn

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Thomas Wade

Born 1889

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 41054 Entrenching Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 41054 Private 2nd New Zealand Entrenching Battalion

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Roy Falkingham Wade

Born 1900

Died 1982

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 183833

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Samuel Shorten Arthur Wade

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 4191 Warrant Officer Class 2 Lincolnshire Regiment

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Albert Edwin Wade

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 7012 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 7012 Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 2d Battalion (38th Foot)

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Arthur Norman Wade

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Francis Reginald Wade

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1280 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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James Albert Wade

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 5226 Private London Regiment 28th london regiment (artist Battalion

British Army 6251 Private London Regiment 2/20th lond Battalion

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Alfred Ernest Wade

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196690

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John Wilfred Wade

Born 1891

Other Empire Force 2636 British Honduras Territorial Force

British Army 5366 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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Ernest James Wade

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3971 Acting Corporal London Regiment

British Army 321587 Acting Corporal London Regiment

British Army 321587 Lance Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Albert Edwin Wade

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 42474 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 42474 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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Archibald John Wade

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 34910 Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 34910 Corporal Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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George Edward Ahern Wade

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 4376 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 9th Battalion

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Herbert Stanley Wade

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 51873 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 51873 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Battalion

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