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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]

Timothy Wade

Died 1917

British Army 7682 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Percy Rowland Wade

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 1772 Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 41431 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Thomas Wade

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133751

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Robert Wade

Born 1886

Died 1956

British Army Second Lieutenant 66th Division Lancashire Battalion

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 17th Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles)

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Albert Edward Wade

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301151

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Charles Wade

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283257

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Herbert Wade

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164435

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Tom Wade

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134524

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George William Wade

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83554

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Daniel Wade

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 10588 Lance Serjeant/Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 31117 Lance Serjeant/Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 31117 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Wade

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109142

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Hubert Wade

Died 1917

British Army 16266 Sergeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Ernest Wade

Born 1891

Died 1914

Royal Navy 14936 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS Monmouth

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James Wade

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406596

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Frank Wade

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185544

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Horace Wade

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52887

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Albert Victor Jordan Wade

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165875

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Arthur Albert Wade

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197629

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Albert Wade

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67363

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Albert William Wade

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167184

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