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London, Middlesex, England [3]

Richmond New South Wales [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Clare South Australia [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

London England [2]

Norfolk [2]

Uralla New South Wales [2]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [2]

Wokingham, Berkshire [2]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Alexandria New South Wales [1]

Aston,Warwickshire [1]

Auckland [1]

Balham, London [1]

Barking, London [1]

Barry Island Wales [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Billericay Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Billericay, Essex [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham Warwickshire [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Catford, London [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Docking, Norfolk [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dubbo New South Wales [1]

Ellesmere Port England [1]

Fillongley, Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Gilgandra New South Wales [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Gloucester [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Great Burstead, ESSEX [1]

Hammersmith Middlesex [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hardingstone, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Hastings [1]

Highbury,London. [1]

Hunstanton, Norfolk [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Ilford, Essex [1]

Inverell New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [280]

Gunner [33]

Serjeant [32]

Corporal [21]

Sapper [21]

Driver [18]

Lance Corporal [15]

Lieutenant [11]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Superintending Clerk [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Bugler [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Colonel [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Driver Saddler [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lady [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private /Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant /Temporary Company Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Staff Serjeant [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [41]

Royal Engineers [36]

London Regiment [34]

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Labour Corps [30]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Northamptonshire Regiment [14]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Norfolk Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Dragoons [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [440]

Royal Navy [47]

Australian Imperial Force [36]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

W [601]

E [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [591]

Merchant Navy [9]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

London, Middlesex, England [3] Richmond New South Wales [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Clare South Australia [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] London England [2] Norfolk [2] Uralla New South Wales [2] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [2] Wokingham, Berkshire [2] Albury New South Wales [1] Alexandria New South Wales [1] Aston,Warwickshire [1] Auckland [1] Balham, London [1] Barking, London [1] Barry Island Wales [1] Battersea, London [1] Billericay Chelmsford, Essex [1] Billericay, Essex [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham Warwickshire [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Catford, London [1] Deptford, London [1] Docking, Norfolk [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dubbo New South Wales [1] Ellesmere Port England [1] Fillongley, Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Fulham, London [1] Gilgandra New South Wales [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Gloucester [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Great Burstead, ESSEX [1] Hammersmith Middlesex [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hardingstone, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Hastings [1] Highbury,London. [1] Hunstanton, Norfolk [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Ilford, Essex [1] Inverell New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [280] Gunner [33] Serjeant [32] Corporal [21] Sapper [21] Driver [18] Lance Corporal [15] Lieutenant [11] Second Lieutenant [8] Acting Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2] Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Superintending Clerk [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Bugler [1] Chauffeur [1] Colonel [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1] Driver Saddler [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lady [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private /Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant /Temporary Company Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Staff Serjeant [1] Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [41] Royal Engineers [36] London Regiment [34] Royal Field Artillery [32] Labour Corps [30] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Machine Gun Corps [16] Middlesex Regiment [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] Northamptonshire Regiment [14] Hampshire Regiment [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Norfolk Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Cheshire Regiment [7] Coldstream Guards [7] Essex Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Corps of Hussars [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Tank Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Corps of Dragoons [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [440] Royal Navy [47] Australian Imperial Force [36] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

W [601] E [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [591] Merchant Navy [9] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [10] New Zealand [1]

Frederick James Walden

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 32265 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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George William Walden

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1885 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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John Martin Walden

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 45992 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Edwin Walden

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 224196

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

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Frederick Ingram Walden

Born 1888

Died 1949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219237

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George Edward Ernest Walden

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 54036 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No. 3 Depot

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Ernest Joseph Walden

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186180

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Harry James Walden

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68903

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Ernest Walden

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90716

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John Walden

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37082

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George Frederick Walden

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275271

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Josiah Walden

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85194

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Charles Wallis Walden

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 12993 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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John Watts Walden

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231213

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Josephus Walden

Died 1917

British Army 3505 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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George Walter Walden

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy 17781 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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George Septimus Walden

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24449

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Henry Thomas Walden

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198706

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Sidney Stewart Walden

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148750

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Otto John Mark Walden

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army L/13949 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army L/13949 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment H Company 2nd Battalion

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