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Wicklow [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Bega New South Wales [6]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Walcha New South Wales [5]

Greenwich, London [4]

Violet Town Victoria [4]

Wedmore, Somerset [4]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Bishops Itchington, Warwickshire [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Cookley, Worcestershire [3]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3]

Grays, Essex [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Tamworth New South Wales [3]

West Maitland New South Wales [3]

Addingham, Yorkshire [2]

Aghada, Cork [2]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Cooma New South Wales [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Drayton Queensland [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Dudbridge, Gloucestershire [2]

Durham, Durham [2]

Folkestone, Kent, England [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Heidelberg Victoria [2]

Highton Victoria [2]

Kyneton Victoria [2]

Liverpool [2]

Long Eaton, Derbyshire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Narrabri New South Wales [2]

Neenton, Shropshire [2]

Rushworth Victoria [2]

Shoeburyness, Essex [2]

Southampton [2]

Southwark, London [2]

Stroud, Gloucestershire [2]

Rank

Private [1309]

Gunner [139]

Driver [107]

Sapper [102]

Corporal [95]

Serjeant [70]

Lance Corporal [54]

Lieutenant [30]

Second Lieutenant [29]

Pioneer [27]

Captain [26]

Acting Corporal [19]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Bombardier [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Rifleman [8]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Guardsman [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Colonel [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Quarter Master and Captain [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Signalman [3]

Trooper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [2]

Nurse [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2]

Seaman [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [156]

Royal Field Artillery [152]

Royal Engineers [147]

Army Service Corps [127]

Royal Garrison Artillery [84]

Royal Army Medical Corps [67]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [59]

Worcestershire Regiment [57]

Machine Gun Corps [56]

London Regiment [55]

Northumberland Fusiliers [44]

Manchester Regiment [43]

Lancashire Fusiliers [38]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [38]

Middlesex Regiment [37]

Gloucestershire Regiment [36]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

Liverpool Regiment [30]

York and Lancaster Regiment [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [29]

Somerset Light Infantry [29]

South Staffordshire Regiment [29]

Royal Irish Regiment [28]

Essex Regiment [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [26]

West Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Cheshire Regiment [24]

South Wales Borderers [23]

Welsh Regiment [23]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [22]

Royal Naval Division [22]

Royal Defence Corps [21]

Army Ordnance Corps [20]

Hampshire Regiment [19]

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

Rifle Brigade [19]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

The Queen's Regiment [19]

Durham Light Infantry [18]

East Kent Regiment [18]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18]

West Riding Regiment [18]

Devonshire Regiment [17]

Norfolk Regiment [17]

Hussars [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15]

Royal Air Force [15]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [15]

Service

British Army [1980]

Royal Navy [176]

Australian Imperial Force [165]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [130]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [128]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [35]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [2675]

B [1]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2611]

Merchant Navy [54]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [47]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

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Wicklow [12] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] Sydney New South Wales [9] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Bega New South Wales [6] Brisbane Queensland [5] Walcha New South Wales [5] Greenwich, London [4] Violet Town Victoria [4] Wedmore, Somerset [4] Bethnal Green, London [3] Bishops Itchington, Warwickshire [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Cookley, Worcestershire [3] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3] Grays, Essex [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Tamworth New South Wales [3] West Maitland New South Wales [3] Addingham, Yorkshire [2] Aghada, Cork [2] Balmain New South Wales [2] Barking, Essex [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Bourke New South Wales [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Cooma New South Wales [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Drayton Queensland [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Dudbridge, Gloucestershire [2] Durham, Durham [2] Folkestone, Kent, England [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Heidelberg Victoria [2] Highton Victoria [2] Kyneton Victoria [2] Liverpool [2] Long Eaton, Derbyshire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Narrabri New South Wales [2] Neenton, Shropshire [2] Rushworth Victoria [2] Shoeburyness, Essex [2] Southampton [2] Southwark, London [2] Stroud, Gloucestershire [2]

Rank

Private [1309] Gunner [139] Driver [107] Sapper [102] Corporal [95] Serjeant [70] Lance Corporal [54] Lieutenant [30] Second Lieutenant [29] Pioneer [27] Captain [26] Acting Corporal [19] Acting Serjeant [16] Bombardier [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Rifleman [8] Company Serjeant Major [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Guardsman [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Colonel [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Quarter Master and Captain [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Signalman [3] Trooper [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [2] Nurse [2] Petty Officer [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2] Seaman [2] Sister [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [156] Royal Field Artillery [152] Royal Engineers [147] Army Service Corps [127] Royal Garrison Artillery [84] Royal Army Medical Corps [67] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [59] Worcestershire Regiment [57] Machine Gun Corps [56] London Regiment [55] Northumberland Fusiliers [44] Manchester Regiment [43] Lancashire Fusiliers [38] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [38] Middlesex Regiment [37] Gloucestershire Regiment [36] Royal Fusiliers [35] Liverpool Regiment [30] York and Lancaster Regiment [30] Royal Army Service Corps [29] Somerset Light Infantry [29] South Staffordshire Regiment [29] Royal Irish Regiment [28] Essex Regiment [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [26] West Yorkshire Regiment [26] Cheshire Regiment [24] South Wales Borderers [23] Welsh Regiment [23] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [22] Royal Naval Division [22] Royal Defence Corps [21] Army Ordnance Corps [20] Hampshire Regiment [19] Lincolnshire Regiment [19] Rifle Brigade [19] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] The Queen's Regiment [19] Durham Light Infantry [18] East Kent Regiment [18] East Surrey Regiment [18] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18] West Riding Regiment [18] Devonshire Regiment [17] Norfolk Regiment [17] Hussars [16] Leicestershire Regiment [16] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15] Royal Air Force [15] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [15]

Service

British Army [1980] Royal Navy [176] Australian Imperial Force [165] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [130] Canadian Expeditionary Force [128] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [35] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [2675] B [1] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2611] Merchant Navy [54] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [47] Ireland [2] Australia [1]

Henry Wall

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army 2890 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 653917 Private Labour Corps

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Angus Wall

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 229565 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Wall

Born 1883

Died 1930

British Army 8671 Company Serjeant Major Grenadier Guards

British Army 9671 Warrant Officer Class 1 Grenadier Guards

British Army 75061 Warrant Officer Class 1 Worcestershire Regiment

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Edward William Wall

Born 1865

British Army TR/9/24014 Serjeant Training Reserve

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Clement Edward Thomas Wall

Born 1895

Died 1968

Australian Imperial Force 2827 Private 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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W H Wall

Born 1871

Died 1920

British Army 375250 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 163548 Private Labour Corps 569th Home Service Labour Company

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James Wall

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 16032 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John Aitken Wall

Born 1896

Died 1984

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Herbert F Wall

Born 1889

Died 1962

British Army 204432 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Frederick Daniel Wall

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy 218336 Boy 2nd Class HMS Northampton

Royal Navy 218336 Boy 1st Class HMS Cleopatra

Royal Navy 218336 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid

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Edward Wall

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 6156 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 6156 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Savoury Lipscombe Wall

Born 1893

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 6104 Lance Corporal Australian Infantry, 37th Bn

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Frederick Wall

Born 1882

Died 1915

Royal Navy 10861 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/10861 Private HMS Goliath

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John Thomas Wall

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 13216 Drummer boy Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 13216 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 13216 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Arthur Geoffrey Nelson Wall

Born 1897

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps No.7 Training School (Netheravon)

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Thomas Wall

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 203719 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Robert Ernest Wall

Born 1884

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138548 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138548 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force 6 Squadron

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Thomas Hornby Wall

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 50875 Private Manchester Regiment

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Edmund William Wall

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 51216 Private Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion

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John Wall

Born 1887

Died 1977

British Army 11051 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army WR 22694 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 11051 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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