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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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Place of birth

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]

William Wall

British Army 2525 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers attached Divisional Signal Company

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W O Wall

British Army 27854 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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G T Wall

British Army 2939 Private Australian Infantry Battalion

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Edward Wall

British Army 202763 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

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J J Wall

British Army 9069 Corporal /Acting Serjeant Scottish Rifles

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William Frederick Wall

British Army 1780 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps

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F. V. Wall

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A C Wall

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 2/8th Gurkha Rifles

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Edwin Wall

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Alfred James Wall

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Richard Gray Wall-Row

Born 1892

Canadian Expeditionary Force 12776

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Harry Last Wall-Mills

Born 1872

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Gladys Wall-Jacobs

British Army Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

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C P Bligh-Wall

British Army Temporary Captain South African Medical Corps

British Army Temporary Captain Staff

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Charles De Wall

British Army 516890 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 288088 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Richard Gray Wall-Row

British Army 12776 Private Canadian 5th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Edith A W Wall Mrs Cross

British Army British Red Cross and Order of St John of Jerusalem

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