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Sydney New South Wales [21]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [16]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [12]

Geelong Victoria [9]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

Belfast, Antrim [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

Edinburgh [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Adelaide South Australia [6]

Glasgow Scotland [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Devenish Victoria [5]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [5]

Glasgow [5]

Lithgow New South Wales [5]

London England [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Warrnambool Victoria [5]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4]

Belfast [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [4]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [4]

Quirindi New South Wales [4]

South Shields, Durham [4]

Young New South Wales [4]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Cellardyke, Fifeshire [3]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [3]

Moss Vale New South Wales [3]

Narracoorte South Australia [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Sittingbourne, Kent [3]

South Melbourne Victoria [3]

Sunderland, Durham [3]

Wandsworth, London [3]

Acton, London [2]

Albert Park Victoria [2]

Alnwick, Northumberland [2]

Antrim [2]

Bedminster, Bristol [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [2551]

Gunner [273]

Serjeant [211]

Corporal [200]

Driver [200]

Sapper [135]

Second Lieutenant [115]

Lieutenant [104]

Lance Corporal [102]

Captain [75]

Pioneer [39]

Acting Corporal [37]

Acting Serjeant [30]

Bombardier [25]

Major [24]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Lance Serjeant [15]

Rifleman [14]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [12]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Staff Nurse [8]

Acting Captain [7]

Nurse [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Temporary Captain [7]

Worker [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Nursing Sister [6]

Sergeant [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Temporary Major [6]

Trooper [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Guardsman [5]

Sister [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Sub Conductor [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Commander [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [320]

Labour Corps [288]

Army Service Corps [261]

Royal Engineers [261]

Royal Garrison Artillery [164]

Royal Scots [157]

Royal Highlanders [148]

Highland Light Infantry [137]

Royal Army Medical Corps [136]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [114]

Machine Gun Corps [110]

Gordon Highlanders [109]

London Regiment [109]

Northumberland Fusiliers [103]

Scottish Rifles [96]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [92]

Royal Irish Rifles [71]

Seaforth Highlanders [71]

Durham Light Infantry [69]

Cameron Highlanders [67]

Royal Fusiliers [63]

Liverpool Regiment [61]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [60]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [48]

Royal Naval Division [47]

Border Regiment [45]

Middlesex Regiment [45]

Canadian Infantry [40]

Manchester Regiment [37]

West Yorkshire Regiment [37]

Royal Army Service Corps [35]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [35]

Yorkshire Regiment [32]

Lancashire Fusiliers [30]

Royal Air Force [30]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [30]

Scots Guards [30]

Rifle Brigade [28]

Royal Defence Corps [28]

Army Ordnance Corps [27]

British West Indies Regiment [26]

Hampshire Regiment [26]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25]

The Queen's Regiment [25]

East Surrey Regiment [24]

East Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Essex Regiment [24]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [21]

Service

British Army [3940]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [559]

Australian Imperial Force [406]

Royal Navy [338]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [332]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [126]

Other Empire Force [9]

Indian Army [6]

South African Services [5]

Last name first letter

W [5869]

H [3]

B [2]

F [2]

S [2]

C [1]

G [1]

J [1]

M [1]

T [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5710]

Merchant Navy [135]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [108]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [21] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [16] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [12] Geelong Victoria [9] London, Middlesex, England [8] Melbourne Victoria [8] Belfast, Antrim [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Brisbane Queensland [7] Edinburgh [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Adelaide South Australia [6] Glasgow Scotland [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Devenish Victoria [5] Edinburgh, Midlothian [5] Glasgow [5] Lithgow New South Wales [5] London England [5] London, Middlesex [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Warrnambool Victoria [5] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4] Belfast [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [4] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [4] Quirindi New South Wales [4] South Shields, Durham [4] Young New South Wales [4] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Cellardyke, Fifeshire [3] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [3] Moss Vale New South Wales [3] Narracoorte South Australia [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Sittingbourne, Kent [3] South Melbourne Victoria [3] Sunderland, Durham [3] Wandsworth, London [3] Acton, London [2] Albert Park Victoria [2] Alnwick, Northumberland [2] Antrim [2] Bedminster, Bristol [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [2551] Gunner [273] Serjeant [211] Corporal [200] Driver [200] Sapper [135] Second Lieutenant [115] Lieutenant [104] Lance Corporal [102] Captain [75] Pioneer [39] Acting Corporal [37] Acting Serjeant [30] Bombardier [25] Major [24] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Lance Serjeant [15] Rifleman [14] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [12] Colour Serjeant [10] Company Serjeant Major [10] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Able Seaman [8] Acting Bombardier [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Staff Nurse [8] Acting Captain [7] Nurse [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Temporary Captain [7] Worker [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Nursing Sister [6] Sergeant [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Temporary Major [6] Trooper [6] Deck Hand [5] Guardsman [5] Sister [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Sub Conductor [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Commander [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Voluntary Aid Detachment [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [320] Labour Corps [288] Army Service Corps [261] Royal Engineers [261] Royal Garrison Artillery [164] Royal Scots [157] Royal Highlanders [148] Highland Light Infantry [137] Royal Army Medical Corps [136] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [114] Machine Gun Corps [110] Gordon Highlanders [109] London Regiment [109] Northumberland Fusiliers [103] Scottish Rifles [96] Royal Scots Fusiliers [92] Royal Irish Rifles [71] Seaforth Highlanders [71] Durham Light Infantry [69] Cameron Highlanders [67] Royal Fusiliers [63] Liverpool Regiment [61] King's Own Scottish Borderers [60] King's Royal Rifle Corps [48] Royal Naval Division [47] Border Regiment [45] Middlesex Regiment [45] Canadian Infantry [40] Manchester Regiment [37] West Yorkshire Regiment [37] Royal Army Service Corps [35] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [35] Yorkshire Regiment [32] Lancashire Fusiliers [30] Royal Air Force [30] Royal Irish Fusiliers [30] Scots Guards [30] Rifle Brigade [28] Royal Defence Corps [28] Army Ordnance Corps [27] British West Indies Regiment [26] Hampshire Regiment [26] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25] The Queen's Regiment [25] East Surrey Regiment [24] East Yorkshire Regiment [24] Essex Regiment [24] Worcestershire Regiment [23] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [21]

Service

British Army [3940] Canadian Expeditionary Force [559] Australian Imperial Force [406] Royal Navy [338] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [332] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [126] Other Empire Force [9] Indian Army [6] South African Services [5]

Last name first letter

W [5869] H [3] B [2] F [2] S [2] C [1] G [1] J [1] M [1] T [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5710] Merchant Navy [135] Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [108] Canada [2] Australia [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Edwin Wallace

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 8514 Private Rifle Brigade 1 Battalion

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Andrew Wallace

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 454 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Fifeshire) Volunteer Battalion

British Army 454 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Andrew Wallace

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Captain King's Own Scottish Borderers 4th Battalion

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Francis 'frank' George Wallace

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 20863 Lance Corporal Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 20863 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Douglas Charles Wallace

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 4380 Private London Regiment

British Army 551639 Private London Regiment

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James Wallace

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 28354 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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John Wallace

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 9384 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 30465 Private Labour Corps 51st Company

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Thomas Wallace

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 159825 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Leahy Wallace

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 914 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 17th (Training) Battalion

British Army 914 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Joseph Stephen Wallace

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major London Regiment London Regiment

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Thomas William Wallace

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army C/12911 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/12911 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Battalion

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William Wallace

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1715 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 1715 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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James Wallace

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120605

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Henry Wallace

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287290

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John Wallace

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58615

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David Park Wallace

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48517

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William Wallace

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113752

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John Wallace

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56241

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George Wood Wallace

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38196

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John Wallace

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26969

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