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Fremantle Western Australia [8]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

Hull, Yorkshire [6]

Brixton, London [5]

Horsham Victoria [5]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [4]

Creswick Victoria [4]

Hawthorn Victoria [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Richmond Victoria [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Weymouth, Dorset [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bridlington, Yorkshire [3]

Brunswick New South Wales [3]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3]

Collingwood Victoria [3]

Derby, Derbyshire [3]

Ipswich Queensland [3]

Islington, London [3]

London England [3]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Rochester, Kent [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Aylesford, Kent [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Buckland, Surrey [2]

Bunbury Western Australia [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Daylesford Victoria [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Eastwood, Essex [2]

Essex [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Fulham, London, Middlesex [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Kenwyn, Cornwall [2]

Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Maldon, Essex, England [2]

Rank

Private [1131]

Gunner [121]

Driver [112]

Corporal [109]

Sapper [103]

Serjeant [95]

Second Lieutenant [67]

Lieutenant [60]

Captain [47]

Lance Corporal [40]

Acting Corporal [24]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Bombardier [18]

Pioneer [17]

Rifleman [14]

Major [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Worker [7]

Guardsman [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [3]

Seaman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Transport Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Honorary Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [175]

Royal Field Artillery [156]

Army Service Corps [129]

London Regiment [127]

Labour Corps [121]

Royal Garrison Artillery [85]

Royal Army Medical Corps [67]

Royal Fusiliers [63]

Machine Gun Corps [53]

Middlesex Regiment [48]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [42]

Royal West Kent Regiment [39]

Royal Army Service Corps [36]

The Queen's Regiment [36]

East Surrey Regiment [35]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [33]

Rifle Brigade [31]

Essex Regiment [30]

Lincolnshire Regiment [30]

Suffolk Regiment [28]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

Hampshire Regiment [26]

Northamptonshire Regiment [25]

Royal Sussex Regiment [25]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [24]

Devonshire Regiment [21]

Manchester Regiment [21]

West Yorkshire Regiment [21]

East Kent Regiment [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [20]

Grenadier Guards [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [18]

Bedfordshire Regiment [17]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17]

York and Lancaster Regiment [17]

North Staffordshire Regiment [16]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [15]

Royal Defence Corps [15]

Royal Horse Artillery [15]

Dorsetshire Regiment [14]

East Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Royal Air Force [14]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Army Veterinary Corps [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11]

South Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1887]

Royal Navy [238]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [161]

Australian Imperial Force [128]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [95]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [2594]

S [2]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2528]

Merchant Navy [40]

Conscientious Objector [15]

Country

United Kingdom [56]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Fremantle Western Australia [8] London, Middlesex, England [8] Hull, Yorkshire [6] Brixton, London [5] Horsham Victoria [5] Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Bournemouth, Hampshire [4] Creswick Victoria [4] Hawthorn Victoria [4] London, Middlesex [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Richmond Victoria [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Weymouth, Dorset [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bridlington, Yorkshire [3] Brunswick New South Wales [3] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3] Collingwood Victoria [3] Derby, Derbyshire [3] Ipswich Queensland [3] Islington, London [3] London England [3] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Rochester, Kent [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Aylesford, Kent [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Buckland, Surrey [2] Bunbury Western Australia [2] Camberwell, London [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Daylesford Victoria [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dover, Kent [2] Eastwood, Essex [2] Essex [2] Fulham, London [2] Fulham, London, Middlesex [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Hoxton, London [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Kenwyn, Cornwall [2] Lambeth, Surrey [2] Maldon, Essex, England [2]

Rank

Private [1131] Gunner [121] Driver [112] Corporal [109] Sapper [103] Serjeant [95] Second Lieutenant [67] Lieutenant [60] Captain [47] Lance Corporal [40] Acting Corporal [24] Acting Serjeant [22] Bombardier [18] Pioneer [17] Rifleman [14] Major [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Worker [7] Guardsman [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [3] Seaman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Transport Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Honorary Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Nurse [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [175] Royal Field Artillery [156] Army Service Corps [129] London Regiment [127] Labour Corps [121] Royal Garrison Artillery [85] Royal Army Medical Corps [67] Royal Fusiliers [63] Machine Gun Corps [53] Middlesex Regiment [48] King's Royal Rifle Corps [42] Royal West Kent Regiment [39] Royal Army Service Corps [36] The Queen's Regiment [36] East Surrey Regiment [35] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [33] Rifle Brigade [31] Essex Regiment [30] Lincolnshire Regiment [30] Suffolk Regiment [28] Durham Light Infantry [26] Hampshire Regiment [26] Northamptonshire Regiment [25] Royal Sussex Regiment [25] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [24] Devonshire Regiment [21] Manchester Regiment [21] West Yorkshire Regiment [21] East Kent Regiment [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [20] Grenadier Guards [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [18] Bedfordshire Regiment [17] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17] York and Lancaster Regiment [17] North Staffordshire Regiment [16] Royal Naval Division [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [15] Royal Defence Corps [15] Royal Horse Artillery [15] Dorsetshire Regiment [14] East Yorkshire Regiment [14] Royal Air Force [14] Canadian Infantry [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Army Veterinary Corps [11] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11] South Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1887] Royal Navy [238] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [161] Australian Imperial Force [128] Canadian Expeditionary Force [95] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [2594] S [2] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2528] Merchant Navy [40] Conscientious Objector [15]

Country

United Kingdom [56] Australia [1] Canada [1]

William Henry Wallis

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204638

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Fred Wallis

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 372186 Private London Regiment

British Army 372186 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4680 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur Thistlethwaite Wallis

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168544

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Frederick Valentine Wallis

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291699

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Frank Wallis

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 140794 Sapper Royal Engineers 97th Field Coy.

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Fred Douglas Wallis

Born 1883

Died 1974

British Army 178207 Private Labour Corps

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William Wallis

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265177

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Walter Thomas Wallis

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130819

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Thomas Frank Wallis

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216155

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Reginald John Behenna Wallis

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116812

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William Henry Wallis

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284046

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William Wallis

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134140

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Henry Digby Wallis

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

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Richard Worth Wallis

Born 1884

Died 1915

Royal Navy 2523B Seaman HMS Goliath

Royal Navy 2523B Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2523B Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath."

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Mark Hollow Wallis

Born 1883

Died 1915

Royal Navy 3254C Seaman HMS Goliath

Royal Navy 3254C Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3254C Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath."

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Edward Percy Wallis

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Lancaster Regiment attached Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Captain King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Attd. Royal Sussex Regiment

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James W Wallis

Born 1895

Died 1965

British Army 32/564 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 136280 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 136280 Private Durham Light Infantry 4th

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Stephen Wallis

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army G/12872 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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William Wallis

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133737

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George Charles William Herbert Wallis

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 149133

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