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Sydney New South Wales [19]

London, Middlesex [16]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [11]

Devonport, Devon [9]

London England [9]

London, Middlesex, England [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

Launceston Tasmania [7]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Hobart Tasmania [6]

Islington, London [6]

Plymouth, Devon [6]

Camberwell, London [5]

Enfield, Middlesex [5]

Geelong Victoria [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Port Adelaide South Australia [5]

South Melbourne Victoria [5]

Woolwich, Kent [5]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [4]

Colchester, Essex [4]

Essex [4]

Fitzroy Victoria [4]

Jersey, Channel Islands [4]

Northampton [4]

Quorn South Australia [4]

Taunton, Somerset [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [3]

Beechworth Victoria [3]

Bridgwater, Somerset [3]

Daylesford Victoria [3]

Hammersmith, London [3]

Ilford, Essex [3]

Kentish Town, London [3]

Kingstown, Cumberland, England [3]

Lyme Regis, Dorset [3]

Paddington, London, Middlesex [3]

Parkside South Australia [3]

Penzance, Cornwall [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

Stepney, London [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Birmingham [2]

Rank

Private [2377]

Gunner [264]

Corporal [218]

Driver [214]

Serjeant [179]

Sapper [154]

Lance Corporal [77]

Lieutenant [75]

Second Lieutenant [70]

Captain [56]

Acting Corporal [47]

Pioneer [42]

Major [31]

Acting Serjeant [28]

Bombardier [23]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Staff Serjeant [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Rifleman [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [7]

Worker [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Trooper [6]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [6]

Sergeant [5]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [4]

Lance Bombardier [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Nurse [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Reverend [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Bugler [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Corporal of Horse [3]

Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [326]

Royal Engineers [301]

Labour Corps [290]

Army Service Corps [252]

London Regiment [209]

Royal Garrison Artillery [170]

Royal Army Medical Corps [139]

Machine Gun Corps [113]

Royal Fusiliers [111]

Devonshire Regiment [103]

Middlesex Regiment [91]

Royal Army Service Corps [67]

Rifle Brigade [64]

Hampshire Regiment [58]

Northamptonshire Regiment [58]

Suffolk Regiment [58]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [56]

Liverpool Regiment [56]

Essex Regiment [53]

The Queen's Regiment [52]

Leicestershire Regiment [47]

East Surrey Regiment [46]

Somerset Light Infantry [46]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [45]

Northumberland Fusiliers [45]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [45]

Dorsetshire Regiment [43]

Manchester Regiment [43]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [42]

Royal Naval Division [42]

Gloucestershire Regiment [41]

Cheshire Regiment [38]

Welsh Regiment [38]

Bedfordshire Regiment [36]

Royal West Kent Regiment [36]

Army Ordnance Corps [35]

Lancashire Fusiliers [34]

Norfolk Regiment [34]

Wiltshire Regiment [31]

Durham Light Infantry [30]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [30]

Worcestershire Regiment [29]

York and Lancaster Regiment [29]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [28]

Royal Horse Artillery [27]

Lincolnshire Regiment [26]

North Staffordshire Regiment [26]

East Kent Regiment [25]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [25]

South Staffordshire Regiment [25]

Service

British Army [3718]

Royal Navy [523]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [354]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [319]

Australian Imperial Force [269]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [56]

Other Empire Force [23]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [5382]

C [7]

L [2]

S [2]

B [1]

P [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5250]

Merchant Navy [108]

Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [122]

Ireland [3]

Australia [1]

Jersey [1]

Malta [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [19] London, Middlesex [16] Portsmouth, Hampshire [11] Devonport, Devon [9] London England [9] London, Middlesex, England [9] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] Launceston Tasmania [7] Melbourne Victoria [7] Hobart Tasmania [6] Islington, London [6] Plymouth, Devon [6] Camberwell, London [5] Enfield, Middlesex [5] Geelong Victoria [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Port Adelaide South Australia [5] South Melbourne Victoria [5] Woolwich, Kent [5] Bendigo Victoria [4] Cardiff, Glamorgan [4] Colchester, Essex [4] Essex [4] Fitzroy Victoria [4] Jersey, Channel Islands [4] Northampton [4] Quorn South Australia [4] Taunton, Somerset [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [3] Beechworth Victoria [3] Bridgwater, Somerset [3] Daylesford Victoria [3] Hammersmith, London [3] Ilford, Essex [3] Kentish Town, London [3] Kingstown, Cumberland, England [3] Lyme Regis, Dorset [3] Paddington, London, Middlesex [3] Parkside South Australia [3] Penzance, Cornwall [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] Stepney, London [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Birmingham [2]

Rank

Private [2377] Gunner [264] Corporal [218] Driver [214] Serjeant [179] Sapper [154] Lance Corporal [77] Lieutenant [75] Second Lieutenant [70] Captain [56] Acting Corporal [47] Pioneer [42] Major [31] Acting Serjeant [28] Bombardier [23] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Company Serjeant Major [12] Staff Serjeant [12] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Rifleman [11] Able Seaman [10] Acting Bombardier [8] Stoker 1st Class [7] Warrant Officer Class 1 [7] Worker [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Colour Serjeant [6] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Temporary Captain [6] Trooper [6] Voluntary Aid Detachment [6] Sergeant [5] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [4] Lance Bombardier [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Nurse [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Reverend [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Bugler [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Corporal of Horse [3] Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3] Petty Officer [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [326] Royal Engineers [301] Labour Corps [290] Army Service Corps [252] London Regiment [209] Royal Garrison Artillery [170] Royal Army Medical Corps [139] Machine Gun Corps [113] Royal Fusiliers [111] Devonshire Regiment [103] Middlesex Regiment [91] Royal Army Service Corps [67] Rifle Brigade [64] Hampshire Regiment [58] Northamptonshire Regiment [58] Suffolk Regiment [58] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [56] Liverpool Regiment [56] Essex Regiment [53] The Queen's Regiment [52] Leicestershire Regiment [47] East Surrey Regiment [46] Somerset Light Infantry [46] King's Royal Rifle Corps [45] Northumberland Fusiliers [45] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [45] Dorsetshire Regiment [43] Manchester Regiment [43] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [42] Royal Naval Division [42] Gloucestershire Regiment [41] Cheshire Regiment [38] Welsh Regiment [38] Bedfordshire Regiment [36] Royal West Kent Regiment [36] Army Ordnance Corps [35] Lancashire Fusiliers [34] Norfolk Regiment [34] Wiltshire Regiment [31] Durham Light Infantry [30] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [30] Worcestershire Regiment [29] York and Lancaster Regiment [29] Royal Berkshire Regiment [28] Royal Horse Artillery [27] Lincolnshire Regiment [26] North Staffordshire Regiment [26] East Kent Regiment [25] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [25] South Staffordshire Regiment [25]

Service

British Army [3718] Royal Navy [523] Canadian Expeditionary Force [354] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [319] Australian Imperial Force [269] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [56] Other Empire Force [23] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [5382] C [7] L [2] S [2] B [1] P [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5250] Merchant Navy [108] Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [122] Ireland [3] Australia [1] Jersey [1] Malta [1]

Joseph Cecil Warren

Born 1897

Died 1992

British Army 11953 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 397318 Private Labour Corps

British Army 397318 Private Kings Own Scottish Boarderers 2nd then 3rd then 8th

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Ralph Andrews Warren

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army 2840 Private Norfolk Yeomanry

British Army 43370 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Leslie Arnold Warren

Born 1895

Died 1981

Australian Imperial Force 3390

Australian Imperial Force 3390 Gunner 12th Field Artillery Brigade

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Albert Warren

Born 1875

Died 1955

British Army 25471 Company Sergeant Major Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 12th Battalion

British Army Company Sergeant Major Devonshire Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 2765 Company Sergeant Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Arnold Warren

Born 1875

Died 1951

British Army Lance Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 60381 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 88th Siege Battery

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Clarence Hampton Warren

Born 1895

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1384 Private 32nd Australian Infantry battalion

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Albert G Warren

Born 1894

Died 1950

British Army 16652 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 16652 Private Leicestershires

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John Warren

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4289 Bombadier 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade

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John Campbell Dale Warren

Born 1897

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 7837 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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George Warren

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 230607 Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Training Reserve 2nd Battalion

British Army 9th Training Reserve Battalion

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Lewis Stanley Warren

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2903 Private 44th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Richard William Warren Boustred

Born 1897

Died 1985

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 2/2nd Battalion

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Ernest Willie Warren

Born 1878

Died 1951

British Army 3533 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 266036 Private Hampshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Sidney Charles Warren

Born 1882

Died 1914

Royal Navy 205935 Able Seaman

Royal Navy 205935 Boy 2nd Class HMS Northampton

Royal Navy 205935 Boy 1st Class HMS Northampton

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Richard Warren

Born 1880

Died 1942

British Army 33294 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Henry Richard Warren

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 7093

Australian Imperial Force 7093 Private 3rd Battalion

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Thomas Ward Warren

Born 1880

Died 1976

British Army 15998 Lance Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Joseph Warren

Born 1898

Died 1989

Australian Imperial Force 2419 Corporal 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Peyton Tollemache Warren

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps 1st/3rd Welsh Field Ambulance

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Charles Albert Warren

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Royal Fusiliers Regiment 6th Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army 9045 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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