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Adelaide South Australia [5]

Colton South Australia [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Devonport Tasmania [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Seacombe, Cheshire, England [2]

Tamworth, Staffordshire [2]

Tunstall, Staffordshire [2]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bellingen New South Wales [1]

Brighton, England [1]

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Bundaberg Queensland [1]

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Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1]

Chester [1]

Demerara [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Dukinfield, Cheshire [1]

Elliston South Australia [1]

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Geelong Victoria [1]

Halifax,West Riding Yorkshire [1]

Hamilton, Ontario [1]

Lancaster England [1]

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Luddenden Foot [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

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Morden, Manitoba [1]

Morecambe, Lancashire [1]

Morecombe, Lancashire [1]

New York Of America [1]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [1]

Plympton South Australia [1]

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St John, New Brunswick [1]

Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Warwick Bridge, Cumberland [1]

Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

West Wawanosh Township, Huron Co., Ontario [1]

Wigan, Lancashire [1]

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Private [176]

Gunner [23]

Corporal [14]

Driver [14]

Serjeant [13]

Lance Corporal [6]

Sapper [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Guardsman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Hospital Writer [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Orderly [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Vice-Admiral [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [19]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

North Staffordshire Regiment [18]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Engineers [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

British West Indies Regiment [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Bermuda Contingent Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment Depot [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [255]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

Royal Navy [25]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

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W [355]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [344]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Adelaide South Australia [5] Colton South Australia [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Devonport Tasmania [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Seacombe, Cheshire, England [2] Tamworth, Staffordshire [2] Tunstall, Staffordshire [2] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Bellingen New South Wales [1] Brighton, England [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Cheshire [1] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1] Chester [1] Demerara [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Dukinfield, Cheshire [1] Elliston South Australia [1] Freetown [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Halifax,West Riding Yorkshire [1] Hamilton, Ontario [1] Lancaster England [1] Liverpool England [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Luddenden Foot [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Mansfield Victoria [1] Mobberley Cheshire [1] Morden, Manitoba [1] Morecambe, Lancashire [1] Morecombe, Lancashire [1] New York Of America [1] Oxford, Oxfordshire [1] Plympton South Australia [1] Southwark, London [1] St John, New Brunswick [1] Sydney, New South Wales [1] Warwick Bridge, Cumberland [1] Watford, Hertfordshire [1] West Wawanosh Township, Huron Co., Ontario [1] Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [176] Gunner [23] Corporal [14] Driver [14] Serjeant [13] Lance Corporal [6] Sapper [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Guardsman [2] Pioneer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Hospital Writer [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Orderly [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Vice Admiral [1] Vice-Admiral [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [19] Royal Field Artillery [19] North Staffordshire Regiment [18] Labour Corps [15] Royal Engineers [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] West Riding Regiment [9] British West Indies Regiment [8] Manchester Regiment [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Bermuda Contingent Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Corps of Hussars [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment Depot [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [255] Australian Imperial Force [25] Royal Navy [25] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [355] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [344] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Frederick George Washington

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 46595 Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 5705 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 30629 Private Border Regiment

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Nathaniel Washington

Born 1887

Other Empire Force 3177 British Guiana Militia

British Army 6516 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 6516 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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Francis Washington

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22972

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Charles Washington

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55095

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James Edward Washington

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65642

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Aaron Adolphus Washington

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 263 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 263 Lance Corporal British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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Joseph Washington

Died 1916

British Army 7605 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 79122 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 185 Tunnelling Company

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George Washington

Died 1916

British Army 2655 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Harry George Washington

Born 1898

Died 1919

Royal Navy R/2683 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 2nd Reserve Battalion R.N. Div.

Royal Navy R/2683 Royal Naval Division Hood Battalion

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Hubert Howells Washington

Born 1893

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry 4th Battalion

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William James Fraser Washington

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238742

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John H Washington

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2110

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Wilfred Harry Washington

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251378

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James Washington

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253401

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George Washington

Died 1918

British Army 27653 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 27653 Lance Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Vernon Washington

Born 1897

Died 1957

British Army 23641 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Edward Charles Washington

Died 1915

British Army 3026 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Harry Washington

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 1648 Private West Riding Regiment

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Herbert Joseph Washington

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 14552 Private Grenadier Guards

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James Washington

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army 5915 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 280915 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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