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Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Fakenham, Norfolk [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bega New South Wales [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Cheetham Hill, Manchester [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Darlington, Yorkshire [1]

Douglas, Isle of Man [1]

Dubbo New South Wales [1]

Dublin [1]

Dublin, Ireland [1]

East Ruston, Norfolk [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Exmouth England [1]

Glasgow [1]

Groomsport, Down [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex, England [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Idle, Yorkshire [1]

Isle of Man, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1]

Jarrow, Durham, England [1]

King's Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Mill End, London [1]

North Walsham, Norfolk [1]

Norwich, England [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Plymouth, Devon, England [1]

Port St Mary, Isle of Man, England [1]

Rockhampton Queensland [1]

Thornliebank, Glasgow [1]

Thornton Victoria [1]

Waterfoot [1]

Wyndham New South Wales [1]

Yackandandah Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [121]

Gunner [15]

Sapper [11]

Corporal [10]

Driver [10]

Serjeant [9]

Lance Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Army Schoolmaster [2]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Fitter Serjeant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Locomotive Foreman [1]

Nurse [1]

Rifleman [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Labour Corps [17]

Royal Engineers [15]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

London Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Army Schoolmasters [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

13th Battalion, Royal Scots [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Education Corps [1]

Service

British Army [190]

Royal Navy [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [263]

Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Fakenham, Norfolk [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Bega New South Wales [1] Canning Town, London [1] Cheetham Hill, Manchester [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Darlington, Yorkshire [1] Douglas, Isle of Man [1] Dubbo New South Wales [1] Dublin [1] Dublin, Ireland [1] East Ruston, Norfolk [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Exmouth England [1] Glasgow [1] Groomsport, Down [1] Hampstead, Middlesex, England [1] Hoxton, London [1] Idle, Yorkshire [1] Isle of Man, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1] Jarrow, Durham, England [1] King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Kings Lynn, Norfolk [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Mill End, London [1] North Walsham, Norfolk [1] Norwich, England [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Plymouth, Devon, England [1] Port St Mary, Isle of Man, England [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1] Thornliebank, Glasgow [1] Thornton Victoria [1] Waterfoot [1] Wyndham New South Wales [1] Yackandandah Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [121] Gunner [15] Sapper [11] Corporal [10] Driver [10] Serjeant [9] Lance Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Army Schoolmaster [2] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Fitter Serjeant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Locomotive Foreman [1] Nurse [1] Rifleman [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signalman [1] Staff Nurse [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [18] Labour Corps [17] Royal Engineers [15] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] London Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Scots Fusiliers [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Essex Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Scots [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Corps of Army Schoolmasters [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Scottish Rifles [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 13th Battalion, Royal Scots [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Education Corps [1]

Service

British Army [190] Royal Navy [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Australian Imperial Force [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [276]

Contribution

Military Service [263] Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Percy Archer Waterson

Born 1871

Died 1920

British Army M2/121319 Private Army Service Corps

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Alan Waterson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 42156 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion

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Harold Waterson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140577

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John Edmund Waterson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47895

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Harry Waterson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242800

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John Joseph Waterson

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53503

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George Christmas Waterson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222615

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Frederick Paris Waterson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 7019/761585 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 17th Battalion

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Samuel Robert Waterson

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113612

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Henry Waterson

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263899

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David Henry Waterson

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143399

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Henry Waterson

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 20502 Private Coldstream Guards

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Henry S Waterson

Died 1917

British Army 2713 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 760973 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Waterson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3612 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3612 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Joseph Waterson

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 46706 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Eric Waterson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 4051 Private London Regiment

British Army 4051 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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Arthur Waterson

Died 1917

British Army 28828 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 72896 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 72896 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Edward Waterson

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3/10373 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 3/10373 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Waterson

Died 1917

British Army 11547 Private Scots Guards

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Frederick Waterson

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 4237 Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 253232 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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