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Sydney New South Wales [21]

London, Middlesex [12]

London, Middlesex, England [11]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [9]

Melbourne Victoria [9]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

Ballarat Victoria [7]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [6]

Swansea, Glamorgan [6]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

London England [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Newport, Monmouthshire [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [4]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [4]

Islington, London [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [4]

Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [3]

Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [3]

Dawson South Australia [3]

Deptford, London [3]

Lewisham, London [3]

Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [3]

Newtown, Montgomeryshire [3]

Pembroke [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Stroud, Gloucestershire [3]

Aberdare, Glamorganshire [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bedwellty, Monmouthshire [2]

Beechworth Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birmingham [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Brinklow, Warwickshire [2]

Broadstone, Dorset [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2]

Cardwell Queensland [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Frindsbury, Kent, England [2]

Glamorganshire [2]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2]

Highgate, London, Middlesex [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Inglewood Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1838]

Gunner [243]

Driver [189]

Corporal [151]

Serjeant [130]

Sapper [119]

Lance Corporal [73]

Second Lieutenant [68]

Lieutenant [59]

Captain [36]

Pioneer [35]

Acting Corporal [33]

Bombardier [29]

Acting Serjeant [25]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Rifleman [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Sister [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Able Seaman [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Major [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Colonel [3]

Drummer [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain and Quartermaster [2]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Musician [2]

Nursing Member [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pte [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [304]

Royal Engineers [238]

Labour Corps [208]

Army Service Corps [194]

Welsh Regiment [175]

South Wales Borderers [158]

Royal Army Medical Corps [117]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [114]

Royal Garrison Artillery [104]

London Regiment [100]

Machine Gun Corps [91]

Gloucestershire Regiment [86]

Monmouthshire Regiment [83]

Royal Fusiliers [62]

Worcestershire Regiment [61]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [52]

Lancashire Fusiliers [43]

Liverpool Regiment [37]

Devonshire Regiment [36]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [35]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [34]

Middlesex Regiment [34]

Rifle Brigade [32]

Hampshire Regiment [31]

Shropshire Light Infantry [31]

Somerset Light Infantry [31]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

Cheshire Regiment [26]

Essex Regiment [26]

Northumberland Fusiliers [25]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [24]

Royal Naval Division [23]

Royal West Kent Regiment [22]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

South Staffordshire Regiment [20]

East Surrey Regiment [19]

Grenadier Guards [19]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

Royal Horse Artillery [19]

Army Ordnance Corps [18]

Bedfordshire Regiment [18]

Herefordshire Regiment [18]

Suffolk Regiment [18]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Dorsetshire Regiment [17]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [17]

Tank Corps [17]

The Queen's Regiment [17]

Hussars [16]

Service

British Army [2928]

Royal Navy [272]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [197]

Australian Imperial Force [176]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [162]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36]

Other Empire Force [6]

South African Services [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [3871]

H [3]

D [1]

S [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3762]

Merchant Navy [87]

Conscientious Objector [15]

Country

United Kingdom [76]

Australia [3]

China [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Hong Kong [1]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [21] London, Middlesex [12] London, Middlesex, England [11] Bristol, Gloucestershire [9] Melbourne Victoria [9] Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] Ballarat Victoria [7] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [6] Swansea, Glamorgan [6] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] London England [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Newport, Monmouthshire [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [4] Cardiff, Glamorgan [4] Islington, London [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [4] Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [3] Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [3] Dawson South Australia [3] Deptford, London [3] Lewisham, London [3] Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [3] Newtown, Montgomeryshire [3] Pembroke [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Stroud, Gloucestershire [3] Aberdare, Glamorganshire [2] Barking, Essex [2] Battersea, London [2] Bedwellty, Monmouthshire [2] Beechworth Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birmingham [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Brinklow, Warwickshire [2] Broadstone, Dorset [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2] Cardwell Queensland [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Frindsbury, Kent, England [2] Glamorganshire [2] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2] Highgate, London, Middlesex [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Inglewood Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1838] Gunner [243] Driver [189] Corporal [151] Serjeant [130] Sapper [119] Lance Corporal [73] Second Lieutenant [68] Lieutenant [59] Captain [36] Pioneer [35] Acting Corporal [33] Bombardier [29] Acting Serjeant [25] Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] Lance Serjeant [12] Company Serjeant Major [11] Acting Bombardier [9] Rifleman [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Sister [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Able Seaman [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Major [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Colonel [3] Drummer [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain and Quartermaster [2] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Musician [2] Nursing Member [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pte [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [304] Royal Engineers [238] Labour Corps [208] Army Service Corps [194] Welsh Regiment [175] South Wales Borderers [158] Royal Army Medical Corps [117] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [114] Royal Garrison Artillery [104] London Regiment [100] Machine Gun Corps [91] Gloucestershire Regiment [86] Monmouthshire Regiment [83] Royal Fusiliers [62] Worcestershire Regiment [61] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [52] Lancashire Fusiliers [43] Liverpool Regiment [37] Devonshire Regiment [36] King's Royal Rifle Corps [35] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [34] Middlesex Regiment [34] Rifle Brigade [32] Hampshire Regiment [31] Shropshire Light Infantry [31] Somerset Light Infantry [31] Royal Army Service Corps [30] Cheshire Regiment [26] Essex Regiment [26] Northumberland Fusiliers [25] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24] Royal Berkshire Regiment [24] Royal Naval Division [23] Royal West Kent Regiment [22] Durham Light Infantry [20] South Staffordshire Regiment [20] East Surrey Regiment [19] Grenadier Guards [19] Royal Defence Corps [19] Royal Horse Artillery [19] Army Ordnance Corps [18] Bedfordshire Regiment [18] Herefordshire Regiment [18] Suffolk Regiment [18] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Dorsetshire Regiment [17] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [17] Tank Corps [17] The Queen's Regiment [17] Hussars [16]

Service

British Army [2928] Royal Navy [272] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [197] Australian Imperial Force [176] Canadian Expeditionary Force [162] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36] Other Empire Force [6] South African Services [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [3871] H [3] D [1] S [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3762] Merchant Navy [87] Conscientious Objector [15]

Country

United Kingdom [76] Australia [3] China [1] Gibraltar [1] Hong Kong [1] India [1] South Africa [1]

Alfred Edgar Watkins

Born 1894

British Army 2166 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Horace Holmes Watkins

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Richard Watkins

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 25917 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/7th Battalion

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Bernard Watkins

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 372677 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5338 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Aubrey Harold Watkins

Born 1882

Died 1952

Royal Navy Leading Seaman

British Army 265127 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/350368 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Ethel Frances Watkins

Born 1880

Died 1949

Other Empire Force Sister British Red Cross France

British Army Acting Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Harold Claude Watkins

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Acting Captain Machine Gun Corps

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

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James Watkins

Died 1915

British Army 458 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Kenneth Harry Watkins

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 94509 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 82521 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Robert James Watkins

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 1426 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Daniel David Watkins

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409773

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John Watkins

Died 1918

British Army 107736 Sapper Royal Engineers 'C' Depot Company

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Emma Wenceslia Watkins

Born 1889

Died 1974

Other Empire Force Teacher

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Alfred Watkins

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 8920 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8920 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins

Born 1885

Died 1950

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander

Royal Navy Rear Admiral

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Samuel Watkins

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 56880 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Watkins

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120586

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Eyrn Watkins

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118293

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David Watkins

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164765

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George Percy Watkins

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283287

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