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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15]

Liverpool, Lancashire [13]

Hobart Tasmania [11]

Leeds, Yorkshire [9]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Manchester, Lancashire [8]

Bendigo Victoria [7]

London England [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Norwich, Norfolk [6]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [6]

Sunderland, Durham [6]

Bow, London [5]

Derby, Derbyshire [5]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Gravesend, Kent [4]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4]

Liverpool England [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [4]

Aberdeen Scotland [3]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Brecon [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Derby [3]

Derby England [3]

Dundee Scotland [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3]

Greenwich, Kent [3]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [3]

Lymington, Hampshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [3]

Walsall, Staffordshire [3]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Balham, Surrey [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bega New South Wales [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birmingham [2]

Black Rock South Australia [2]

Bolton England [2]

Bothwell Tasmania [2]

Bridlington, Yorkshire [2]

Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Cambridge [2]

Chalford, Glos [2]

Rank

Private [2831]

Gunner [309]

Driver [235]

Corporal [223]

Serjeant [221]

Sapper [193]

Second Lieutenant [117]

Lance Corporal [114]

Lieutenant [84]

Captain [63]

Acting Corporal [42]

Pioneer [41]

Bombardier [34]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [19]

Major [18]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Rifleman [11]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Worker [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Guardsman [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Trooper [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [6]

Sister [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Lance Bombardier [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Seaman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

2nd Corporal [3]

Acting Major [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Drummer [3]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [3]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [388]

Royal Engineers [378]

Labour Corps [329]

Army Service Corps [273]

Royal Garrison Artillery [184]

Royal Army Medical Corps [158]

London Regiment [126]

West Yorkshire Regiment [112]

Machine Gun Corps [109]

Liverpool Regiment [108]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [105]

Royal Fusiliers [91]

Gordon Highlanders [90]

Northumberland Fusiliers [87]

Royal Highlanders [85]

Durham Light Infantry [79]

York and Lancaster Regiment [78]

Lancashire Fusiliers [72]

Leicestershire Regiment [70]

Manchester Regiment [68]

Lincolnshire Regiment [65]

West Riding Regiment [65]

Yorkshire Regiment [61]

Cheshire Regiment [58]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [56]

Middlesex Regiment [55]

Royal Naval Division [54]

South Lancashire Regiment [53]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [52]

Norfolk Regiment [51]

Rifle Brigade [51]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49]

East Yorkshire Regiment [47]

Highland Light Infantry [45]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [45]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [42]

Scottish Rifles [42]

Royal Defence Corps [39]

South Staffordshire Regiment [39]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [38]

East Lancashire Regiment [37]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [37]

Royal Army Service Corps [37]

Seaforth Highlanders [37]

Northamptonshire Regiment [36]

Royal West Kent Regiment [36]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [35]

Royal Scots [35]

Army Ordnance Corps [30]

Worcestershire Regiment [29]

Service

British Army [4365]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [402]

Royal Navy [378]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [300]

Australian Imperial Force [226]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [59]

Other Empire Force [17]

South African Services [3]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

W [5839]

B [9]

R [7]

C [2]

A [1]

D [1]

F [1]

G [1]

J [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5732]

Merchant Navy [99]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [105]

Canada [2]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Jamaica [1]

South Africa [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15] Liverpool, Lancashire [13] Hobart Tasmania [11] Leeds, Yorkshire [9] Sydney New South Wales [9] Manchester, Lancashire [8] Bendigo Victoria [7] London England [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Norwich, Norfolk [6] Sheffield, Yorkshire [6] Sunderland, Durham [6] Bow, London [5] Derby, Derbyshire [5] Hull, Yorkshire [5] Hull, Yorkshire, England [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Gravesend, Kent [4] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4] Liverpool England [4] London, Middlesex [4] Saint Helens, Lancashire [4] Aberdeen Scotland [3] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Brecon [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Derby [3] Derby England [3] Dundee Scotland [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3] Greenwich, Kent [3] Harrogate, Yorkshire [3] Lymington, Hampshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire, England [3] Walsall, Staffordshire [3] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Balham, Surrey [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bega New South Wales [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birmingham [2] Black Rock South Australia [2] Bolton England [2] Bothwell Tasmania [2] Bridlington, Yorkshire [2] Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Cambridge [2] Chalford, Glos [2]

Rank

Private [2831] Gunner [309] Driver [235] Corporal [223] Serjeant [221] Sapper [193] Second Lieutenant [117] Lance Corporal [114] Lieutenant [84] Captain [63] Acting Corporal [42] Pioneer [41] Bombardier [34] Acting Serjeant [33] Warrant Officer Class 2 [19] Major [18] Lance Serjeant [12] Rifleman [11] Company Serjeant Major [10] Colour Serjeant [8] Worker [8] Able Seaman [7] Guardsman [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Trooper [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [6] Sister [6] Staff Nurse [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant Major [5] Acting Captain [4] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Lance Bombardier [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Seaman [4] Sergeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] 2nd Corporal [3] Acting Major [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Drummer [3] Farrier Staff Serjeant [3] Petty Officer [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Voluntary Aid Detachment [3] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [388] Royal Engineers [378] Labour Corps [329] Army Service Corps [273] Royal Garrison Artillery [184] Royal Army Medical Corps [158] London Regiment [126] West Yorkshire Regiment [112] Machine Gun Corps [109] Liverpool Regiment [108] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [105] Royal Fusiliers [91] Gordon Highlanders [90] Northumberland Fusiliers [87] Royal Highlanders [85] Durham Light Infantry [79] York and Lancaster Regiment [78] Lancashire Fusiliers [72] Leicestershire Regiment [70] Manchester Regiment [68] Lincolnshire Regiment [65] West Riding Regiment [65] Yorkshire Regiment [61] Cheshire Regiment [58] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [56] Middlesex Regiment [55] Royal Naval Division [54] South Lancashire Regiment [53] King's Royal Rifle Corps [52] Norfolk Regiment [51] Rifle Brigade [51] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49] East Yorkshire Regiment [47] Highland Light Infantry [45] Yorkshire Light Infantry [45] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [42] Scottish Rifles [42] Royal Defence Corps [39] South Staffordshire Regiment [39] Royal Lancaster Regiment [38] East Lancashire Regiment [37] King's Own Scottish Borderers [37] Royal Army Service Corps [37] Seaforth Highlanders [37] Northamptonshire Regiment [36] Royal West Kent Regiment [36] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [35] Royal Scots [35] Army Ordnance Corps [30] Worcestershire Regiment [29]

Service

British Army [4365] Canadian Expeditionary Force [402] Royal Navy [378] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [300] Australian Imperial Force [226] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [59] Other Empire Force [17] South African Services [3] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

W [5839] B [9] R [7] C [2] A [1] D [1] F [1] G [1] J [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5732] Merchant Navy [99] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [105] Canada [2] India [1] Ireland [1] Jamaica [1] South Africa [1]

Joseph Frain Webster

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) 3rd Battalion

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Roy Gregory Webster

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1081017 Corporal Canadian Railway Troops

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William Webster

Born 1879

Died 1919

Royal Navy PLY/8036 Quartermaster Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 8036 Quartermaster Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Alexander S Webster

Born 1884

Died 1927

British Army 9927 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Charles Webster

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 73236 Private Welsh [Welch] Regiment 15th (Carmarthenshire) (Service) Battalion.

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Charles Webster

Died 1916

British Army R10878 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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Gerald Heber Webster

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 13065 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th.Battalion.

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John Webster

Died 1914

British Army 7936 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Richard Webster

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Captain London Regiment

British Army Captain London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Thomas Webster

Died 1916

British Army 16822 Private Leicestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Frederick Webster

Born 1873

Died 1920

British Army 275991 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter Webster

Born 1886

Died 1963

British Army 47417 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Charles Webster

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226609

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Harry Webster

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277864

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Roding Webster

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143952

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Dickinson Webster

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112968

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Herbert Webster

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76291

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Oliver Webster

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289610

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David Webster

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 268172 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 6252 Private Royal Highlanders 6th (Perth) Battalion

British Army 1619 Private Royal Highlanders 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Derek Webster

Born 1898

Died 1983

British Army Inns of Court Regiment, Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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