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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]

John Webster

Born 1872

Royal Navy Acting Commissioned Boatswain

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Roland Harding Webster

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290011

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Reef Webster

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118826

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William Webster

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113382

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Abram Webster

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196697

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William Webster

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146728

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John David Ogilvy Webster

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215639

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Charles Frederick Webster

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82408

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Edward Webster

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238960

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Alexander Webster

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111398

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Thomas William Webster

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166181

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Frank William Webster

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150073

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Ernest Webster

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148788

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Alexander Webster

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75346

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George Webster

Died 1917

British Army SS/12122 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army SS/12122 Private Army Service Corps

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George Thomas Webster

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 7970 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 7970 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps Machine Gun Corp

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John Webster

Born 1895

British Army 15599 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers 8th Battalion

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James Athelstan Webster

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 506716 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 2382 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Percy Harold Webster

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 128675 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Douglas Griffiths Williams Webster

Born 1890

Died 1954

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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