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Portsmouth, Hampshire [12]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

London England [7]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Birmingham [4]

Bridport, Dorset [4]

Charters Towers Queensland [4]

Cooma New South Wales [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Barnstaple, Devon [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Penryn, Cornwall [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Saint Lukes, London [3]

South Shields, Durham, England [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barnstaple, Devon, England [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Burslem, Staffordshire [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Dublin [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Haslemere, Surrey [2]

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Ilminster, Somerset [2]

Kirkcaldy Scotland [2]

Landport Portsmouth [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Liskeard, Cornwall [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Nottingham [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Pevensey, Sussex [2]

Shoreditch, London [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Southwick, Sussex [2]

Rank

Private [1176]

Gunner [117]

Driver [94]

Corporal [85]

Serjeant [84]

Sapper [73]

Second Lieutenant [53]

Lance Corporal [43]

Captain [33]

Lieutenant [30]

Acting Corporal [25]

Major [20]

Bombardier [18]

Pioneer [14]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Rifleman [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Sister [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Worker [4]

Captain and Adjutant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Gunner [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Orderly [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [163]

Royal Engineers [147]

Royal Field Artillery [145]

Army Service Corps [123]

London Regiment [98]

Royal Garrison Artillery [70]

Royal Army Medical Corps [57]

Middlesex Regiment [55]

Machine Gun Corps [51]

Royal Fusiliers [46]

Hampshire Regiment [39]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [37]

Manchester Regiment [36]

Rifle Brigade [34]

Worcestershire Regiment [34]

Somerset Light Infantry [32]

The Queen's Regiment [31]

Bedfordshire Regiment [30]

Lancashire Fusiliers [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [28]

Durham Light Infantry [27]

Gloucestershire Regiment [27]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [25]

Devonshire Regiment [24]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Cheshire Regiment [23]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23]

West Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Essex Regiment [20]

Royal West Kent Regiment [20]

East Surrey Regiment [19]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [19]

Royal Defence Corps [18]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [17]

Wiltshire Regiment [17]

Dorsetshire Regiment [15]

Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

South Staffordshire Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

East Kent Regiment [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Royal Flying Corps [14]

Army Veterinary Corps [13]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [13]

Royal Naval Division [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Service

British Army [1836]

Royal Navy [222]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [189]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [151]

Australian Imperial Force [81]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [9]

Last name first letter

W [2545]

K [10]

C [2]

S [2]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2502]

Merchant Navy [46]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [39]

Canada [3]

Malta [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [12] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] London England [7] London, Middlesex, England [7] Birmingham [4] Bridport, Dorset [4] Charters Towers Queensland [4] Cooma New South Wales [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Barnstaple, Devon [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] London, Middlesex [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Penryn, Cornwall [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Saint Lukes, London [3] South Shields, Durham, England [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barnstaple, Devon, England [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Burslem, Staffordshire [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Dublin [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Haslemere, Surrey [2] Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [2] Hoxton, London [2] Ilminster, Somerset [2] Kirkcaldy Scotland [2] Landport Portsmouth [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Liskeard, Cornwall [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Nottingham [2] Paddington, London [2] Pevensey, Sussex [2] Shoreditch, London [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Southwick, Sussex [2]

Rank

Private [1176] Gunner [117] Driver [94] Corporal [85] Serjeant [84] Sapper [73] Second Lieutenant [53] Lance Corporal [43] Captain [33] Lieutenant [30] Acting Corporal [25] Major [20] Bombardier [18] Pioneer [14] Acting Serjeant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Rifleman [8] Able Seaman [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Corporal 2nd [5] Trooper [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Sister [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Worker [4] Captain and Adjutant [3] Guardsman [3] Staff Nurse [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Gunner [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Nursing Sister [2] Orderly [2] Ordinary Seaman [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [163] Royal Engineers [147] Royal Field Artillery [145] Army Service Corps [123] London Regiment [98] Royal Garrison Artillery [70] Royal Army Medical Corps [57] Middlesex Regiment [55] Machine Gun Corps [51] Royal Fusiliers [46] Hampshire Regiment [39] King's Royal Rifle Corps [37] Manchester Regiment [36] Rifle Brigade [34] Worcestershire Regiment [34] Somerset Light Infantry [32] The Queen's Regiment [31] Bedfordshire Regiment [30] Lancashire Fusiliers [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [30] Royal Army Service Corps [28] Durham Light Infantry [27] Gloucestershire Regiment [27] Royal Berkshire Regiment [25] Devonshire Regiment [24] Liverpool Regiment [24] Cheshire Regiment [23] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23] West Yorkshire Regiment [22] Essex Regiment [20] Royal West Kent Regiment [20] East Surrey Regiment [19] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [19] Royal Defence Corps [18] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [17] Wiltshire Regiment [17] Dorsetshire Regiment [15] Royal Sussex Regiment [15] South Staffordshire Regiment [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] Army Ordnance Corps [14] East Kent Regiment [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Royal Flying Corps [14] Army Veterinary Corps [13] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [13] Royal Naval Division [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Service

British Army [1836] Royal Navy [222] Canadian Expeditionary Force [189] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [151] Australian Imperial Force [81] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [9]

Last name first letter

W [2545] K [10] C [2] S [2] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2502] Merchant Navy [46] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [39] Canada [3] Malta [1] United States [1]

Lucy Elizabeth Kemp-Welch

Born 1869

Died 1958

Other Empire Force War Artist

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Edith Mary Kemp-Welch

Born 1870

Died 1941

Other Empire Force War Artist

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Martin Kemp-Welch

Born 1885

British Army Major Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army Temporary Brigadier General Infantry Brigade

British Army Brigadier General Infantry Brigade

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Arthur Bruce Welch

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W Welch

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L. Welch

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Gregory Welch

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Edwin Steuart-Welch

Australian Imperial Force

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Ivy Welch

Born 1894

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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John Welch Alias Walsh

Died 1919

British Army 035138 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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M Mc Kemp-Welch

British Army Captain Royal West Surrey Regiment

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Risdon Kemp-Welch

British Army 14089 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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R H Stanley-Welch

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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M Kemp-Welch

British Army Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal West Surrey Regiment

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G S M Colbeck-Welch

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Anthony Kemp Welch

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Hubert Annesley H Kemp-Welch

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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G S M Colbeck-Welch

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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M Kemp-Welch

British Army Captain /Temporary Brigadier General Royal West Surrey Regiment

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M Kemp-Welch

British Army Captain and Adjutant Royal West Surrey Regiment

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