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Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Brighton Victoria [2]

Dublin [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London England [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Banana Queensland [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cheshire [1]

Dalston, London [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Drogheda, Louth [1]

Dubbo New South Wales [1]

Dublin, Ireland [1]

Finglas, Dublin [1]

Franklin Tasmania [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Jarrow, Durham [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Malakoff Victoria [1]

Massingham, Norfolk [1]

Meerut [1]

Motherwell, Lanarkshire [1]

Notting Hill, London [1]

Notting Hill, Middlesex [1]

Oldbury, Worcestershire [1]

Queenstown, Cork [1]

Saint Andrews, Dublin [1]

Shaftesbury, Dorset [1]

Sheffield England [1]

Slane, Meath [1]

St Pancras, London [1]

Taroom Queensland [1]

Taunton, Somerset [1]

Tracey Honiton, Devon [1]

Willesden, London [1]

Willesden, Middlesex [1]

Winnipeg [1]

Wolverton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Yackandandah Victoria [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [196]

Gunner [27]

Serjeant [17]

Captain [11]

Corporal [10]

Driver [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lieutenant [6]

Major [6]

Pioneer [6]

Sapper [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Agent [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Fusilier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lt. Col. [1]

Major (temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant /Temporary Serjeant Major [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant/Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Major /Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [30]

Labour Corps [23]

Royal Engineers [18]

Army Service Corps [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

London Regiment [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Leinster Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Irish Rifles [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Hussars [3]

Intelligence Corps [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Special List [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Dragoons [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [307]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [55]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Royal Navy [24]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [444]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Ireland [2]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Brighton Victoria [2] Dublin [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London England [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Banana Queensland [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cheshire [1] Dalston, London [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Drogheda, Louth [1] Dubbo New South Wales [1] Dublin, Ireland [1] Finglas, Dublin [1] Franklin Tasmania [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Hackney, London [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Jarrow, Durham [1] Lancashire England [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lincolnshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London, Middlesex [1] Malakoff Victoria [1] Massingham, Norfolk [1] Meerut [1] Motherwell, Lanarkshire [1] Notting Hill, London [1] Notting Hill, Middlesex [1] Oldbury, Worcestershire [1] Queenstown, Cork [1] Saint Andrews, Dublin [1] Shaftesbury, Dorset [1] Sheffield England [1] Slane, Meath [1] St Pancras, London [1] Taroom Queensland [1] Taunton, Somerset [1] Tracey Honiton, Devon [1] Willesden, London [1] Willesden, Middlesex [1] Winnipeg [1] Wolverton, Buckinghamshire [1] Yackandandah Victoria [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [196] Gunner [27] Serjeant [17] Captain [11] Corporal [10] Driver [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Lieutenant [6] Major [6] Pioneer [6] Sapper [5] Lance Corporal [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Agent [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Fusilier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lt. Col. [1] Major (temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant /Temporary Serjeant Major [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant/Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Major /Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [30] Labour Corps [23] Royal Engineers [18] Army Service Corps [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] London Regiment [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Leinster Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Irish Rifles [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Hussars [3] Intelligence Corps [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Special List [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Dragoons [2] Essex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [307] Canadian Expeditionary Force [55] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Royal Navy [24] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [444] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Ireland [2] South Africa [1]

Alfred Weldon

Died 1917

British Army 4186 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 201410 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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William Weldon

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 27619 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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James Weldon

Died 1917

British Army 212057 Sapper Royal Engineers 170 Tunnelling Commpany

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William Joseph Weldon

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Weldon

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 6935 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 6935 Private Leinster Regiment

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George Weldon

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 12074 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 12074 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Ernest Weldon

Died 1915

British Army 3/10340 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 3/10340 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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George H Weldon

Died 1919

British Army 3/3175 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 043195 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 043195 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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William Weldon

Died 1915

British Army 3/7779 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Francis Weldon

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/22064 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/22064 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Leslie Smiley Weldon

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 316325

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Thomas Weldon

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138240

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Joseph Griffith Weldon

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5084

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James Johnson Weldon

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86283

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Medley B. Weldon

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2006150

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2006150 Lance Corporal Canadian Engineers

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Leonard Weldon

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 104943

Canadian Expeditionary Force 104943 Private Canadian Infantry

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Vaughan Arthur Weldon

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 901105

Canadian Expeditionary Force 901105 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Weldon

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 16/305 Company Serjeant Major Northumberland Fusiliers

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Frank Weldon

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 2991 Private Durham Light Infantry 1st/6th Bn.

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Michael Weldon

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291354

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