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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [26]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8]

Ballarat Victoria [6]

Fingal Tasmania [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Liskeard, Cornwall [4]

Chester [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Stawell Victoria [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Beaufort Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Cardiff [2]

Christchurch [2]

Cooktown Queensland [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

East Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Isisford Queensland [2]

Maldon Victoria [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Maryport, Cumberland [2]

Mount Morgan Queensland [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

South Moor, Durham [2]

Whitton New South Wales [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Acton, London [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Arbroath Scotland [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Auchinblae, Kincardineshire [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Baillieston, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire [1]

Ballarat East Victoria [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Bermondsea, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Rank

Private [1345]

Gunner [125]

Driver [124]

Serjeant [84]

Corporal [79]

Sapper [58]

Lance Corporal [46]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Acting Corporal [22]

Lieutenant [21]

Captain [16]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Pioneer [13]

Bombardier [11]

Able Seaman [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Rifleman [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Major [3]

Sergeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Trimmer [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Armourer Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boatswain [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain (Musical Director) [1]

Chief Writer [1]

Colour Serjeant/ Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [193]

Royal Field Artillery [167]

Royal Engineers [137]

Army Service Corps [103]

Durham Light Infantry [77]

Northumberland Fusiliers [67]

Royal Garrison Artillery [66]

Highland Light Infantry [62]

Royal Scots [62]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [48]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [48]

Liverpool Regiment [48]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [47]

Royal Army Medical Corps [45]

Scottish Rifles [45]

Machine Gun Corps [44]

Royal Highlanders [40]

Lancashire Fusiliers [34]

London Regiment [32]

West Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Manchester Regiment [26]

Royal Defence Corps [26]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [26]

Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Border Regiment [25]

Gordon Highlanders [25]

Seaforth Highlanders [25]

Army Ordnance Corps [22]

Cheshire Regiment [22]

East Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

South Lancashire Regiment [20]

Canadian Infantry [19]

The Queen's Regiment [19]

Royal Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Naval Division [18]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17]

Welsh Regiment [17]

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

Cameron Highlanders [13]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

North Staffordshire Regiment [13]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [13]

South Wales Borderers [13]

Worcestershire Regiment [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1882]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [188]

Royal Navy [146]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [102]

Australian Imperial Force [98]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [44]

Other Empire Force [6]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [2539]

C [2]

F [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2455]

Merchant Navy [72]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [26] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [8] Ballarat Victoria [6] Fingal Tasmania [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Belfast, Antrim [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Liskeard, Cornwall [4] Chester [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Stawell Victoria [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ardrossan, Ayrshire [2] Battersea, London [2] Beaufort Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Cardiff [2] Christchurch [2] Cooktown Queensland [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] East Stonehouse, Devon [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Isisford Queensland [2] Maldon Victoria [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Maryport, Cumberland [2] Mount Morgan Queensland [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] South Moor, Durham [2] Whitton New South Wales [2] Aberdeen [1] Acton, London [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Arbroath Scotland [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire [1] Auchinblae, Kincardineshire [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Baillieston, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire [1] Ballarat East Victoria [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Belfast, Down [1] Bermondsea, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1]

Rank

Private [1345] Gunner [125] Driver [124] Serjeant [84] Corporal [79] Sapper [58] Lance Corporal [46] Second Lieutenant [23] Acting Corporal [22] Lieutenant [21] Captain [16] Acting Serjeant [14] Pioneer [13] Bombardier [11] Able Seaman [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Rifleman [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Major [3] Sergeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Worker [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Trimmer [2] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Armourer Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Bandmaster [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boatswain [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Bugler [1] Captain (Musical Director) [1] Chief Writer [1] Colour Serjeant/ Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [193] Royal Field Artillery [167] Royal Engineers [137] Army Service Corps [103] Durham Light Infantry [77] Northumberland Fusiliers [67] Royal Garrison Artillery [66] Highland Light Infantry [62] Royal Scots [62] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [48] King's Own Scottish Borderers [48] Liverpool Regiment [48] Royal Scots Fusiliers [47] Royal Army Medical Corps [45] Scottish Rifles [45] Machine Gun Corps [44] Royal Highlanders [40] Lancashire Fusiliers [34] London Regiment [32] West Yorkshire Regiment [28] Manchester Regiment [26] Royal Defence Corps [26] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [26] Yorkshire Regiment [26] Border Regiment [25] Gordon Highlanders [25] Seaforth Highlanders [25] Army Ordnance Corps [22] Cheshire Regiment [22] East Yorkshire Regiment [22] Royal Fusiliers [22] South Lancashire Regiment [20] Canadian Infantry [19] The Queen's Regiment [19] Royal Army Service Corps [18] Royal Naval Division [18] Middlesex Regiment [17] Rifle Brigade [17] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17] Welsh Regiment [17] Lincolnshire Regiment [15] Cameron Highlanders [13] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] North Staffordshire Regiment [13] Royal Irish Fusiliers [13] South Wales Borderers [13] Worcestershire Regiment [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Devonshire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [1882] Canadian Expeditionary Force [188] Royal Navy [146] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [102] Australian Imperial Force [98] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [44] Other Empire Force [6] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [2539] C [2] F [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2455] Merchant Navy [72] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

John Graham Welsh

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51830

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William James Welsh

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160396

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William James Welsh

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226518

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Christopher Welsh

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 8582 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Michael Welsh

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 5911 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Patrick Welsh

Born 1887

British Army 240504 Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Martin Welsh

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 32464 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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William Herbert Widlake Welsh

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army 133027 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No. 3 Fire Command

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Kenelm Gordon Welsh

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215556

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William Moir Welsh

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy TS 5152 Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 5152/TS Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Thalia."

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James Mcbean Welsh

Born 1882

Died 1918

Royal Navy U 1631 Engineman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1631/U Engineman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pembroke."

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Frederick Welsh

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120064

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William Edward Welsh

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407228

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Michael Welsh

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191244

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Alfred James Welsh

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25113

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Anthony Reginald Welsh

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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David Barron Welsh

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army T/729 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

British Army T/729 Driver Army Service Corps

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Joseph Welsh

Died 1915

British Army 2366 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Michael Welsh

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 6699 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Joseph Welsh

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 7919 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Bn.

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