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Sydney New South Wales [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

London England [3]

Abingdon, Berkshire [2]

Bishop's Waltham England [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Cranleigh, Surrey [2]

Islington, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Nowra New South Wales [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Basingstoke England [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Blackfriars, London [1]

Clapham England [1]

Cowes, Isle of Wight [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Forton, Gosport, Hants [1]

Greenhithe, Kent [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Hampshire [1]

Highworth,Wiltshire [1]

Kingston, Portsmouth [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Lexton Victoria [1]

Littlehampton, Sussex [1]

London, Acton, Middlesex [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Mackay Queensland [1]

Manchester [1]

Manchester Lancashire [1]

Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Penge England [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Portree, Staffordshire, England [1]

Prahran Victoria [1]

Preston Candover, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Saint Lukes, London [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Soke, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [171]

Driver [22]

Gunner [17]

Serjeant [14]

Corporal [12]

Sapper [11]

Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Captain [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Major [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Captain Acting Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [26]

Royal Engineers [20]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

London Regiment [13]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [267]

Royal Navy [43]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [384]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [378]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] London England [3] Abingdon, Berkshire [2] Bishop's Waltham England [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Cranleigh, Surrey [2] Islington, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Nowra New South Wales [2] Wandsworth, London [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Basingstoke England [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Blackfriars, London [1] Clapham England [1] Cowes, Isle of Wight [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Deptford, London [1] Forton, Gosport, Hants [1] Greenhithe, Kent [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hampshire [1] Highworth,Wiltshire [1] Kingston, Portsmouth [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Lexton Victoria [1] Littlehampton, Sussex [1] London, Acton, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Mackay Queensland [1] Manchester [1] Manchester Lancashire [1] Newbury, Berkshire [1] Paddington, London [1] Penge England [1] Poplar, London [1] Portree, Staffordshire, England [1] Prahran Victoria [1] Preston Candover, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Saint Lukes, London [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Soke, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [171] Driver [22] Gunner [17] Serjeant [14] Corporal [12] Sapper [11] Lance Corporal [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Lieutenant [4] Rifleman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [3] Captain [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Major [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Signaller [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Captain Acting Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [26] Royal Engineers [20] Royal Field Artillery [18] London Regiment [13] Hampshire Regiment [12] Labour Corps [12] Royal Fusiliers [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Middlesex Regiment [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Essex Regiment [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hussars [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [267] Royal Navy [43] Australian Imperial Force [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [384] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [378] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

George Arthur Westbrook

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 17958 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 17958 Private Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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James John Westbrook

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301628

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Alfred Thomas Westbrook

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 3617 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371420 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3617 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Samuel John Westbrook

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133639

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Arthur Westbrook

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15053 Acting Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 15053 Private Hampshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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George Philip Westbrook

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1854 Private Buckinghamshire Battalion

British Army 1854 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/1st Bucks Battalion

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Herbert Walter Westbrook

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8104

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Frederick Westbrook

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229525

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Alfred James Henry Westbrook

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50127

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Frederick James Westbrook

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J91574 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Cecil Frank Westbrook

Born 1898

Died 1919

Royal Navy L6509 Officer's Steward 2nd Class H.M.S. "Rocket"

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Leonard Bruce Martin Westbrook

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217440

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Godfrey Walter Steer Westbrook

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219236

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Horace Frederick Baylis Westbrook

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228764

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James Westbrook

Born 1867

Died 1917

British Army 250 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 200235 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 200235 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Arthur James Westbrook

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army T/2903 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 201140 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 201140 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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John Alfred Westbrook

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 83215 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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H Westbrook

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 86 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Walter Westbrook

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/5613 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/5613 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Alfred Henry Westbrook

Died 1917

British Army 34773 Private Essex Regiment

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