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Bendigo Victoria [5]

Brixham, Devon, England [3]

Chard England [2]

Chard, Somerset [2]

Queenstown South Australia [2]

Red Hill South Australia [2]

Aigburth, Liverpool [1]

Aldinga South Australia [1]

Battersea England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Devonport, Devon, England [1]

Eastney, Portsmouth [1]

Exeter South Australia [1]

Fulham, London, Middlesex [1]

Honiton, Devon [1]

Islington, London [1]

Koolunga South Australia [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Ottery St Mary, Devon [1]

Poole, Dorset [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Richmond South Australia [1]

Richmond Victoria [1]

Rockbeare, Exeter, Devon [1]

Sidmouth, Devon [1]

Sidmouth, Devon, England [1]

Snowtown South Australia [1]

Somersham, St Ives, Huntingdonshire [1]

Staines, Middlesex [1]

Sunbury, Essex [1]

Taunton, Somerset [1]

Venus Bay South Australia [1]

Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

Yeovil, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [89]

Gunner [13]

Serjeant [8]

Driver [6]

Corporal [5]

Sapper [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Bugler [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Fitter and Gunner [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Signaller/Corporal/ Signaller/Corporal [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

London Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Australian Imperial Force/ Light Horse [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Garrison Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/Quebec Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Yeomanry [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancers [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment/ Queen's Westminster Rifles [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Service

British Army [122]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [48]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

Royal Navy [19]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [225]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [217]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

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People [226] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bendigo Victoria [5] Brixham, Devon, England [3] Chard England [2] Chard, Somerset [2] Queenstown South Australia [2] Red Hill South Australia [2] Aigburth, Liverpool [1] Aldinga South Australia [1] Battersea England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Devonport, Devon, England [1] Eastney, Portsmouth [1] Exeter South Australia [1] Fulham, London, Middlesex [1] Honiton, Devon [1] Islington, London [1] Koolunga South Australia [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Ottery St Mary, Devon [1] Poole, Dorset [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Richmond South Australia [1] Richmond Victoria [1] Rockbeare, Exeter, Devon [1] Sidmouth, Devon [1] Sidmouth, Devon, England [1] Snowtown South Australia [1] Somersham, St Ives, Huntingdonshire [1] Staines, Middlesex [1] Sunbury, Essex [1] Taunton, Somerset [1] Venus Bay South Australia [1] Ware, Hertfordshire [1] Yeovil, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [89] Gunner [13] Serjeant [8] Driver [6] Corporal [5] Sapper [4] Lance Corporal [3] Bugler [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Fitter and Gunner [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Signaller/Corporal/ Signaller/Corporal [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [15] Army Service Corps [14] Royal Field Artillery [13] Canadian Infantry [8] Labour Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] London Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Engineers [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Canadian Mounted Rifles [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [2] Tank Corps [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Australian Imperial Force/ Light Horse [1] Australian Infantry [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Garrison Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion/Quebec Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Yeomanry [1] HMS Impregnable [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancers [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment/ Queen's Westminster Rifles [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Service

British Army [122] Canadian Expeditionary Force [48] Australian Imperial Force [19] Royal Navy [19] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [225] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [217] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

Bernard Cyril Wheaton

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402498

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Arthur Samuel Wheaton

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy L10500 Officer's Cook 3rd Class HMS Impregnable

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Thomas Wheaton

Died 1915

British Army 13714 Private Manchester Regiment

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Alfred Wheaton

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1760 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Percy Wheaton

Born 1897

Died 1914

British Army 37106 Trumpeter Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 37106 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Sydney Wheaton

Died 1917

British Army 23259 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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George Wheaton

Died 1914

British Army 8839 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Charles Wheaton

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408977

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Willie Wheaton

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199129

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Arthur Harry Wheaton

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 832191

Canadian Expeditionary Force 832191 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion

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Jack Merritt Wheaton

Born 1896

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 222135

Canadian Expeditionary Force 222135 Private Canadian Infantry

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George Wheaton

Born 1884

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 715319

Canadian Expeditionary Force 715319 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arnold Hanniford Wheaton

Born 1885

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3083141

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3083141 Private Canadian Infantry

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Clarke John Wheaton

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 901942

Canadian Expeditionary Force 901942 Private Canadian Infantry

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Harry Wheaton

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 832324

Canadian Expeditionary Force 832324 Private Canadian Infantry

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Edward Wheaton

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 9523 ALIAS Private

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John Wheaton

Australian Imperial Force 3222

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Robert Vincent Wheaton

Australian Imperial Force 3733

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George Wheaton

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 8770 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Leslie Horace Wheaton

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 67015 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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