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Cape Town [2]

Hailsham [2]

Islington, London [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Biddulph, Staffordshire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Buxton, Derbyshire [1]

Cheshire England [1]

Chesterton, Staffordshire [1]

Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Cooroy Queensland [1]

Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Derby [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Derby, Leicestershire [1]

Halifax Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Lancashire [1]

Leamington, Warwickshire [1]

Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Leicester [1]

Macleay River New South Wales [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Oakengates, Shropshire [1]

Richmond River New South Wales [1]

Saint Marks, Sheffields, Yorkshire [1]

Salford Lancashire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Shropshire [1]

Staffordshire [1]

Stockport England [1]

Stockport, Cheshire, England [1]

Stoke-On-Trent, Staffs [1]

Waterloo New South Wales [1]

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Private [167]

Driver [18]

Serjeant [15]

Gunner [14]

Corporal [13]

Sapper [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26]

Royal Engineers [24]

Labour Corps [21]

Army Service Corps [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers [1]

Army Education Corps [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [260]

Royal Navy [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

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Contribution

Military Service [306]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Merchant Navy [4]

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United Kingdom [9]

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People [315] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cape Town [2] Hailsham [2] Islington, London [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Albany Western Australia [1] Belper, Derbyshire [1] Biddulph, Staffordshire [1] Birmingham England [1] Buxton, Derbyshire [1] Cheshire England [1] Chesterton, Staffordshire [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Cooroy Queensland [1] Crewe, Cheshire [1] Derby [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Derby, Leicestershire [1] Halifax Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Lancashire [1] Leamington, Warwickshire [1] Leek, Staffordshire [1] Leicester [1] Macleay River New South Wales [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Oakengates, Shropshire [1] Richmond River New South Wales [1] Saint Marks, Sheffields, Yorkshire [1] Salford Lancashire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Shropshire [1] Staffordshire [1] Stockport England [1] Stockport, Cheshire, England [1] Stoke-On-Trent, Staffs [1] Waterloo New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [167] Driver [18] Serjeant [15] Gunner [14] Corporal [13] Sapper [8] Lance Corporal [7] Pioneer [7] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [27] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26] Royal Engineers [24] Labour Corps [21] Army Service Corps [12] Manchester Regiment [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers [1] Army Education Corps [1] Cameron Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [260] Royal Navy [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] Australian Imperial Force [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]