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Melbourne Victoria [3]

29 Edale Road, Deptford [1]

Alexandra Victoria [1]

Ardwick Lancashire [1]

Ashton on Mersey, Manchester [1]

Bangalore New South Wales [1]

Bannaby New South Wales [1]

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Barnoldswick, Yorkshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Big Hill New South Wales [1]

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Chester [1]

Falsgrave, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Gorbals, Glasgow [1]

Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1]

Highbury [1]

Hove, Sussex [1]

Islington, London [1]

Keighley England [1]

Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

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Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Macclesfield Cheshire [1]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [1]

Pendleton Lanchashire [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Rochdale, Lancashire, England [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

South Yarra Victoria [1]

Swindon, Berkshire [1]

Taralga New South Wales [1]

York England [1]

oldham Lancshire [1]

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Private [112]

Corporal [14]

Gunner [14]

Driver [8]

Sapper [8]

Lance Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Pioneer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [15]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Army Service Corps [12]

Labour Corps [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

West Riding Regiment [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Lancers [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

35 Company, Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

City of London Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Corps of Lancers [1]

Depot Manchester Regiment [1]

Depot Royal Fusiliers [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [161]

Royal Navy [15]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

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W [207]

Contribution

Military Service [202]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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Melbourne Victoria [3] 29 Edale Road, Deptford [1] Alexandra Victoria [1] Ardwick Lancashire [1] Ashton on Mersey, Manchester [1] Bangalore New South Wales [1] Bannaby New South Wales [1] Barnoldswick [1] Barnoldswick, Yorkshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Big Hill New South Wales [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Chester [1] Falsgrave, Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Gorbals, Glasgow [1] Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1] Highbury [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Islington, London [1] Keighley England [1] Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Lambeth, London [1] London, Middlesex [1] Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Macclesfield Cheshire [1] Oxford, Oxfordshire [1] Pendleton Lanchashire [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Rochdale, Lancashire, England [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] South Yarra Victoria [1] Swindon, Berkshire [1] Taralga New South Wales [1] York England [1] oldham Lancshire [1]

Rank

Private [112] Corporal [14] Gunner [14] Driver [8] Sapper [8] Lance Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Bombardier [2] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Lieutenant [1] Pioneer [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [15] Royal Field Artillery [13] Army Service Corps [12] Labour Corps [10] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] West Riding Regiment [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Border Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Lancers [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Scottish Rifles [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 35 Company, Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] City of London Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Corps of Lancers [1] Depot Manchester Regiment [1] Depot Royal Fusiliers [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [161] Royal Navy [15] Australian Imperial Force [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [207]

Contribution

Military Service [202] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Leslie Henry Whipp

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army G/49541 Private Royal Fusiliers 22nd Battalion

British Army G/49541 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 22nd Battalion

British Army G/49541 Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 24th Battalion

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Willy Whipp

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 73188

Canadian Expeditionary Force 73188 Sergeant Canadian Infantry 28th Battalion

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Arthur Whipp

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 21069 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion.

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James Leonard Whipp

Born 1890

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5616

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5616 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps No. 4 Reserve Squadron

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George Henry Whipp

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 63883 Private Kings Liverpool Regiment 2nd/6th Bn.

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George Reynold Whipp

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281445

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Mark Whipp

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 30762 Private Cheshire Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Frederick Thomas Whipp

Died 1917

British Army 10552 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 10552 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

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John Whipp

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 1813 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 200330 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Hubert Whipp

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 36678 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Tom Whipp

Died 1917

British Army 26595 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 26595 Private Grenadier Guards

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James Whipp

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 26719 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Roland Whipp

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 12074 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 12074 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Arthur Edward Whipp

Australian Imperial Force 2993

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James Whipp

Born 1894

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/512 Otago Infantry Regiment

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Edgar Valentine Whipp

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111727

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Clifford Whipp

Born 1898

Died 1988

Royal Navy J66376

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Thomas William Whipp

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238888

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Thomas Ellis Whipp

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197189

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James William Whipp

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 2167 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

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