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Hull, Yorkshire, England [7]

Adelong New South Wales [6]

Launceston Tasmania [6]

London, Middlesex [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

London England [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Barking, Essex [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Emsworth, Hampshire [3]

Erith, Kent [3]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Haverhill, Suffolk [3]

Islington, London [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Olney, Buckinghamshire [3]

Alexandra Victoria [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Gloucester England [2]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Hove, Sussex [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Manilla New South Wales [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Rochester, Kent [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Surrey [2]

Taralga New South Wales [2]

Woodville South Australia [2]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Ascot Vale Victoria [1]

Bag Enderby, Lincolnshire [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Berkshire [1]

Beston, Lincolnshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Rank

Private [745]

Gunner [95]

Driver [78]

Corporal [71]

Serjeant [56]

Lance Corporal [36]

Sapper [28]

Lieutenant [23]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Acting Corporal [16]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Bombardier [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Captain [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Rifleman [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Pioneer [4]

Worker [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Waggoner [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

AM I (G) [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy cadet [1]

Cadet Petrol [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Civilian [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Electrical Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [101]

Army Service Corps [99]

Labour Corps [82]

Royal Engineers [68]

Royal Garrison Artillery [57]

London Regiment [56]

Middlesex Regiment [38]

Machine Gun Corps [36]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

East Surrey Regiment [31]

Suffolk Regiment [29]

Essex Regiment [28]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [27]

Northamptonshire Regiment [23]

Royal Fusiliers [23]

Bedfordshire Regiment [21]

Gloucestershire Regiment [21]

Rifle Brigade [21]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

The Queen's Regiment [16]

Wiltshire Regiment [16]

Hampshire Regiment [15]

Norfolk Regiment [15]

Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

East Kent Regiment [14]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Army Cyclist Corps [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

West Riding Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1143]

Royal Navy [157]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [99]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [91]

Australian Imperial Force [70]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [1606]

B [1]

E [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1569]

Merchant Navy [25]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [39]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Hull, Yorkshire, England [7] Adelong New South Wales [6] Launceston Tasmania [6] London, Middlesex [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] London England [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Barking, Essex [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Emsworth, Hampshire [3] Erith, Kent [3] Gosport, Hampshire [3] Haverhill, Suffolk [3] Islington, London [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Olney, Buckinghamshire [3] Alexandra Victoria [2] Battersea, London [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Gloucester England [2] Guernsey, Channel Islands [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Hove, Sussex [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Lambeth, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Manilla New South Wales [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Peckham, London [2] Rochester, Kent [2] Stepney, London [2] Surrey [2] Taralga New South Wales [2] Woodville South Australia [2] Ararat Victoria [1] Ascot Vale Victoria [1] Bag Enderby, Lincolnshire [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beaconsfield Tasmania [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Berkshire [1] Beston, Lincolnshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1]

Rank

Private [745] Gunner [95] Driver [78] Corporal [71] Serjeant [56] Lance Corporal [36] Sapper [28] Lieutenant [23] Second Lieutenant [21] Acting Corporal [16] Acting Serjeant [12] Bombardier [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Captain [6] Able Seaman [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Rifleman [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Pioneer [4] Worker [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Serjeant Major [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Petty Officer [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Waggoner [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] AM I (G) [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Bandmaster [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy cadet [1] Cadet Petrol [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Civilian [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Electrical Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [101] Army Service Corps [99] Labour Corps [82] Royal Engineers [68] Royal Garrison Artillery [57] London Regiment [56] Middlesex Regiment [38] Machine Gun Corps [36] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] East Surrey Regiment [31] Suffolk Regiment [29] Essex Regiment [28] Royal Berkshire Regiment [27] Northamptonshire Regiment [23] Royal Fusiliers [23] Bedfordshire Regiment [21] Gloucestershire Regiment [21] Rifle Brigade [21] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17] Royal Army Service Corps [17] The Queen's Regiment [16] Wiltshire Regiment [16] Hampshire Regiment [15] Norfolk Regiment [15] Royal Sussex Regiment [15] East Kent Regiment [14] Welsh Regiment [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12] Devonshire Regiment [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Durham Light Infantry [10] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9] Manchester Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Army Cyclist Corps [8] Army Ordnance Corps [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] South Wales Borderers [8] West Riding Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1143] Royal Navy [157] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [99] Canadian Expeditionary Force [91] Australian Imperial Force [70] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [1606] B [1] E [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1569] Merchant Navy [25] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [39] Ireland [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

David Whiting

Born 1894

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 361 Private Australian Infantry 15th Battalion

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Percy Masters Whiting

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 4455 Private London Regiment

British Army 471630 Rifleman London Regiment (The Rangers) 12th (County of London) Battalion

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Francis George Whiting

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 5968 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Edward Whiting

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409449

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William James Whiting

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118828

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George Whiting

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29228

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Edward J Whiting

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148371

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William Whiting

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293150

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Charles Herbert Whiting

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86639

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George Ernest Whiting

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143908

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William Henry Whiting

Died 1916

British Army 11129 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 11129 Acting Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 11129 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Arthur Sidney Whiting

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy K26104

Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class

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Vernon Edward Whiting

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265666

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Albert Ernest Whiting

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281353

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George Alfred Whiting

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 26871 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Richard Whiting

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 6901 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 6901 Lance Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Joseph George Whiting

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263349

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Walter Whiting

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263996

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Robert Harold Whiting

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186252

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Arthur Edward Whiting

Born 1895

British Army 8/12490 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 38793(1?) Machine Gun Corps

British Army 202019 Acting Corporal Tank Corps

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