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Sydney New South Wales [3]

Wee Waa New South Wales [3]

Exminster, Exeter, Devon [2]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Kettering Tasmania [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Wimbledon, Surrey [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bloomsbury, London [1]

Bow, London, Middlesex [1]

Brackley England [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Broomehill Western Australia [1]

Broughly Ferry Scotland [1]

Bulyeroi New South Wales [1]

Carnoustie, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Cobbra New South Wales [1]

Collarenebri New South Wales [1]

Coonamble New South Wales [1]

Cosham, Hampshire [1]

Dawlish, Devon [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Dunbartonshire [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Eltham, Kent [1]

Exeter [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Gulf Creek New South Wales [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Homebush New South Wales [1]

Kimberley [1]

Kirklington, Bedale, Yorkshire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leeton New South Wales [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Locher, Forfarshire [1]

Manchester [1]

Narrabri New South Wales [1]

Newton Abbott, Devon [1]

Newton, Lancashire [1]

Ottawa [1]

Rank

Private [190]

Gunner [32]

Sapper [13]

Serjeant [12]

Corporal [11]

Driver [11]

Captain [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Pioneer [4]

Bombardier [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant Private [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Volunteer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [27]

Royal Field Artillery [26]

Army Service Corps [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Labour Corps [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Royal Highlanders [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Scots [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [310]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [39]

Royal Navy [34]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [450]

M [2]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [438]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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People [453] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [3] Wee Waa New South Wales [3] Exminster, Exeter, Devon [2] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Kettering Tasmania [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Wimbledon, Surrey [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bloomsbury, London [1] Bow, London, Middlesex [1] Brackley England [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broomehill Western Australia [1] Broughly Ferry Scotland [1] Bulyeroi New South Wales [1] Carnoustie, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Cobbra New South Wales [1] Collarenebri New South Wales [1] Coonamble New South Wales [1] Cosham, Hampshire [1] Dawlish, Devon [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Dunbartonshire [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Eltham, Kent [1] Exeter [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1] Gulf Creek New South Wales [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Hampstead, London [1] Homebush New South Wales [1] Kimberley [1] Kirklington, Bedale, Yorkshire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leeton New South Wales [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Locher, Forfarshire [1] Manchester [1] Narrabri New South Wales [1] Newton Abbott, Devon [1] Newton, Lancashire [1] Ottawa [1]

Rank

Private [190] Gunner [32] Sapper [13] Serjeant [12] Corporal [11] Driver [11] Captain [9] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Lieutenant [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Corporal [4] Pioneer [4] Bombardier [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant Private [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Volunteer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [27] Royal Field Artillery [26] Army Service Corps [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Labour Corps [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Machine Gun Corps [12] Royal Highlanders [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Durham Light Infantry [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Scots [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Highland Light Infantry [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Gordon Highlanders [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Scottish Rifles [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [310] Canadian Expeditionary Force [39] Royal Navy [34] Australian Imperial Force [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [450] M [2] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [438] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Alexander Whitton

Born 1870

British Army Captain Cameron Highlanders

British Army 2348 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

British Army 2348 Regimental Serjeant Major Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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John Whitton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82365

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Walter Whitton

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37474

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Arthur Edward Whitton Whitton

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75212

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James William Whitton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57841

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William Samuel Whitton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161708

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George Alfred Whitton

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306615

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Frederick William Whitton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8820

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Herbert Edward Whitton

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30491

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John Whitton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17231

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Arthur Whitton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1673 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd/7th (Cyclist) Bn

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Wilfred Whitton

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118728

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Samuel Whitton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161530

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Frank Whitton

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180718

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Frank Whitton

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 3/10407 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 10407 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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David Whitton

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army S/4/093585 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 198693 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Whitton

Died 1917

British Army 91856 Private Tank Corps

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Fred Whitton

Died 1917

British Army 41183 Private Manchester Regiment

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Arthur Leonard Whitton

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 51460 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 40966 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Frederick Whitton

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 9064 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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