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Reading, Berkshire [5]

London, Middlesex [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Colchester, Essex [3]

Inverell New South Wales [3]

Islington, London, Middlesex [3]

London England [3]

Margate, Kent [3]

Swanage, Dorset [3]

Ararat Victoria [2]

Bagdad Tasmania [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Berry New South Wales [2]

Bridekirk, Cumberland [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Cowra New South Wales [2]

Finsbury, London [2]

Hythe, Kent [2]

Islington, London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Maryborough Queensland [2]

Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Norwich [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ashford, Middlesex [1]

Auburn Victoria [1]

Ayr Queensland [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bayswater Victoria [1]

Beechworth Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bocking, Braintree, Essex [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Brompton, London [1]

Buffalo, New York [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Cambridgeshire [1]

Canowindra New South Wales [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Cape Colony, South Africa [1]

Rank

Private [501]

Gunner [58]

Driver [56]

Corporal [46]

Sapper [31]

Serjeant [31]

Lieutenant [15]

Lance Corporal [14]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Acting Corporal [10]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Bombardier [8]

Captain [8]

Major [5]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Drummer [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Driver and Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Forewoman [1]

Fuslier [1]

Hospital Orderly [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Private (Chemist) [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Pte [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [74]

Royal Field Artillery [69]

Army Service Corps [60]

Royal Engineers [53]

London Regiment [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery [33]

Royal Fusiliers [32]

Middlesex Regiment [27]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [26]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Rifle Brigade [21]

Suffolk Regiment [18]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

Norfolk Regiment [14]

Bedfordshire Regiment [13]

East Surrey Regiment [13]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [12]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Royal Horse Artillery [10]

Wiltshire Regiment [10]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Corps of Hussars [8]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Hertfordshire Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Leinster Regiment [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [778]

Royal Navy [80]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [72]

Australian Imperial Force [65]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

W [1050]

Contribution

Military Service [1034]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Reading, Berkshire [5] London, Middlesex [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Colchester, Essex [3] Inverell New South Wales [3] Islington, London, Middlesex [3] London England [3] Margate, Kent [3] Swanage, Dorset [3] Ararat Victoria [2] Bagdad Tasmania [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Berry New South Wales [2] Bridekirk, Cumberland [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Brixton, London [2] Cowra New South Wales [2] Finsbury, London [2] Hythe, Kent [2] Islington, London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Maryborough Queensland [2] Newbury, Berkshire [2] Norwich [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Watford, Hertfordshire [2] Acton, Middlesex [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ashford, Middlesex [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Ayr Queensland [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Bayswater Victoria [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bocking, Braintree, Essex [1] Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Brompton, London [1] Buffalo, New York [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cambridgeshire [1] Canowindra New South Wales [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Cape Colony, South Africa [1]

Rank

Private [501] Gunner [58] Driver [56] Corporal [46] Sapper [31] Serjeant [31] Lieutenant [15] Lance Corporal [14] Second Lieutenant [11] Acting Corporal [10] Acting Serjeant [9] Bombardier [8] Captain [8] Major [5] Pioneer [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Drummer [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Driver and Acting Lance Corporal [1] Forewoman [1] Fuslier [1] Hospital Orderly [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Nursing Sister [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Private (Chemist) [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Pte [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [74] Royal Field Artillery [69] Army Service Corps [60] Royal Engineers [53] London Regiment [42] Royal Garrison Artillery [33] Royal Fusiliers [32] Middlesex Regiment [27] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] Royal Berkshire Regiment [26] Machine Gun Corps [21] Rifle Brigade [21] Suffolk Regiment [18] The Queen's Regiment [15] Norfolk Regiment [14] Bedfordshire Regiment [13] East Surrey Regiment [13] Devonshire Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [12] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Royal Horse Artillery [10] Wiltshire Regiment [10] Liverpool Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Corps of Hussars [8] Hampshire Regiment [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Hertfordshire Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Tank Corps [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] East Kent Regiment [5] Leinster Regiment [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [778] Royal Navy [80] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [72] Australian Imperial Force [65] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

W [1050]

Contribution

Military Service [1034] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Frederick Edwin Wicks

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 9367 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Herbert Hartley Wicks

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army PS/2441 Private Middlesex Regiment 1st/8th Battalion

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George Wicks

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 6397 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army East Surrey Regiment

British Army 6397 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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Harry Valentine Inwood Wicks

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 114351 Corporal London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Francis Haywood Wicks

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 769006 Private London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion

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Henry George Wicks

Born 1896

Died 1946

British Army 1663 Private London Regiment

British Army 1663 Private The Royal Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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George Wicks

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy 11697 Pte Royal Marine Light Infantry - Plymouth Division G Company

Royal Navy 11697 Pte Royal Marine Light Infantry - Plymouth Division H Company

Royal Navy 308461 Stoker 1st Class VividII, New Zealand, Europa, Mars, Devonshire, Carnarvon, Suffolk, Doris, Indefatigable 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron - Indefatigable

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George Wicks

Born 1894

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654230

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654230 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 1st Battalion.

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Isabel Susan Wicks

Born 1874

Died 1937

Other Empire Force First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

Other Empire Force Nursing Sister Serbian Relief Fund

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Rowland Kemmis Wicks

Born 1899

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244371

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Francis Hayward Wicks

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 769006 Private London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion

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Charles William Wicks

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 33414 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 62791 Private Labour Corps

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James Wicks

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 6669 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

British Army 6669 Acting Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

British Army 6669 Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

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Walter Henry Wicks

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 245 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 200020 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 200020 Corporal Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 3/4th Battalion

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William Wicks

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56367

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Frederick William Wicks

Died 1915

British Army 1707 Drummer Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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Henry Charles Wicks

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29483

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William Albert Wicks

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6470

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Harold Buckingham Wicks

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95308

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William Henry Wicks

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282319

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