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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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Place of birth

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 Charles Wicks

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 24133 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 40043 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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William Horace Wicks

Died 1917

British Army 33738 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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George Wicks

Died 1915

British Army 14827 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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William Charles Wicks

Died 1916

British Army 5143 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Arthur Gifford Wicks

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 9077 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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George Frederick Wicks

British Army 265032 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment

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Alfred Wicks

Died 1914

British Army 10532 Private Highland Light Infantry

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John Wicks

Died 1915

British Army 34847 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 34847 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Francis Wicks

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 3341 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Charles Thomas Wicks

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1221 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 73676 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 73676 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Frederick Wicks

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 102417 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter Wicks

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 221867 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick C Wicks

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 94504 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Edward J Wicks

Died 1917

British Army 90533 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Wicks

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 17/178 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 17/178 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Leonard Wicks

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 16891 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Harry Wicks

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army G/50163 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Herbert M Wicks

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 876721 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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James Harold Wicks

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 161864 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 20352 Pioneer Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army WR/201047 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Frank Wicks

Died 1915

British Army 11027 Private Welsh Regiment

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