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Allora Queensland [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Blyth, Northumberland [2]

Bungay, Suffolk [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Gunnedah New South Wales [2]

Leith, Edinburgh [2]

Morpeth, Northumberland [2]

Norwood South Australia [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

Abbeytown, Cumberland [1]

Abbeytown, Sunderland [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Aylsham [1]

Belfast [1]

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Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1]

Bristol England [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Castleford England [1]

Chiswick, London [1]

Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Framlingham, Suffolk [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Glasgow, Scotlands [1]

Greenock Scotland [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Huron County, Ontario [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leith [1]

Leytonstone, Essex [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Newcastle Upon Tyne England [1]

Newtownards, Down [1]

North Shields, Northumberland [1]

Nottinghamshire [1]

Oldhamstocks, East Lothian [1]

Padiham, Lancashire [1]

Paisley [1]

Saxstead, Suffolk [1]

Seaton Victoria [1]

Shanklin, Isle of Wight [1]

Shropshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

St Mary's Southampton [1]

Staines, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [226]

Gunner [31]

Corporal [25]

Driver [20]

Serjeant [16]

Sapper [13]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Captain [9]

Lance Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Major [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Guardsman [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Driver and Wheeler [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Signal Officer [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [30]

Army Service Corps [28]

Royal Field Artillery [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Royal Scots [20]

Highland Light Infantry [16]

Labour Corps [15]

London Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [11]

Border Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Gordon Highlanders [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [7]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Scottish Rifles [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [363]

Royal Navy [40]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

W [500]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [493]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Allora Queensland [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Blyth, Northumberland [2] Bungay, Suffolk [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Gunnedah New South Wales [2] Leith, Edinburgh [2] Morpeth, Northumberland [2] Norwood South Australia [2] Wandsworth, London [2] Abbeytown, Cumberland [1] Abbeytown, Sunderland [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Aylsham [1] Belfast [1] Boyne, Durham [1] Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1] Bristol England [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Castleford England [1] Chiswick, London [1] Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Framlingham, Suffolk [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glasgow, Scotlands [1] Greenock Scotland [1] Holloway, London [1] Huron County, Ontario [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leith [1] Leytonstone, Essex [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Newcastle Upon Tyne England [1] Newtownards, Down [1] North Shields, Northumberland [1] Nottinghamshire [1] Oldhamstocks, East Lothian [1] Padiham, Lancashire [1] Paisley [1] Saxstead, Suffolk [1] Seaton Victoria [1] Shanklin, Isle of Wight [1] Shropshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] St Mary's Southampton [1] Staines, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [226] Gunner [31] Corporal [25] Driver [20] Serjeant [16] Sapper [13] Second Lieutenant [13] Captain [9] Lance Corporal [6] Lieutenant [5] Major [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Guardsman [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Pioneer [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Driver and Wheeler [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Second Corporal [1] Serjeant Major [1] Signal Officer [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [30] Army Service Corps [28] Royal Field Artillery [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Royal Scots [20] Highland Light Infantry [16] Labour Corps [15] London Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] King's Own Scottish Borderers [11] Border Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Gordon Highlanders [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Manchester Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Scots Fusiliers [7] Cameron Highlanders [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] Scottish Rifles [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Naval Division [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [363] Royal Navy [40] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] Australian Imperial Force [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

W [500] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [493] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Canada [1]

Cecil Maurice Wightman

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 201549

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Peter Wightman

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138209

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George Arthur Wightman

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 74474

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John Francis Wightman

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 763649 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant General List and Royal Flying Corps 11th Squadron

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Henry Percival Wightman

Born 1875

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 37041 Wellington Regiment

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Samuel Wightman

Australian Imperial Force 2512

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Robert Wightman

Australian Imperial Force 14370

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Arthur Wightman

Born 1894

Died 1921

British Army 4593 Private Border Regiment

British Army 242135 Private Border Regiment

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Percy Wightman

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 1795 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 1795 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Thomas Wightman

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army S/14098 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/14098 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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David Wightman

Died 1918

British Army 189724 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Archibald Wightman

Died 1917

British Army S/6824 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Stanley Wightman

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 71666 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 71666 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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David Wightman

Died 1916

British Army S/21673 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/43505 Private Gordon Highlanders

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John Wightman

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 41612 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 41612 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Robert Wightman

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 28775 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 204459 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Joseph Wightman

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 305810 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 305810 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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John Horsburgh Wightman

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 58308 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 58308 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Luke Wightman

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 19522 Private Border Regiment

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James Wightman

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 17365 Private Border Regiment

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