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Sittingbourne, Kent [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Tenterden, Kent [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Woolwich, Kent [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Market Weighton, Yorkshire [2]

Moss Vale New South Wales [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Prestwich, Lancashire [2]

Singleton New South Wales [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Auckland [1]

Birchington England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Black Forest South Australia [1]

Bombala New South Wales [1]

Bow, London [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

Burton upon Trent [1]

Camden Town, Middlesex [1]

Cania Queensland [1]

Canning Town, Essex [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Cathcart New South Wales [1]

Chapelthorpe, Yorkshire [1]

Cherry Burton, East Yorkshire [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Devonport Tasmania [1]

Dover England [1]

Downham, Norfolk [1]

East Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Eltham England [1]

Enfield, London [1]

Faversham, Kent, England [1]

Gosport [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Rank

Private [322]

Gunner [34]

Driver [33]

Corporal [30]

Sapper [27]

Serjeant [27]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Captain [7]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Rifleman [4]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Waggoner [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver/Gunner [1]

Drummer [1]

Foreman of Works Staff Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Saddler [1]

Sapper /Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Secretary [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant /Foreman of Works [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [52]

Royal Field Artillery [51]

Army Service Corps [37]

Labour Corps [35]

London Regiment [30]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

Royal Fusiliers [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Bedfordshire Regiment [14]

East Yorkshire Regiment [14]

East Kent Regiment [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Norfolk Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Training Reserve Battalion [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [507]

Royal Navy [51]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [38]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [694]

Contribution

Military Service [669]

Merchant Navy [16]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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Sittingbourne, Kent [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Tenterden, Kent [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Woolwich, Kent [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Islington, London [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Market Weighton, Yorkshire [2] Moss Vale New South Wales [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Poplar, London [2] Prestwich, Lancashire [2] Singleton New South Wales [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Auckland [1] Birchington England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Black Forest South Australia [1] Bombala New South Wales [1] Bow, London [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Burton upon Trent [1] Camden Town, Middlesex [1] Cania Queensland [1] Canning Town, Essex [1] Canning Town, London [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Cathcart New South Wales [1] Chapelthorpe, Yorkshire [1] Cherry Burton, East Yorkshire [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Devonport Tasmania [1] Dover England [1] Downham, Norfolk [1] East Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Edmonton, London [1] Eltham England [1] Enfield, London [1] Faversham, Kent, England [1] Gosport [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hackney, London [1]

Rank

Private [322] Gunner [34] Driver [33] Corporal [30] Sapper [27] Serjeant [27] Second Lieutenant [11] Lieutenant [10] Captain [7] Pioneer [7] Acting Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Rifleman [4] Staff Serjeant [3] Waggoner [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Shoeing Smith [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver/Gunner [1] Drummer [1] Foreman of Works Staff Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Corporal [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Saddler [1] Sapper /Acting Lance Corporal [1] Secretary [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant /Foreman of Works [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [52] Royal Field Artillery [51] Army Service Corps [37] Labour Corps [35] London Regiment [30] Middlesex Regiment [22] Royal Fusiliers [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Machine Gun Corps [16] Bedfordshire Regiment [14] East Yorkshire Regiment [14] East Kent Regiment [13] Yorkshire Regiment [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Essex Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Norfolk Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Grenadier Guards [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Training Reserve Battalion [4] Border Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [507] Royal Navy [51] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [38] Australian Imperial Force [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [694]

Contribution

Military Service [669] Merchant Navy [16] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [21] South Africa [1] United States [1]

William Wiles

Born 1878

Died 1970

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3082659

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3082659 Private 1st Quebec Regiment 1st Depot Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3082659 Private Quebec Regiment 23rd Reserve Battalion

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Herbert Wiles

Born 1897

Died 1985

British Army 36661 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 36661 Private East Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 7585 Private Manchester Regiment 16th (Service) Battalion

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John Thorburn Wiles

Born 1894

British Army 1616 Private Yorkshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 3570 Pioneer Royal Engineers 3rd Signal Company

British Army 1616 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Regiment 24th Provisional Battalion

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James Wiles

Born 1884

Died 1960

Canadian Expeditionary Force 41196 Private 2nd Brigade C.F.A.

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Alfred Ernest Wiles

Died 1915

British Army Royal Engineers

British Army 72776 Sapper Royal Engineers GHQ Signals Company, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force

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Harry Wiles

Born 1897

Died 1982

British Army 45 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant West Riding Regiment

British Army 45 2nd Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corp 1st West Riding Field Ambulance

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Harry Wiles

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 63236 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 63236 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 63236 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Wiles

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy J10448 Leading Seaman HMS Nomad

Royal Navy J10448 Leading Seaman Hms Nomad

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John Allen Wiles

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52420

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Alfred John Wiles

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22139

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Keith Charles Wiles

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 270396

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Osborn David Wiles

Born 1895

Died 1978

British Army 5563 Private London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Henry Marchant Wiles

Born 1882

Died 1946

British Army 34727/RA Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 34727 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Courtney Wiles

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31324

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James Wiles

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83677

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Frederick George Wiles

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197109

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John Henry Wiles

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112664

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Dudley Wiles

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70641

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Harry Wiles

Born 1888

Died 1973

British Army 203334 Private Middlesex Regiment

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George Arthur Wiles

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army S4/247504 Private Army Service Corps

British Army T4/247504 Private Army Service Corps

British Army T4/247504 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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