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London, Middlesex, England [11]

Northam Western Australia [10]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [9]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [9]

Sydney New South Wales [8]

Brighton, Sussex [7]

Croydon, Surrey [6]

Maidstone, Kent [6]

Launceston Tasmania [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Bristol, Somerset [4]

Camberwell, London [4]

Chatham, Kent [4]

Coventry, Warwickshire [4]

Dubbo New South Wales [4]

Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire [4]

Reading, Berkshire [4]

Walsall, Staffordshire [4]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Birmingham [3]

Brighton [3]

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [3]

Deptford, London [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

London England [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

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Clapham, London [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Fareham, Hampshire [2]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Greenwich, Kent [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Kent [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [2]

Maryborough Victoria [2]

Mudgee New South Wales [2]

Muswellbrook New South Wales [2]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Rank

Private [1489]

Gunner [161]

Driver [154]

Corporal [116]

Serjeant [106]

Sapper [103]

Lieutenant [56]

Lance Corporal [47]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Acting Serjeant [28]

Captain [28]

Acting Corporal [25]

Pioneer [24]

Bombardier [17]

Rifleman [12]

Major [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Worker [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal of Horse [4]

Guardsman [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Private Lance Corporal [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master and Captain [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Transport Corporal [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Assistant Administrator [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Drummer [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [222]

Labour Corps [191]

Army Service Corps [188]

Royal Engineers [177]

Royal Army Medical Corps [88]

Royal Garrison Artillery [78]

London Regiment [74]

Machine Gun Corps [71]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [71]

Worcestershire Regiment [60]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [54]

Gloucestershire Regiment [53]

Royal Fusiliers [50]

Wiltshire Regiment [50]

Hampshire Regiment [47]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [44]

Middlesex Regiment [43]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [42]

Rifle Brigade [41]

Devonshire Regiment [38]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [35]

Somerset Light Infantry [35]

The Queen's Regiment [34]

Essex Regiment [33]

Northumberland Fusiliers [31]

Royal Sussex Regiment [29]

Welsh Regiment [29]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27]

Royal West Kent Regiment [27]

South Wales Borderers [27]

East Surrey Regiment [26]

Manchester Regiment [26]

Northamptonshire Regiment [26]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [25]

West Yorkshire Regiment [23]

Liverpool Regiment [22]

Royal Defence Corps [22]

Royal Horse Artillery [22]

Leicestershire Regiment [21]

Army Ordnance Corps [20]

Army Veterinary Corps [20]

Dorsetshire Regiment [20]

Corps of Hussars [19]

Durham Light Infantry [19]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

Royal Naval Division [19]

Suffolk Regiment [19]

East Kent Regiment [17]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [17]

South Staffordshire Regiment [17]

Service

British Army [2327]

Royal Navy [277]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [216]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [137]

Australian Imperial Force [133]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32]

Other Empire Force [6]

Last name first letter

W [3200]

B [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3117]

Merchant Navy [59]

Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [65]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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London, Middlesex, England [11] Northam Western Australia [10] Birmingham, Warwickshire [9] Southampton, Hampshire, England [9] Sydney New South Wales [8] Brighton, Sussex [7] Croydon, Surrey [6] Maidstone, Kent [6] Launceston Tasmania [5] London, Middlesex [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Bristol, Somerset [4] Camberwell, London [4] Chatham, Kent [4] Coventry, Warwickshire [4] Dubbo New South Wales [4] Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire [4] Reading, Berkshire [4] Walsall, Staffordshire [4] Bethnal Green, London [3] Birmingham [3] Brighton [3] Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [3] Deptford, London [3] Hackney, London [3] Leicester, Leicestershire [3] London England [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Birmingham England [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [2] Clapham, London [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Fareham, Hampshire [2] Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [2] Greenwich, Kent [2] Hoxton, London [2] Kent [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Maidenhead, Berkshire [2] Maryborough Victoria [2] Mudgee New South Wales [2] Muswellbrook New South Wales [2] Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Rank

Private [1489] Gunner [161] Driver [154] Corporal [116] Serjeant [106] Sapper [103] Lieutenant [56] Lance Corporal [47] Second Lieutenant [46] Acting Serjeant [28] Captain [28] Acting Corporal [25] Pioneer [24] Bombardier [17] Rifleman [12] Major [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Colour Serjeant [7] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Worker [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Corporal of Horse [4] Guardsman [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Private Lance Corporal [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Leading Seaman [3] Nursing Sister [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Quarter Master and Captain [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Transport Corporal [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Assistant Administrator [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Drummer [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [222] Labour Corps [191] Army Service Corps [188] Royal Engineers [177] Royal Army Medical Corps [88] Royal Garrison Artillery [78] London Regiment [74] Machine Gun Corps [71] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [71] Worcestershire Regiment [60] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [54] Gloucestershire Regiment [53] Royal Fusiliers [50] Wiltshire Regiment [50] Hampshire Regiment [47] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [44] Middlesex Regiment [43] Royal Berkshire Regiment [42] Rifle Brigade [41] Devonshire Regiment [38] King's Royal Rifle Corps [35] Somerset Light Infantry [35] The Queen's Regiment [34] Essex Regiment [33] Northumberland Fusiliers [31] Royal Sussex Regiment [29] Welsh Regiment [29] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27] Royal West Kent Regiment [27] South Wales Borderers [27] East Surrey Regiment [26] Manchester Regiment [26] Northamptonshire Regiment [26] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [25] West Yorkshire Regiment [23] Liverpool Regiment [22] Royal Defence Corps [22] Royal Horse Artillery [22] Leicestershire Regiment [21] Army Ordnance Corps [20] Army Veterinary Corps [20] Dorsetshire Regiment [20] Corps of Hussars [19] Durham Light Infantry [19] Royal Army Service Corps [19] Royal Naval Division [19] Suffolk Regiment [19] East Kent Regiment [17] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [17] South Staffordshire Regiment [17]

Service

British Army [2327] Royal Navy [277] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [216] Canadian Expeditionary Force [137] Australian Imperial Force [133] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32] Other Empire Force [6]

Last name first letter

W [3200] B [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3117] Merchant Navy [59] Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [65] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Leslie William Wilkins

Born 1894

Died 1926

Canadian Expeditionary Force 117098

Canadian Expeditionary Force 117098 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 12th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 117098 Private Fort Garry Horse

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Henry Daniel Wilkins

Born 1885

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 446313 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 446313 56th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 56th Battalion

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Bernard Ivan Wilkins

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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George Hubert Wilkins

Born 1888

Died 1958

Australian Imperial Force 2nd Lieutenant Australian Flying Corps

Australian Imperial Force Captain Australian War Records No. 3 (Photographic) Sub-Section

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Samuel Joseph Wilkins

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 373796 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6936 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Alfred Wilkins

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 24136 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Burnell Wilkins

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 979 Australian Infrantry 44th Battalion

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Frederick Percy Wilkins

Born 1872

Died 1943

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277793 Private 2nd Class

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Harry Wilkins

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 15636 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th Battalion (Cambridge)

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Albert B. Wilkins

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 422 Corporal Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 403785 Corporal Royal Air Force

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Alfred Wilkins

Born 1882

Died 1915

Royal Navy 297237 Stoker 1st.Class HMS Amphlon

Royal Navy 297237 Stoker 1st.Class. HMS Amphion

Royal Navy RFR/B/5004 Stoker 1st Class Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport

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Phillip George Wilkins

Born 1891

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3264 Private Australian Infantry 59th Battalion

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Albert Wilkins

Born 1873

Died 1944

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192636

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Charles Wilkins

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 8922 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Charles Wilkins

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 50930 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Harold Augustus Theodore Wilkins

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 303272 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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John Wilkins

Died 1915

British Army 17527 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 17527 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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William Wilkins

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 3515 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Arthur Samuel Wilkins

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197867

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Richard Henry Wilkins

Born 1858

Died 1916

Other Empire Force First Engineer SS Coath

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