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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]

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Place of birth

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]

John Mundin Wilkins

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280061

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William Charles Wilkins

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82051

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Benjamin Charles Wilkins

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135622

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George Jeremy Wilkins

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88544

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Alfred Henry John Wilkins

Born 1899

Died 1998

Royal Navy F36738 AM II(E) RNAS HMS "President II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236738 Royal Air Force

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John Wilkins

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103251

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Alfred William Wilkins

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113132

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Henry Victor Wilkins

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207387

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Charles Benjamin William Wilkins

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22805

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John Wilkins

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33871

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Francis Charles Wilkins

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102059

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Sidney Arthur Wilkins

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16786

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Charles Wilkins

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69518

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Bertram Sydney Wilkins

Born 1899

Died 1983

Royal Navy F49159 AC II RNAS HMS "President II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249159 Royal Air Force

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Charles Frank Wilkins

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107517

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George Richard Wilkins

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99535

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Thomas Charles Wilkins

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31125

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Alfred William Wilkins

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 2522 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army G/28599 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Harry Wilkins

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60176

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Alfred Wilkins

Died 1917

British Army 3046 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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