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Sydney New South Wales [32]

Manchester, Lancashire [26]

Leeds, Yorkshire [18]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14]

Bradford, Yorkshire [12]

Burnley, Lancashire [11]

Gateshead, Durham [11]

Melbourne Victoria [10]

Sunderland, Durham [8]

Blackburn, Lancashire [7]

Hull, Yorkshire [7]

Lancashire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Preston, Lancashire [7]

Kerang Victoria [6]

Launceston Tasmania [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Newcastle, Northumberland [6]

Parramatta New South Wales [6]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [6]

Belfast [5]

Bermondsey, London [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [5]

Devonport, Devon [5]

Durham [5]

Eastbourne, Sussex [5]

Farnham, Surrey [5]

Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Lancaster, Lancashire [5]

London England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [5]

Accrington, Lancashire [4]

Battersea, London [4]

Bearsted, Kent [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Boston, Lincolnshire [4]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Colne, Lancashire [4]

Hartlepool, Durham [4]

Lincolnshire [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Tumut New South Wales [4]

Yorkshire [4]

Bordertown South Australia [3]

Dunedin [3]

Rank

Private [4974]

Gunner [620]

Driver [388]

Serjeant [387]

Corporal [364]

Sapper [303]

Lance Corporal [187]

Second Lieutenant [162]

Lieutenant [131]

Captain [114]

Acting Corporal [85]

Pioneer [66]

Bombardier [58]

Acting Serjeant [57]

Major [38]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [35]

Staff Serjeant [27]

Rifleman [20]

Company Serjeant Major [19]

Trooper [16]

Acting Bombardier [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Sergeant [14]

Temporary Captain [14]

Guardsman [13]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [9]

Private Acting Corporal [9]

Sister [9]

Worker [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Acting Colour Serjeant [6]

Battery Serjeant Major [6]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Lance Bombardier [6]

Lieutenant Commander [6]

Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Nursing Sister [5]

Private/Lance Corporal [5]

Reverend [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Temporary Major [5]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [664]

Labour Corps [586]

Royal Engineers [579]

Army Service Corps [474]

Royal Garrison Artillery [358]

Royal Army Medical Corps [286]

West Yorkshire Regiment [277]

Durham Light Infantry [273]

Northumberland Fusiliers [268]

Machine Gun Corps [204]

Lancashire Fusiliers [202]

Manchester Regiment [196]

West Riding Regiment [184]

East Lancashire Regiment [171]

East Yorkshire Regiment [162]

London Regiment [162]

Cheshire Regiment [160]

York and Lancaster Regiment [158]

Liverpool Regiment [149]

Yorkshire Regiment [130]

Royal Fusiliers [128]

Lincolnshire Regiment [123]

Border Regiment [111]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [103]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [102]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [93]

Middlesex Regiment [89]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [89]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [86]

Royal Naval Division [77]

Army Ordnance Corps [75]

South Lancashire Regiment [74]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [72]

Royal Army Service Corps [66]

Rifle Brigade [65]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [62]

Royal Defence Corps [61]

North Staffordshire Regiment [59]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [59]

Leicestershire Regiment [57]

Tank Corps [57]

South Staffordshire Regiment [52]

Essex Regiment [47]

Worcestershire Regiment [47]

Coldstream Guards [45]

Training Reserve Battalion [44]

Army Veterinary Corps [41]

Highland Light Infantry [40]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [40]

Royal Scots [40]

Service

British Army [7573]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [616]

Royal Navy [605]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [441]

Australian Imperial Force [344]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [83]

Other Empire Force [25]

Indian Army [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [9810]

G [10]

B [2]

C [2]

A [1]

F [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [9618]

Merchant Navy [160]

Conscientious Objector [26]

Country

United Kingdom [196]

India [2]

Ireland [2]

New Zealand [2]

Australia [1]

Barbados [1]

Canada [1]

France [1]

Greece [1]

Iraq [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Panama [1]

Singapore [1]

South Africa [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [32] Manchester, Lancashire [26] Leeds, Yorkshire [18] Hull, Yorkshire, England [14] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14] Bradford, Yorkshire [12] Burnley, Lancashire [11] Gateshead, Durham [11] Melbourne Victoria [10] Sunderland, Durham [8] Blackburn, Lancashire [7] Hull, Yorkshire [7] Lancashire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Preston, Lancashire [7] Kerang Victoria [6] Launceston Tasmania [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Newcastle, Northumberland [6] Parramatta New South Wales [6] Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Sheffield, Yorkshire [6] Belfast [5] Bermondsey, London [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [5] Devonport, Devon [5] Durham [5] Eastbourne, Sussex [5] Farnham, Surrey [5] Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Lancaster, Lancashire [5] London England [5] Manchester, Lancashire, England [5] Accrington, Lancashire [4] Battersea, London [4] Bearsted, Kent [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Bolton, Lancashire [4] Boston, Lincolnshire [4] Brighton, Sussex [4] Colne, Lancashire [4] Hartlepool, Durham [4] Lincolnshire [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Tumut New South Wales [4] Yorkshire [4] Bordertown South Australia [3] Dunedin [3]

Rank

Private [4974] Gunner [620] Driver [388] Serjeant [387] Corporal [364] Sapper [303] Lance Corporal [187] Second Lieutenant [162] Lieutenant [131] Captain [114] Acting Corporal [85] Pioneer [66] Bombardier [58] Acting Serjeant [57] Major [38] Warrant Officer Class 2 [35] Staff Serjeant [27] Rifleman [20] Company Serjeant Major [19] Trooper [16] Acting Bombardier [15] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Sergeant [14] Temporary Captain [14] Guardsman [13] Lance Serjeant [12] Able Seaman [11] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [9] Private Acting Corporal [9] Sister [9] Worker [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [8] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Acting Captain [6] Acting Colour Serjeant [6] Battery Serjeant Major [6] Colour Serjeant [6] Lance Bombardier [6] Lieutenant Commander [6] Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Nursing Sister [5] Private/Lance Corporal [5] Reverend [5] Staff Nurse [5] Temporary Major [5]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [664] Labour Corps [586] Royal Engineers [579] Army Service Corps [474] Royal Garrison Artillery [358] Royal Army Medical Corps [286] West Yorkshire Regiment [277] Durham Light Infantry [273] Northumberland Fusiliers [268] Machine Gun Corps [204] Lancashire Fusiliers [202] Manchester Regiment [196] West Riding Regiment [184] East Lancashire Regiment [171] East Yorkshire Regiment [162] London Regiment [162] Cheshire Regiment [160] York and Lancaster Regiment [158] Liverpool Regiment [149] Yorkshire Regiment [130] Royal Fusiliers [128] Lincolnshire Regiment [123] Border Regiment [111] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [103] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [102] Royal Lancaster Regiment [93] Middlesex Regiment [89] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [89] King's Royal Rifle Corps [86] Royal Naval Division [77] Army Ordnance Corps [75] South Lancashire Regiment [74] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [72] Royal Army Service Corps [66] Rifle Brigade [65] Yorkshire Light Infantry [62] Royal Defence Corps [61] North Staffordshire Regiment [59] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [59] Leicestershire Regiment [57] Tank Corps [57] South Staffordshire Regiment [52] Essex Regiment [47] Worcestershire Regiment [47] Coldstream Guards [45] Training Reserve Battalion [44] Army Veterinary Corps [41] Highland Light Infantry [40] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [40] Royal Scots [40]

Service

British Army [7573] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [616] Royal Navy [605] Canadian Expeditionary Force [441] Australian Imperial Force [344] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [83] Other Empire Force [25] Indian Army [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [9810] G [10] B [2] C [2] A [1] F [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [9618] Merchant Navy [160] Conscientious Objector [26]

Country

United Kingdom [196] India [2] Ireland [2] New Zealand [2] Australia [1] Barbados [1] Canada [1] France [1] Greece [1] Iraq [1] Isle of Man [1] Panama [1] Singapore [1] South Africa [1]

Sidney John Wilkinson

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army Captain and Adjutant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Welsh Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel South Wales Borderers 10 Battalion

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Leonard William Vernon Wilkinson

Born 1897

Died 1977

British Army 4067 Private London Regiment

British Army 531606 PRIVATE London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 531606 Private London Regiment

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John Joseph Wilkinson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 49551 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 20th (Service) Battalion

British Army 49551 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 20th (Service) Battalion

British Army 49551 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Edgar James Wilkinson

Died 1916

British Army 1266 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 1266 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Hilton Wilkinson

Born 1896

British Army 998 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 998 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Wilkinson

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 706029 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Sergeant. Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Wilkinson

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 2246 Private Royal North Devon Hussars

British Army 2246 Private Royal North Devon Hussars

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George Wilkinson

Born 1883

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73059

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Albert Wilkinson

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 438588 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army T2925 Driver Royal Engineers

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Eric Russell Wilkinson

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2700 Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 47th Squadron

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Norman Wilkinson

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment 9th (Territorial) Battalion

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Maurice Hewson Wilkinson

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Harry Wilkinson

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 3/3477 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 3477

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John Weston Wilkinson

Born 1885

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77036

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Newman Wilkinson

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army M2/167646 Private Army Service Corps

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Joseph James Wilkinson

Born 1897

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1747 Private 49th Battalion

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Peter Wilkinson

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 12673 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th

British Army 12673 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 11th

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John Wilkinson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 10066 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 10066 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter Stericker Wilkinson

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army DM2/207407 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army DM2/207407 Private Army Service Corps

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John Wilkinson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 10066 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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