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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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People [9827] Stories Communities

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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]

Joseph Wilkinson

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 40725 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 40725 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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William Alexander Camac Wilkinson

Born 1892

Died 1983

British Army Acting Captain Coldstream Guards

British Army Captain Coldstream Guards

British Army Captain

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Clarence Wilkinson

British Army 16/351 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 16th (Service) Battalion (1st Bradford)

British Army 16/351 Company Serjeant Major West Yorkshire Regiment 16th (Service) Battalion (1st Bradford)

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John Graham Wilkinson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1169 Private Drafting Unit

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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John Wilkinson

Died 1921

British Army 3536 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240865 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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William Ebden Wilkinson

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army R 1772 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R 34448 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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John Rothes Marlow Wilkinson

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Joseph Hardy Wilkinson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 20094 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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Clarence Wilkinson

Born 1892

Other Empire Force 3919 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 4732 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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Harry Wilkinson

Died 1919

British Army 430608 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 430608 Sapper Royal Engineers 23rd A. C. Signal Company

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Joseph Wilkinson

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 50546 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 30303 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Abraham Wilkinson

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 20134 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Richard Wilkinson

Born 1880

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101244 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

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Edmund Wilkinson

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2207 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2207 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1/7th Battalion

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Douglas Leslie Wilkinson

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 10008 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frank Wilkinson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 3728 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 37174 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Hedley Wilkinson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 10823 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 350212 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Geoffrey Miles Wilkinson

Born 1898

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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John Wilkinson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1767 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 240228 Sergeant East Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Seth Wilkinson

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 33924 Private Border Regiment

British Army 27752 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 27752 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th Battalion

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