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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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Place of birth

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]

William Donald Wilkinson

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army 4671 Private London Regiment 28th Battalion Artists Rifles

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 13th Battalion

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George Bertram (bob) Wilkinson

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 2322 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Territorial Battalion.

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John Joseph Wilkinson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 17809 Private Durham Light Infantry 13th Battalion

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Joseph Wilkinson

Born 1872

Australian Imperial Force 3391 Private 42nd Infantry Battalion

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Sam Wilkinson

Died 1916

British Army 31434 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Albert Wilkinson

Born 1888

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 931

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Leonard Thomas Wilkinson

Born 1896

Died 1914

Royal Navy RMA/14032 Private Royal Marine Artillery

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Alfred Thomas Leslie Wilkinson

Born 1894

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2256 Sergeant Australian Infantry 54th Bn

Australian Imperial Force 2256 Acting Corporal Australian Infantry 46th Bn

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Harold Wilkinson

Died 1917

British Army 28583 Private East Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Eyre Spenser Wilkinson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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John Charles Wilkinson

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/11650 Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army GS/52161 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

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Richard Hartley Sagar Wilkinson

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army GS/51433 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Jonas Coulton Wilkinson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2037 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 2037 Serjeant Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Andrew James Wilkinson

Born 1874

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3968 Private 13th Australian Light trench Mortar Battery

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George Henry Wilkinson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 11717 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Daniel Wilkinson

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 40429 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

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Cecil Allan Wilkinson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1311 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 239543 Driver Herefordshire Regiment

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George Wilkinson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 16429 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion.

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Herbert Wilkinson

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 12244 Private Manchester Regiment 9th Battalion Enlisted September 1914.

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Harry Wilkinson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 24198 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 24198 Driver Royal Field Artillery 298th Brigade Ammunition Column

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