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Sydney New South Wales [23]

Southampton, Hampshire [15]

London, Middlesex, England [13]

London England [11]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

London, Middlesex [7]

Plymouth, Devon [6]

Alberton Victoria [5]

Devonport, Devon [5]

Devizes, Wiltshire [4]

Islington, London [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Richmond Victoria [4]

Sunderland, Durham [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Billericay, Essex [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Canterbury England [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Newbury, Berkshire [3]

Paddington, London [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

South Melbourne Victoria [3]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3]

Alresford, Hampshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Balmattum Victoria [2]

Barham, Kent [2]

Beechworth Victoria [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Bowral New South Wales [2]

Bradwell, Suffolk [2]

Bright Victoria [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Christchurch [2]

Clare, Suffolk [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Colac Victoria [2]

Collarenebri New South Wales [2]

Crookwell New South Wales [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Durham [2]

Rank

Private [2009]

Gunner [235]

Driver [192]

Corporal [165]

Serjeant [152]

Sapper [109]

Lance Corporal [82]

Second Lieutenant [81]

Lieutenant [66]

Captain [49]

Acting Corporal [39]

Acting Serjeant [35]

Pioneer [33]

Bombardier [31]

Major [15]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Rifleman [12]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Sister [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [8]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Worker [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Guardsman [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Trooper [5]

Commander [4]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Transport Serjeant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Aircraftman 1st Class [2]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [289]

Labour Corps [238]

Royal Engineers [235]

Army Service Corps [219]

London Regiment [171]

Royal Garrison Artillery [136]

Royal Army Medical Corps [114]

Machine Gun Corps [92]

Northumberland Fusiliers [79]

Durham Light Infantry [69]

Middlesex Regiment [68]

Royal Fusiliers [64]

Essex Regiment [62]

Rifle Brigade [52]

Hampshire Regiment [48]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [48]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [47]

The Queen's Regiment [46]

Devonshire Regiment [44]

Gloucestershire Regiment [44]

Manchester Regiment [42]

Royal Army Service Corps [42]

Somerset Light Infantry [41]

Worcestershire Regiment [40]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [39]

East Kent Regiment [38]

Northamptonshire Regiment [38]

East Surrey Regiment [37]

Suffolk Regiment [36]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [35]

Royal West Kent Regiment [34]

Wiltshire Regiment [34]

Army Ordnance Corps [31]

York and Lancaster Regiment [31]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [30]

East Yorkshire Regiment [29]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [28]

Royal Sussex Regiment [27]

Royal Air Force [26]

South Wales Borderers [26]

Dorsetshire Regiment [25]

Norfolk Regiment [25]

Leicestershire Regiment [24]

Welsh Regiment [24]

West Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Cheshire Regiment [23]

Canadian Infantry [22]

Royal Horse Artillery [22]

Royal Irish Rifles [22]

Service

British Army [3145]

Royal Navy [361]

Australian Imperial Force [246]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [238]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [215]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [68]

Other Empire Force [16]

Indian Army [5]

Last name first letter

W [4355]

C [1]

E [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4267]

Merchant Navy [65]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [73]

New Zealand [3]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [23] Southampton, Hampshire [15] London, Middlesex, England [13] London England [11] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] London, Middlesex [7] Plymouth, Devon [6] Alberton Victoria [5] Devonport, Devon [5] Devizes, Wiltshire [4] Islington, London [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Richmond Victoria [4] Sunderland, Durham [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Billericay, Essex [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Canterbury England [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Newbury, Berkshire [3] Paddington, London [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] South Melbourne Victoria [3] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Alresford, Hampshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Balmattum Victoria [2] Barham, Kent [2] Beechworth Victoria [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birmingham England [2] Bowral New South Wales [2] Bradwell, Suffolk [2] Bright Victoria [2] Brixton, London [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Camberwell, London [2] Christchurch [2] Clare, Suffolk [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Colac Victoria [2] Collarenebri New South Wales [2] Crookwell New South Wales [2] Deptford, London [2] Durham [2]

Rank

Private [2009] Gunner [235] Driver [192] Corporal [165] Serjeant [152] Sapper [109] Lance Corporal [82] Second Lieutenant [81] Lieutenant [66] Captain [49] Acting Corporal [39] Acting Serjeant [35] Pioneer [33] Bombardier [31] Major [15] Company Serjeant Major [12] Rifleman [12] Colour Serjeant [11] Lance Serjeant [10] Sister [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [8] Shoeing Smith [8] Worker [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [6] Able Seaman [5] Acting Bombardier [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Guardsman [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Trooper [5] Commander [4] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Transport Serjeant [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Aircraftman 1st Class [2] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [289] Labour Corps [238] Royal Engineers [235] Army Service Corps [219] London Regiment [171] Royal Garrison Artillery [136] Royal Army Medical Corps [114] Machine Gun Corps [92] Northumberland Fusiliers [79] Durham Light Infantry [69] Middlesex Regiment [68] Royal Fusiliers [64] Essex Regiment [62] Rifle Brigade [52] Hampshire Regiment [48] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [48] King's Royal Rifle Corps [47] The Queen's Regiment [46] Devonshire Regiment [44] Gloucestershire Regiment [44] Manchester Regiment [42] Royal Army Service Corps [42] Somerset Light Infantry [41] Worcestershire Regiment [40] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [39] East Kent Regiment [38] Northamptonshire Regiment [38] East Surrey Regiment [37] Suffolk Regiment [36] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [35] Royal West Kent Regiment [34] Wiltshire Regiment [34] Army Ordnance Corps [31] York and Lancaster Regiment [31] Royal Berkshire Regiment [30] East Yorkshire Regiment [29] Liverpool Regiment [29] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [28] Royal Sussex Regiment [27] Royal Air Force [26] South Wales Borderers [26] Dorsetshire Regiment [25] Norfolk Regiment [25] Leicestershire Regiment [24] Welsh Regiment [24] West Yorkshire Regiment [24] Cheshire Regiment [23] Canadian Infantry [22] Royal Horse Artillery [22] Royal Irish Rifles [22]

Service

British Army [3145] Royal Navy [361] Australian Imperial Force [246] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [238] Canadian Expeditionary Force [215] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [68] Other Empire Force [16] Indian Army [5]

Last name first letter

W [4355] C [1] E [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4267] Merchant Navy [65] Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [73] New Zealand [3] Australia [2] Canada [1]

Frederick Howard Willis

Born 1876

Died 1965

British Army 37354 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 37354 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Edgar Walter Willis

Born 1878

Died 1963

British Army 153188 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 153188 gunner 266 Siege Battery Royal Regiment of Artillery. in BEF France

British Army 153188 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 266 Siege Battalion

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William James Willis

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 665 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army 665 Acting Sergeant Corps of Military Police Mounted Branch Battalion

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George Leonard Willis

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army G/1351 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army 16283 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd

British Army 5362 Private Leinster Regiment 2nd to 14.12.16 then 7th

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Lawrence William Willis

Born 1880

Died 1965

British Army 194001 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 194001 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 20 Fire Command

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Thomas James Willis

Born 1889

Died 1936

British Army Royal Engineers

British Army 264123 Sapper Royal Engineers 221st AT Coy

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Stanley Willis

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army 3686 Private Welsh Guards

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Frederick Willis

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 21325 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 204254 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 55504 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion

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Oscar Willis

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 1010 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 1010 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Carl Bleackley Willis

Born 1893

Died 1930

Australian Imperial Force 346 Private 10th Field Ambulance Ascot Vale

Australian Imperial Force 346 private Australian Pioneers 3rd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 346 Corporal Australian Pioneers 3rd Battalion

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Francis Joseph Willis

Born 1890

Died 1973

Australian Imperial Force 7089

Australian Imperial Force 7089 23rd Unit 7th Battalion

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George Henry Willis

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 202025 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/289341 Sapper Royal Engineers 115th Railway Coy

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Robert Wilfred Willis

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3054 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 70854 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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John Alfred Willis

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 112259 Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 34288 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Bn.

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Richard Raymond Willis

Born 1877

Died 1966

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Sydney James Willis

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 490 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army 490 Private London Regiment

British Army 490 Lance Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Henry Victor Willis

Born 1895

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 983 Private Australian Infantry 31st Battalion

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Sydney Thomas Willis

Born 1883

Died 1942

British Army 1805 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army GS/20511 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Albert Walter Willis

Born 1897

Died 1965

British Army 270872 Private East Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Howard Willis

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy PI 39116 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 39116 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston-Dunkirk

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