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Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [4]

Avoca Victoria [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Wedmore, Somerset [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

St Arnaud Victoria [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Ware, Hertfordshire [2]

Woodford, Essex [2]

Aller, Somerset [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Avenel Victoria [1]

Battersea, South Wales [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Berkhamsted England [1]

Birkenhead England [1]

Bitton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol England [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Brookfield Queensland [1]

Busselton Western Australia [1]

Cambridge [1]

Campsie New South Wales [1]

Chatham England [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Cooma New South Wales [1]

Croscombe, Somerset [1]

East Melbourne Victoria [1]

Exmouth England [1]

Exmouth, Devon [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Forbes New South Wales [1]

Glen Innes New South Wales [1]

Guildford Road, Ash, Surrey [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex [1]

Higham Perry [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [279]

Gunner [30]

Corporal [29]

Serjeant [26]

Driver [24]

Lance Corporal [14]

Lieutenant [14]

Sapper [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Acting Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Captain [5]

Bombardier [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Transport Serjeant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Machinist Serjeant Major [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Paid Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant /Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Rifleman [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [45]

Royal Engineers [35]

Labour Corps [34]

Royal Field Artillery [30]

London Regiment [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Corps of Hussars [7]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Dorset Yeomanry [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Hussars [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Service

British Army [474]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

Royal Navy [45]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [639]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [624]

Merchant Navy [9]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

India [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Goole, Yorkshire, England [4] Avoca Victoria [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Wedmore, Somerset [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Birmingham England [2] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Poplar, London [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] St Arnaud Victoria [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Ware, Hertfordshire [2] Woodford, Essex [2] Aller, Somerset [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Avenel Victoria [1] Battersea, South Wales [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Berkhamsted England [1] Birkenhead England [1] Bitton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol England [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Brookfield Queensland [1] Busselton Western Australia [1] Cambridge [1] Campsie New South Wales [1] Chatham England [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Cooma New South Wales [1] Croscombe, Somerset [1] East Melbourne Victoria [1] Exmouth England [1] Exmouth, Devon [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Forbes New South Wales [1] Glen Innes New South Wales [1] Guildford Road, Ash, Surrey [1] Hampstead, Middlesex [1] Higham Perry [1] Hobart Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [279] Gunner [30] Corporal [29] Serjeant [26] Driver [24] Lance Corporal [14] Lieutenant [14] Sapper [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Acting Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Captain [5] Bombardier [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Transport Serjeant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Mechanist Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Machinist Serjeant Major [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Paid Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant /Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Rifleman [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [45] Royal Engineers [35] Labour Corps [34] Royal Field Artillery [30] London Regiment [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Royal Fusiliers [19] Middlesex Regiment [16] Machine Gun Corps [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Devonshire Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Berkshire Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Corps of Hussars [7] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Worcestershire Yeomanry [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Dorset Yeomanry [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Coldstream Guards [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Hussars [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Service

British Army [474] Australian Imperial Force [45] Royal Navy [45] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [639] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [624] Merchant Navy [9] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [15] India [1]

Albert Mckenzie Willmott

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Augustus Charles Willmott

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260425

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Alfred John Willmott

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194694

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Edwin Charles Willmott

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229977

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David George Willmott

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 12148 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Thomas Willmott

Died 1917

British Army 1311 Private Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Joseph Clifford Willmott

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94188

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Sidney Arthur Willmott

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142854

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Charles Henry Willmott

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 13353 Private Scots Guards

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Alfred Willmott

Died 1918

British Army 162984 Driver Royal Engineers

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Charles Amos Pitham Willmott

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 20442 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 20442 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Albert Edward Willmott

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 5925 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 260179 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Harry Willmott

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 33499 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Gus Willmott

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 163190 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 202948 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harold Joseph Colin Willmott

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 19094 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Harry Ross Willmott

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 35208 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Harold J Willmott

Died 1916

British Army 22284 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Joseph Willmott

Died 1917

British Army 45504 Private London Regiment

British Army 45504 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 45504 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

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Frederick William Willmott

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 6488 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 203099 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Francis Willmott

Died 1915

British Army 1880 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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