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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]

William Willmott

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army G/1120 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/1120 Transport Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/1120 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

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Samuel William Bertie Willmott

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 423 Lance Corporal Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 423 Lance Corporal Corps of Hussars

British Army 423 Lance Corporal Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Victor George Willmott

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105317

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Joseph Harrison Willmott

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 173063

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Eureka Willmott

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195640

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Leslie Harold Willmott

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 318411

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Arthur Willmott

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89184

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Percy Willmott

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212133

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Edwin Willmott

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18810

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Wilfred Cyril Willmott

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266790

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Frederick James Willmott

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291836

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John Willmott

Australian Imperial Force 3694

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John Joseph Willmott

Australian Imperial Force 4339

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William Thomas Willmott

Australian Imperial Force 3597

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Stanley Willmott

Australian Imperial Force 447

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Charles Willmott

Born 1880

Died 1943

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John William Willmott

Born 1887

British Army M2/05087 (Incomplete) Private Army Service Corps

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George Willmott

Australian Imperial Force 426

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George Willmott

Australian Imperial Force 7363

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Albert Ernest Willmott

Australian Imperial Force 3511

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