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Plymouth, Devon [11]

Sydney New South Wales [11]

London, Middlesex, England [9]

Bendigo Victoria [8]

Devonport, Devon [5]

Glastonbury, Somerset [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Yeovil, Somerset [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Bodmin, Cornwall [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Dorchester, Dorset [4]

Torquay, Devon [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Chudleigh, Devon [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Poole, Dorset [3]

Warsash, Hampshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ardmore, Waterford [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Blackheath Victoria [2]

Bowral New South Wales [2]

Bridgwater, Somerset [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Brixham, Devon [2]

Burnie Tasmania [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Camborne, Cornwall [2]

Chard, Somerset [2]

Crewkerne, Somerset [2]

Derby Tasmania [2]

Devonport [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Haggerston, London [2]

Honiton, Devon [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

London England [2]

Maryborough Victoria [2]

Merriott, Somerset [2]

Newton Abbot, Devon [2]

North Petherwin, Cornwall [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2]

Portland, Dorset [2]

Portland, Somerset, England [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Appledore, Bideford, Devon [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [955]

Driver [88]

Gunner [78]

Corporal [77]

Sapper [72]

Serjeant [67]

Lieutenant [36]

Second Lieutenant [34]

Captain [26]

Lance Corporal [20]

Pioneer [17]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Acting Corporal [12]

Bombardier [11]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Major [6]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Saddler [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting 2nd Corporal [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Mechanist Serjeant Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Reverend [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Bombardier/Corporal [1]

Acting Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Saddler [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [135]

Labour Corps [125]

Army Service Corps [114]

Royal Field Artillery [114]

Devonshire Regiment [77]

London Regiment [69]

Royal Army Medical Corps [55]

Royal Garrison Artillery [49]

Somerset Light Infantry [47]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [42]

Dorsetshire Regiment [35]

Machine Gun Corps [34]

Middlesex Regiment [33]

Northamptonshire Regiment [30]

Hampshire Regiment [29]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [26]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

Durham Light Infantry [21]

Gloucestershire Regiment [21]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Rifle Brigade [19]

Welsh Regiment [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [17]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

The Queen's Regiment [16]

Royal Horse Artillery [15]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Border Regiment [13]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [13]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

Wiltshire Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

Coldstream Guards [11]

South Lancashire Regiment [11]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

South Wales Borderers [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1485]

Royal Navy [237]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [143]

Australian Imperial Force [111]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [90]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [2147]

H [1]

O [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2093]

Merchant Navy [42]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [11] Sydney New South Wales [11] London, Middlesex, England [9] Bendigo Victoria [8] Devonport, Devon [5] Glastonbury, Somerset [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Yeovil, Somerset [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Bodmin, Cornwall [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Dorchester, Dorset [4] Torquay, Devon [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Chudleigh, Devon [3] Lambeth, London [3] Poole, Dorset [3] Warsash, Hampshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ardmore, Waterford [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Blackheath Victoria [2] Bowral New South Wales [2] Bridgwater, Somerset [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Brixham, Devon [2] Burnie Tasmania [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Camborne, Cornwall [2] Chard, Somerset [2] Crewkerne, Somerset [2] Derby Tasmania [2] Devonport [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Haggerston, London [2] Honiton, Devon [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] London England [2] Maryborough Victoria [2] Merriott, Somerset [2] Newton Abbot, Devon [2] North Petherwin, Cornwall [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2] Portland, Dorset [2] Portland, Somerset, England [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Appledore, Bideford, Devon [1] Ararat Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [955] Driver [88] Gunner [78] Corporal [77] Sapper [72] Serjeant [67] Lieutenant [36] Second Lieutenant [34] Captain [26] Lance Corporal [20] Pioneer [17] Acting Serjeant [13] Acting Corporal [12] Bombardier [11] Staff Serjeant [10] Acting Bombardier [7] Able Seaman [6] Major [6] Rifleman [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Worker [5] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Saddler [3] Trooper [3] Acting 2nd Corporal [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Serjeant Major [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Mechanist Serjeant Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Reverend [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Bombardier/Corporal [1] Acting Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Saddler [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [135] Labour Corps [125] Army Service Corps [114] Royal Field Artillery [114] Devonshire Regiment [77] London Regiment [69] Royal Army Medical Corps [55] Royal Garrison Artillery [49] Somerset Light Infantry [47] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [42] Dorsetshire Regiment [35] Machine Gun Corps [34] Middlesex Regiment [33] Northamptonshire Regiment [30] Hampshire Regiment [29] King's Royal Rifle Corps [26] Worcestershire Regiment [23] Durham Light Infantry [21] Gloucestershire Regiment [21] Manchester Regiment [20] Rifle Brigade [19] Welsh Regiment [18] Army Ordnance Corps [17] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] The Queen's Regiment [16] Royal Horse Artillery [15] Liverpool Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] Royal Naval Division [14] Border Regiment [13] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Royal Berkshire Regiment [13] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] Wiltshire Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Leicestershire Regiment [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] Coldstream Guards [11] South Lancashire Regiment [11] East Surrey Regiment [10] Norfolk Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] South Wales Borderers [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1485] Royal Navy [237] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [143] Australian Imperial Force [111] Canadian Expeditionary Force [90] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [2147] H [1] O [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2093] Merchant Navy [42] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

Henry Alfred John Wills

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32944

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Arthur Ernest Wills

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263495

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Harry Wills

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116563

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Frederick Wills

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73042

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Henry Horace Pennell Wills

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212537

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George William Wills

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33996

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Thomas Wills

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198196

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William James Wills

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208895

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William Wills

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112028

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Ernest Wills

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15826

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Ernest George Scott Wills

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281568

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Thomas Wills

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18297

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William Henry Wills

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy R/2800 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy R/2800 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion

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Henry George Wills

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 3/6401 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Btn

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Michael Seccombe Wills

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 10771 Lance Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 10771 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry

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John Charles Wills

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47844

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Thomas Wills

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283669

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Thomas Wills

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106755

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Sydney Wills

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 602 Lance Sergeant Australian Infantry 50th Battalion

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Edward George Wills

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118377

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