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Sydney New South Wales [6]

London, Middlesex [3]

Branxholm Tasmania [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Clapton, London [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kent [2]

New Cross, London [2]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [2]

Stratford, Essex [2]

Teynham, Kent [2]

Whitstable, Kent, England [2]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey, England [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Blackburn England [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

Bromley [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Clifton Hill Victoria [1]

Croydon England [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Forest Gate London [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Hammersmith [1]

Hornchurch, Essex [1]

Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Kangaroo Island South Australia [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

Longstanton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Louth, Lincolnshire [1]

Malden, Surrey [1]

Marylebone, North London [1]

Rank

Private [217]

Gunner [32]

Serjeant [18]

Corporal [16]

Driver [15]

Lieutenant [15]

Sapper [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Captain [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Major [4]

Pioneer [4]

Assistant Nurse [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain/Acting Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Garrison Serjeant Major [1]

Gunner/Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Private/Lance Corporal [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [43]

Army Service Corps [41]

Royal Engineers [30]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Labour Corps [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Rifle Brigade [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

City of London Yeomanry [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3]

King's Liverpool Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Service

British Army [364]

Royal Navy [44]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [43]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [537]

C [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [518]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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People [539] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [6] London, Middlesex [3] Branxholm Tasmania [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Clapton, London [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Islington, London [2] Kent [2] New Cross, London [2] Pontefract, Yorkshire [2] Stratford, Essex [2] Teynham, Kent [2] Whitstable, Kent, England [2] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bermondsey, Surrey, England [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Blackburn England [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Bromley [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Clifton Hill Victoria [1] Croydon England [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Dover, Kent [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Forest Gate London [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Hammersmith [1] Hornchurch, Essex [1] Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Kangaroo Island South Australia [1] Kensington, London [1] Kensington, London, Middlesex [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Longstanton, Cambridgeshire [1] Louth, Lincolnshire [1] Malden, Surrey [1] Marylebone, North London [1]

Rank

Private [217] Gunner [32] Serjeant [18] Corporal [16] Driver [15] Lieutenant [15] Sapper [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Captain [8] Lance Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Acting Corporal [5] Major [4] Pioneer [4] Assistant Nurse [2] Rifleman [2] Sister [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain/Acting Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Garrison Serjeant Major [1] Gunner/Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1] Private/Lance Corporal [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [43] Army Service Corps [41] Royal Engineers [30] Royal Field Artillery [29] Labour Corps [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Machine Gun Corps [12] Rifle Brigade [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] East Kent Regiment [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] City of London Yeomanry [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3] King's Liverpool Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2]

Service

British Army [364] Royal Navy [44] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43] Canadian Expeditionary Force [43] Australian Imperial Force [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [537] C [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [518] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Elmer Ross Willson

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170808

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Stanley Herbert Willson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181474

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Charles Willson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57842

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Beckles Willson

Born 1869

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major General Service

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Harold Sydney Willson

Australian Imperial Force 5260

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Francis George Dudley Willson

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 442813 Private Canadian Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

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Benjamin Willson

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 72697 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 313440 Gunner Royal Engineers

British Army WR/21689 Gunner Royal Engineers

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Edward R Willson

Died 1916

British Army 18853 Private Grenadier Guards

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Edgar Brian Willson

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Arthur Willson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 8471 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Stanley George Willson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 116400 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 116400 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Robert Willson

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 48108 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 74815 Private Labour Corps

British Army 48108 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Harold Edward Willson

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 121148 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Victor Henry Willson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1907 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

British Army 1907 Private East Surrey Regiment

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William John Willson

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 1666 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 1666 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Albert Frederick Willson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155854

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Leonard Maurice Willson

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159129

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George Robert Willson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168577

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Harley Clarence Willson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 171588

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William Willson

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193630

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