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Worthing, Sussex [5]

Ulmarra New South Wales [3]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Coffs Harbour New South Wales [2]

Godalming, Surrey [2]

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Bow, London [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Clarence River New South Wales [1]

Dalston, London [1]

East Meon Hampshire [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Great Barrington, Gloucestershire [1]

Halloway, London [1]

Handley, Cheshire [1]

Harting, Sussex [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Heeley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Hoxne [1]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Natal, Maritzburg [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Prince's Gardens, London, S.W. [1]

Richmond [1]

Southgate New South Wales [1]

St Arnaud Victoria [1]

Stepney, London [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Tattenhall, Cheshire [1]

The Castle, Dorset [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Tring, Hertfordshire [1]

Turvey, Bedfordshire [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Woodburn New South Wales [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [154]

Gunner [18]

Driver [13]

Lieutenant [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Captain [11]

Sapper [11]

Serjeant [10]

Major [7]

Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Pioneer [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Rifleman [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Brevet Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Colonel /Honorary Brigadier General [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain and Brevet Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chaplain [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Colonel and Honorary Brigadier General [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Honorary Brigade General [1]

Lieutenant (Acting) [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Rifleman unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Shipwright 1st Class [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Wheeler Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Labour Corps [17]

Royal Engineers [17]

Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

London Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Reserve of Officers/ Royal Field Artillery [3]

Rifle Brigade/ Staff [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Leinster Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Engineers/ Staff [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [260]

Royal Navy [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [343]

B [1]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [339]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Worthing, Sussex [5] Ulmarra New South Wales [3] Brighton, Sussex [2] Coffs Harbour New South Wales [2] Godalming, Surrey [2] Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Bow, London [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Clarence River New South Wales [1] Dalston, London [1] East Meon Hampshire [1] Gloucestershire [1] Great Barrington, Gloucestershire [1] Halloway, London [1] Handley, Cheshire [1] Harting, Sussex [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Heeley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Hoxne [1] Kensington, London, Middlesex [1] Lambeth, London [1] London [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Natal, Maritzburg [1] Poplar, London [1] Prince's Gardens, London, S.W. [1] Richmond [1] Southgate New South Wales [1] St Arnaud Victoria [1] Stepney, London [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tattenhall, Cheshire [1] The Castle, Dorset [1] Tottenham, London [1] Tring, Hertfordshire [1] Turvey, Bedfordshire [1] Wandsworth, London [1] Wigan, Lancashire [1] Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Woodburn New South Wales [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [154] Gunner [18] Driver [13] Lieutenant [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Captain [11] Sapper [11] Serjeant [10] Major [7] Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [6] Acting Corporal [4] Pioneer [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Rifleman [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Brevet Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Colonel /Honorary Brigadier General [2] Shoeing Smith [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bugler [1] Captain and Brevet Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chaplain [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1] Colonel [1] Colonel and Honorary Brigadier General [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Flight Serjeant [1] Honorary Brigade General [1] Lieutenant (Acting) [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Rifleman unpaid Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant Major [1] Shipwright 1st Class [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Wheeler Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [24] Labour Corps [17] Royal Engineers [17] Army Service Corps [15] Royal Sussex Regiment [15] London Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Essex Regiment [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Reserve of Officers/ Royal Field Artillery [3] Rifle Brigade/ Staff [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Leinster Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Engineers/ Staff [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [260] Royal Navy [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Australian Imperial Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [343] B [1] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [339] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5] India [1]

Cecil John Talbot Rhys Wingfield

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

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William Wingfield

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 4028 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 52640 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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John Edgar Wingfield

Born 1895

Died 1920

British Army 105721 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 42130 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Norman Edward Wingfield

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297782 Clerk 3rd Class Royal Air Force

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James F. Wingfield

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 2405 Private London Regiment

British Army 301552 Private London Regiment

British Army 301552 Rifleman London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Arthur Wingfield

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 22659 Private Northamptonshire 6th Battalion

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Joseph Thomas Wingfield

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81029

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Sydney John Wingfield

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205042

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Thomas Jem Wingfield

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72018

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Granville Harry Wingfield

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 18th Battalion

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Herbert Wingfield

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army SD/3499 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

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George Wingfield

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1665 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

British Army 1665 Flight Serjeant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1665 Sergeant Major Royal Flying Corps

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James Wingfield

Died 1962

British Army 38915 Private South Wales Borderers

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Albert Wingfield

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77493

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Maurice Ffolliott Rhys Wingfield

Born 1879

Died 1941

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Frederick Percy Wingfield

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71814

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Mervyn Edward George Rhys Wingfield

Born 1872

Died 1952

British Army Major Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Gloucestershire Regiment

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Henry E Wingfield

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 12/1602 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Wingfield

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army SD/1742 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Arthur W. Wingfield

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4882 Private London Regiment

British Army 4882 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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