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Adelaide South Australia [8]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

London England [5]

Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [4]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Middlesex [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birkenhead [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Bristol [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Durban [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Grays, Essex, England [2]

Horley England [2]

Lake Condah Victoria [2]

Langhorne Creek South Australia [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Mudgee New South Wales [2]

Newbury, Berkshire [2]

North Adelaide South Australia [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Railton Tasmania [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Southwold, Suffolk [2]

Streatham, London [2]

Taunton, Somerset [2]

Toowoomba Queensland [2]

Townsville Queensland [2]

Wellington, Somerset [2]

Winslow, Buckinghamshire [2]

Rank

Private [1228]

Gunner [150]

Driver [120]

Sapper [104]

Serjeant [103]

Corporal [102]

Lance Corporal [40]

Lieutenant [36]

Second Lieutenant [35]

Pioneer [24]

Captain [23]

Acting Corporal [22]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Lieutenant Colonel [14]

Bombardier [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Major [9]

Trooper [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Rifleman [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Worker [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Sister [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Reverend [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Assistant Nurse [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Colonel [2]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Fitter [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Serjeant Drummer [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [182]

Royal Engineers [166]

Labour Corps [163]

Army Service Corps [137]

London Regiment [95]

Royal Garrison Artillery [95]

Durham Light Infantry [69]

Royal Army Medical Corps [65]

Machine Gun Corps [43]

Northumberland Fusiliers [41]

Middlesex Regiment [40]

Royal Fusiliers [40]

The Queen's Regiment [39]

Rifle Brigade [35]

Lincolnshire Regiment [33]

York and Lancaster Regiment [32]

Somerset Light Infantry [31]

Hampshire Regiment [30]

Gloucestershire Regiment [29]

East Surrey Regiment [26]

West Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Army Ordnance Corps [24]

East Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Royal Army Service Corps [23]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Army Veterinary Corps [21]

Norfolk Regiment [21]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [21]

Royal Naval Division [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

Royal West Kent Regiment [21]

Devonshire Regiment [20]

West Riding Regiment [19]

Worcestershire Regiment [19]

Royal Sussex Regiment [18]

South Staffordshire Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Northamptonshire Regiment [17]

Royal Flying Corps [17]

Royal Scots [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [16]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16]

Highland Light Infantry [15]

Welsh Regiment [15]

Essex Regiment [14]

Royal Highlanders [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Service

British Army [1966]

Royal Navy [180]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [167]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [134]

Australian Imperial Force [117]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [53]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

W [2677]

D [4]

B [1]

H [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2602]

Merchant Navy [56]

Conscientious Objector [15]

Country

United Kingdom [62]

New Zealand [3]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Adelaide South Australia [8] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] London, Middlesex [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] London England [5] Southampton, Hampshire [5] Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [4] Launceston Tasmania [4] Croydon, Surrey [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Middlesex [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Andover, Hampshire [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Battersea, London [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birkenhead [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Bristol [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Chelsea, London [2] Durban [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Grays, Essex, England [2] Horley England [2] Lake Condah Victoria [2] Langhorne Creek South Australia [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Mudgee New South Wales [2] Newbury, Berkshire [2] North Adelaide South Australia [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Railton Tasmania [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Southwold, Suffolk [2] Streatham, London [2] Taunton, Somerset [2] Toowoomba Queensland [2] Townsville Queensland [2] Wellington, Somerset [2] Winslow, Buckinghamshire [2]

Rank

Private [1228] Gunner [150] Driver [120] Sapper [104] Serjeant [103] Corporal [102] Lance Corporal [40] Lieutenant [36] Second Lieutenant [35] Pioneer [24] Captain [23] Acting Corporal [22] Acting Serjeant [22] Lieutenant Colonel [14] Bombardier [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Major [9] Trooper [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Rifleman [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Worker [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Sister [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Reverend [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Assistant Nurse [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Colonel [2] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Fitter [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Nursing Sister [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Serjeant Drummer [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Nurse [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [182] Royal Engineers [166] Labour Corps [163] Army Service Corps [137] London Regiment [95] Royal Garrison Artillery [95] Durham Light Infantry [69] Royal Army Medical Corps [65] Machine Gun Corps [43] Northumberland Fusiliers [41] Middlesex Regiment [40] Royal Fusiliers [40] The Queen's Regiment [39] Rifle Brigade [35] Lincolnshire Regiment [33] York and Lancaster Regiment [32] Somerset Light Infantry [31] Hampshire Regiment [30] Gloucestershire Regiment [29] East Surrey Regiment [26] West Yorkshire Regiment [26] Army Ordnance Corps [24] East Yorkshire Regiment [24] Royal Army Service Corps [23] Yorkshire Regiment [22] Army Veterinary Corps [21] Norfolk Regiment [21] Royal Berkshire Regiment [21] Royal Naval Division [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] Royal West Kent Regiment [21] Devonshire Regiment [20] West Riding Regiment [19] Worcestershire Regiment [19] Royal Sussex Regiment [18] South Staffordshire Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [17] Northamptonshire Regiment [17] Royal Flying Corps [17] Royal Scots [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [16] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16] Highland Light Infantry [15] Welsh Regiment [15] Essex Regiment [14] Royal Highlanders [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Service

British Army [1966] Royal Navy [180] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [167] Canadian Expeditionary Force [134] Australian Imperial Force [117] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [53] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

W [2677] D [4] B [1] H [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2602] Merchant Navy [56] Conscientious Objector [15]

Country

United Kingdom [62] New Zealand [3] Canada [1] India [1]

Thomas Winter

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 20309 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 1084 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 20309 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 36th Coy

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Clifford Boardman Winter

Born 1869

Died 1930

British Army Colonel 112th Infantry

Indian Army 25th Punjabis

Indian Army Captain 112th Infantry

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George Frome Winter

Born 1887

Died 1949

Royal Navy M41 Cook's Mate

Royal Navy M41 Leading Cook's Mate

Royal Navy M41 Ship's Cook

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William Winter

Born 1890

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 45291 Private Canterbury Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Randolph Milligan Winter

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 908 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

British Army 908 Lance Corporal Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Albert Arthur Winter

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 549 Corporal Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

British Army 549 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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Frank Winter

Born 1883

British Army 9436 Private Dragoon Guards 5th Battalion

British Army 706749 Corporal Chinese Labour Corps 113th Company

British Army Private 7th Queens' Own Hussars

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Alfred Winter-Evans

Born 1881

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 26/11 Lieutenant Colonel New Zealand Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Harry Leslie Winter

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1677 Rifleman London Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred Winter-Evans

Born 1881

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 26/11 Lieutenant Colonel New Zealand Rifle Brigade 3 Battalion

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Ormonde De L'epee Winter

Born 1875

Died 1962

British Army Major Royal Artillery

British Army Brigadier General Royal Artillery

British Army Lt. Col. Royal Field Artillery 58 Brigade

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John Hage Winter

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army 63647 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Sidney James Winter

Born 1896

Died 1980

Royal Navy J45836 Ordinary Seaman

Royal Navy J45836 Able Seaman

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Edward Rozier Winter

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 675 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Walter Winter

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 772179

Canadian Expeditionary Force 772179 Private Canadian Infantry

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Ernest Edward Winter

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 227446 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 227446 Private South Wales Borderers

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Henry William Montague Winter

Born 1884

Died 1966

British Army 1826 Private Middlesex Regiment

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James Winter

Died 1914

British Army 6160 Acting Serjeant Nigeria Regiment

British Army 6160 Serjeant East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6160 Colour Sergeant East Yorkshire Regiment attached to West African Frontier Force 1st Battalion

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Albert Orpeth Winter

Born 1892

Died 1968

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 360474

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Charlie Winter

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 9370 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 177977 Private 177977) Labour Corps

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