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Sydney New South Wales [11]

Watford, Hertfordshire [6]

Longford Tasmania [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Brighton Victoria [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Dartford, Kent [3]

Faversham, Kent [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Hammersmith, London [3]

Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

London England [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Tamworth New South Wales [3]

Urana New South Wales [3]

Allendale Victoria [2]

Avoca Victoria [2]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Chiswick, Middlesex [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Daylesford Victoria [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Guernsey, Channel Island [2]

Herne Bay, Kent [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Majorca Victoria [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Middleton Cheney, Banbury [2]

Quorn South Australia [2]

Rugby, Warwickshire [2]

Skipton Victoria [2]

Staines, Middlesex [2]

Zeehan Tasmania [2]

Acton, London [1]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ardrossan South Australia [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bath, Somerset, England [1]

Battersea [1]

Rank

Private [654]

Gunner [97]

Driver [66]

Corporal [60]

Sapper [49]

Serjeant [44]

Lance Corporal [40]

Second Lieutenant [24]

Lieutenant [22]

Captain [19]

Acting Corporal [14]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Pioneer [13]

Bombardier [7]

Major [6]

Rifleman [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Drummer [3]

Signalman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Midshipman [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Boatswain [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/ Captain [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [119]

Army Service Corps [91]

Royal Engineers [81]

Labour Corps [72]

London Regiment [55]

Royal Garrison Artillery [53]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

Royal Fusiliers [28]

Middlesex Regiment [27]

Royal Army Medical Corps [26]

Rifle Brigade [25]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [25]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [22]

Devonshire Regiment [19]

Durham Light Infantry [19]

Hampshire Regiment [19]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

The Queen's Regiment [17]

East Kent Regiment [15]

Northamptonshire Regiment [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

Bedfordshire Regiment [14]

East Surrey Regiment [14]

Essex Regiment [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Border Regiment [12]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [12]

Worcestershire Regiment [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

Corps of Hussars [7]

Honourable Artillery Company [7]

Military Foot Police [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Royal Scots [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Service

British Army [1075]

Royal Navy [149]

Australian Imperial Force [102]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [99]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [83]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [1556]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1523]

Merchant Navy [20]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

Canada [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [11] Watford, Hertfordshire [6] Longford Tasmania [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Brighton Victoria [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Dartford, Kent [3] Faversham, Kent [3] Hackney, London [3] Hammersmith, London [3] Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] London England [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Tamworth New South Wales [3] Urana New South Wales [3] Allendale Victoria [2] Avoca Victoria [2] Balmain New South Wales [2] Battersea, London [2] Chiswick, Middlesex [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Daylesford Victoria [2] Dover, Kent [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Guernsey, Channel Island [2] Herne Bay, Kent [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Majorca Victoria [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Middleton Cheney, Banbury [2] Quorn South Australia [2] Rugby, Warwickshire [2] Skipton Victoria [2] Staines, Middlesex [2] Zeehan Tasmania [2] Acton, London [1] Acton, Middlesex [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ardrossan South Australia [1] Ayrshire [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bath, Somerset, England [1] Battersea [1]

Rank

Private [654] Gunner [97] Driver [66] Corporal [60] Sapper [49] Serjeant [44] Lance Corporal [40] Second Lieutenant [24] Lieutenant [22] Captain [19] Acting Corporal [14] Acting Serjeant [13] Pioneer [13] Bombardier [7] Major [6] Rifleman [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Drummer [3] Signalman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Midshipman [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Boatswain [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Cadet [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/ Captain [1] Captain and Adjutant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [119] Army Service Corps [91] Royal Engineers [81] Labour Corps [72] London Regiment [55] Royal Garrison Artillery [53] Machine Gun Corps [35] Royal Fusiliers [28] Middlesex Regiment [27] Royal Army Medical Corps [26] Rifle Brigade [25] Royal Berkshire Regiment [25] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [22] Devonshire Regiment [19] Durham Light Infantry [19] Hampshire Regiment [19] Royal Army Service Corps [19] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] The Queen's Regiment [17] East Kent Regiment [15] Northamptonshire Regiment [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] Bedfordshire Regiment [14] East Surrey Regiment [14] Essex Regiment [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Border Regiment [12] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [12] Worcestershire Regiment [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Royal Naval Division [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] Corps of Hussars [7] Honourable Artillery Company [7] Military Foot Police [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Royal Scots [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Service

British Army [1075] Royal Navy [149] Australian Imperial Force [102] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [99] Canadian Expeditionary Force [83] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [1556] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1523] Merchant Navy [20] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [30] Canada [1]

William Wise

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167773

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George Albert Wise

Born 1894

British Army 102051 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Ernest Edward Wise

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67004

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Frederick Wise

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13865

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George William Wise

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51387

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Geoffrey John Wise

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11386

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Henry John Wise

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196013

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Arthur Bernard Wise

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34352

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Wilfred Wise

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30452

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Frederick Joseph Wise

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67079

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Bernherd Heyman Wise

Born 1886

British Army S/763 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army WR/263971 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 10-5506 Serjeant Training Reserve Battalion

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Frederick James Wise

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218967

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Edgar Francis Wise

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222091

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Donald George Wise

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251427

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Rolland Wise

Died 1918

British Army T/207745 Private The Queen's Regiment

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George Edward Foster Wise

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Arthur Wise

Died 1918

British Army 11369 Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Henry Wise

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 15432 Private Scots Guards

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John Frederick Wise

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 21105 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Walter F Wise

Died 1919

British Army 25740 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 54261 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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