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Bath, Somerset [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Cork [2]

Dublin [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Allendale Victoria [1]

Barnsbury, Middlesex [1]

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Dunedin, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

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Forest Lodge New South Wales [1]

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Hawkhurst, Kent [1]

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Nottingham [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Reafton [1]

Reeftown [1]

Rugby, [1]

Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Rusthall, Kent [1]

Saint Ives, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [219]

Gunner [28]

Sapper [19]

Serjeant [18]

Corporal [15]

Driver [15]

Lieutenant [10]

Captain [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Pioneer [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Bombardier [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Armament Staff Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Bugler [1]

Commissioned Boatswain [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Engineman [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Lieutenant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Signalman [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [34]

Royal Engineers [27]

Army Service Corps [24]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [353]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [123]

Royal Navy [32]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [578]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [569]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Canada [1]

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Bath, Somerset [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Cork [2] Dublin [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Allendale Victoria [1] Barnsbury, Middlesex [1] Barry Dock, Glamorgan [1] Bath England [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Brooke, Isle of Wight, England [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Chelsea, London [1] Clunes Victoria [1] Dunedin, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Echuca Victoria [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Forest Lodge New South Wales [1] Gillingham England [1] Hawkhurst, Kent [1] Horndean, Hampshire [1] Impington, Cambridgeshire [1] Jamaica [1] Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1] Lefroy Tasmania [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Liverpool, Merseyside [1] London [1] London England [1] Lyncombe, Bath, Somerset [1] Maitland New South Wales [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Mathinna Tasmania [1] Milton, Cambridgeshire [1] Mudgee New South Wales [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Nottingham [1] Paddington, London [1] Portsmouth [1] Reafton [1] Reeftown [1] Rugby, [1] Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Rusthall, Kent [1] Saint Ives, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [219] Gunner [28] Sapper [19] Serjeant [18] Corporal [15] Driver [15] Lieutenant [10] Captain [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [6] Pioneer [5] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Bombardier [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Armament Staff Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Trooper [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Bugler [1] Commissioned Boatswain [1] Engineer Captain [1] Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Engineman [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant General [1] Lieutenant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Signaller [1] Signalman [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [34] Royal Engineers [27] Army Service Corps [24] Royal Field Artillery [21] Hampshire Regiment [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Middlesex Regiment [12] London Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Irish Fusiliers [4] Royal Scots [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] West Riding Regiment [3] British West Indies Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [353] Canadian Expeditionary Force [123] Royal Navy [32] Australian Imperial Force [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [578] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [569] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Canada [1]

William John Wolfe

Born 1873

Died 1926

British Army SS/17007 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Sidney George Wolfe

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2498 Serjeant Army Cyclist Corps

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Royal Warwickshire regiment 1/7th Battalion

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William James Wolfe

Born 1895

British Army 58236 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers 20th Company

British Army 58236 Sergeant Royal Engineers Bedford S.D

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Herbert H Wolfe

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 42772 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 42772 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Cephas Wolfe

Born 1892

Other Empire Force 3811 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 4405 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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John Lewis Wolfe

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Paddington Rifles

British Army 1354 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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John Wolfe

Born 1867

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1401/ES Engineman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1401/ES Engineman R.N.R. HMS Pembroke

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Thomas Wolfe

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126852

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Levy Wolfe

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72822

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George Wolfe

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122017

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William Wolfe

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122874

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George Wolfe

Died 1915

British Army 9461 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 9461 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 2nd

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William Wolfe

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7659

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William A Wolfe

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army G/11492 Private Middlesex Regiment 23rd Battalion

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William Wolfe

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2372

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Frank George Wolfe

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186052

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Edward Wolfe

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40916

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Arthur Frederick Wolfe

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/1515 Hawke Battalion

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division Nelson Battalion

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Bertram Wolfe

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 266754 Cheshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Bertie Hugh Wolfe

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93057

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