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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [40]

Melbourne Victoria [37]

Sydney New South Wales [34]

Liverpool, Lancashire [28]

London England [11]

Norwich, Norfolk [11]

Preston, Lancashire [11]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [10]

Geelong Victoria [9]

Colchester, Essex [8]

London, Middlesex [7]

Manchester, Lancashire [7]

Folkestone, Kent [6]

Hobart Tasmania [6]

Newport, Monmouthshire [6]

Perth Western Australia [6]

Dalby Queensland [5]

Gawler South Australia [5]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Norfolk England [5]

Orange New South Wales [5]

Ranelagh Tasmania [5]

Saint Pancras, London [5]

Albury New South Wales [4]

Chester, Cheshire [4]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [4]

Guildford, Surrey [4]

Islington, London [4]

Mudgee New South Wales [4]

Windsor New South Wales [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Benalla Victoria [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Cowra New South Wales [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

Fremantle Western Australia [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Moree New South Wales [3]

Port Lincoln South Australia [3]

Adamstown New South Wales [2]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ardee, Louth [2]

Ascot Vale Victoria [2]

Atherton, Lancashire [2]

Auckland [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [2715]

Gunner [253]

Driver [245]

Serjeant [226]

Corporal [207]

Sapper [155]

Lance Corporal [102]

Lieutenant [85]

Second Lieutenant [80]

Pioneer [50]

Captain [49]

Acting Corporal [42]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Bombardier [30]

Lance Serjeant [16]

Rifleman [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Acting Bombardier [13]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Major [11]

Corporal 2nd [10]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Colour Serjeant [9]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Trooper [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Guardsman [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Farrier Serjeant [4]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Corporal 2nd [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Worker [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Colonel [2]

Commander [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [361]

Royal Field Artillery [350]

Army Service Corps [316]

Royal Engineers [311]

Royal Garrison Artillery [158]

Liverpool Regiment [131]

London Regiment [131]

Machine Gun Corps [131]

Royal Army Medical Corps [115]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [93]

Royal Fusiliers [93]

Suffolk Regiment [87]

East Lancashire Regiment [77]

Middlesex Regiment [70]

Royal Irish Rifles [70]

Lancashire Fusiliers [69]

South Lancashire Regiment [69]

Hampshire Regiment [66]

Northumberland Fusiliers [63]

Bedfordshire Regiment [62]

Cheshire Regiment [59]

Lincolnshire Regiment [58]

Norfolk Regiment [58]

The Queen's Regiment [58]

Royal Sussex Regiment [53]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [52]

Manchester Regiment [52]

Rifle Brigade [52]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [48]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [47]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [45]

Essex Regiment [42]

Royal Army Service Corps [42]

Royal Naval Division [39]

East Surrey Regiment [38]

Royal Defence Corps [38]

Welsh Regiment [38]

Northamptonshire Regiment [37]

Highland Light Infantry [36]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [34]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [32]

Scottish Rifles [32]

South Wales Borderers [32]

Durham Light Infantry [31]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31]

Royal West Kent Regiment [31]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [30]

Royal Irish Regiment [30]

Canadian Infantry [29]

Leicestershire Regiment [29]

Service

British Army [4129]

Royal Navy [431]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [428]

Australian Imperial Force [410]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [277]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [90]

Other Empire Force [11]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [5912]

C [5]

B [3]

P [2]

G [1]

I [1]

T [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5747]

Merchant Navy [140]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [87]

India [3]

Australia [2]

Canada [2]

Turkey [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [40] Melbourne Victoria [37] Sydney New South Wales [34] Liverpool, Lancashire [28] London England [11] Norwich, Norfolk [11] Preston, Lancashire [11] Portsmouth, Hampshire [10] Geelong Victoria [9] Colchester, Essex [8] London, Middlesex [7] Manchester, Lancashire [7] Folkestone, Kent [6] Hobart Tasmania [6] Newport, Monmouthshire [6] Perth Western Australia [6] Dalby Queensland [5] Gawler South Australia [5] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Norfolk England [5] Orange New South Wales [5] Ranelagh Tasmania [5] Saint Pancras, London [5] Albury New South Wales [4] Chester, Cheshire [4] Greenock, Renfrewshire [4] Guildford, Surrey [4] Islington, London [4] Mudgee New South Wales [4] Windsor New South Wales [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Benalla Victoria [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Cowra New South Wales [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] Fremantle Western Australia [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Marylebone, London [3] Moree New South Wales [3] Port Lincoln South Australia [3] Adamstown New South Wales [2] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ardee, Louth [2] Ascot Vale Victoria [2] Atherton, Lancashire [2] Auckland [2] Ballarat Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [2715] Gunner [253] Driver [245] Serjeant [226] Corporal [207] Sapper [155] Lance Corporal [102] Lieutenant [85] Second Lieutenant [80] Pioneer [50] Captain [49] Acting Corporal [42] Acting Serjeant [33] Bombardier [30] Lance Serjeant [16] Rifleman [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Acting Bombardier [13] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Major [11] Corporal 2nd [10] Staff Serjeant [10] Colour Serjeant [9] Company Serjeant Major [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Trooper [8] Able Seaman [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Stoker 1st Class [6] Acting Captain [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Guardsman [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Farrier Serjeant [4] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Nurse [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Corporal 2nd [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Worker [3] 2nd Corporal [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Colonel [2] Commander [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [361] Royal Field Artillery [350] Army Service Corps [316] Royal Engineers [311] Royal Garrison Artillery [158] Liverpool Regiment [131] London Regiment [131] Machine Gun Corps [131] Royal Army Medical Corps [115] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [93] Royal Fusiliers [93] Suffolk Regiment [87] East Lancashire Regiment [77] Middlesex Regiment [70] Royal Irish Rifles [70] Lancashire Fusiliers [69] South Lancashire Regiment [69] Hampshire Regiment [66] Northumberland Fusiliers [63] Bedfordshire Regiment [62] Cheshire Regiment [59] Lincolnshire Regiment [58] Norfolk Regiment [58] The Queen's Regiment [58] Royal Sussex Regiment [53] King's Royal Rifle Corps [52] Manchester Regiment [52] Rifle Brigade [52] Royal Irish Fusiliers [48] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [47] Royal Lancaster Regiment [45] Essex Regiment [42] Royal Army Service Corps [42] Royal Naval Division [39] East Surrey Regiment [38] Royal Defence Corps [38] Welsh Regiment [38] Northamptonshire Regiment [37] Highland Light Infantry [36] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [34] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [32] Scottish Rifles [32] South Wales Borderers [32] Durham Light Infantry [31] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31] Royal West Kent Regiment [31] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [30] Royal Irish Regiment [30] Canadian Infantry [29] Leicestershire Regiment [29]

Service

British Army [4129] Royal Navy [431] Canadian Expeditionary Force [428] Australian Imperial Force [410] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [277] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [90] Other Empire Force [11] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [5912] C [5] B [3] P [2] G [1] I [1] T [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5747] Merchant Navy [140] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [87] India [3] Australia [2] Canada [2] Turkey [1]

James Woods

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 154 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 154 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 154 Bombardier East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William John Woods

Born 1858

Died 1915

British Army R4/144517 Serjeant Army Service Corps Remount Depot (Swaythling)

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Alfred Woods

Born 1899

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 177541

Canadian Expeditionary Force 177541 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 177541 Private Grenadier Guards Canadian Infantry

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William Henry Woods

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 28633 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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John Thomas Woods

Born 1869

Died 1919

Royal Navy 14509 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy RMB/304 Musician Royal Marines Band

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Richard Hartland Woods

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 1762 Acting Serjeant Cyclist Battalion

British Army 740612 Acting Serjeant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Alick John Mcdermot Woods

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 47116 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Woods

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 370214 Private London Regiment

British Army 1575 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370214 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas Charles Woods

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 4027 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371734 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas Woods

Born 1885

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1446 Private Australian Infantry 10th Battalion

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Thomas George Woods

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 15525 Private Essex Regiment

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Russell Francis Woods

Born 1893

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654252

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654252 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 4th Battalion

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Clarke Woods

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124299 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force Armament School

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Arthur Woods

Born 1882

British Army 6516 Acting Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 6516 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 6516 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Francis Levett Woods

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 2462 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 165886 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 165886 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Frederick William Woods

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army M2/077680 Private Army Service Corps

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Harry Woods

Died 1915

British Army 3/7283 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Herbert James Woods

Born 1882

Died 1921

British Army 7245657 Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Herbert Woods

Born 1889

Died 1972

British Army 3/5543 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 3/5543 private east yorkshire regiment

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Edwin Ernest Woods

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army

British Army S/9080 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 9 Battalion

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