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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 W Woods

Born 1895

Other Empire Force 234 Bahamas Volunteers

British Army 5683 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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Thomas Woods

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9813 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9813 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9813 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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James Park Woods

Born 1886

Died 1963

Australian Imperial Force 3244A Private 48th Battalion

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Francis John Woods

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 3700 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Harry Rankin Woods

Born 1876

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 71 Trooper Australian Light Horse

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Percy Edward Woods

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 1700 Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) 2nd/1st

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Levi Woods

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 7977 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 20325 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 20325 Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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John James Woods

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy K3757 Stoker 1st Class HMS Flirt

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Lyndon Delorma Woods

Born 1893

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 639816

Canadian Expeditionary Force 639816 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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Harold Edwin Woods

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 15426 York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 41449 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment 7th Bn.

British Army 2486 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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James Dudley Woods

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 01448 Warrant Officer Class 1 Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 01448 Staff Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps

British Army O/1448 Conductor Army Ordnance Corps

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Percy William Woods

Born 1885

Died 1937

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel

Australian Imperial Force 85 Sergeant Australian Infantry Forces

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Australian Infantry Forces

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Percy William Woods

Born 1881

Died 1969

British Army 27129 Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery N Battery

British Army 27129 Captain Royal Horse Artillery

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John Frederick Pearce

Born 1897

Died 1925

Australian Imperial Force 5404 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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William Woods

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133432

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Daniel Woods

Born 1884

Died 1921

Canadian Expeditionary Force 412888

Canadian Expeditionary Force 412888 Private Canadian Infantry

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Ernest Woods

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/323 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army G/323 Private East Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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Harold Ernest Woods

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 6/2240 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Acting Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

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Robert Woods

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 16964 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion.

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Thomas Charles Woods

Born 1890

Died 1966

British Army S/4 060338 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 44957 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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