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Bathurst New South Wales [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Clarendon South Australia [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Malton, Yorkshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [3]

Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

York, Yorkshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ashbourne, Derbyshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Eastwood South Australia [2]

Glanmire New South Wales [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Ilkley, Yorkshire [2]

Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2]

Lincolnshire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Newport, Isle of Wight [2]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [2]

Snodland, Kent [2]

Southport, Lancashire [2]

Williamstown Victoria [2]

Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Bearsted, Kent [1]

Bedford [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bengeo, Hertford, Hertfordshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bilton, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackheath England [1]

Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Bollington, Hampshire [1]

Boxley, Kent [1]

Bridlington, Yorkshire [1]

Brierfield, Lancashire [1]

Broomehill, Western Australia [1]

Burke New South Wales [1]

Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Byres Green, Durham [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Carrington, Nottinghamshire [1]

Catterick, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [501]

Corporal [55]

Gunner [55]

Driver [50]

Serjeant [45]

Sapper [29]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Lance Corporal [20]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Lieutenant [13]

Captain [11]

Pioneer [10]

Acting Corporal [9]

Bombardier [8]

Rifleman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Worker [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Major [2]

Major /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Trooper [2]

AM II(E) [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sergeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colonel [1]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Commander [1]

Commanding Royal Artillery [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [72]

Labour Corps [63]

Royal Engineers [62]

Army Service Corps [52]

Royal Garrison Artillery [43]

West Yorkshire Regiment [41]

London Regiment [33]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

Northumberland Fusiliers [27]

East Yorkshire Regiment [23]

Lincolnshire Regiment [22]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

West Riding Regiment [22]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Liverpool Regiment [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [18]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [18]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Scottish Rifles [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Tank Corps [7]

Border Regiment [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Training Reserve Battalion [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Hussars [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [806]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [84]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [75]

Royal Navy [58]

Australian Imperial Force [48]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [1092]

R [2]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1071]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

India [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Bathurst New South Wales [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Clarendon South Australia [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Malton, Yorkshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Manchester, Lancashire, England [3] Rochdale, Lancashire [3] York, Yorkshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ashbourne, Derbyshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Eastwood South Australia [2] Glanmire New South Wales [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Ilkley, Yorkshire [2] Lambeth, Surrey [2] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2] Lincolnshire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Newport, Isle of Wight [2] Pontefract, Yorkshire [2] Snodland, Kent [2] Southport, Lancashire [2] Williamstown Victoria [2] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Bearsted, Kent [1] Bedford [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bengeo, Hertford, Hertfordshire [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bilton, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackheath England [1] Blyth, Northumberland [1] Bollington, Hampshire [1] Boxley, Kent [1] Bridlington, Yorkshire [1] Brierfield, Lancashire [1] Broomehill, Western Australia [1] Burke New South Wales [1] Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Byres Green, Durham [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Carrington, Nottinghamshire [1] Catterick, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [501] Corporal [55] Gunner [55] Driver [50] Serjeant [45] Sapper [29] Second Lieutenant [23] Lance Corporal [20] Acting Serjeant [14] Lieutenant [13] Captain [11] Pioneer [10] Acting Corporal [9] Bombardier [8] Rifleman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Worker [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Gunner [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Major [2] Major /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] Trooper [2] AM II(E) [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sergeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brigadier General [1] Bugler [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colonel [1] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Commander [1] Commanding Royal Artillery [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [72] Labour Corps [63] Royal Engineers [62] Army Service Corps [52] Royal Garrison Artillery [43] West Yorkshire Regiment [41] London Regiment [33] Durham Light Infantry [28] Northumberland Fusiliers [27] East Yorkshire Regiment [23] Lincolnshire Regiment [22] Machine Gun Corps [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] West Riding Regiment [22] Manchester Regiment [20] Liverpool Regiment [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [18] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [18] Royal Fusiliers [16] York and Lancaster Regiment [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Scottish Rifles [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Tank Corps [7] Border Regiment [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Training Reserve Battalion [6] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Hussars [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Suffolk Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [806] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [84] Canadian Expeditionary Force [75] Royal Navy [58] Australian Imperial Force [48] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [1092] R [2] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1071] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [23] India [2] Australia [1] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

William Wray

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132288

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John Wray

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72347

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Arthur Wray

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4092 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 5/4092 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Edgar Wray

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 487 Private Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 487 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 487 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Wray

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 91040 Driver Royal Engineers

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Walter Wray

Born 1892

Australian Imperial Force 1206

Australian Imperial Force 1206 Sapper Mining Corps No 3 Company

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Matthew Wray

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309142

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Jones Wray

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287389

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Thomas Hardcastle Wray

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253944

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Albert Clarence Wray

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 270021

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George Wray

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 12262 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 12262 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Frederick Wray

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 52084 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army G/63077 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Edward Wray

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 3027 East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 4310 Private Border Regiment

British Army 241861 Private Border Regiment

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Alfred Wray

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 4300 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 4300 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Ernest Warneford Wray

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Cormac Patrick James Wray

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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George A Wray

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 66635 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Wray

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 405936 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 514732 Private Labour Corps

British Army 47343 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Charles Herbert Wray

Died 1915

British Army 8656 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Benjamin Wray

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 127421 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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