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Plymouth, Devon [9]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Southampton, Hampshire [7]

Torquay, Devon [7]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [5]

Hove, Sussex [5]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Beechworth Victoria [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Gravesend, Kent [3]

Kentish Town, London [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Winchester, Hampshire [3]

Bath England [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Christchurch [2]

Clapton, London [2]

Cobram Victoria [2]

Crewkerne, Somerset [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Hindmarsh South Australia [2]

Jarrow, Durham [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Moore River Western Australia [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Richmond, Surrey [2]

Ringwood, Hampshire [2]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [2]

Somerset [2]

Stoke St Gregory, Somerset [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Taunton, Somerset [2]

Thetford [2]

Totton, Hampshire, England [2]

Williamstown Victoria [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Aldershot, Hants [1]

All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Altrincham Cheshire. [1]

Rank

Private [988]

Gunner [113]

Driver [97]

Serjeant [93]

Corporal [86]

Sapper [70]

Lance Corporal [46]

Lieutenant [34]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Acting Corporal [25]

Pioneer [23]

Captain [18]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Bombardier [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Major [10]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Armament Staff Serjeant [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Bugler [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Conductor [2]

Dresser [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [146]

Royal Field Artillery [132]

Labour Corps [127]

Army Service Corps [121]

London Regiment [86]

Royal Garrison Artillery [83]

Royal Army Medical Corps [53]

Devonshire Regiment [48]

Royal Fusiliers [45]

Machine Gun Corps [44]

Hampshire Regiment [40]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [40]

Gloucestershire Regiment [30]

Somerset Light Infantry [30]

The Queen's Regiment [29]

Army Ordnance Corps [27]

Middlesex Regiment [27]

Rifle Brigade [27]

East Surrey Regiment [26]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

Welsh Regiment [21]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [20]

Essex Regiment [19]

Norfolk Regiment [19]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [18]

Cheshire Regiment [17]

Leicestershire Regiment [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

Northamptonshire Regiment [16]

Army Veterinary Corps [15]

Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15]

South Wales Borderers [15]

Suffolk Regiment [15]

Wiltshire Regiment [15]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Manchester Regiment [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Royal Defence Corps [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Coldstream Guards [12]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Dorsetshire Regiment [11]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [11]

Hussars [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1613]

Royal Navy [211]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [111]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [94]

Australian Imperial Force [79]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [2185]

P [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2129]

Merchant Navy [44]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [44]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [9] Sydney New South Wales [9] London, Middlesex, England [8] Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Southampton, Hampshire [7] Torquay, Devon [7] Cardiff, Glamorgan [5] Hove, Sussex [5] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Beechworth Victoria [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Chichester, Sussex [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Gravesend, Kent [3] Kentish Town, London [3] London, Middlesex [3] Winchester, Hampshire [3] Bath England [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Brixton, London [2] Christchurch [2] Clapton, London [2] Cobram Victoria [2] Crewkerne, Somerset [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Hindmarsh South Australia [2] Jarrow, Durham [2] Lambeth, London [2] Moore River Western Australia [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Paddington, London [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Richmond, Surrey [2] Ringwood, Hampshire [2] Salisbury, Wiltshire [2] Somerset [2] Stoke St Gregory, Somerset [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Taunton, Somerset [2] Thetford [2] Totton, Hampshire, England [2] Williamstown Victoria [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Aldershot, Hants [1] All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Altrincham Cheshire. [1]

Rank

Private [988] Gunner [113] Driver [97] Serjeant [93] Corporal [86] Sapper [70] Lance Corporal [46] Lieutenant [34] Second Lieutenant [32] Acting Corporal [25] Pioneer [23] Captain [18] Acting Serjeant [16] Bombardier [11] Able Seaman [10] Major [10] Staff Serjeant [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Colour Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Worker [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Armament Staff Serjeant [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Bugler [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Conductor [2] Dresser [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Major [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [146] Royal Field Artillery [132] Labour Corps [127] Army Service Corps [121] London Regiment [86] Royal Garrison Artillery [83] Royal Army Medical Corps [53] Devonshire Regiment [48] Royal Fusiliers [45] Machine Gun Corps [44] Hampshire Regiment [40] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [40] Gloucestershire Regiment [30] Somerset Light Infantry [30] The Queen's Regiment [29] Army Ordnance Corps [27] Middlesex Regiment [27] Rifle Brigade [27] East Surrey Regiment [26] Worcestershire Regiment [23] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] Welsh Regiment [21] King's Royal Rifle Corps [20] Essex Regiment [19] Norfolk Regiment [19] Royal Berkshire Regiment [18] Cheshire Regiment [17] Leicestershire Regiment [17] Royal Army Service Corps [17] Northamptonshire Regiment [16] Army Veterinary Corps [15] Royal Sussex Regiment [15] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15] South Wales Borderers [15] Suffolk Regiment [15] Wiltshire Regiment [15] Durham Light Infantry [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Manchester Regiment [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Royal Defence Corps [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] Canadian Infantry [12] Coldstream Guards [12] Royal Naval Division [12] Dorsetshire Regiment [11] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [11] Hussars [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [11] Liverpool Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1613] Royal Navy [211] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [111] Canadian Expeditionary Force [94] Australian Imperial Force [79] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [28] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [2185] P [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2129] Merchant Navy [44] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [44] Canada [1]

Earnest Charles Wyatt

Born 1885

British Army 11864 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army

British Army 11864 Private Grenadier Guards

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Robert George Wyatt

Born 1893

Died 1980

British Army 138225 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR/501702 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Samuel Wyatt

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/45 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/45 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/45 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division

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Louis Joseph Wyatt

Born 1888

Died 1962

Royal Navy Z/46 Leading Seaman Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/46 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/46 Petty Officer Royal Naval Division

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Henry Ernest Walter Wyatt

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 33698 Private East Surrey Regiment 7th Battalion

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George Harry Wyatt

Born 1886

Died 1964

British Army 5854 Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 5854 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 5854 Lance Sergeant Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Henry Wyatt

Born 1899

Died 1918

381238 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 132655 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 5th Battalion

British Army 132655 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 8th Battalion

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Alfred W Wyatt

Born 1880

Died 1958

British Army SE/1472 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 120144 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Trevor Cecil Wyatt

Born 1898

Died 1964

British Army 68031 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

British Army 238324 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 13th Bn.

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Charles William Brelaz Wyatt

Born 1894

Died 1970

British Army 2491 Private 2/1 Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 21560 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 36473 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Albert John Wyatt

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239316 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force, R.A.F. Base (Calshot)

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Stanley Ross Wyatt

Born 1897

British Army 62253 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 76th Field Ambulance

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Albert George Wyatt

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 2136 Private Welsh Regiment

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John Wyatt

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 1DN/4950 Serjeant Dragoons 1st (Royal) Dragoons

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Herbert Wyatt

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 56985 Driver Royal Field Artillery 41st

British Army 56985 Military Police

British Army Labour Corps

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George Edward Wyatt

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army G/3355 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/3355 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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William Wyatt

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army G/2849 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/2849 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Herbert Alexander Wyatt

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307336

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Lawrence James Wyatt

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24985

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Charles George Wyatt

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166633

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