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Liverpool [11]

Albany Western Australia [10]

Perth Western Australia [6]

Katanning Western Australia [3]

Bootle [2]

Bunbury Western Australia [2]

London [2]

Sleaford, Lincolnshire [2]

Wagin Western Australia [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1]

Arthur River, Western Australia [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Beverley Western Australia [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Bristol England [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Broomehill Western Australia [1]

Buenos Aires [1]

Caerleon, Monmouthshire [1]

Cahir [1]

Calcutta, India, Visitor [1]

Cardiff [1]

Castletown, Isle of Man [1]

Chew Stoke Somerset ENGLAND [1]

Co Dublin [1]

Constantinople [1]

Country Down [1]

Coventry Warwickshire [1]

Darfield, Yorkshire [1]

Dongara Western Australia [1]

Dunbar, East Lothian,, Scotland [1]

Dundee [1]

Dundee, Scotland [1]

Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1]

Eaglehawk, Victoria [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Esperance Western Australia [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Gartly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Gin Gin Western Australia [1]

Glenelg South Australia [1]

Gre Gre, Victoria [1]

Guildford Western Australia [1]

Guildford, Western Australia [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hawthorne Victoria [1]

Hedington. Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [870]

Second Lieutenant [148]

Serjeant [79]

Lance Corporal [75]

Captain [71]

Corporal [70]

Lieutenant [69]

Trooper [36]

Major [25]

Lieutenant Colonel [16]

Sapper [9]

Sergeant [9]

Acting Corporal [7]

Temporary Captain [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Driver [4]

Staff Sergeant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant and Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Bugler [2]

Cadet [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major Class 2 [2]

Company Serjeant Major Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Pioneer [2]

Signaller [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Sergeant [1]

Acting Unpaid Staff Sergeant [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet Serjeant [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colour Sergeant Instructor [1]

Unit

10th York and Lancaster Regiment [208]

10th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [148]

10th Liverpool Regiment [142]

10th Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment [81]

10th Hussars [70]

10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [66]

York and Lancaster Regiment [63]

10th King's Liverpool Regiment [52]

10th Battalion Liverpool Regiment [46]

10th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [34]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [26]

Royal Engineers [24]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

10th Light Horse Regiment [19]

King's Liverpool Regiment [19]

Liverpool Regiment [18]

10th Scottish Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [16]

10th West Riding Regiment [15]

East Surrey Regiment [15]

King's Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion [15]

London Regiment [15]

Labour Corps [14]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [14]

10th Royal Canadian Regiment [13]

Royal Irish Regiment [13]

10th Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

10th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

10th Battalion West Riding Regiment [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

South Lancashire Regiment [10]

1/10th Liverpool Regiment [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

10th Lancashire Regiment [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Tank Corps [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

10th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [5]

10th Royal Irish Rifles [5]

10th Sco King's Liverpool Regiment [5]

10th Scottish Liverpool Regiment [5]

10th South Wales Borderers [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1113]

Australian Imperial Force [90]

Indian Army [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [345]

C [246]

G [178]

F [90]

A [84]

H [84]

D [69]

M [19]

W [18]

R [17]

E [12]

P [10]

S [9]

O [6]

N [5]

J [4]

L [4]

Q [4]

K [3]

T [3]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1207]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Australia [3]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

Japan [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Liverpool [11] Albany Western Australia [10] Perth Western Australia [6] Katanning Western Australia [3] Bootle [2] Bunbury Western Australia [2] London [2] Sleaford, Lincolnshire [2] Wagin Western Australia [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1] Arthur River, Western Australia [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barming, Kent [1] Beverley Western Australia [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Bristol England [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Broomehill Western Australia [1] Buenos Aires [1] Caerleon, Monmouthshire [1] Cahir [1] Calcutta, India, Visitor [1] Cardiff [1] Castletown, Isle of Man [1] Chew Stoke Somerset ENGLAND [1] Co Dublin [1] Constantinople [1] Country Down [1] Coventry Warwickshire [1] Darfield, Yorkshire [1] Dongara Western Australia [1] Dunbar, East Lothian,, Scotland [1] Dundee [1] Dundee, Scotland [1] Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1] Eaglehawk, Victoria [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Esperance Western Australia [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Gartly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Gin Gin Western Australia [1] Glenelg South Australia [1] Gre Gre, Victoria [1] Guildford Western Australia [1] Guildford, Western Australia [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hawthorne Victoria [1] Hedington. Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [870] Second Lieutenant [148] Serjeant [79] Lance Corporal [75] Captain [71] Corporal [70] Lieutenant [69] Trooper [36] Major [25] Lieutenant Colonel [16] Sapper [9] Sergeant [9] Acting Corporal [7] Temporary Captain [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Corporal 2nd [4] Driver [4] Staff Sergeant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant and Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Captain [2] Bugler [2] Cadet [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Company Serjeant Major Class 2 [2] Company Serjeant Major Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Pioneer [2] Signaller [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Sergeant [1] Acting Unpaid Staff Sergeant [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet Serjeant [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colour Sergeant Instructor [1]

Unit

10th York and Lancaster Regiment [208] 10th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [148] 10th Liverpool Regiment [142] 10th Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment [81] 10th Hussars [70] 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [66] York and Lancaster Regiment [63] 10th King's Liverpool Regiment [52] 10th Battalion Liverpool Regiment [46] 10th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [34] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [26] Royal Engineers [24] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] 10th Light Horse Regiment [19] King's Liverpool Regiment [19] Liverpool Regiment [18] 10th Scottish Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [16] 10th West Riding Regiment [15] East Surrey Regiment [15] King's Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion [15] London Regiment [15] Labour Corps [14] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [14] 10th Royal Canadian Regiment [13] Royal Irish Regiment [13] 10th Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Yorkshire Regiment [12] 10th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [11] Royal Air Force [11] 10th Battalion West Riding Regiment [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] South Lancashire Regiment [10] 1/10th Liverpool Regiment [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] 10th Lancashire Regiment [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Tank Corps [7] Army Service Corps [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] West Riding Regiment [6] 10th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [5] 10th Royal Irish Rifles [5] 10th Sco King's Liverpool Regiment [5] 10th Scottish Liverpool Regiment [5] 10th South Wales Borderers [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1113] Australian Imperial Force [90] Indian Army [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [345] C [246] G [178] F [90] A [84] H [84] D [69] M [19] W [18] R [17] E [12] P [10] S [9] O [6] N [5] J [4] L [4] Q [4] K [3] T [3] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1207]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Australia [3] Canada [1] Ireland [1] Japan [1] New Zealand [1]

Alfred Fennah

Born 1888

Died 1946

British Army 2900 Private 10th Liverpool Regiment 2/10 Liverpool Scottish

British Army 255389 Serjeant 10th Liverpool Regiment

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Raymond Quartermaine

Born 1893

Died 1982

Australian Imperial Force 461 Sergeant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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George Davies John

Born 1891

Died 1974

Australian Imperial Force 624 Private 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Robert Ernest Spencer

Born 1874

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 480 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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William Manuel Ring

Born 1890

Died 1963

Australian Imperial Force 1271 Private 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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William John Aka Jim Piesse

Born 1888

Died 1952

Australian Imperial Force 2830 Sergeant 10th Light Horse regiment

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Tom Vaughan Craggs

Born 1886

Died 1970

British Army 4209 Private 10th Liverpool Regiment

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Kenneth Clennell Watson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1465 Private Territorial Army 5th King's Own Scottish Borderers TA

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant 10th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Edward Aka Edward Quartermaine

Born 1888

Died 1958

Australian Imperial Force 2949 Driver 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Beven Samson Joseph Quartermaine

Born 1881

Died 1947

Australian Imperial Force 3431 Staff Sergeant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Vernon Frederick Piesse

Born 1889

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Captain 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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John William Norrish

Born 1875

Died 1942

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Leslie Albert Parsons

Born 1896

Died 1953

Australian Imperial Force 189 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Walter Henry Owen

Born 1891

Died 1972

Australian Imperial Force 663 Corporal 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force 663 Staff Sergeant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force 663 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment 'B' Squadron (at May 1915)

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Reynold Fraser

Born 1892

Died 1971

British Army 3269 Private 10th Liverpool Regiment

British Army 265162 Private 10th Liverpool Regiment

British Army 429779 Private Royal Engineers

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Thomas Adams

Born 1883

Died 1958

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654374

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 10th regiment

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Raymond Richard John Norrish

Born 1899

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3307 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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John Matheson Mid

Born 1890

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 443 Sergeant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Ernest Mervyn Rose

Born 1898

Died 1969

Australian Imperial Force 3069 Sergeant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Alfred Albert Fanning

Born 1892

Died 1944

Australian Imperial Force 1387 Private 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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