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Ballam England [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Brighton Tasmania [1]

Cressy Tasmania [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Deans Marsh Victoria [1]

Deloraine Tasmania [1]

Earnley, near Chichester, Sussex [1]

Fingal, Tasmania [1]

Hobart, Tasmania [1]

Ilfracombe, Devon, England [1]

North Shields [1]

Orford Tasmania [1]

Pettinain, Lanarkshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Sheffield [1]

Steepleston, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England [1]

Toronto ON [1]

Tranent, East Lothian [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Westbury Tasmania [1]

sheffield [1]

Rank

Private [155]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Lieutenant [17]

Captain [15]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Corporal [4]

Major [4]

Gunner [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pte [1]

Quarter Master Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Captain [1]

Temporary Company Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Defence Corps 12th Battalion [24]

12th Battalion Royal Defence Corps [15]

North Lancashire Regiment 12th Battalion [14]

12th Battalion Royal Scots [9]

Royal Lancaster Regiment 12th Battalion [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 12th Battalion [8]

12th Battalion [7]

12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment 12th Battalion [7]

12th Infantry Battalion [6]

12th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

12th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment 12th Battalion [5]

12th Battalion North Lancashire Regiment [4]

12th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

12th Officer Cadet Battalion [4]

12th Tank Battalion [4]

Army Service Corps [4]

12th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

12th Battalion Tank Corps [3]

12th Battalion, Australian Infantry [3]

12th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [3]

Lancashire Regiment 12th Battalion [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Scots [3]

York and Lancaster 12th Battalion [3]

12th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

12th Battalion Liverpool Regiment [2]

12th Cyclist Battalion Corps [2]

12th Labour Battalion [2]

12th Royal Scots [2]

26th Division Cyclist Corps [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Imperial Army [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

109th Infantry Brigade [1]

10th Battalion Royal Scots [1]

10th General Service Reinforcements [1]

127th Battalion (12th York Rangers) [1]

12th Battalion Australian Infantry [1]

12th (Reserve) Battalion [1]

12th Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

12th Band Reserve Battalion [1]

12th Battalion (South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania) Australian Infantry [1]

12th Battalion 1st Canadian Corps [1]

12th Battalion Attached Administration Head Quarters [1]

12th Battalion Cavalry [1]

12th Battalion Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [199]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

South African Services [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [59]

C [54]

G [25]

A [18]

H [15]

F [11]

D [10]

E [7]

M [5]

S [3]

L [2]

P [2]

R [2]

T [2]

W [2]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [217]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Canada [3]

Australia [1]

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People [218] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ballam England [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Brighton Tasmania [1] Cressy Tasmania [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Deans Marsh Victoria [1] Deloraine Tasmania [1] Earnley, near Chichester, Sussex [1] Fingal, Tasmania [1] Hobart, Tasmania [1] Ilfracombe, Devon, England [1] North Shields [1] Orford Tasmania [1] Pettinain, Lanarkshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Sheffield [1] Steepleston, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England [1] Toronto ON [1] Tranent, East Lothian [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Westbury Tasmania [1] sheffield [1]

Rank

Private [155] Second Lieutenant [23] Lieutenant [17] Captain [15] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [6] Corporal [4] Major [4] Gunner [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Pioneer [1] Pte [1] Quarter Master Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Captain [1] Temporary Company Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Defence Corps 12th Battalion [24] 12th Battalion Royal Defence Corps [15] North Lancashire Regiment 12th Battalion [14] 12th Battalion Royal Scots [9] Royal Lancaster Regiment 12th Battalion [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 12th Battalion [8] 12th Battalion [7] 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles [7] York and Lancaster Regiment 12th Battalion [7] 12th Infantry Battalion [6] 12th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [5] 12th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment 12th Battalion [5] 12th Battalion North Lancashire Regiment [4] 12th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [4] 12th Officer Cadet Battalion [4] 12th Tank Battalion [4] Army Service Corps [4] 12th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] 12th Battalion Tank Corps [3] 12th Battalion, Australian Infantry [3] 12th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [3] Lancashire Regiment 12th Battalion [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Scots [3] York and Lancaster 12th Battalion [3] 12th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [2] 12th Battalion Liverpool Regiment [2] 12th Cyclist Battalion Corps [2] 12th Labour Battalion [2] 12th Royal Scots [2] 26th Division Cyclist Corps [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Imperial Army [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] 109th Infantry Brigade [1] 10th Battalion Royal Scots [1] 10th General Service Reinforcements [1] 127th Battalion (12th York Rangers) [1] 12th Battalion Australian Infantry [1] 12th (Reserve) Battalion [1] 12th Australian Infantry Battalion [1] 12th Band Reserve Battalion [1] 12th Battalion (South Australia, West Australia, Tasmania) Australian Infantry [1] 12th Battalion 1st Canadian Corps [1] 12th Battalion Attached Administration Head Quarters [1] 12th Battalion Cavalry [1] 12th Battalion Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [199] Australian Imperial Force [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] South African Services [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [59] C [54] G [25] A [18] H [15] F [11] D [10] E [7] M [5] S [3] L [2] P [2] R [2] T [2] W [2] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [217]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Canada [3] Australia [1]

Disney Rivers Currie

British Army Captain 1st Battalion Royal Scots

British Army Major 12th Battalion Royal Scots

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J Miley

British Army 201515 Lance Serjeant 3/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers attached 12th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

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Harold Butterley

British Army Second Lieutenant 13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain 12th Battalion Royal Scots

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William Lawrence Adamson

British Army Second Lieutenant 12th Battalion Royal Scots

British Army Major 38th Battalion Machine Gun Corps

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Clement De Rouffignac

British Army 17440 Private 19th Battalion The King's Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant 12th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment

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Arthur Armstrong Gray

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th Battalion Royal Scots

British Army Lieutenant 12th Battalion Royal Scots

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Samuel Brown Mckinley

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 2330 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Captain Royal Scots

British Army Captain 12th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)

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John Henry Corkish

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 265061 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 265061 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Guy Steel Peebles Macmeeken

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 18752 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Scots Regiment

British Army Captain 12th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)

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Samuel Allen

British Army Second Lieutenant 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Captain 109th Infantry Brigade

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Herbert Hall

Born 1892

Died 1988

British Army 12/664 Private 12th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Major King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Edward Storey Boxshall

Born 1898

British Army 615 and M/316725 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 124093 Private 6th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps

British Army 203023 Private 12th Battalion, Tank Corps

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Walter J Gosling

British Army 9352 Private Labour Corps Northern Command Labour Corps ex 12th Labour Battalion

British Army 29237 Private Labour Corps Northern Command Labour Corps ex 12th Labour Battalion

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T Everatt

British Army Serjeant 12th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

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R G Ackroyd

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain 12th Battalion Tank Corps

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B D Brigg

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant 26th Division Cyclist Corps

British Army Temporary Lieutenant 12th Cyclist Battalion Corps

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J W Davidson

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Captain 12th Cavalry Indian Army

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H G Harmer

British Army S1.2307 Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles

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J T Burroughs

British Army Captain 12th Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Captain 4th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment

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John Green

British Army 8719 Private 1st Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 8719 Regimental Serjeant Major 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles

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