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Melbourne Victoria [2]

Alet, Aude [1]

Arrowtown, Invercargill [1]

Balloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Balmain, Sydney, Cumberland, New South Wales [1]

Banoda [1]

Bath [1]

Belfast [1]

Benalla, Devenish, Victoria [1]

Binda via Tharwa in the Colony of New South Wales [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Borung Victoria [1]

Braamsfontein, Johannesburg [1]

Bradford England [1]

Brighton, Sussex England [1]

Buann, North West Frontier Province [1]

Burntisland, Fife, Scotland [1]

Calcutta [1]

Camberwell, London, England [1]

Carleton Place, Ontario [1]

Carnarvonshire, Wales [1]

Carrick, Brighton, Tasmania [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Christchurch [1]

Cleveland, Ohio [1]

Courtenay British Columbia [1]

Cramlington, Northumberland, [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dunedin [1]

Dunedin NZ [1]

Dunning, Scotland [1]

Durham [1]

Durisden Scotland [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Fetteresson,Stonehaven,Aberdeenshire. [1]

Galway [1]

Gilbertstown, Dunkineely, Co. Donegal [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Goole [1]

Gosport, Hampshire, England [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Guyra New South Wales [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland [1]

Hamilton, Waikato [1]

Hawthorne, Atchison County, Kansas [1]

Horsham, Sussex [1]

Ingersoll, Ontario [1]

Ipswich Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [99]

Second Lieutenant [61]

Captain [47]

Gunner [45]

Lieutenant [32]

Driver [27]

Corporal [26]

Major [25]

Serjeant [22]

Lieutenant Colonel [20]

Brigadier General [18]

Sergeant [15]

2nd Lieutenant [9]

Bombardier [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Colonel [7]

Able Seaman Driver [5]

Brigadier [5]

Lance Sergeant [5]

Sapper [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Major General [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Interpreter [3]

Lieutenant General [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Major General [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Brigade Major [2]

Bugler [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

General [2]

Honorary Major General [2]

Major-General [2]

Reverend [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Captain [2]

Temporary Corporal [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Major General [2]

Temporary Sergeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Bodied [1]

Unit

1st Division, 2nd Brigade [24]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st Brigade [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

1st Brigade [12]

1st Infantry Brigade [11]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [9]

1st South African Mounted Brigade [7]

1st Division, 3rd Brigade [6]

1st Field Artillery Brigade [6]

1st South African Infantry Brigade [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery 1/1st Reserve Brigade [6]

1st Division [5]

1st Dragoon Brigade [5]

1st Reserve Brigade [5]

East African Labour Corps [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st brigade [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery 1st Reserve Brigade [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

3rd Brigade - 1st Australian Division [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

South African Infantry Brigade [4]

1st Canadian Infantry Brigade [3]

1st Cavalry Brigade [3]

1st Division, 43rd Brigade [3]

2nd Rhodesia Regiment [3]

Australian Infantry [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

14th Brigade [2]

14th Infantry Brigade [2]

1st Armoured Motor Brigade [2]

1st Australian Division [2]

1st Brigade Australian Field Artillery [2]

1st Cameron Highlanders [2]

1st Division - 1st Infantry Brigade [2]

1st Dragoon Guards [2]

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [2]

1st Garrison Battalion Warwickshire Regiment [2]

1st Headquarters Armoured Motor Brigade [2]

1st High Brigade [2]

1st Light Horse Brigade [2]

1st Naval Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [248]

Australian Imperial Force [71]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Royal Navy [8]

South African Services [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Indian Army [5]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [66]

C [66]

G [29]

H [27]

A [26]

M [25]

D [19]

F [16]

S [12]

P [11]

T [11]

R [10]

W [10]

J [6]

L [6]

K [5]

N [5]

E [4]

O [3]

U [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [357]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Australia [11]

New Zealand [7]

Canada [3]

India [2]

South Africa [2]

France [1]

Mauritius [1]

United States [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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People [362] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [2] Alet, Aude [1] Arrowtown, Invercargill [1] Balloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Balmain, Sydney, Cumberland, New South Wales [1] Banoda [1] Bath [1] Belfast [1] Benalla, Devenish, Victoria [1] Binda via Tharwa in the Colony of New South Wales [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Borung Victoria [1] Braamsfontein, Johannesburg [1] Bradford England [1] Brighton, Sussex England [1] Buann, North West Frontier Province [1] Burntisland, Fife, Scotland [1] Calcutta [1] Camberwell, London, England [1] Carleton Place, Ontario [1] Carnarvonshire, Wales [1] Carrick, Brighton, Tasmania [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Christchurch [1] Cleveland, Ohio [1] Courtenay British Columbia [1] Cramlington, Northumberland, [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dunedin [1] Dunedin NZ [1] Dunning, Scotland [1] Durham [1] Durisden Scotland [1] Edinburgh [1] Fetteresson,Stonehaven,Aberdeenshire. [1] Galway [1] Gilbertstown, Dunkineely, Co. Donegal [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Goole [1] Gosport, Hampshire, England [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Guyra New South Wales [1] Hackney, London [1] Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland [1] Hamilton, Waikato [1] Hawthorne, Atchison County, Kansas [1] Horsham, Sussex [1] Ingersoll, Ontario [1] Ipswich Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [99] Second Lieutenant [61] Captain [47] Gunner [45] Lieutenant [32] Driver [27] Corporal [26] Major [25] Serjeant [22] Lieutenant Colonel [20] Brigadier General [18] Sergeant [15] 2nd Lieutenant [9] Bombardier [8] Lance Corporal [8] Colonel [7] Able Seaman Driver [5] Brigadier [5] Lance Sergeant [5] Sapper [5] Trooper [5] Acting Corporal [4] Major General [4] Able Seaman [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Interpreter [3] Lieutenant General [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Major General [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Brevet Major [2] Brigade Major [2] Bugler [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] General [2] Honorary Major General [2] Major-General [2] Reverend [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Captain [2] Temporary Corporal [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Major General [2] Temporary Sergeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Bodied [1]

Unit

1st Division, 2nd Brigade [24] Royal Field Artillery [22] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st Brigade [13] Rifle Brigade [13] 1st Brigade [12] 1st Infantry Brigade [11] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [9] 1st South African Mounted Brigade [7] 1st Division, 3rd Brigade [6] 1st Field Artillery Brigade [6] 1st South African Infantry Brigade [6] Royal Garrison Artillery 1/1st Reserve Brigade [6] 1st Division [5] 1st Dragoon Brigade [5] 1st Reserve Brigade [5] East African Labour Corps [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st brigade [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery 1st Reserve Brigade [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] 3rd Brigade - 1st Australian Division [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] South African Infantry Brigade [4] 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade [3] 1st Cavalry Brigade [3] 1st Division, 43rd Brigade [3] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [3] Australian Infantry [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] 14th Brigade [2] 14th Infantry Brigade [2] 1st Armoured Motor Brigade [2] 1st Australian Division [2] 1st Brigade Australian Field Artillery [2] 1st Cameron Highlanders [2] 1st Division - 1st Infantry Brigade [2] 1st Dragoon Guards [2] 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [2] 1st Garrison Battalion Warwickshire Regiment [2] 1st Headquarters Armoured Motor Brigade [2] 1st High Brigade [2] 1st Light Horse Brigade [2] 1st Naval Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [248] Australian Imperial Force [71] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Royal Navy [8] South African Services [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Indian Army [5] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [66] C [66] G [29] H [27] A [26] M [25] D [19] F [16] S [12] P [11] T [11] R [10] W [10] J [6] L [6] K [5] N [5] E [4] O [3] U [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [357]

Country

United Kingdom [32] Australia [11] New Zealand [7] Canada [3] India [2] South Africa [2] France [1] Mauritius [1] United States [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Walter Beresford Bulteel

British Army Temporary Lieutenant 1st Scottish Horse

British Army Captain Army Ordnance Corps

British Army Captain Scottish Horse Brigade

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James Lempriere Ormidale Barcaple Findlay

British Army Chaplain 2nd Infantry Brigade

British Army Major 1st Division

British Army Reverend Army Chaplains Department

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W A Ferguson

British Army Major 1st Cossipore Infantry Brigade

British Army Major Mobile Artillery Indian Defence Force

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C J C Carrol

British Army Major 1st South African Mounted Brigade

British Army Major British Salvage Commission

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Frank Ewart Bowers

British Army Able Seaman 1st Royal Naval Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment 10th royal west Battalion

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Frederick B Coleman

British Army 1522 Private 3rd Australia Imperial Force

British Army 1st Brigade New South Wales Regiment

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John P Canning

British Army Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Captain 1st Headquarters Armoured Motor Brigade

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William R Dando

British Army 7840 Private 1st Dragoon Brigade

British Army 50642 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army L/18655 Private Royal Fusiliers

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S A Dow

British Army 5783 Serjeant 1st Divisional Signal Company Canadian Engineers attached Infantry Brigade

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J W Olorenshaw

British Army 614189 Serjeant 2/1st War Battery attached 34th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

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Raymond Matthew Gallagher

British Army Captain Regimental Chaplain 83rd Infantry Brigade

British Army Captain Chaplain to the Forces 1st Brigade M F Company

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

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J Hart

British Army 7011 Private Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

British Army 17127 Private 1st Garrison Battalion Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 7011 Private Rifle Brigade

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W Darrell

British Army 2/69 Private Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

British Army 17254 Private 1st Garrison Battalion Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2/69 Private Rifle Brigade

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Cyril Astley Maer

Born 1883

Australian Imperial Force 299 Gunner 2nd Battery, 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade Egypt and Gallipoli (from landing to evacuation)

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs Gallipoli

Indian Army Second Lieutenant, temporary Captain 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs Brigade Machine Gun Officer, Gallipoli, Egypt, Mesopotamia

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Alfred Pinnock

British Army Lieutenant General Service West African Brigade

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Captain 1st Division 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Albert Baxter

British Army 33592 Acting Bombardier 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 33592 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Sergeant 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery E Battery

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Richard Harte Keatinge Butler, K

Born 1870

Died 1935

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army Brigadier General GOC 3rd Brigade

British Army Brigadier General BGGS, 1st Army

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Henry Paton Jackson

Born 1879

Australian Imperial Force 216 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

Australian Imperial Force 216N Private ANZAC Provost Corps

Australian Imperial Force 216N Private 3rd Brigade - 1st Australian Division 9th Battalion

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Raymond Quantin

Other Empire Force Armée française

Other Empire Force 7e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins

Other Empire Force Attached 8th (Lucknow) Brigade in 1st Indian Cavalry Division

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A Adams

British Army 8615 Private 1st Armoured Motor Brigade

British Army 163375 Private 16th Armoured Motor Battery Attached Machine Gun Corps

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