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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]

Benjamin Colin Brodie

British Army Second Lieutenant Surrey Yeomanry

British Army Acting Captain 4th Surrey Yeomanry attached Gordons Highlanders

British Army Temporary Captain Headquarters 1st Highland Brigade

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Ian Robert Bruce

British Army 1217 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Lieutenant 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Captain 84th Infantry Brigade

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Arthur Charles Goodwin

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 1/1st North Midlands Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel 48th Stationary Hospital

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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H Choules

British Army 272 Private 1st South Waziristan Militia Brigade Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps

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Eric Hubert Monchton Fetch

British Army 10/1236 Quarter Master Serjeant 1st Wellington Infantry Brigade New Zealand Expeditionary Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Charles Baldwin

British Army 2031 Private 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion

British Army 265471 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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William Henry Harrex

British Army 1724 Corporal City of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Acting Captain 1st South African Rifles Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Acting Captain City of London Yeomanry

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John Herbert Cock

British Army 10/305 Private 1st Company Wellington Infantry Regiment

British Army 25/952 Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 3rd rifle brigade new zealand Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant General List and Royal Flying Corps

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Andrew Finn

British Army No 2 Transport Company

British Army 18th Divisional Train

British Army 1st Infantry Brigade Transport

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John Finch

British Army Private 1st Kimberley Regiment

British Army 1337 Private 2nd Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 11127 Private 2nd South African Infantry Brigade

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Samuel Mc C Goosen

British Army 5399 Corporal 1st South African Mounted Brigade

British Army 5714 Corporal 9th South African Horse

British Army 85 Private East African Labour Corps

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Lionel John Cripps

British Army 303 Private 1st Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 1169 Serjeant 2nd Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 1169 Serjeant South African Infantry Brigade

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Norman Parlour Birley

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Captain 27th Reserve Infantry Brigade

British Army Captain South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd southst Battalion

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Robert Wallace Aitken

British Army Captain 1/1st South Midlands Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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N Clowes

British Army Lieutenant 3rd Field Artillery Brigade 1st Australian Division

British Army Major Head Quarters Australian Division Force

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Ernest A Crosbie

British Army 1861 1st Mounted Brigade Scouts

British Army Second Lieutenant East African Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant South African Service Corps

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James Brook

British Army 363001 Assistant Sergeant Major Royal Army Medical Corps 1st South West Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance

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C E T Baker

British Army Second Lieutenant 1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Brigade Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Walter G Crane

British Army 23310 Company Serjeant Major Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 23310 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 2331 Warrant Officer Class 2 Indian Unattached List Attached 1st Brigade Mobile Artillery Indian Defence Force

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Arthur Holroyd Bridges

Indian Army Major 116th Mahrattas

Indian Army Major 116th Mahrattas; serving at RMC Dunoon, Australia

Australian Imperial Force Brigade Major 8th Australian Infantry Brigade

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