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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]

George Henry Holbeche Couchman

Born 1859

Died 1936

British Army Colonel 107th Brigade

British Army Brigadier General Area Commandant, 2nd and 5th Armies

British Army Brigadier General GOC 107th (1st Ulster) Brigade

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Godfrey Burnside Hudson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 1st Division, 3rd Brigade 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regt

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Cecil Rochfort Harman

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 1st Division, 3rd Brigade 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regt

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Herbert Cyril Ramsay

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 802 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant 1st Division, 2nd Brigade 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regt

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Robert Anthony Beale

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 1st Division, 3rd Brigade 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regt

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John Alexander Cramp

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/2104 Bombardier New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st Brigade 3rd Battery

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Joseph Bernard Pilkington

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant 1st Division, 2nd Brigade 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regt,

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Arthur Roland Skemp

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant 1st Division, 3rd Brigade 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regt

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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Giffard Hamilton Mcarthur King

Born 1885

Australian Imperial Force Major 1st Field Artillery Brigade Gallipoli

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel Australian Field Artillery

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Frederick J Broom

Died 1916

British Army GS/3655 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th Infantry Brigade 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders

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George De Cardonnel Elmsall Findlay

Born 1889

Died 1967

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 24th Company

British Army Major 1st Division, 2nd Brigade 409th Field Company Royal Engineers

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William Phillipson Stow

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1588 Private Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 1588 Private South African Infantry Brigade

South African Services RR/1588 1st South African Brigade Rhodesia Regiment

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Gewergis Haji

British Army 75027 1st Dragoon Brigade

British Army 75027 Private 1st Dragoon Brigade

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Jackson Clarke

Born 1891

Died 1959

British Army 9391 Private 1st Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 424883 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 25717 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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John Angus Chambers

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 34274 Private 1st Infantry Brigade - 1st Canadian Division 1st Battalion (Ontario Regiment)

Canadian Expeditionary Force 34274 Private 2nd Canadian Stationary Hospital

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Harold Alexander Murley Letch

Born 1894

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force 6 Corporal 19th Sig Troop (AE)

Australian Imperial Force 6 Corporal 1st Signal Troop (1st Light Horse Brigade)

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Harry Edward Wilkinson

Born 1889

Canadian Expeditionary Force 40085 Gunner 1st Brigade, Canadian Artillery Ypres, 8th & 9th May 1915, awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal

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Lawrence Vincent Moore Cosgrave

Born 1890

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lt Col 1st Cdn Artillery Brigade

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Claude Frank Lethbridge Templer

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Captain 1st Division, 3rd Brigade 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regt

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment Captured near Givenchy, escaped in 1917

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Gladstone Burrell

Born 1887

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/712 Corporal 3rd Battery, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery

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