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Cape Town [1]

Cupar [1]

Hanover Square, Middlesex [1]

Kerry, Montgomeryshire [1]

Kussoli [1]

Partick, Lanarkshire [1]

Rochdale [1]

Shenstone, Worcestershire [1]

Staplehurst, Kent [1]

Walthamstow [1]

Westmeath [1]

Rank

Private [234]

Labourer [42]

Corporal [16]

Lance Corporal [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Captain [12]

Serjeant [11]

Lieutenant [8]

Trooper [7]

Naik [5]

Driver [4]

Sapper [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Havildar [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Clerk [2]

Acting Captain and Adjutant [1]

Bricklayer [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook [1]

Cooper [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Gunner [1]

Labour [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Second [1]

Major [1]

Mason [1]

Mochi [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Se [1]

Serje [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [185]

1st Labour Corps [73]

1st Leinster Regiment [22]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

1st Dragoon Guards [13]

1st Royal Irish Rifles [12]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [12]

1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 82nd Company [11]

1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

1st Life Guards [8]

1st Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

East African Labour Corps [6]

1st Scottish Horse [5]

Maltese Labour Corps [5]

1st Dragoons [4]

1st Garrison Battalion [4]

1st Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [4]

1st Royal Irish Fusiliers [4]

1st South African Mounted Brigade [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

1st Armed Labour Corps [3]

1st Labour Corps 89th Company [3]

1st Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

1st Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

1st Royal Scots [3]

2nd Labour Corps [3]

Corps of Dragoons [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

1st Battalion King's Own Maltese Regiment of Militia [2]

1st Battalion Labour Corps [2]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

1st Cameron Highlanders [2]

1st Home Service Garrison Battalion [2]

1st Household Battalion [2]

1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 89nd Company [2]

1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 89th Company [2]

1st King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

1st King's Own Maltese Regiment of Militia [2]

1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

1st Labour Battalion [2]

1st Labour Corps 82nd Company [2]

1st Labour Corps Service Company 82nd Company [2]

1st Liverpool Regiment [2]

1st Lovat's Scouts [2]

1st Royal Irish Regiment [2]

1st West Riding Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [349]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [98]

C [86]

G [61]

A [33]

D [26]

H [18]

F [14]

E [3]

M [3]

S [3]

J [2]

O [1]

P [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [349]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Canada [1]

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People [350] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cape Town [1] Cupar [1] Hanover Square, Middlesex [1] Kerry, Montgomeryshire [1] Kussoli [1] Partick, Lanarkshire [1] Rochdale [1] Shenstone, Worcestershire [1] Staplehurst, Kent [1] Walthamstow [1] Westmeath [1]

Rank

Private [234] Labourer [42] Corporal [16] Lance Corporal [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Captain [12] Serjeant [11] Lieutenant [8] Trooper [7] Naik [5] Driver [4] Sapper [4] Acting Corporal [3] Havildar [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Clerk [2] Acting Captain and Adjutant [1] Bricklayer [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colonel [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook [1] Cooper [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Gunner [1] Labour [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Second [1] Major [1] Mason [1] Mochi [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Se [1] Serje [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [185] 1st Labour Corps [73] 1st Leinster Regiment [22] Royal Fusiliers [14] 1st Dragoon Guards [13] 1st Royal Irish Rifles [12] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [12] 1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 82nd Company [11] 1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] 1st Life Guards [8] 1st Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] East African Labour Corps [6] 1st Scottish Horse [5] Maltese Labour Corps [5] 1st Dragoons [4] 1st Garrison Battalion [4] 1st Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [4] 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers [4] 1st South African Mounted Brigade [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] 1st Armed Labour Corps [3] 1st Labour Corps 89th Company [3] 1st Monmouthshire Regiment [3] 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] 1st Royal Scots [3] 2nd Labour Corps [3] Corps of Dragoons [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] 1st Battalion King's Own Maltese Regiment of Militia [2] 1st Battalion Labour Corps [2] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] 1st Cameron Highlanders [2] 1st Home Service Garrison Battalion [2] 1st Household Battalion [2] 1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 89nd Company [2] 1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 89th Company [2] 1st King's Liverpool Regiment [2] 1st King's Own Maltese Regiment of Militia [2] 1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] 1st Labour Battalion [2] 1st Labour Corps 82nd Company [2] 1st Labour Corps Service Company 82nd Company [2] 1st Liverpool Regiment [2] 1st Lovat's Scouts [2] 1st Royal Irish Regiment [2] 1st West Riding Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [349] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [98] C [86] G [61] A [33] D [26] H [18] F [14] E [3] M [3] S [3] J [2] O [1] P [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [349]

Country

United Kingdom [7] Canada [1]

Richard Ireland Purdon

Born 1876

Died 1965

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Chinese Labour Corps

British Army Temporary Major Chinese Labour Corps

British Army Colour Sergeant 1st (Weihaiwei) Chinese Regiment

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Arthur Cross

Born 1884

British Army 39694 Private Labour Corps Southern Command Labour Centre

British Army 7219 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 66091 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Charles George Styles

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army L/10454 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 10454 Private 1st Battalion

British Army 365671 Private Labour Corps 374th Home Service Company

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James Cartwright

Born 1883

Died 1938

British Army 9026 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army D/15588 Private 2/1st Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 598427 Private Labour Corps

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William Bromley-Davenport

Born 1862

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 1st Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Labour Corps

British Army Brigadier General Labour Corps

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S Smith

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 3461 Private Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry

British Army 500147 Private Labour Corps 683rd Agricultural Company

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James O'neill

Born 1893

British Army 31901 Private Royal Scots

British Army 325 Private Labour Corps ex Royal Scots

British Army 325 Private 1st Labour Corps

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Baga

British Army 1st Labour Corps

British Army 11266 Labourer 1st Labour Corps

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Deb Singh

British Army 6985 1st Labour Corps

British Army 6985 Labourer 1st Labour Corps

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Ghyaliya

British Army 4274 1st Labour Corps

British Army 4274 Labourer 1st Labour Corps

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Bhoora

British Army 1st Labour Corps

British Army 2090 Labourer 1st Labour Corps

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Birkhu

British Army 1st Labour Corps

British Army 6187 Labourer 1st Labour Corps

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Chaitua

British Army 5224 1st Labour Corps

British Army 5224 Labourer 1st Labour Corps

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Borangi

British Army 1st Labour Corps

British Army 7127 Mason 1st Labour Corps

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Chhawaliya

British Army 10988 1st Labour Corps

British Army 10988 Labourer 1st Labour Corps

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Chand Behari Dass

British Army 5318 1st Labour Corps

British Army 5318 Bricklayer 1st Labour Corps

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Ginou

British Army 10046 1st Labour Corps

British Army 10046 Labourer 1st Labour Corps

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Hari Dutt

British Army 302 1st Labour Corps

British Army 302 Labourer 1st Labour Corps

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Algernon G Berry

British Army M1/9086 Private 1st Labour Corps

British Army M1/09086 Private 1st Labour Corps

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Bhunda

British Army 1st Labour Corps

British Army 11121 Labourer 1st Labour Corps

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