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Brisbane Queensland [2]

Newark [2]

10 South View, Miller Rd, Preston [1]

Abergavenny [1]

Aitutaki [1]

Baldavie, Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Ballarat, Victoria [1]

Bankipore [1]

Barton Regis [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Battersea [1]

Battersea,London [1]

Beaufort, Brecon [1]

Bedfont, Staines, Middlesex, England [1]

Benares now known as Varanasi [1]

Berwick [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

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

Birkenhead [1]

Brecknockshire [1]

Brecon [1]

British Embassy, Berlin [1]

Broad Arrow Western Australia [1]

Bryncrug, Merionethshire [1]

Burwood New South Wales [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Chertsey, Surrey [1]

Clun, England [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Cootamundra, New South Wales [1]

Cornwood, Plymouth, Devon [1]

County Tyrone [1]

Curragh Camp, County Kildare [1]

Daluth, Minnesota [1]

Dowlais, Glamorgan [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunedin [1]

Earnley, near Chichester, Sussex [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Forrester's Falls, Ontario [1]

Galway [1]

Gosport, Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Horom, Gyumri formerly Aleksandrapol [1]

Huyton England [1]

Ipswich, Queensland [1]

Islington [1]

Karioi, Main Trunk Line, Wanganui [1]

Rank

Private [929]

Second Lieutenant [80]

Captain [68]

Lieutenant [53]

Corporal [40]

Lance Corporal [38]

Serjeant [36]

Major [20]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Muleteer [7]

Sapper [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Rifleman [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Guardsman [4]

Gunner [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Sepoy [4]

Sergeant [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Riding Master [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Bandsman [2]

Boy [2]

Drummer [2]

Major and Quarter Master [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Act Corporal [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colonel Sergeant [1]

Commissioned Instructor [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Dispatch Rider [1]

El Mul Tani [1]

Gunner RMA [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment 3rd Battalion [130]

South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion [104]

Royal Defence Corps 3rd Battalion [73]

3rd Battalion South Wales Borderers [71]

York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion [67]

King's Liverpool Regiment 3rd Battalion [61]

3rd Battalion Liverpool Regiment [44]

3rd Battalion [41]

Shropshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion [37]

3rd Battalion Royal Highlanders [34]

3rd Battalion Royal Defence Corps [27]

Cameron Highlanders 3rd Battalion [23]

Leinster Regiment 3rd Battalion [21]

3rd Battalion Egyptian Army [20]

3rd Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry [19]

3rd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [16]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion [16]

3rd Battalion Cameron Highlanders [14]

3rd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

3rd Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [11]

3rd Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry [10]

Royal Engineers [10]

3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment [9]

Monmouthshire Regiment 3rd Battalion [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

3rd Battalion Iraq Levies [7]

3rd Garrison Battalion [7]

3rd Reserve Battalion [7]

3/153rd Rifles [6]

3rd Battalion 2nd Punjabis [6]

3rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

3rd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

3rd Battalion Royal Scots [5]

Labour Corps [5]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [4]

3rd Battalion Leinster Regiment [4]

3rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps [4]

3rd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles [4]

3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry [4]

3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion Imperial Army [4]

3rd Labour Battalion [4]

3rd Royal Marine Battalion [4]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

Liverpool Regiment 3rd Garrison Battalion [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Highlanders 3rd Battalion [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards [3]

3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (1st Central Ontario Regiment) [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Service

British Army [1202]

Australian Imperial Force [31]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Royal Navy [9]

Indian Army [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [349]

C [260]

G [187]

A [113]

D [86]

H [82]

F [65]

E [39]

M [17]

S [12]

L [11]

W [10]

T [6]

K [5]

R [5]

Y [5]

P [4]

J [2]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1250]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Canada [5]

New Zealand [4]

Australia [3]

Armenia [1]

Cook Islands [1]

Germany [1]

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Brisbane Queensland [2] Newark [2] 10 South View, Miller Rd, Preston [1] Abergavenny [1] Aitutaki [1] Baldavie, Banffshire, Scotland [1] Ballarat, Victoria [1] Bankipore [1] Barton Regis [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Battersea [1] Battersea,London [1] Beaufort, Brecon [1] Bedfont, Staines, Middlesex, England [1] Benares now known as Varanasi [1] Berwick [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Binda via Tharwa in the Colony of New South Wales [1] Birkenhead [1] Brecknockshire [1] Brecon [1] British Embassy, Berlin [1] Broad Arrow Western Australia [1] Bryncrug, Merionethshire [1] Burwood New South Wales [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chertsey, Surrey [1] Clun, England [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Cootamundra, New South Wales [1] Cornwood, Plymouth, Devon [1] County Tyrone [1] Curragh Camp, County Kildare [1] Daluth, Minnesota [1] Dowlais, Glamorgan [1] Dublin [1] Dunedin [1] Earnley, near Chichester, Sussex [1] Edinburgh [1] Forrester's Falls, Ontario [1] Galway [1] Gosport, Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Horom, Gyumri formerly Aleksandrapol [1] Huyton England [1] Ipswich, Queensland [1] Islington [1] Karioi, Main Trunk Line, Wanganui [1]

Rank

Private [929] Second Lieutenant [80] Captain [68] Lieutenant [53] Corporal [40] Lance Corporal [38] Serjeant [36] Major [20] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Muleteer [7] Sapper [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Rifleman [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Guardsman [4] Gunner [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Sepoy [4] Sergeant [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Driver [3] Riding Master [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Bandsman [2] Boy [2] Drummer [2] Major and Quarter Master [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Act Corporal [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colonel Sergeant [1] Commissioned Instructor [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Dispatch Rider [1] El Mul Tani [1] Gunner RMA [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment 3rd Battalion [130] South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion [104] Royal Defence Corps 3rd Battalion [73] 3rd Battalion South Wales Borderers [71] York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion [67] King's Liverpool Regiment 3rd Battalion [61] 3rd Battalion Liverpool Regiment [44] 3rd Battalion [41] Shropshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion [37] 3rd Battalion Royal Highlanders [34] 3rd Battalion Royal Defence Corps [27] Cameron Highlanders 3rd Battalion [23] Leinster Regiment 3rd Battalion [21] 3rd Battalion Egyptian Army [20] 3rd Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry [19] 3rd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [16] King's Shropshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion [16] 3rd Battalion Cameron Highlanders [14] 3rd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] 3rd Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [11] 3rd Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry [10] Royal Engineers [10] 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment [9] Monmouthshire Regiment 3rd Battalion [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] 3rd Battalion Iraq Levies [7] 3rd Garrison Battalion [7] 3rd Reserve Battalion [7] 3/153rd Rifles [6] 3rd Battalion 2nd Punjabis [6] 3rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [5] 3rd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] 3rd Battalion Royal Scots [5] Labour Corps [5] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [4] 3rd Battalion Leinster Regiment [4] 3rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps [4] 3rd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles [4] 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry [4] 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion Imperial Army [4] 3rd Labour Battalion [4] 3rd Royal Marine Battalion [4] Cameron Highlanders [4] Liverpool Regiment 3rd Garrison Battalion [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Highlanders 3rd Battalion [4] South Wales Borderers [4] 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards [3] 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (1st Central Ontario Regiment) [3] Machine Gun Corps [3]

Service

British Army [1202] Australian Imperial Force [31] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Royal Navy [9] Indian Army [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [349] C [260] G [187] A [113] D [86] H [82] F [65] E [39] M [17] S [12] L [11] W [10] T [6] K [5] R [5] Y [5] P [4] J [2] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1250]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Canada [5] New Zealand [4] Australia [3] Armenia [1] Cook Islands [1] Germany [1]

Robert George Mills

Born 1896

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4104 Private 3rd Battalion

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Norman A S Barnard

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 14541 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Liverpool Regiment

British Army Lieutenant The King's Liverpool regiment 18th Battalion

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William James Dyball

Born 1891

Died 1967

Australian Imperial Force 1524

Australian Imperial Force 82278

Australian Imperial Force 1524 Private 1st Infantry Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Denis Granville Cosby Critchley-Salmonson

Born 1891

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army Captain 3rd Battalion

British Army Major 3rd Battalion

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Jonathan Bowden

Born 1892

Died 1921

British Army 15376 Private Liverpool Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 15376 Private Liverpool Regiment (Kings) 3rd Battalion

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William Lloyd Bowen

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 3736 Private 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 3736 Lance Corporal 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army Captain 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment Territorial Force

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Keith Norman Cribb

Born 1894

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1112 Private 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion

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Norman Roy Talbot

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1000

Australian Imperial Force 1000 Private 39th Battalion/ 10th Brigade/3rd Division

Australian Imperial Force 1000A Private 40th Battalion/ 10th Brigade/3rd Division

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Lancelot Merivale Gibbs

Born 1889

Died 1966

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards

British Army Captain 3rd Coldstream Guards

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William Robert Norman Leslie

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Gloucester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 15382/7 Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Gloucester Regiment attd 1st Battalion Gloucester Regiment C Company

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Harold Briscoe Everill

Born 1892

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Private 18th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1917 Private 20th Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements

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Leslie Robert Phillips

Born 1894

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1615 Private 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry

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Cyril Arthur George Lutyens

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards

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Alexander William Elgood

Born 1897

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5073 Lance Corporal 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry

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James Elliot Balfour Melville

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Attached Royal Highlanders

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Leonard Hall

British Army 8109 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion

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Charles Harold Bass

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant 3rd attached 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Arthur Godman

Born 1899

British Army 142142 Sapper 3rd Labour Battalion

British Army 7/7502 Sapper Training Reserve 93rd Battalion

British Army 285177 Sapper Royal Engineers 526 Field Company

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Grosvenor Garnet

Born 1893

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 430024 Acting Company Serjeant Major Canadian Pioneer Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion, attached 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers

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The Hon. Henry Lyndhurst Bruce

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army Honorary Captain 3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion Royal Scots

British Army Captain Royal Scots

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