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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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People [1260] Stories Communities

Place of birth

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]

Frederick Brown

Born 1879

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 713 Private 33rd Battalion, then 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry

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Calvin Eady

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 788268 Lance Sergeant 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry

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James Aindow

British Army 29931 Private Liverpool Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Robert Craig Cowan

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Royal Scots

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Samuel Bayes Ward

Born 1895

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant, Acting Captain 3rd Australian Pioneer Battalion

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Sydney Ellis Wedd

Born 1894

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 3rd Canadian Battalion

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Percival Turvey

Born 1892

Australian Imperial Force 2693 Sergeant 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry

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Thomas Smith

Australian Imperial Force 540 Private 3rd Pioneer Battalion

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E L Francis

British Army Lieutenant 3rd Battalion

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Harold Sell

British Army 98392 Private 3rd Battalion

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James Cowen

British Army 23055 Private 3rd Battalion

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Bert Haigh

British Army 1642/2642 Private 3rd Battalion

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John Davidson

British Army 2349 Private 3rd Battalion

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Harry Robert Chichester Balfour

Born 1882

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Royal Scots

British Army Captain 2nd Royal Scots

British Army Captain 3rd Royal Scots

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Charles William Larter

British Army 37799 Private 3rd Battalion

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W Bannister

British Army 50806 Private 3rd Battalion

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Leonard S Bales

British Army 17535 Private 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Hudson

British Army 1495 Serjeant 3rd Battalion

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Alfred Baker

British Army

British Army G/34979 Private 3rd Battalion

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Charles Edmund Alexander Vivian Knyvett

Born 1896

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 35118 Rifleman 3rd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment

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