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New York [8]

St Austell, Cornwall [3]

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [2]

San Francisco, California [2]

Tennessee [2]

Ashland, New York [1]

Beardstown, Illinois [1]

Bethlehem, Connecticut [1]

Blackheath, Greenwich, London [1]

Boston, Massachusetts [1]

Brest Litovsk, Belarus, Tsarist Russia [1]

Brooklyn, New York [1]

Brooklyn, New York City, New York [1]

Brookville, Jefferson, Pennsylvania [1]

Brookyn, New York [1]

Buxton, Derbyshire, England [1]

Charleston, South Carolina [1]

Detroit, Michigan [1]

Doylestown, Pennsylvania [1]

Elmira, New York [1]

Fort Jefferson, Florida [1]

Granby, Quebec [1]

Gueydan, Louisiana [1]

Heybridge, Tean, Stoke-on-Trent [1]

Highgate, London [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Kansas City, Missouri [1]

Massachusetts [1]

Mountain Ash, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

New York City, New York [1]

Odessa, Tsarist Russia [1]

Ontario [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Peekskill, Westchester County, New York state [1]

Penn Yan, New York [1]

Rockford, Illinois [1]

St Austell RD, Cornwall [1]

St Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall [1]

Stamford, Connectticut [1]

Stillwater, New York [1]

Sullivan, Illinois [1]

Troy, NY [1]

Whitinsville, Massachusetts [1]

Wickliffe, Ohio [1]

Rank

Captain [25]

Private [22]

Serjeant [16]

Corporal [12]

Lieutenant [10]

Major [10]

Private 1st Class [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

1st Lieutenant [3]

Colonel [3]

First Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Waggoner [2]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigade Adjutant [1]

Captain (retired) [1]

Civilian [1]

Civilian Surgeon [1]

Cook [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Hospital Serjeant [1]

Major U.S.A.M.C. [1]

Marine Gunner [1]

Military Correspondent [1]

Nurse [1]

Private (1st Class Engineer) [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Surgeon [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

American Expeditionary Force [72]

American Expeditionary Force - III Corps [37]

American Expeditionary Force - II Corps [17]

United States Army [12]

US Army Medical Corps [11]

106th Infantry Regiment [6]

118th Infantry Regiment [3]

US Army - Signal Corps - Aviation Section [3]

US Corps of Engineers [3]

105th Infantry Regiment [2]

107th Infantry Regiment [2]

132nd Infantry Regiment [2]

312th Infantry Regiment [2]

American Ambulance Hospital [2]

American Army [2]

American Expeditionary Force - V Corps [2]

Corps of Engineers United States Army [2]

US Army [2]

US Army - Air Service [2]

US Army - Signal Corps [2]

US Army Ordnance Corps [2]

United States Infantry [2]

United States of America Forces [2]

100th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) [1]

105th Infantry United States of America [1]

105th Infantry United States Army [1]

105th US Infantry Regiment [1]

106th Field Hospital United States Army [1]

106th Infantry 27th Division United States Army [1]

107 Field Hospital - 102 Sanitary Train [1]

108th Infantry Machine Gun Company [1]

108th US Infantry Regiment [1]

111th Infantry Regiment [1]

117th Infantry Regiment [1]

119th Infantry 30th United States Division [1]

123rd Battalion 33rd Division United States Army [1]

124th Machine Gun Battalion [1]

131st Infantry Regiment [1]

15th (The King's) Hussars [1]

16th Infantry Regiment [1]

18th Field Artillery A.E.F. [1]

212th Battalion (American Legion) [1]

21st Division British Expeditionary Force American Army [1]

26th U.S. Infantry Regiment [1]

27th United States Army Infantry [1]

29th Vancouver Battalion [1]

2nd General Hospital Le Havre [1]

2nd Infantry Regiment [1]

305th Infantry Regiment [1]

305th United States Infantry [1]

Service

Other Empire Force [136]

British Army [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

H [20]

B [15]

T [11]

W [11]

M [10]

L [9]

S [9]

C [7]

G [6]

K [6]

R [6]

D [5]

F [5]

J [4]

E [3]

P [3]

O [2]

N [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [123]

Country

United States [18]

United Kingdom [8]

Canada [2]

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People [137] Stories Communities

Place of birth

New York [8] St Austell, Cornwall [3] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [2] San Francisco, California [2] Tennessee [2] Ashland, New York [1] Beardstown, Illinois [1] Bethlehem, Connecticut [1] Blackheath, Greenwich, London [1] Boston, Massachusetts [1] Brest Litovsk, Belarus, Tsarist Russia [1] Brooklyn, New York [1] Brooklyn, New York City, New York [1] Brookville, Jefferson, Pennsylvania [1] Brookyn, New York [1] Buxton, Derbyshire, England [1] Charleston, South Carolina [1] Detroit, Michigan [1] Doylestown, Pennsylvania [1] Elmira, New York [1] Fort Jefferson, Florida [1] Granby, Quebec [1] Gueydan, Louisiana [1] Heybridge, Tean, Stoke-on-Trent [1] Highgate, London [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Kansas City, Missouri [1] Massachusetts [1] Mountain Ash, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] New York City, New York [1] Odessa, Tsarist Russia [1] Ontario [1] Paddington, London [1] Peekskill, Westchester County, New York state [1] Penn Yan, New York [1] Rockford, Illinois [1] St Austell RD, Cornwall [1] St Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall [1] Stamford, Connectticut [1] Stillwater, New York [1] Sullivan, Illinois [1] Troy, NY [1] Whitinsville, Massachusetts [1] Wickliffe, Ohio [1]

Rank

Captain [25] Private [22] Serjeant [16] Corporal [12] Lieutenant [10] Major [10] Private 1st Class [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant Colonel [7] 1st Lieutenant [3] Colonel [3] First Lieutenant [3] Sergeant [3] Waggoner [2] Brevet Major [1] Brigade Adjutant [1] Captain (retired) [1] Civilian [1] Civilian Surgeon [1] Cook [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Hospital Serjeant [1] Major U.S.A.M.C. [1] Marine Gunner [1] Military Correspondent [1] Nurse [1] Private (1st Class Engineer) [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Surgeon [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

American Expeditionary Force [72] American Expeditionary Force - III Corps [37] American Expeditionary Force - II Corps [17] United States Army [12] US Army Medical Corps [11] 106th Infantry Regiment [6] 118th Infantry Regiment [3] US Army - Signal Corps - Aviation Section [3] US Corps of Engineers [3] 105th Infantry Regiment [2] 107th Infantry Regiment [2] 132nd Infantry Regiment [2] 312th Infantry Regiment [2] American Ambulance Hospital [2] American Army [2] American Expeditionary Force - V Corps [2] Corps of Engineers United States Army [2] US Army [2] US Army - Air Service [2] US Army - Signal Corps [2] US Army Ordnance Corps [2] United States Infantry [2] United States of America Forces [2] 100th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) [1] 105th Infantry United States of America [1] 105th Infantry United States Army [1] 105th US Infantry Regiment [1] 106th Field Hospital United States Army [1] 106th Infantry 27th Division United States Army [1] 107 Field Hospital - 102 Sanitary Train [1] 108th Infantry Machine Gun Company [1] 108th US Infantry Regiment [1] 111th Infantry Regiment [1] 117th Infantry Regiment [1] 119th Infantry 30th United States Division [1] 123rd Battalion 33rd Division United States Army [1] 124th Machine Gun Battalion [1] 131st Infantry Regiment [1] 15th (The King's) Hussars [1] 16th Infantry Regiment [1] 18th Field Artillery A.E.F. [1] 212th Battalion (American Legion) [1] 21st Division British Expeditionary Force American Army [1] 26th U.S. Infantry Regiment [1] 27th United States Army Infantry [1] 29th Vancouver Battalion [1] 2nd General Hospital Le Havre [1] 2nd Infantry Regiment [1] 305th Infantry Regiment [1] 305th United States Infantry [1]

Service

Other Empire Force [136] British Army [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

H [20] B [15] T [11] W [11] M [10] L [9] S [9] C [7] G [6] K [6] R [6] D [5] F [5] J [4] E [3] P [3] O [2] N [1] Q [1] U [1] V [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [123]

Country

United States [18] United Kingdom [8] Canada [2]

Edwin Henry Sweetman

Born 1894

Died 1972

Other Empire Force American Expeditionary Force - V Corps 170th Infantry Brigade - 85th Infantry Division

Other Empire Force North Russia Expeditionary Force

Other Empire Force 2052309 Private 339th US Infantry Regiment

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Percy Trethewey

Born 1895

Died 1962

Other Empire Force 3129332 Private (1st Class Engineer) American Expeditionary Force - 34th Engineers Company A

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William Taylor Weede Underwood

Other Empire Force Major American Army

Other Empire Force Major American Expeditionary Force

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Hobart C Rogers

Other Empire Force 1333158 Private 1st Class American Expeditionary Force 118 Ambulance Company

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M J Quinn

Other Empire Force 210206 American Army

Other Empire Force 210206 American Expeditionary Force

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Richard Samuel Trethewey

Born 1901

Other Empire Force Private American Expeditionary Force 163rd Infantry

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J O Taber

Other Empire Force American Expeditionary Force

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Harold A Wintjen

Other Empire Force American Expeditionary Force

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Franklin C Herndon

Other Empire Force Lieutenant American Expeditionary Force

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E W Wolfrom

Other Empire Force American Expeditionary Force

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T O'donnell

Other Empire Force American Expeditionary Force

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G T Hagan

Other Empire Force American Expeditionary Force

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William J Honack

Other Empire Force American Expeditionary Force

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W H Losty

Other Empire Force 6003266 American Expeditionary Force Corps of Engineers

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J H Storch

Other Empire Force American Expeditionary Force

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John Figarovsky

Born 1899

Died 1982

Other Empire Force 54938 Private 1st Class American Expeditionary Force

Other Empire Force 54938 Corporal 26th U.S. Infantry Regiment

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Robert Emmett Keating

Born 1894

Died 1979

Other Empire Force 1216172 Waggoner American Expeditionary Force - III Corps 54th Infantry Brigade - 27th Division

Other Empire Force 1216172 Waggoner American Expeditionary Forces 106th Machine Gun Battalion

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William Arthur Trethewey

Born 1890

Other Empire Force

Other Empire Force 257242 Private American Expeditionary Force - 107th Engineers 32nd Division

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Melville Montrose Gutter

Born 1895

Other Empire Force 779003 American Expeditionary Force

Other Empire Force 779003 Corporal Quartermaster Corps

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Harry King

Born 1892

Died 1918

Other Empire Force American Expeditionary Force

Other Empire Force 209559 Private 1st Class 3rd Cavalry "F" Troop

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