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Sydney New South Wales [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Islington, London [2]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2]

79, Plumstead Road, Plumstead, Kent [1]

Aberdare, Glamorganshire [1]

Aldershot, [1]

Alderton, Gloucestershire [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bensham, Durham [1]

Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Blackawton, Devon [1]

Braidwood New South Wales [1]

Caldwell Farm, Neilston [1]

Chaibassa [1]

Chelsea [1]

Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chislehurst Kent [1]

Cooma New South Wales [1]

Coton Hall, Alveley,nr Bridgnorth,Shropshire [1]

Crediton, Devon, England [1]

Croydon England [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Euabalong New South Wales [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Hay New South Wales [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Islington [1]

Jindabyne New South Wales [1]

Kapunda, South Australia [1]

Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Killerton, Devon [1]

Lanarkshire [1]

Little Melton, Norfolk [1]

London England [1]

Maitland New South Wales [1]

Manchester [1]

Mandurama New South Wales [1]

Melrose South Australia [1]

Mooltan [1]

Murrindindi Victoria [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Parkside, Southern Australia [1]

Port Macquarie New South Wales [1]

Prahran Victoria [1]

Rampisham, Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [168]

Captain [43]

Lieutenant [30]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Driver [24]

Major [24]

Lieutenant Colonel [22]

Colonel [13]

Temporary Captain [10]

Corporal [8]

Gunner [8]

Serjeant [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Captain and Quarter Master [5]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Havildar [4]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [4]

Sub Conductor [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Brevet Colonel [3]

Clerk [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Private Strapper [3]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Adjutant [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Captain Temporary Major [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Quartermaster [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master and Captain [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Trooper [2]

268806 [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

4th Class Chaplain The Reverend [1]

4th Class Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Unit

Infantry Base Depot [109]

Royal Fusiliers [75]

Australian Infantry Base Depot [27]

Durham Light Infantry [23]

Base Remount Depot [22]

Royal Army Service Corps Base Remount Depot [18]

Army Service Corps [15]

Base Depot [15]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

London Regiment [7]

Base Stationery Depot [6]

Chatham Naval Base (RAN London Depot) [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Supply and Transport Corps [6]

Base Motor Transport Depot [5]

HMAS Australia [5]

Indian Base Depot [5]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Indian Army [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

1st Base Motor Transport Depot [3]

Army Service Corps Base Depot [3]

Base Transport Depot [3]

General Base Depot [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

35th Infantry Base Depot [2]

3rd Base Remount Depot [2]

Army Service Corps Base Remount Depot [2]

Attached Infantry Base Depot [2]

Base Depot Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Base Remount Depot/Remount Service [2]

Base Stationary Depot [2]

Base Supply Depot [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry Base Depot [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Divisional Base Depot [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

General List [2]

HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [2]

Indian Base Remount Depot [2]

Indian Military Base Depot [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Ordnance Base Depot [2]

Overseas Depot Kirkee [2]

Service

British Army [373]

Australian Imperial Force [32]

Royal Navy [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [51]

C [36]

H [33]

W [32]

S [31]

B [28]

G [22]

K [21]

R [20]

T [19]

P [18]

L [16]

D [15]

F [14]

J [12]

A [11]

N [11]

E [10]

O [6]

Q [4]

Y [3]

I [2]

U [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [407]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Australia [1]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Islington, London [2] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2] 79, Plumstead Road, Plumstead, Kent [1] Aberdare, Glamorganshire [1] Aldershot, [1] Alderton, Gloucestershire [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bensham, Durham [1] Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Blackawton, Devon [1] Braidwood New South Wales [1] Caldwell Farm, Neilston [1] Chaibassa [1] Chelsea [1] Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [1] Chislehurst Kent [1] Cooma New South Wales [1] Coton Hall, Alveley,nr Bridgnorth,Shropshire [1] Crediton, Devon, England [1] Croydon England [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Euabalong New South Wales [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Hay New South Wales [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Islington [1] Jindabyne New South Wales [1] Kapunda, South Australia [1] Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Killerton, Devon [1] Lanarkshire [1] Little Melton, Norfolk [1] London England [1] Maitland New South Wales [1] Manchester [1] Mandurama New South Wales [1] Melrose South Australia [1] Mooltan [1] Murrindindi Victoria [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Parkside, Southern Australia [1] Port Macquarie New South Wales [1] Prahran Victoria [1] Rampisham, Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [168] Captain [43] Lieutenant [30] Second Lieutenant [25] Driver [24] Major [24] Lieutenant Colonel [22] Colonel [13] Temporary Captain [10] Corporal [8] Gunner [8] Serjeant [8] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Staff Serjeant [6] Captain and Quarter Master [5] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [5] Able Seaman [4] Brigadier General [4] Havildar [4] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [4] Sub Conductor [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Brevet Colonel [3] Clerk [3] Lance Corporal [3] Private Strapper [3] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Adjutant [2] Brevet Major [2] Captain Temporary Major [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Quartermaster [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Quarter Master and Captain [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Major [2] Trooper [2] 268806 [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 4th Class Chaplain The Reverend [1] 4th Class Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Unit

Infantry Base Depot [109] Royal Fusiliers [75] Australian Infantry Base Depot [27] Durham Light Infantry [23] Base Remount Depot [22] Royal Army Service Corps Base Remount Depot [18] Army Service Corps [15] Base Depot [15] Royal Field Artillery [11] Royal Army Service Corps [9] London Regiment [7] Base Stationery Depot [6] Chatham Naval Base (RAN London Depot) [6] Labour Corps [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Supply and Transport Corps [6] Base Motor Transport Depot [5] HMAS Australia [5] Indian Base Depot [5] Highland Light Infantry [4] Indian Army [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] 1st Base Motor Transport Depot [3] Army Service Corps Base Depot [3] Base Transport Depot [3] General Base Depot [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] 35th Infantry Base Depot [2] 3rd Base Remount Depot [2] Army Service Corps Base Remount Depot [2] Attached Infantry Base Depot [2] Base Depot Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Base Remount Depot/Remount Service [2] Base Stationary Depot [2] Base Supply Depot [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry Base Depot [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Divisional Base Depot [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] General List [2] HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [2] Indian Base Remount Depot [2] Indian Military Base Depot [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Ordnance Base Depot [2] Overseas Depot Kirkee [2]

Service

British Army [373] Australian Imperial Force [32] Royal Navy [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [51] C [36] H [33] W [32] S [31] B [28] G [22] K [21] R [20] T [19] P [18] L [16] D [15] F [14] J [12] A [11] N [11] E [10] O [6] Q [4] Y [3] I [2] U [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [407]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Australia [1] France [1]

Arthur William Menhennett

Born 1885

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 5752 Private Australian Infantry Base Depot

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Kelvin James Tatlow

Australian Imperial Force Private Australian Infantry Base Depot

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Murdoch Macphail

British Army Lieutenant and Quarter Master Base Depot

British Army Lieutenant and Quarter Master Infantry Base Depot

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John Benjamin Wallace

Born 1885

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 1281 Private Australian Infantry

Australian Imperial Force 1281 Corporal Australian Infantry Base Depot

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William Cochran Carr

Born 1866

Died 1955

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant 5th Advanced Remount Depot

British Army Captain 5th Base Remount Depot Calais

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Lewis Carp

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 33335 Private Groves Park

British Army 33335 Private LRB 81st

British Army 33335 Private Yorks & Lancs Regt 1/4th Batt

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Louis Foreman

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 472 Private Australian Infantry Base Depot

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James Hodgson Bell

Born 1877

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 9297

Canadian Expeditionary Force 9297 Sergeant Canadian Infantry Base Depot

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Arthur Spicer

Born 1889

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 15566

Canadian Expeditionary Force 15566 Private Canadian Infantry Base Depot

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Albert George Langton

Australian Imperial Force Private Australian Infantry Base Depot

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Harrison Midwood

Born 1857

Died 1944

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Infantry Base Depot

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William Thomas Brown

Born 1879

Died 1951

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 329135 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 329135 Corporal (10898B)

Royal Navy RFR/B/3334 Signalman Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham

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Harold Ernest Walter

Died 1915

British Army Major Base Remount Depot

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Lincolnshire Regiment

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James Frederick Joseph Rayment

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army GS/65235 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 25160 Private Infantry Base Depot

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John Devere

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Private Australian Infantry Base Depot

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Gordon A Cotton

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Trooper Australian Infantry Base Depot

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Ernest Ireland

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Private Australian Infantry Base Depot

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Nehal Singh

British Army Ordnance Base Depot

British Army 3990 Fitter Ordnance Base Depot

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Sandhiah

British Army Indian Base Depot

British Army KRKCD/13121 B T Cook Indian Base Depot

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Gerald Quihampton

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Base Kent Depot

British Army Captain Base Kent Depot

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