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Albury Hertfordshire UK [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bolton Lancs [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Borley, Essex [1]

Bradford Yorkshire [1]

Bromley Kent [1]

Douglas [1]

Great Yarmouth [1]

Halifax, Nova Scotia [1]

Hamilton ON [1]

Keppel Township, Grey County, Ontario [1]

Lewes, Sussex [1]

London [1]

London Ontario [1]

Staplehurst, Kent [1]

Toxteth Park, Liverpool [1]

Twickenham Middlesex [1]

Wellington County, Ontario [1]

Rank

Private [140]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Lieutenant [12]

Captain [9]

Corporal [7]

Lance Corporal [4]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Major [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Canadian Labour Corps [133]

Labour Corps [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Chinese Labour Corps [4]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [3]

Canadian Engineers [3]

Canadian Army Unit [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

10th Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

128th Canadian Infantry Cavalry [1]

158th Company Labour Corps [1]

1st Labour Battalion [1]

21st Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

2nd Royal Canadian Regiment [1]

49th Labour Corps [1]

72nd Canadian Infantry [1]

Army Service Corps Canadian Forestry Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps Imperial Army [1]

Canadian Cavalry Brigade [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force British Columbia Regiment [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Field Artlllery [1]

Canadian Field Comforts Commission [1]

Canadian Garrison Artillery Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Canadian Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry Attached Chinese Labour Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Canadian Infantry Brigade [1]

Canadian Labour Battalion [1]

Canadian Labour Corps Canadian Forces [1]

Canadian Labour Pool [1]

Canadian Labourer Corps [1]

Canadian Light Horse [1]

Canadian Mounted Police [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Canadian Pioneer Battalion [1]

Canadian Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry attached Labour Corps [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Imperial Army [1]

Indian Labour Corps [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [115]

British Army [61]

Last name first letter

B [23]

M [18]

S [17]

C [16]

H [13]

P [13]

R [13]

G [12]

L [8]

E [6]

A [5]

D [5]

J [5]

F [4]

W [4]

K [3]

T [3]

I [2]

O [2]

Y [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [175]

Country

Canada [5]

United Kingdom [2]

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People [175] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Albury Hertfordshire UK [1] Birmingham [1] Bolton Lancs [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Borley, Essex [1] Bradford Yorkshire [1] Bromley Kent [1] Douglas [1] Great Yarmouth [1] Halifax, Nova Scotia [1] Hamilton ON [1] Keppel Township, Grey County, Ontario [1] Lewes, Sussex [1] London [1] London Ontario [1] Staplehurst, Kent [1] Toxteth Park, Liverpool [1] Twickenham Middlesex [1] Wellington County, Ontario [1]

Rank

Private [140] Second Lieutenant [23] Lieutenant [12] Captain [9] Corporal [7] Lance Corporal [4] Sergeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Major [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Sergeant Major [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Canadian Labour Corps [133] Labour Corps [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Canadian Infantry [5] Chinese Labour Corps [4] Canadian Army Medical Corps [3] Canadian Engineers [3] Canadian Army Unit [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] 10th Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] 128th Canadian Infantry Cavalry [1] 158th Company Labour Corps [1] 1st Labour Battalion [1] 21st Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] 2nd Royal Canadian Regiment [1] 49th Labour Corps [1] 72nd Canadian Infantry [1] Army Service Corps Canadian Forestry Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps Imperial Army [1] Canadian Cavalry Brigade [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force British Columbia Regiment [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Field Artlllery [1] Canadian Field Comforts Commission [1] Canadian Garrison Artillery Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Canadian Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry Attached Chinese Labour Corps [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Canadian Infantry Brigade [1] Canadian Labour Battalion [1] Canadian Labour Corps Canadian Forces [1] Canadian Labour Pool [1] Canadian Labourer Corps [1] Canadian Light Horse [1] Canadian Mounted Police [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Canadian Pioneer Battalion [1] Canadian Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry attached Labour Corps [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Imperial Army [1] Indian Labour Corps [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [115] British Army [61]

Last name first letter

B [23] M [18] S [17] C [16] H [13] P [13] R [13] G [12] L [8] E [6] A [5] D [5] J [5] F [4] W [4] K [3] T [3] I [2] O [2] Y [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [175]

Country

Canada [5] United Kingdom [2]

Joseph Eddie

British Army 1544 Private Canadian Light Horse

British Army 76363 Acting Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Defence Corps

British Army 200196 Acting Quartermaster Serjeant Labour Corps

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David Sutter Mckechnie

British Army 521131 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps Imperial Army

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Volunteer Battalion

British Army Captain Labour Corps

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Alfred Sockett

British Army 24656 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion

British Army 24656 Private Black Watch

British Army Lieutenant Imperial Army

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William Edward Clifford Johnson

British Army 423389 Acting Serjeant Canadian Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Labour Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Prisoner of War Company

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Guy Bercsford Whitcomb

British Army 117620 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers Chinese Labour Corps

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Edwin Coleman Paynter

British Army 154454 Pioneer Canadian Pioneer Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery attached Labour Corps

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Reginald A Molyneux

British Army 41042 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 609808 Private Labour Corps

British Army 38257 Private Canadian Mounted Police

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William Henry Findlay

British Army 20482 Private 10th Canadian Infantry Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Labour Corps

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Augustus Jonathan Bedingfield

British Army 781589 Lance Corporal 128th Canadian Infantry Cavalry

British Army 781589 Captain Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

British Army Captain Labour Corps

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Arthur Calcott

British Army 4938 Private London Regiment

British Army 638726 Private Labour Corps

British Army 34042 Private London Regiment

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Henry Walter Scrider

British Army 476564 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Chinese Labour Corps

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George Frederick Andrew Rutherford

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment attached Labour Corps

British Army 706237 Private Canadian Infantry

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Home Courtenay Vyvyan Popham

British Army 2293439 Private Canadian Cavalry Brigade

British Army Captain Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry attached Labour Corps

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John Vickers

British Army 21018 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 220116 Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 32129 Corporal Royal Scots

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Leonard Burland

British Army 404995 Private 21st Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Shropshire Light Infantry

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