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London [3]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Axminster, Devon [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Battersea [1]

Bedminster [1]

Bilbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Chelsea [1]

Ching Chew Fu [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

Eastleigh, Hampshire [1]

Glasgow [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Hampshire [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leith near Edinburgh [1]

Malvern Link [1]

Manchester [1]

Newchwang now known as Yingkou [1]

Nottingham [1]

Perth, Scotland [1]

Plumstead, Kent [1]

Portland Dorset [1]

Singapore Straits Settlements [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Tokyo [1]

Tredegar, Monmouthshire [1]

Willington, Durham [1]

Witney, Oxfordshire [1]

Yeovil, Somerset [1]

Rank

Labourer [456]

Second Lieutenant [318]

Lieutenant [156]

Private [116]

Captain [97]

Serjeant [64]

Corporal [40]

Lance Corporal [20]

Acting Captain [17]

Major [13]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Sapper [7]

Gunner [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Temporary Major [5]

Temporary Captain [4]

Trooper [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Cooly [3]

Driver [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Sergeant [3]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

1st Class Ganger [2]

Acting Captain Lieutenant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Coolie [2]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [2]

Lt [2]

Pioneer [2]

/Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Corporal [1]

/Acting Company Serjeant Major Serjeant [1]

2Lt (Temp Captain) [1]

2nd Captain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer [1]

Unit

Chinese Labour Corps [995]

Labour Corps [88]

London Regiment [23]

Scots Guards [19]

Royal Engineers [18]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

General List [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Chinese Company Labour Corps [7]

Chinese Labour Corps 195th Company [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Chine Labour Corps [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Labour Corps attached Chinese Labour Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Chinese Labour Company [2]

Chinese Labour Corps (France) [2]

Chinese Labour Corps* [2]

Chinese Labour Depot Labour Corps [2]

Service

British Army [922]

Other Empire Force [161]

Royal Navy [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [164]

H [118]

S [95]

W [85]

T [77]

M [70]

L [56]

P [54]

B [45]

Y [45]

R [43]

F [42]

K [42]

D [34]

J [34]

A [26]

G [19]

E [12]

N [8]

I [7]

O [5]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [620]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

China [2]

India [2]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

Jamaica [1]

Singapore [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [1083] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [3] Maidstone, Kent [2] Axminster, Devon [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Battersea [1] Bedminster [1] Bilbrough, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Chelsea [1] Ching Chew Fu [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] Eastleigh, Hampshire [1] Glasgow [1] Gloucestershire [1] Hampshire [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Kensington, London [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leith near Edinburgh [1] Malvern Link [1] Manchester [1] Newchwang now known as Yingkou [1] Nottingham [1] Perth, Scotland [1] Plumstead, Kent [1] Portland Dorset [1] Singapore Straits Settlements [1] Sunderland, Durham [1] Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Tokyo [1] Tredegar, Monmouthshire [1] Willington, Durham [1] Witney, Oxfordshire [1] Yeovil, Somerset [1]

Rank

Labourer [456] Second Lieutenant [318] Lieutenant [156] Private [116] Captain [97] Serjeant [64] Corporal [40] Lance Corporal [20] Acting Captain [17] Major [13] Acting Serjeant [10] Lieutenant Acting Captain [9] Acting Corporal [8] Company Serjeant Major [8] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Sapper [7] Gunner [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Temporary Major [5] Temporary Captain [4] Trooper [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Cooly [3] Driver [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Sergeant [3] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] 1st Class Ganger [2] Acting Captain Lieutenant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Coolie [2] Honorary Second Lieutenant [2] Lt [2] Pioneer [2] /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Corporal [1] /Acting Company Serjeant Major Serjeant [1] 2Lt (Temp Captain) [1] 2nd Captain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer [1]

Unit

Chinese Labour Corps [995] Labour Corps [88] London Regiment [23] Scots Guards [19] Royal Engineers [18] Royal Fusiliers [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Army Service Corps [14] General List [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] Chinese Company Labour Corps [7] Chinese Labour Corps 195th Company [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Chine Labour Corps [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Royal Highlanders [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Scots [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Cameron Highlanders [3] Coldstream Guards [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Labour Corps attached Chinese Labour Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal West Surrey Regiment [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Chinese Labour Company [2] Chinese Labour Corps (France) [2] Chinese Labour Corps* [2] Chinese Labour Depot Labour Corps [2]

Service

British Army [922] Other Empire Force [161] Royal Navy [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [164] H [118] S [95] W [85] T [77] M [70] L [56] P [54] B [45] Y [45] R [43] F [42] K [42] D [34] J [34] A [26] G [19] E [12] N [8] I [7] O [5] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [620]

Country

United Kingdom [17] China [2] India [2] France [1] Ireland [1] Jamaica [1] Singapore [1] Turkey [1]

Ku Chun Shih

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 97870 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Lei Chin T'ai

Born 1886

Died 1920

British Army 24898 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Liang I Shun

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 71292 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Kuo Te Sheng

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 94941 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Juan August Soto De Basagoiti

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Chinese Labour Corps

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William James Waddilove

Born 1885

British Army Acting Captain Chinese Labour Corps

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Kiyoji Iizuka

Born 1887

Canadian Expeditionary Force 697032

Canadian Expeditionary Force 697032 Private

Canadian Expeditionary Force 697032 Private Chinese Labour Corps

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Cheng Hai T'ing

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 19011 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Kuo Ch'ing Shan

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 7473 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Ch'en Hung K'uei

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 11348 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps 11th Labour Battalion

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Chang Hung

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 92560 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Ch'en Wan Feng

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 33258 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Ch'u Tzu Ming

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 11028 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Chu Yu Ch'uan

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 11014 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps 11th Labour Battalion

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Han Shu Ch'ing

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 30896 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Hsu Chien Ming

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army 108028 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Chiang Chen Sheng

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 20005 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps

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Feng Ch'eng Chun

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 9852 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps 11th Labour Battalion

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Li Chao Shun

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 11029 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps 11th Labour Battalion

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Cheng Ssu Ch'iang

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 10073 Labourer Chinese Labour Corps 11th Battalion

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