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Birmingham [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Newcastle upon Tyne [2]

Addlestone near Chertsey Surrey [1]

Alveston, Derbyshire [1]

Appledore, Kent [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Belfast, County Antrim [1]

Beverley, East Yorkshire [1]

Bletchley [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Brest Litovsk, Belarus, Tsarist Russia [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Drewsteignton, Devonshire [1]

Dublin [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

East Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Edgbaston, Birmingham [1]

Exeter [1]

Fakenham, Norfolk [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hambledon, Surrey [1]

Hennock, Devon [1]

Hulme Manchester [1]

Ilfracombe, Devon [1]

Kirby Bedon, Norfolk [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Limerick [1]

Longwood, Derbyshire [1]

Maidstone [1]

Neath, Glamorganshire [1]

Norton Lodge, Mumbles, Glamorganshire [1]

Nottingham [1]

Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire [1]

Penge, Surrey [1]

Sheffield [1]

Southampton [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Sydenham, Kent [1]

Tenterden, Kent [1]

Truro [1]

Wallasey, Cheshire [1]

Wallington, Surrey [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

Rank

Private [397]

Sapper [207]

Serjeant [83]

Corporal [72]

Second Lieutenant [69]

Driver [62]

Lieutenant [55]

Pioneer [49]

Captain [42]

Signalman [42]

Lance Corporal [32]

Signaller [31]

Gunner [21]

Major [17]

Acting Corporal [16]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Boy [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Pri [3]

Transport Serjeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Major [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Brigadier [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Pr [2]

Privat [2]

Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

ran [2]

2nd Class Interpreter [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

A.B. [1]

A/Cpl [1]

Acting Second Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [814]

Royal Corps of Signals [303]

Labour Corps [154]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [84]

Corps of Hussars [79]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [78]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [45]

Devonshire Regiment [38]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

Army Service Corps [35]

Indian Unattached List [30]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [29]

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Corps of Lancers [25]

Royal Defence Corps [25]

City of London Yeomanry [24]

Corps of Dragoons [24]

Corps of Royal Engineers [22]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

County of London Yeomanry [14]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [13]

Royal Corps Of Signals [13]

Army Cyclist Corps [12]

Corps of Military Accountants [12]

Tank Corps [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Royal Engineers Transport [11]

Training Reserve Battalion [11]

Dragoon Guards [9]

Hussars [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Royal Corps of Signals Transport [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

County of London Regiment [6]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [865]

Indian Army [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [93]

C [90]

S [78]

H [75]

M [74]

W [54]

D [48]

T [48]

G [47]

P [40]

L [37]

R [31]

A [27]

F [25]

E [20]

K [20]

N [20]

J [15]

O [10]

V [5]

U [3]

Y [3]

I [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [856]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Newcastle upon Tyne [2] Addlestone near Chertsey Surrey [1] Alveston, Derbyshire [1] Appledore, Kent [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Belfast, County Antrim [1] Beverley, East Yorkshire [1] Bletchley [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Brest Litovsk, Belarus, Tsarist Russia [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dover, Kent [1] Drewsteignton, Devonshire [1] Dublin [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] East Stonehouse, Devon [1] Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Edgbaston, Birmingham [1] Exeter [1] Fakenham, Norfolk [1] Hackney, London [1] Hambledon, Surrey [1] Hennock, Devon [1] Hulme Manchester [1] Ilfracombe, Devon [1] Kirby Bedon, Norfolk [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Limerick [1] Longwood, Derbyshire [1] Maidstone [1] Neath, Glamorganshire [1] Norton Lodge, Mumbles, Glamorganshire [1] Nottingham [1] Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire [1] Penge, Surrey [1] Sheffield [1] Southampton [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Sydenham, Kent [1] Tenterden, Kent [1] Truro [1] Wallasey, Cheshire [1] Wallington, Surrey [1] Wandsworth, London [1]

Rank

Private [397] Sapper [207] Serjeant [83] Corporal [72] Second Lieutenant [69] Driver [62] Lieutenant [55] Pioneer [49] Captain [42] Signalman [42] Lance Corporal [32] Signaller [31] Gunner [21] Major [17] Acting Corporal [16] Acting Serjeant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Lance Serjeant [7] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Rifleman [4] Sergeant [4] Boy [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Pri [3] Transport Serjeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Major [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Brigadier [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Pr [2] Privat [2] Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Corporal [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] ran [2] 2nd Class Interpreter [1] 2nd Corporal [1] A.B. [1] A/Cpl [1] Acting Second Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [814] Royal Corps of Signals [303] Labour Corps [154] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [84] Corps of Hussars [79] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [78] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [45] Devonshire Regiment [38] Machine Gun Corps [37] Army Service Corps [35] Indian Unattached List [30] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [29] Royal Field Artillery [27] Corps of Lancers [25] Royal Defence Corps [25] City of London Yeomanry [24] Corps of Dragoons [24] Corps of Royal Engineers [22] Royal Fusiliers [22] Hampshire Regiment [16] County of London Yeomanry [14] London Regiment [14] Royal Berkshire Regiment [13] Royal Corps Of Signals [13] Army Cyclist Corps [12] Corps of Military Accountants [12] Tank Corps [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Royal Engineers Transport [11] Training Reserve Battalion [11] Dragoon Guards [9] Hussars [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Royal Corps of Signals Transport [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] County of London Regiment [6] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [865] Indian Army [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [93] C [90] S [78] H [75] M [74] W [54] D [48] T [48] G [47] P [40] L [37] R [31] A [27] F [25] E [20] K [20] N [20] J [15] O [10] V [5] U [3] Y [3] I [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [856]

Country

United Kingdom [28] India [1]

Claude Soutter Smith

Born 1891

Died 1979

British Army Lieutenant Royal Corps of Signals

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Charles Edward Cadman

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army R5944 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 25944 Sapper Corps of Royal Engineers

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Watkin Morgan Jones

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Corps of Royal Engineers

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Edward Ernest John Dunklin

Born 1898

Died 1958

British Army C3430 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 19th Battalion

British Army TR13/73515 Rifleman 109th Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 35949 Private County of London Yeomanry 2/3rd Battalion

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Leonard Paul Pacey

Born 1888

Died 1978

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Serjeant Royal Engineers East Anglian Divisional Signal Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers East Anglian Divisional Signal Company

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Albert W Romaine

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 10151 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 10151 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 10151 Acting Serjeant Corps of Royal Engineers 1st Reserve Battalion

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Charles John Comport

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 21025 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 21025 Acting Lance Corporal Corps of Royal Engineers 15th Field Company

British Army 21025 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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Edwin William Leonard

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 180994 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/256957 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/256957 Sapper Corps of Royal Engineers Railway

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Arthur Ernest Wootton Dewhurst

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 5634 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Engineers 41st Fortress Company

British Army 5634 Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army Lance Corporal Corps of Royal Engineers

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John William Freeman

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Corps of Signals

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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John Harrison

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 34442 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 20842 Sapper Corps of Hussars

British Army 34442 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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Roger Fletcher Unsworth

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 182380 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 182380 Sapper Corps of Royal Engineers

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Roy Bootheway Herd

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 182946 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 182946 Corps Of Royal Engineers (R.E. WORKS DIRECTORATE, BAGHDAD).

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Victor Charles Cox

Died 1917

British Army 524705 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 56532 Sapper Corps of Lancers

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Alfred Tessa

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 217278 Sapper Corps Of Royal Engineers

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Louis Charles Carus-Wilson

Born 1897

Died 1922

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Motor Airline Section

British Army Captain Royal Corps of Signals

British Army Captain Royal Engineers 9th Division Signal Company

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William Stanley Peach

Born 1887

Died 1964

British Army 10924 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 10924 Private Corps of Dragoons 2nd Dragoons Royal Scots Greys

British Army 361796 Pioneer Royal Engineers "M" Coy, Messenger Dog Service

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Ernest Henry Wildgoose

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 8430 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Eric James Trubshawe

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 3358 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 460th (West Riding) Field Coy.

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Herbert Richard Willsman Mitchell

Born 1894

Died 1981

British Army 142915 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

British Army Captain Mule Corps

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