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Melbourne Victoria [3]

Hailsham [2]

London England [2]

Melbourne, Victoria [2]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria [1]

Alderbury, Wiltshire [1]

Ararat, Victoria [1]

Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bradford Peverell, Dorset [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Buncrana, County Donegal [1]

Cambridge England [1]

Canterbury,Kent. [1]

Chester England [1]

Chiswick [1]

Cookley, Worcestershire, England [1]

Devonport England [1]

Dublin [1]

Dundee [1]

Dunedin [1]

Eastwood Nottingham [1]

Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warks [1]

Eggbuckland, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Evercreech, Somerset, England [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Folkestone, Kent, England [1]

Fulham [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Halton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Hampstead, London, England [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

Hobart, Tasmania [1]

Holborn [1]

Hotham East, Victoria [1]

Islington, London [1]

Lambourne, Hungerford, Berkshire [1]

Lanarkshire [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Liverpool New South Wales [1]

Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Manchester [1]

Margate [1]

Melksham-Seend, Wiltshire [1]

Nambucca New South Wales [1]

Nelson [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Plymouth [1]

Rank

Driver [67]

Private [58]

Captain [56]

Lieutenant [49]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Major [27]

Serjeant [24]

Sapper [22]

Lieutenant Colonel [19]

Corporal [16]

Ordinary Seaman [16]

Able Seaman Driver [12]

Lance Corporal [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Gunner [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Sub Lieutenant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Clerk [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Conductor [2]

Driver Wheeler [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel/ Major [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Trooper [2]

Trumpeter [2]

Wheeler Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Able Seaman Sapper [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Artificer [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain /Adjutant [1]

Unit

Royal Marines Divisional Train: [1275]

Divisional Train [62]

Royal Army Service Corps [49]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [43]

Royal Marine Artillery [40]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [32]

Army Service Corps [31]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [26]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [20]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Royal Marines Divisional Train [11]

Supply and Transport Corps [8]

2nd Divisional Troops - 5th Field Company Engineers [7]

Royal Naval Divisional Train [7]

Wessex Divisional Train [7]

6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [6]

Army Service Corps attached Divisional Train [6]

Headquarters Company Lahore Divisional Train Army Service Corps [6]

Meerut Divisional Train Army Service Corps [6]

New Zealand and Australian Divisional Train [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

Australian Divisional Train [5]

London Divisional Train Army Service Corps [5]

5th Divisional Train Army Services Corps [4]

5th Divisional Troops - 15th Field Company Engineers [4]

Divisional Train Army Service Corps [4]

Head Quarters Company Lahore Divisional Train Army Service Corps [4]

Lahore Divisional Train [4]

New Zealand Army Service Corps, Divisional Train [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Marines (R.N.D. Divisional Train) [4]

1st Divisional Ammunition Column [3]

2nd Divisional Troops [3]

4th Divisional Train [3]

5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [3]

5th Divisional Troops - 8th Field Company Engineers [3]

Indian Army [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers attached Divisional Train [3]

Meerut Divisional Train [3]

Northumbrian Divisional Train Army Service Corps [3]

Overseas Depot Kirkee [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Marines Medical Unit [3]

West Riding Divisional Train Army Service Corps [3]

11th Divisional Train [2]

1st Army Troops Company, Australian Engineers [2]

1st Company 6th Divisional Train Army Services Corps [2]

29th Divisional Train [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1294]

British Army [275]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Indian Army [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [177]

S [155]

M [133]

H [132]

C [131]

W [125]

D [97]

G [84]

R [84]

P [82]

L [79]

T [78]

F [51]

A [45]

E [41]

J [33]

K [25]

N [22]

O [14]

V [9]

I [8]

Y [6]

Q [4]

U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1619]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Australia [3]

Canada [2]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [3] Hailsham [2] London England [2] Melbourne, Victoria [2] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria [1] Alderbury, Wiltshire [1] Ararat, Victoria [1] Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bradford Peverell, Dorset [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Buncrana, County Donegal [1] Cambridge England [1] Canterbury,Kent. [1] Chester England [1] Chiswick [1] Cookley, Worcestershire, England [1] Devonport England [1] Dublin [1] Dundee [1] Dunedin [1] Eastwood Nottingham [1] Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warks [1] Eggbuckland, Plymouth, Devon [1] Evercreech, Somerset, England [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Folkestone, Kent, England [1] Fulham [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Halton, Buckinghamshire [1] Hampstead, London, England [1] Hertfordshire [1] Hobart, Tasmania [1] Holborn [1] Hotham East, Victoria [1] Islington, London [1] Lambourne, Hungerford, Berkshire [1] Lanarkshire [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Liverpool New South Wales [1] Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Manchester [1] Margate [1] Melksham-Seend, Wiltshire [1] Nambucca New South Wales [1] Nelson [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Plymouth [1]

Rank

Driver [67] Private [58] Captain [56] Lieutenant [49] Second Lieutenant [40] Major [27] Serjeant [24] Sapper [22] Lieutenant Colonel [19] Corporal [16] Ordinary Seaman [16] Able Seaman Driver [12] Lance Corporal [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Company Serjeant Major [7] Gunner [6] Able Seaman [5] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Sub Lieutenant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Captain [3] Clerk [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Conductor [2] Driver Wheeler [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Colonel/ Major [2] Petty Officer [2] Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sub Conductor [2] Temporary Major [2] Trooper [2] Trumpeter [2] Wheeler Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Able Seaman Sapper [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Artificer [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain /Adjutant [1]

Unit

Royal Marines Divisional Train: [1275] Divisional Train [62] Royal Army Service Corps [49] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [43] Royal Marine Artillery [40] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [32] Army Service Corps [31] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [26] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [20] Royal Naval Division [17] Royal Marines Divisional Train [11] Supply and Transport Corps [8] 2nd Divisional Troops - 5th Field Company Engineers [7] Royal Naval Divisional Train [7] Wessex Divisional Train [7] 6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [6] Army Service Corps attached Divisional Train [6] Headquarters Company Lahore Divisional Train Army Service Corps [6] Meerut Divisional Train Army Service Corps [6] New Zealand and Australian Divisional Train [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] Australian Divisional Train [5] London Divisional Train Army Service Corps [5] 5th Divisional Train Army Services Corps [4] 5th Divisional Troops - 15th Field Company Engineers [4] Divisional Train Army Service Corps [4] Head Quarters Company Lahore Divisional Train Army Service Corps [4] Lahore Divisional Train [4] New Zealand Army Service Corps, Divisional Train [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Marines (R.N.D. Divisional Train) [4] 1st Divisional Ammunition Column [3] 2nd Divisional Troops [3] 4th Divisional Train [3] 5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [3] 5th Divisional Troops - 8th Field Company Engineers [3] Indian Army [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers attached Divisional Train [3] Meerut Divisional Train [3] Northumbrian Divisional Train Army Service Corps [3] Overseas Depot Kirkee [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Marines Medical Unit [3] West Riding Divisional Train Army Service Corps [3] 11th Divisional Train [2] 1st Army Troops Company, Australian Engineers [2] 1st Company 6th Divisional Train Army Services Corps [2] 29th Divisional Train [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1294] British Army [275] Australian Imperial Force [45] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Indian Army [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [177] S [155] M [133] H [132] C [131] W [125] D [97] G [84] R [84] P [82] L [79] T [78] F [51] A [45] E [41] J [33] K [25] N [22] O [14] V [9] I [8] Y [6] Q [4] U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1619]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Australia [3] Canada [2] Turkey [1]

Job Spong

Born 1893

Died 1966

Royal Navy 2557 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Stanley Elliott

Born 1894

Died 1919

Royal Navy Deal/2540/S Private Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Francis George Hawley

Born 1885

Royal Navy 2004 Private Royal Marines Divisional Train: Deal

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Harry Percy Craymer

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1946 Private Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Colin Stuart Waymark

Born 1893

Died 1966

Canadian Expeditionary Force 515826 4th Divisional Train B.C. Coy

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Herbert Sayer Thynne

Born 1879

Died 1953

British Army Lieutenant 53rd Divisional Train

British Army Captain 10th Divisional Train

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Mir Alam

British Army Divisional Train

British Army 73213 Naik Divisional Train

British Army 41011 Temporary Dafadar Divisional Train

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William Thomas Henry Sumner

Born 1877

Died 1921

Royal Navy 1564 Private Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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William Edward Beable

Born 1886

Royal Navy 2476 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Arthur Beresford Pereira

British Army Captain Divisional Train

British Army Major Divisional Train

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Divisional Train

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Gerald Alfred Alexander Pack

Born 1894

Royal Navy 1981 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Ernest Charles De Burgh

Born 1892

Australian Imperial Force 20984 Corporal 5th Divisional Train

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Sardar Khan

British Army Divisional Train

British Army 75551 Driver Divisional Train

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Frederick W Durrant

British Army TW/093153 Warrant Officer Class 2 Divisional Train

British Army TW/093153 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Divisional Train

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Madhoo

British Army Divisional Train

British Army 75454 Driver Divisional Train

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Allan Fenton Livingstone

British Army Lieutenant Divisional Train

British Army Captain Divisional Train

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S H Rothschild

British Army Lieutenant Divisional Train

British Army Captain Divisional Train

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Murad Ali

British Army Divisional Train

British Army 1615 Driver Divisional Train

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Leonard Parsons

Born 1889

Royal Navy 2658 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

Royal Navy 4549 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Arthur Edward Barrow

Born 1892

Royal Navy 2657 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

Royal Navy 4548 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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