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Melbourne Victoria [4]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria [1]

Alderney [1]

Ararat, Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedford [1]

Bedlington, Cambois, Northumberland [1]

Bow London [1]

Cambridge England [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chorlton, Lancashire [1]

Clapton, Stoke Newington, London [1]

Cookley, Worcestershire, England [1]

Devonport England [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Evercreech, Somerset, England [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Folkestone, Kent, England [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Guernsey Channel Islands [1]

Hailsham [1]

Islington [1]

Islington, County of Liverpool [1]

Keswick, Cumberland [1]

Korong Vale Victoria [1]

Langley, Derbyshire [1]

Larbert New South Wales [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Little Chart, Kent [1]

Liverpool New South Wales [1]

London England [1]

Marylebone [1]

Melbourne, Victoria [1]

Nambucca New South Wales [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Oving, Buckinghamshire [1]

Pembroke Dock [1]

Port Chalmer [1]

Port Melbourne Victoria [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Raywood Victoria [1]

Southampton England [1]

Stoke, Rochester, Kent [1]

Surrey England [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Rank

Sapper [466]

Corporal [166]

Serjeant [164]

Driver [99]

Lance Corporal [79]

Lieutenant [43]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Acting Corporal [35]

Pioneer [34]

Captain [26]

Company Serjeant Major [26]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [22]

Private [22]

Major [18]

Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [17]

Sapper Lance Corporal [14]

Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [12]

Able Seaman Driver [11]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Corporal /Acting Corporal [11]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [11]

Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [11]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [10]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Acting Lance Corporal [7]

2nd Corporal [5]

Acting Corporal 2nd [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Gunner [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [4]

Corporal/Acting Corporal [4]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Captain /Acting Major [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Driver Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant /Acting Major [2]

Lieutenant Acting Major [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers Field Company [788]

Field Company Royal Engineers [163]

Royal Engineers [143]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [32]

London Field Company Royal Engineers [19]

West Riding Field Company Royal Engineers [13]

Wessex Field Company Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Royal Engineers Cheshire Field Company [9]

Attached Royal Engineers Field Company [8]

Royal Engineers Wessex Field Company [8]

West Lancashire Field Company Royal Engineers [8]

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

Field Survey Company Royal Engineers [7]

Home Counties Field Company Royal Engineers [7]

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

Lowland Field Company Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Engineers Highland Field Company [6]

Highland Field Company Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Engineers London Field Company [5]

Royal Engineers West Riding Field Company [5]

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

Cheshire Field Company Royal Engineers [4]

East Lancashire Field Company Royal Engineers [4]

Field Company [4]

Royal Engineers Transport [4]

Royal Engineers West Lancashire Field Company [4]

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

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

East Anglian Field Company Royal Engineers [3]

South Midland Field Company Royal Engineers [3]

1st Army Troops Company, Australian Engineers [2]

234th Field Company [2]

4th Divisional Troops - 13th Field Company Engineers [2]

Army Service Corps Royal Engineers Field Company [2]

Citizen Military Force [2]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2]

Divisional Signal Company Royal Engineers attached Royal Field Artillery [2]

East Anglian Field Company/Royal Engineers [2]

East Lancashire Field Company [2]

East Lancashire Royal Engineers Field Company [2]

Field Surrey Company Royal Engineers [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Imperial Army [2]

Indian Army [2]

Lowland Field Company/Royal Engineers [2]

Northumbrian Field Company Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Engineers High Field Company [2]

Royal Engineers Kent Field Company [2]

Royal Engineers Low Field Company [2]

Service

British Army [1297]

Australian Imperial Force [32]

Royal Navy [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [215]

H [214]

R [118]

W [98]

B [90]

D [90]

G [82]

C [73]

T [64]

M [52]

P [47]

F [40]

E [32]

A [31]

L [16]

J [15]

N [13]

O [10]

K [8]

I [7]

V [7]

Y [5]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1328]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Australia [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [4] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria [1] Alderney [1] Ararat, Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedford [1] Bedlington, Cambois, Northumberland [1] Bow London [1] Cambridge England [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chorlton, Lancashire [1] Clapton, Stoke Newington, London [1] Cookley, Worcestershire, England [1] Devonport England [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Evercreech, Somerset, England [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Folkestone, Kent, England [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Guernsey Channel Islands [1] Hailsham [1] Islington [1] Islington, County of Liverpool [1] Keswick, Cumberland [1] Korong Vale Victoria [1] Langley, Derbyshire [1] Larbert New South Wales [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Little Chart, Kent [1] Liverpool New South Wales [1] London England [1] Marylebone [1] Melbourne, Victoria [1] Nambucca New South Wales [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Oving, Buckinghamshire [1] Pembroke Dock [1] Port Chalmer [1] Port Melbourne Victoria [1] Portsmouth [1] Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Raywood Victoria [1] Southampton England [1] Stoke, Rochester, Kent [1] Surrey England [1] Sydney New South Wales [1]

Rank

Sapper [466] Corporal [166] Serjeant [164] Driver [99] Lance Corporal [79] Lieutenant [43] Second Lieutenant [38] Acting Corporal [35] Pioneer [34] Captain [26] Company Serjeant Major [26] Corporal Acting Serjeant [22] Private [22] Major [18] Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [17] Sapper Lance Corporal [14] Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [12] Able Seaman Driver [11] Acting Serjeant [11] Corporal /Acting Corporal [11] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [11] Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [11] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [10] Corporal 2nd [9] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Acting Lance Corporal [7] 2nd Corporal [5] Acting Corporal 2nd [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Gunner [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [4] Corporal/Acting Corporal [4] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Temporary Major [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Captain [3] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Captain /Acting Major [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Driver Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant /Acting Major [2] Lieutenant Acting Major [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers Field Company [788] Field Company Royal Engineers [163] Royal Engineers [143] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [32] London Field Company Royal Engineers [19] West Riding Field Company Royal Engineers [13] Wessex Field Company Royal Engineers [12] Royal Field Artillery [11] Royal Engineers Cheshire Field Company [9] Attached Royal Engineers Field Company [8] Royal Engineers Wessex Field Company [8] West Lancashire Field Company Royal Engineers [8] 2nd Divisional Troops - 5th Field Company Engineers [7] Field Survey Company Royal Engineers [7] Home Counties Field Company Royal Engineers [7] 6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [6] Lowland Field Company Royal Engineers [6] Royal Engineers Highland Field Company [6] Highland Field Company Royal Engineers [5] Royal Engineers London Field Company [5] Royal Engineers West Riding Field Company [5] 5th Divisional Troops - 15th Field Company Engineers [4] Cheshire Field Company Royal Engineers [4] East Lancashire Field Company Royal Engineers [4] Field Company [4] Royal Engineers Transport [4] Royal Engineers West Lancashire Field Company [4] 5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [3] 5th Divisional Troops - 8th Field Company Engineers [3] East Anglian Field Company Royal Engineers [3] South Midland Field Company Royal Engineers [3] 1st Army Troops Company, Australian Engineers [2] 234th Field Company [2] 4th Divisional Troops - 13th Field Company Engineers [2] Army Service Corps Royal Engineers Field Company [2] Citizen Military Force [2] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2] Divisional Signal Company Royal Engineers attached Royal Field Artillery [2] East Anglian Field Company/Royal Engineers [2] East Lancashire Field Company [2] East Lancashire Royal Engineers Field Company [2] Field Surrey Company Royal Engineers [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Imperial Army [2] Indian Army [2] Lowland Field Company/Royal Engineers [2] Northumbrian Field Company Royal Engineers [2] Royal Engineers High Field Company [2] Royal Engineers Kent Field Company [2] Royal Engineers Low Field Company [2]

Service

British Army [1297] Australian Imperial Force [32] Royal Navy [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [215] H [214] R [118] W [98] B [90] D [90] G [82] C [73] T [64] M [52] P [47] F [40] E [32] A [31] L [16] J [15] N [13] O [10] K [8] I [7] V [7] Y [5] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1328]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Australia [1] Turkey [1]

Joseph Samuel Holt

Died 1918

British Army 45773 Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 45773 Corporal Royal Engineers

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C Hurst

Died 1918

British Army 428355 Lance Corporal Acting Corporal Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 428355 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Ernest Warren

Died 1918

British Army 7580 Driver Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 7580 Driver Royal Engineers

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Percy Weller

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 12919 Sapper Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 12919 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Isaac Spackman

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 15892 Sapper Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 15892 Sapper Royal Engineers

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P Hansford

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 87253 Corporal/Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 87253 Company Serjeant Major Royal Engineers

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A R Morgan

Died 1916

British Army 23658 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 23658 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Frank Herbert Parker

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 12820 Corporal Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 12820 Company Serjeant Major Royal Engineers

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George Wake

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 18712 Sapper Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 18712 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Robert Wood Swann

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 24804 Sapper Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 24804 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Thomas Trotter

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 20440 Driver Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 20440 Driver Royal Engineers

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Gregorio Alexander Swanston

Died 1916

British Army 9380 Serjeant Field Company/Royal Engineers

British Army 9380 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Frederick James Russell

Died 1916

British Army 58824 Sapper Acting Lance Corporal Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 58824 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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John Walmsley

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 18250 Driver Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 18250 Driver Royal Engineers

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John Henry Cunningham

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 12309 Sapper Field Company Royal Engineers

British Army 12309 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Robert Tegg

Died 1914

British Army 24748 Pioneer Field Company Royal Engineers

British Army 24748 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Reginald Wilson Thackray

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 24476 Pioneer Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 24476 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Alfred Wilkins

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 15269 Driver Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 15269 Driver Royal Engineers

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Albert Senior

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 25058 Sapper Field Company Royal Engineers

British Army 25058 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Reginald Phillip Sturt

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 20213 Sapper Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 20213 Sapper Royal Engineers

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