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Place of birth

Amritsar [1]

Baghdad, Turkish Empire [1]

Banchory, Scotland [1]

Bau island [1]

Bournemouth [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Brockley, Lewisham [1]

Dunedin, Otago [1]

Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Ennis, County Clare [1]

Forest, Guernsey [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Govan, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Grignan, Drome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes [1]

Kingston [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

London [1]

Philadelphia [1]

Plaines Wilhems district [1]

Reenogreena, Glandore, County Cork [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Stockton on Tees [1]

Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Taganrog, Rostov [1]

Toronto ON [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

Warwick [1]

Yunnan [1]

Rank

Legionnaire [31]

Private [17]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Soldat de 2e Classe [4]

Serjeant [3]

Adjutant [2]

Caporal [2]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Pilote [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Adjudant [1]

Adjutant Chef [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Capitaine [1]

Colonel [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Major [1]

Pensionneur [1]

Ratu [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant (T) [1]

Second Lieutenant - Shao wei [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Sergent [1]

Sir [1]

Soldat [1]

Soldat de 1re Classe [1]

Sous Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Tui Lau [1]

Volunteer Driver [1]

Unit

French Foreign Legion [55]

Armée française [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Coldstream Guards [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

US Army - Signal Corps - Aviation Section [2]

94e Régiment d'Infanterie [1]

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Service Corps attached Light Armoured Motor Brigade Baghdad [1]

Army of the Chinese Republic [1]

Australian Flying Corps [1]

Bataillon de la Légion Etrangère de Russie du Nord [1]

Bau Island, Fiji [1]

Canadian Infantry, 12th Reserve Battalion [1]

Depot Royal Fusiliers [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Fiji Defence Corps [1]

Fiji Labour Corps [1]

Forces Francais Libres [1]

French Foreign Legion , 3rd Battalion [1]

Gen John French Liaison Unit with French Army [1]

General French's Staff [1]

HMS Russell [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Institution National des Invalides [1]

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael & St George [1]

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire [1]

Lovat's Scouts attached Tank Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Motor Machine Gun Service [1]

North Russia Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Régiment de marche de la Légion Etrangère [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Special Operations Executive [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

US Army - Air Service [1]

Vuanirewa tribe of the Lau Islands, Fiji [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

Service

Other Empire Force [56]

British Army [34]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [9]

P [8]

S [6]

W [5]

A [4]

C [4]

G [4]

M [4]

D [3]

H [2]

N [2]

R [2]

E [1]

T [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [45]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

France [6]

Turkey [2]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

Panama [1]

Singapore [1]

Tunisia [1]

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People [56] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Amritsar [1] Baghdad, Turkish Empire [1] Banchory, Scotland [1] Bau island [1] Bournemouth [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Brockley, Lewisham [1] Dunedin, Otago [1] Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Ennis, County Clare [1] Forest, Guernsey [1] Fulham, London [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Govan, Glasgow, Scotland [1] Grignan, Drome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes [1] Kingston [1] Lewisham, London [1] London [1] Philadelphia [1] Plaines Wilhems district [1] Reenogreena, Glandore, County Cork [1] South Shields, Durham [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Stockton on Tees [1] Sydney, New South Wales [1] Taganrog, Rostov [1] Toronto ON [1] Wandsworth, London [1] Warwick [1] Yunnan [1]

Rank

Legionnaire [31] Private [17] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Captain [7] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Soldat de 2e Classe [4] Serjeant [3] Adjutant [2] Caporal [2] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Pilote [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Adjudant [1] Adjutant Chef [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Capitaine [1] Colonel [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Major [1] Pensionneur [1] Ratu [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant (T) [1] Second Lieutenant - Shao wei [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Sergent [1] Sir [1] Soldat [1] Soldat de 1re Classe [1] Sous Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Major [1] Tui Lau [1] Volunteer Driver [1]

Unit

French Foreign Legion [55] Armée française [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] Coldstream Guards [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] US Army - Signal Corps - Aviation Section [2] 94e Régiment d'Infanterie [1] Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Service Corps attached Light Armoured Motor Brigade Baghdad [1] Army of the Chinese Republic [1] Australian Flying Corps [1] Bataillon de la Légion Etrangère de Russie du Nord [1] Bau Island, Fiji [1] Canadian Infantry, 12th Reserve Battalion [1] Depot Royal Fusiliers [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Fiji Defence Corps [1] Fiji Labour Corps [1] Forces Francais Libres [1] French Foreign Legion , 3rd Battalion [1] Gen John French Liaison Unit with French Army [1] General French's Staff [1] HMS Russell [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Institution National des Invalides [1] Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael & St George [1] Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire [1] Lovat's Scouts attached Tank Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Motor Machine Gun Service [1] North Russia Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Régiment de marche de la Légion Etrangère [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Special Operations Executive [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] US Army - Air Service [1] Vuanirewa tribe of the Lau Islands, Fiji [1] West Riding Regiment [1]

Service

Other Empire Force [56] British Army [34] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [9] P [8] S [6] W [5] A [4] C [4] G [4] M [4] D [3] H [2] N [2] R [2] E [1] T [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [45]

Country

United Kingdom [11] France [6] Turkey [2] India [1] Jamaica [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] Panama [1] Singapore [1] Tunisia [1]

Alfred Theodore Cooke

Born 1864

Died 1915

Other Empire Force 10147 Legionnaire French Foreign Legion Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment

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John Woodall Marshall

Born 1892

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Legionnaire French Foreign Legion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 27th Battalion (4th Tyneside Irish)

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 27th Battalion (4th Tyneside Irish)

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John Joseph Barrett

Born 1890

Died 1917

Other Empire Force LM192 Legionnaire French Foreign Legion 3e regiment de marche de la 1er Regiment Etrangere

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George Phillips

Born 1889

Died 1917

Other Empire Force LM12 Caporal French Foreign Legion Régiment de Marche de la Légion Etrangère

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William Allen

Born 1882

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Soldat de 2e Classe French Foreign Legion Régiment de Marche de la Légion Etrangère

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Michael Macwhite

Born 1883

Died 1958

Other Empire Force Capitaine French Foreign Legion

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James Slim

Born 1890

Other Empire Force Legionnaire French Foreign Legion

British Army 15370 Private Coldstream Guards 4th (Reserve) Battalion

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Albert Edward Nelson

Other Empire Force Legionnaire French Foreign Legion

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Julian Strange Bartholomeusz

Other Empire Force Legionnaire French Foreign Legion

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Ralph Genn

Born 1891

Died 1958

Other Empire Force Legionnaire French Foreign Legion

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Gajendra Varma

Born 1891

Died 1915

Other Empire Force 16945 Soldat de 2e Classe Armée française 2ème Régiment de Marche du 2e Régiment Etranger

Other Empire Force Legionnaire French Foreign Legion

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John Pau

Other Empire Force Legionnaire French Foreign Legion

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F V Pryor

Other Empire Force Adjutant French Foreign Legion

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F V Pryor

Other Empire Force Adjutant French Foreign Legion 2nd Regiment

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George G Dyer

Other Empire Force Legionnaire French Foreign Legion

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J O Bartholomews

Other Empire Force Legionnaire French Foreign Legion

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Astley Fowke Peregrine Wheeler

Born 1883

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Legionnaire French Foreign Legion

British Army 8667 Private East Surrey Regiment 9th Battalion

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John Brain

Died 1915

British Army 15369 Private Coldstream Guards

Other Empire Force French Foreign Legion 2ème Régiment de Marche du 1er Régiment Etranger

British Army GS/13148 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Fusiliers 25th (Service) Battalion (Frontiersmen)

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John Burgoyne

Other Empire Force 23868 Legionnaire French Foreign Legion 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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Henry Chable

Born 1887

Died 1915

Other Empire Force 16931 Soldat de 1re Classe French Foreign Legion 2ème Régiment de Marche du 2ème Régiment Etranger

Royal Navy 233698 Boy 2nd Class

Other Empire Force Armée française

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