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Bexhill [1]

Brighton [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Charlton, Woolwich, Kent [1]

Craigmonie Inverness Inverness-shire Scotland [1]

Darlington [1]

Fulham London [1]

Guildford Road, Ash, Surrey [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Leeds [1]

London [1]

Melbourne, Victoria [1]

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Rawden, Yorkshire [1]

Sunderland, County Durham [1]

Toronto, Ontario [1]

Usworth Colliery, County Durham [1]

Wanganui [1]

Wellington [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [10]

Private [10]

Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Captain [7]

Major [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sergeant [4]

Colonel [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2/Air Mechanic [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3/Air Mechanic [1]

A/Sgt [1]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Permanent Orderly Sergeant [1]

Acting Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3 [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Commanding [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Brigadier General [1]

Leading Aircraftman Fitter A.E. [1]

Leading Aircraftman Fitter A.E. [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Local Defence Volunteer [1]

Pay Sergeant [1]

Paymaster Corporal [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Temp. Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Volunteer [1]

Unit

Home Guard [18]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Durham Home Guard [2]

General Staff [2]

New Zealand Home Guard [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Reserve of Officers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

1/7 Kings Liverpool regiment [1]

4th Military District Reserve Guard [1]

6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles [1]

8th Cintingent [1]

8th Contingent [1]

8th New Zealand Mounted Rifles, Infantry, Details, Home Guard [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment, Home Guard, Waikato Region [1]

Auckland Regiment, Home Guard [1]

Australian Infantry Brigade [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canterbury Mounted Rifles [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Colonial Office [1]

County of London Home Guard [1]

Director General of the Home Guard [1]

Durham Home Guard No 20 Darlington [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

General Headquarters North Russia [1]

H.M.S. Ocean [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Heretaunga Mounted Rifles [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Home Guard Group 5 [1]

Home Guard, Blenheim [1]

Home Service, Mitcham Army Camp, South Australia [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manukau, Home Guard [1]

Mounted Brigade Headquarters [1]

NZ Home Guard [1]

New Zealand Army Pay Corps [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Military Forces, Home Guard [1]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade, Home Guard [1]

Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

Reserve [1]

Retired List - Reserve of Officers [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train Reinforcements [1]

Service

British Army [20]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [8]

M [8]

C [4]

H [4]

S [3]

D [2]

F [2]

L [2]

A [1]

E [1]

G [1]

J [1]

K [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [37]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

New Zealand [2]

Australia [1]

Egypt [1]

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People [39] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bexhill [1] Brighton [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Charlton, Woolwich, Kent [1] Craigmonie Inverness Inverness-shire Scotland [1] Darlington [1] Fulham London [1] Guildford Road, Ash, Surrey [1] Hoxton, London [1] Leeds [1] London [1] Melbourne, Victoria [1] Middlesex [1] Rawden, Yorkshire [1] Sunderland, County Durham [1] Toronto, Ontario [1] Usworth Colliery, County Durham [1] Wanganui [1] Wellington [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [10] Private [10] Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Captain [7] Major [6] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sergeant [4] Colonel [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2/Air Mechanic [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3/Air Mechanic [1] A/Sgt [1] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Permanent Orderly Sergeant [1] Acting Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3 [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigade Major [1] Commanding [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Brigadier General [1] Leading Aircraftman Fitter A.E. [1] Leading Aircraftman Fitter A.E. [1] Lieutenant General [1] Local Defence Volunteer [1] Pay Sergeant [1] Paymaster Corporal [1] Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Temp. Lieutenant [1] Temporary Brigadier General [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Volunteer [1]

Unit

Home Guard [18] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Cameron Highlanders [2] Durham Home Guard [2] General Staff [2] New Zealand Home Guard [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Reserve of Officers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] 1/7 Kings Liverpool regiment [1] 4th Military District Reserve Guard [1] 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles [1] 8th Cintingent [1] 8th Contingent [1] 8th New Zealand Mounted Rifles, Infantry, Details, Home Guard [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment, Home Guard, Waikato Region [1] Auckland Regiment, Home Guard [1] Australian Infantry Brigade [1] Border Regiment [1] Canterbury Mounted Rifles [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Colonial Office [1] County of London Home Guard [1] Director General of the Home Guard [1] Durham Home Guard No 20 Darlington [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] General Headquarters North Russia [1] H.M.S. Ocean [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Heretaunga Mounted Rifles [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Home Guard Group 5 [1] Home Guard, Blenheim [1] Home Service, Mitcham Army Camp, South Australia [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manukau, Home Guard [1] Mounted Brigade Headquarters [1] NZ Home Guard [1] New Zealand Army Pay Corps [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Military Forces, Home Guard [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade, Home Guard [1] Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1] Reserve [1] Retired List - Reserve of Officers [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train Reinforcements [1]

Service

British Army [20] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [8] M [8] C [4] H [4] S [3] D [2] F [2] L [2] A [1] E [1] G [1] J [1] K [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [37]

Country

United Kingdom [12] New Zealand [2] Australia [1] Egypt [1]

Robert Brown

Born 1898

Died 1965

British Army Home Guard 2nd (Chester-le-Street) Battallion, Durham Home Guard

British Army Company Quartermaster Sergeant Home Guard 23rd (Washington) Battalion, Durham Home Guard

British Army Highland Light Infantry 2/6

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John Henry Herrold

Born 1878

Died 1966

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13/161 Home Guard Rotorua Battalion

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William Meldrum

Born 1866

Died 1964

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11/675 Home Guard

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Tom Craddock

Born 1881

Died 1947

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 75085 Home Guard

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Walter Charles Bleksley

Born 1885

Died 1940

British Army Volunteer Home Guard 35th County of London

Royal Navy 213375 Able Bodied Seaman H.M.S. Ocean

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Vincent Lionel Graham

Born 1899

Died 1971

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54897 2/Air Mechanic

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54897 Air Mechanic 3

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54897 Air Mechanic 2

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Charles Alfred Smith

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 40075 Home Guard Gisborne Battalion

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Donald Kennedy

Died 1978

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8830 NZ Home Guard Waitomo Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 26/56 NZ Home Guard Waitomo Battalion

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Edward Gregory Lymbery

Born 1886

Died 1943

British Army 173066 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Home Guard 179 (103 County of London) A.A. "Z" Battery

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George Frederick Hutton

Born 1884

Died 1955

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 7/530 New Zealand Home Guard Malvern Battalion

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Alexander Alan Macnab

Born 1893

Died 1961

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/310 Home Guard, Blenheim

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Leo Campion

Born 1887

Died 1973

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 25806 Auckland Regiment, Home Guard Okoia Battalion

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Frank George Massey

Born 1878

Died 1975

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/1268 Manukau, Home Guard Onehunga & Otahuhu Battalions

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Laura Elizabeth Mccully

Born 1886

Died 1924

Other Empire Force Women's Home Guard

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Rawdon Saint John Beere

Born 1880

Died 1968

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1/040 Wellington Division Home Guard

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/3 Wellington Division Home Guard

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Ernest Stelling Hope

Born 1887

Died 1947

British Army 16/948 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers (attd.)

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Archibald William Montgomerie

Born 1893

Died 1969

Other Empire Force Temp. Lieutenant Home Guard

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 7/532 Corporal Canterbury Mounted Rifles

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 7/532 A/Sgt Canterbury Mounted Rifles

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Samuel George Willmott

Born 1897

Died 1981

British Army 2698 (Incomplete) Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 26985 Private Royal Hampshire Regiment

British Army Home Guard

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Newilliaman Allen

British Army 625636 Home Guard Group 5

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Louis Harold Baker

Born 1888

Died 1964

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/962 New Zealand Rifle Brigade, Home Guard 2nd Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1/18/127 New Zealand Rifle Brigade, Home Guard 2nd Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 800511 New Zealand Rifle Brigade, Home Guard 2nd Battalion

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