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Edinburgh [4]

Glasgow [2]

London, Ontario [2]

Woodstock, Ontario [2]

Aberystwyth, Wales [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Alenford ON [1]

Bangalore [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Bayswater, London [1]

Belfast [1]

Belgaum [1]

Brighton, Victoria [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Bury St Edmund, Suffolk [1]

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Cheriton, Kent [1]

Clare [1]

Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare [1]

Drogheda [1]

Dublin [1]

Dundee [1]

Dursley, Gloucestershire [1]

Eramosa, Ontario [1]

Falkland, Fife [1]

Finchley London England [1]

Gatchina, St Petersburg [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Gravesend [1]

HIghbury London [1]

Haddington [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Highgate Middlesex [1]

Holywood, County Down [1]

Houghton St. Giles Norfolk [1]

Inverness, Scotland [1]

Ipswich [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kingston [1]

Knockan, Co Derry, Ireland [1]

Kurting, Gunbower, Victoria [1]

Leeds Village, Quebec [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [1038]

Second Lieutenant [548]

Lieutenant [386]

Captain [170]

Corporal [117]

Sapper [101]

Serjeant [98]

Gunner [81]

Lance Corporal [78]

Staff Nurse [66]

Trooper [54]

Major [46]

Nursing Sister [44]

Sister [27]

Staff Serjeant [18]

Driver [17]

Temporary Lieutenant [14]

Acting Captain [13]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Colonel [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Temporary Captain [8]

Bombardier [7]

Acting Lance Corporal [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Matron [3]

Special Military Probationer [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Assistant Administrator [2]

Commissary [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Major Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Second Corporal [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Imperial Army [1105]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [192]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [172]

Royal Air Force [111]

Canadian Infantry Brigade [100]

Canadian Army Service Corps [97]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [82]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry [78]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [76]

Canadian Infantry Battalion Imperial Army [68]

Royal Field Artillery [66]

Royal Army Service Corps [47]

Royal Flying Corps [47]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

Canadian Field Artillery [45]

Royal Engineers [45]

Royal Garrison Artillery [40]

Canadian Engineers [39]

Canadian Army Medical Corps Imperial Army [33]

Canadian Infantry [32]

Lord Strathcona's Horse [32]

Canadian Army Service Corps Imperial Army [28]

General List [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [24]

Machine Gun Corps [23]

Army Service Corps [22]

London Regiment [22]

Royal Canadian Dragoons [22]

Canadian Infantry Brigade Imperial Army [19]

Canadian Divisional Cyclists [17]

Royal Canadian Horse Artillery [16]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [15]

Tank Corps [15]

Canadian Divisional Cavalry [14]

Canadian Railway Construction Corps [14]

Imperial Yeomanry [13]

16th Canadian Infantry Battalion [12]

Canadian Field Artillery Imperial Army [12]

Canadian Mounted Rifles Imperial Army [12]

Indian Army [12]

15th Canadian Infantry Battalion [11]

7th Canadian Infantry Battalion [11]

Army Medical Corps Australian Imperial Force [11]

Canadian Engineers Imperial Army [11]

Imperial Camel Corps [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Lord Strathcona's Horse Imperial Army [10]

Royal Air Force Imperial Army [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

29th Canadian Infantry Battalion [9]

Service

British Army [1832]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [63]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Other Empire Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Indian Army [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [203]

B [198]

C [162]

S [158]

H [155]

W [124]

P [104]

G [103]

D [92]

L [88]

R [84]

T [77]

F [57]

A [46]

J [46]

K [34]

E [28]

N [27]

O [22]

I [14]

V [13]

Y [8]

Q [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1845]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

Canada [6]

Australia [4]

Ireland [2]

Egypt [1]

Guernsey [1]

United States [1]

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Edinburgh [4] Glasgow [2] London, Ontario [2] Woodstock, Ontario [2] Aberystwyth, Wales [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Alenford ON [1] Bangalore [1] Barming, Kent [1] Bayswater, London [1] Belfast [1] Belgaum [1] Brighton, Victoria [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Bury St Edmund, Suffolk [1] Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Cheriton, Kent [1] Clare [1] Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare [1] Drogheda [1] Dublin [1] Dundee [1] Dursley, Gloucestershire [1] Eramosa, Ontario [1] Falkland, Fife [1] Finchley London England [1] Gatchina, St Petersburg [1] Gloucestershire [1] Gravesend [1] HIghbury London [1] Haddington [1] Hampstead, London [1] Highgate Middlesex [1] Holywood, County Down [1] Houghton St. Giles Norfolk [1] Inverness, Scotland [1] Ipswich [1] Islington, London [1] Kingston [1] Knockan, Co Derry, Ireland [1] Kurting, Gunbower, Victoria [1] Leeds Village, Quebec [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London [1] London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [1038] Second Lieutenant [548] Lieutenant [386] Captain [170] Corporal [117] Sapper [101] Serjeant [98] Gunner [81] Lance Corporal [78] Staff Nurse [66] Trooper [54] Major [46] Nursing Sister [44] Sister [27] Staff Serjeant [18] Driver [17] Temporary Lieutenant [14] Acting Captain [13] Acting Serjeant [12] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Colonel [9] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Temporary Captain [8] Bombardier [7] Acting Lance Corporal [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Corporal 2nd [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Corporal [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Matron [3] Special Military Probationer [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Assistant Administrator [2] Commissary [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Major Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Second Corporal [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Imperial Army [1105] Canadian Infantry Battalion [192] Canadian Army Medical Corps [172] Royal Air Force [111] Canadian Infantry Brigade [100] Canadian Army Service Corps [97] Canadian Mounted Rifles [82] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry [78] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [76] Canadian Infantry Battalion Imperial Army [68] Royal Field Artillery [66] Royal Army Service Corps [47] Royal Flying Corps [47] Australian Imperial Force [45] Canadian Field Artillery [45] Royal Engineers [45] Royal Garrison Artillery [40] Canadian Engineers [39] Canadian Army Medical Corps Imperial Army [33] Canadian Infantry [32] Lord Strathcona's Horse [32] Canadian Army Service Corps Imperial Army [28] General List [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [24] Machine Gun Corps [23] Army Service Corps [22] London Regiment [22] Royal Canadian Dragoons [22] Canadian Infantry Brigade Imperial Army [19] Canadian Divisional Cyclists [17] Royal Canadian Horse Artillery [16] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [15] Tank Corps [15] Canadian Divisional Cavalry [14] Canadian Railway Construction Corps [14] Imperial Yeomanry [13] 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion [12] Canadian Field Artillery Imperial Army [12] Canadian Mounted Rifles Imperial Army [12] Indian Army [12] 15th Canadian Infantry Battalion [11] 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion [11] Army Medical Corps Australian Imperial Force [11] Canadian Engineers Imperial Army [11] Imperial Camel Corps [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Lord Strathcona's Horse Imperial Army [10] Royal Air Force Imperial Army [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] 29th Canadian Infantry Battalion [9]

Service

British Army [1832] Canadian Expeditionary Force [63] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Other Empire Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [8] Indian Army [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [203] B [198] C [162] S [158] H [155] W [124] P [104] G [103] D [92] L [88] R [84] T [77] F [57] A [46] J [46] K [34] E [28] N [27] O [22] I [14] V [13] Y [8] Q [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1845]

Country

United Kingdom [28] Canada [6] Australia [4] Ireland [2] Egypt [1] Guernsey [1] United States [1]

L C C Welford

British Army 222 Private Imperial Army

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R A Forsyth

British Army 55199 Private Imperial Army

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C H Haskins

British Army 107272 Private Imperial Army

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A Thomas

British Army 154 Private Imperial Army

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H P Robinson

British Army 12886 Private Canadian Imperial Battalion

British Army 12886 Private Imperial Army

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J Dion

British Army 26306 Private Imperial Army

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C E Sumner

British Army 112138 Private Imperial Army

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M Wilkinson

British Army 85445 Gunner Imperial Army

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C E Ogden

British Army 9230 Sapper Imperial Army

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W B H Parker

British Army 29142 Private Imperial Army

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Clive Julius Kaeppel

British Army 1071 Private Australian Imperial Force

British Army 1071 Private Imperial Army

British Army 4290 Serjeant Australian Imperial Force

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John Clarke Kiddle

Died 1917

British Army 848 Private Australian Imperial Force

British Army 848 Private Imperial Army

British Army 4291 Serjeant Australian Imperial Force

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Gordon Francis Collingwood

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 335 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps

British Army 335 Private Imperial Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Marie De Lacy

Born 1875

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 24 General Hospital Étaples France

British Army Nursing Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Vincent Square Hospital

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 16 Canadian General Hospital Orpington

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Albert Stanley Gabriel Williams

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 16488 Private Canadian Infantry Brigade Imperial Army

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Canadian Infantry

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John Gray Ralph

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 81723 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion Imperial Army

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Walter Morse Jotcham

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 75815 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion Imperial Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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Horace Wellesley Muir

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 957 Private Royal Canadian Dragoons

British Army Second Lieutenant Imperial Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

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Frank Wesley Peters

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 107497 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Imperial Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

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Harry Elsmore Howard

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 10/380 Private Wellington Infantry Regiment

British Army 10/380 Private Imperial Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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