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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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Place of birth

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]

Henry Sanderson Leslie Brown

British Army 63088 Private 15th Canadian Infantry Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Imperial Army

British Army Lieutenant Training Reserve 5th Battalion

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Arthur Harold Beach

British Army 73109 Private 28th Canadian Infantry Battalion Royal Artillery Field

British Army Captain Imperial Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Mary Wilhelmina Milburn

British Army Australian Volunteer Hospital

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army Sister Army Auxiliary Nursing Service Australian Army Nursing Service

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Leonard Morris Verney

British Army Captain Army Veterinary Corps attached Dragoon Guards

British Army Major Deputy Assistant Director of Veterinary Services

British Army Lieutenant Imperial Yeomanry

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Richard Alexander Jones

British Army 63497 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion

British Army 63497 Private Imperial Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots attached Royal Air Force

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Philip Francis Kerans

British Army 106333 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Imperial Army

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry attached King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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