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Basford, Nottingham [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bolton [1]

Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Bradford [1]

Byres Farm, Fochabers [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Croydon [1]

Dewsbury [1]

Dorchester [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

London [1]

Manchester [1]

Newcastle-under Lyme [1]

Pancras [1]

Pirbright, Surrey [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Sleaford, Lincolnshire [1]

St Mary's, Tipperary [1]

St Pancras [1]

St. Agatha's, Dublin [1]

Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

WEST BROMWICH Staffordshire [1]

Warham Walsingham Norfolk [1]

Westoe, South Shields, County Durham [1]

Wilmslow, Cheshire [1]

Witchampton [1]

Rank

Gunner [627]

Second Lieutenant [89]

Serjeant [85]

Corporal [77]

Private [74]

Lieutenant [53]

Captain [22]

Acting Serjeant [18]

Acting Corporal [16]

Major [13]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Battery Serjeant Major [7]

Acting Colour Serjeant [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Bombardier [2]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [2]

Sapper [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2/Lt [1]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner Gunner [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieut [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Quarter Master [1]

Orderly [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pilot Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant [1]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [905]

Machine Gun Corps [740]

Tank Corps [51]

Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [43]

Royal Engineers [18]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

Motor Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

Hussars [5]

London Regiment [4]

Motor Machine Gun Service [4]

Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Border Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Gold Coast Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [3]

6th Battery Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Canadian Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's African Rifles [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Field Artillery [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [935]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [106]

M [103]

H [90]

S [79]

C [70]

W [56]

R [53]

P [51]

D [42]

L [40]

T [38]

A [37]

F [32]

G [32]

J [27]

N [20]

K [18]

O [16]

E [13]

I [4]

V [4]

Y [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [935]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Basford, Nottingham [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bolton [1] Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Bradford [1] Byres Farm, Fochabers [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Croydon [1] Dewsbury [1] Dorchester [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Scotland [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] London [1] Manchester [1] Newcastle-under Lyme [1] Pancras [1] Pirbright, Surrey [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Sleaford, Lincolnshire [1] St Mary's, Tipperary [1] St Pancras [1] St. Agatha's, Dublin [1] Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire [1] WEST BROMWICH Staffordshire [1] Warham Walsingham Norfolk [1] Westoe, South Shields, County Durham [1] Wilmslow, Cheshire [1] Witchampton [1]

Rank

Gunner [627] Second Lieutenant [89] Serjeant [85] Corporal [77] Private [74] Lieutenant [53] Captain [22] Acting Serjeant [18] Acting Corporal [16] Major [13] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Acting Bombardier [10] Lance Corporal [8] Battery Serjeant Major [7] Acting Colour Serjeant [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Bombardier [2] Gunner Acting Bombardier [2] Sapper [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2/Lt [1] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Gunner Gunner [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieut [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Quarter Master [1] Orderly [1] Petty Officer [1] Pilot Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant [1] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub Lieutenant RNVR [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [905] Machine Gun Corps [740] Tank Corps [51] Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [43] Royal Engineers [18] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Air Force [11] Motor Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal Highlanders [6] Hussars [5] London Regiment [4] Motor Machine Gun Service [4] Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Border Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Gold Coast Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [3] 6th Battery Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Canadian Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's African Rifles [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Field Artillery [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [935] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [106] M [103] H [90] S [79] C [70] W [56] R [53] P [51] D [42] L [40] T [38] A [37] F [32] G [32] J [27] N [20] K [18] O [16] E [13] I [4] V [4] Y [2] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [935]

Country

United Kingdom [16] France [1]

Archibald Hampton

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 32524 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 32524 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

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Max Henry Roescher

Born 1889

Died 1968

British Army Lieutenant Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery 22 Bty

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William Henry Gilyead

Born 1896

Died 1979

British Army 938 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 938 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army 938 Gunner Machine Gun Corps 13th Light Armoured Motor Battery

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Joseph Alfred Smith

Born 1898

Died 1970

British Army 1884 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 1884 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army 1884 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service

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James Milne

Born 1894

British Army 1305 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army 1305 Corporal Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

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Frank Stearn

Born 1888

Died 1963

British Army 2288 Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army 2288 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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James Shaw Rennie

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 2027 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2027 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army 2027 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Motors) 19th Battery

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Frederick Harry Rood

British Army 1812 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 1812 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

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Eric Callender Barclay

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

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Ronald Henry M Miller

Born 1897

British Army 1169 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army 1169 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Corps

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Claude Outram Dalgarius Anderson

British Army Second Lieutenant Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Motor Machine Gun Corps

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Duncan G Irvine

British Army 239 Serjeant Motor Machine Gun Service/Royal Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Motor Machine Gun Service

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Leslie Robert Gutsell

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2518 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2518 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army 2518 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch)

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P S Gemmell

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 804 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army 804 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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Lewis C Weller

Born 1887

Died 1951

British Army 1605 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 1605 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

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Alfred George Clark Wheeler

Born 1889

British Army 1705 Machine Gun Corps

British Army 1705 Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

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Andrew Downie

British Army 1052 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Corps/Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

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Percy Brewster

British Army 2562 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps Motor

British Army 2562 Serjeant Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

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Beckham Arthur

British Army Captain Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Motor Machine Gun Corps

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Evan A Trott

British Army 79383 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Corps

British Army 79383 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

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