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Place of birth

Aspatria, Cumberland [1]

Auckland [1]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Brentford,Middlesex. [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol [1]

Buckie [1]

Caithness Scotland [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canning Town, Essex [1]

Chertsey [1]

Christchurch [1]

Clifton, South Island, New Zealand [1]

Crushington [1]

Darton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Deal [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Farnham, Surrey [1]

Footscray, Victoria [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Great Barr, Staffordshire [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hamilton [1]

Highgate, Middlesex [1]

Kaikoura [1]

Kirkcudbright, Scotland [1]

Korong Vale Victoria [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Myton, East Yorkshire [1]

Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [1]

Saint George In The East, London [1]

Southwark, London [1]

Stoke Newington, Hackney district, London [1]

Todmorden, Yorkshire [1]

Waihi [1]

Wakefield, South Island [1]

Wellington [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [146]

Lieutenant [86]

Able Seaman [78]

Private [57]

Captain [40]

Sub Lieutenant [35]

Sapper [25]

Commissary [15]

Corporal [15]

Major [14]

Petty Officer [13]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Chief Petty Officer [10]

Temporary Lieutenant [9]

Boy 2nd Class [8]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Gunner [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Cadet [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Overseer [3]

Pioneer [3]

Sub Second Lieutenant [3]

Subordinate Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman Driver [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Captain Superintendent [2]

Civilian [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Reverend [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker Class 1 [2]

Surgeon Lieutenant [2]

Surgeon Probationer [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Sub Lieutenant [2]

1st Writer [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Engineer Civilian [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Naval Forces [286]

Royal Engineers [40]

Royal Garrison Artillery [33]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

New Zealand Naval Forces - HMS Philomel [17]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Labour Corps [11]

General List [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

London Regiment [9]

New Zealand Naval Forces [9]

Manchester Regiment [8]

HMS Philomel [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Naval Air Service [6]

HMS Pioneer [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Navy [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

HMS Psyche [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Allied Forces Base Hospital [2]

Allied Forces Base Hospital attached Civilian Branch [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Australian Squadron Naval Force - HMS Pioneer [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Canadian Forces [2]

Commonwealth Naval Forces [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Australian Navy [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Service

British Army [310]

Royal Navy [41]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [44]

B [40]

W [28]

M [25]

P [25]

C [24]

S [22]

G [21]

R [18]

F [14]

A [13]

T [12]

D [10]

L [9]

E [8]

J [8]

N [8]

K [7]

O [3]

I [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [342]

Country

New Zealand [20]

United Kingdom [10]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Aspatria, Cumberland [1] Auckland [1] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Brentford,Middlesex. [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol [1] Buckie [1] Caithness Scotland [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canning Town, Essex [1] Chertsey [1] Christchurch [1] Clifton, South Island, New Zealand [1] Crushington [1] Darton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Deal [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Farnham, Surrey [1] Footscray, Victoria [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Great Barr, Staffordshire [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hamilton [1] Highgate, Middlesex [1] Kaikoura [1] Kirkcudbright, Scotland [1] Korong Vale Victoria [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Myton, East Yorkshire [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Portsmouth [1] Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Ryde, Isle of Wight [1] Saint George In The East, London [1] Southwark, London [1] Stoke Newington, Hackney district, London [1] Todmorden, Yorkshire [1] Waihi [1] Wakefield, South Island [1] Wellington [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [146] Lieutenant [86] Able Seaman [78] Private [57] Captain [40] Sub Lieutenant [35] Sapper [25] Commissary [15] Corporal [15] Major [14] Petty Officer [13] Ordinary Seaman [11] Chief Petty Officer [10] Temporary Lieutenant [9] Boy 2nd Class [8] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Gunner [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Acting Captain [4] Cadet [4] Leading Seaman [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Overseer [3] Pioneer [3] Sub Second Lieutenant [3] Subordinate Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman Driver [2] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Captain Superintendent [2] Civilian [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Reverend [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker Class 1 [2] Surgeon Lieutenant [2] Surgeon Probationer [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Sub Lieutenant [2] 1st Writer [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Engineer Civilian [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Naval Forces [286] Royal Engineers [40] Royal Garrison Artillery [33] Machine Gun Corps [21] New Zealand Naval Forces - HMS Philomel [17] Royal Field Artillery [13] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Labour Corps [11] General List [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] London Regiment [9] New Zealand Naval Forces [9] Manchester Regiment [8] HMS Philomel [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Naval Air Service [6] HMS Pioneer [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Navy [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] HMS Psyche [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Tank Corps [3] Allied Forces Base Hospital [2] Allied Forces Base Hospital attached Civilian Branch [2] Army Service Corps [2] Australian Squadron Naval Force - HMS Pioneer [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Canadian Forces [2] Commonwealth Naval Forces [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] HMS Impregnable [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Australian Navy [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Service

British Army [310] Royal Navy [41] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [44] B [40] W [28] M [25] P [25] C [24] S [22] G [21] R [18] F [14] A [13] T [12] D [10] L [9] E [8] J [8] N [8] K [7] O [3] I [1] Q [1] U [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [342]

Country

New Zealand [20] United Kingdom [10] India [1]

Norman Davidge Gullick

Born 1892

Died 1952

British Army LZ/1164 Able Seaman Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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Leslie St Clair Hart

British Army LS4842 Signaller Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Naval Forces

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Alfred James Preston

British Army PO1773S Private Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Naval Forces

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John Mcclelland Alias Mcclintock William J

British Army CH859S Private Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Naval Forces

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Victor David Nowell

British Army M/8537 Writers Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Naval Forces

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William James Griffiths

British Army CH/14405 Private Naval Forces

British Army CH/14405 Commissary Naval Forces

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William James Mcclintock

British Army Ch 859S Private Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Naval Forces

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Henry Lowther Holliday

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army TL/2718 Able Seaman Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Border Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. 9th Bn

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Trevor Theodore Harris

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army LZ/833 Ordinary Seaman Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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Thomas Higgins

Died 1916

British Army Deal/S/241 Sapper Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Arthur George Villers Peel

Born 1868

Died 1956

British Army Major Naval Forces

British Army Major Bedford Yeomanry

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Jackson Webster Parr

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army CH1372S Private Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Harry Thomas Huntington

Died 1918

British Army B1907S Private Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Thomas M Carley

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Ply 6955 Private Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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Horace Aubrey Back

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army AA33 Chief Petty Officer Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Henry Cubbin Hurst

Died 1916

British Army Po 799S Corporal Naval Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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Stewart Patrick Brown

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army S/1473 Sapper Naval Forces

British Army S/1473 Acting Serjeant 63rd Royal Naval Division Engineers Reserve

Royal Navy 1473 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Philip Wrigley

Born 1890

British Army S/233 Sapper Naval Forces Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Naval Forces Royal Engineers

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Albert Osman North

British Army RMA5275 Gunner Naval Forces

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Ralph Taylor

British Army Sub Lieutenant Naval Forces

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