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Maidstone, Kent [4]

Lichfield, Staffordshire [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Allahabad [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Ardwick Manchester Lancashire [1]

Belgrade London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Calcutta [1]

Camden Town, London [1]

Catterell, Garstang [1]

Caverswall, Staffs [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Cheltenham , Gloucestershire [1]

Clapham, Surrey [1]

Dublin [1]

Epping, Essex [1]

Ford, Devon [1]

Forfar, Scotland [1]

Fulwell, Sunderland [1]

Fulwood, Lancashire [1]

Hackford Norfolk [1]

Hailsham [1]

Halifa [1]

Harrow, Middlesex [1]

Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Horsham [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

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London [1]

Loughton Essex [1]

Metheringham, Fenn, Lincoln [1]

Mile End Old Town, London [1]

Mile End, London [1]

Northallerton [1]

Perth [1]

Plympton, Devon [1]

Polegate, Sussex [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Ranley Louth [1]

Rawmarsh, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Salford [1]

Salvin Street, Battersea, London [1]

Seacombe, Cheshire [1]

Shelton Lodge, Shrewsbury [1]

Rank

Private [1461]

Corporal [489]

Gunner [173]

Second Lieutenant [66]

Lance Corporal [63]

Lieutenant [61]

Serjeant [59]

Acting Corporal [50]

Driver [49]

Captain [47]

Acting Serjeant [44]

Sapper [40]

Lance Serjeant [22]

Pioneer [21]

Acting Lance Serjeant [18]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Staff Serjeant [15]

Major [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Bombardier [9]

Corporal 2nd [8]

Staff Serjeant Major [8]

Acting Lance Corporal [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Colonel [6]

Acting Staff Serjeant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Rifleman [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Paymaster [3]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Flight Officer [3]

Flying Officer [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Interpreter [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Staff Sergeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Unit

Army Pay Corps [1432]

Royal Army Pay Corps [939]

Royal Fusiliers [367]

Royal Engineers [142]

Royal Field Artillery [142]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [109]

Royal Garrison Artillery [105]

Royal Sussex Regiment [80]

Royal West Kent Regiment [64]

Royal Scots [60]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [60]

Labour Corps [56]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [48]

London Regiment [45]

Royal Irish Rifles [34]

Royal Air Force [31]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [27]

Training Reserve Battalion [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [21]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20]

Highland Light Infantry [17]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [17]

Royal Artillery [16]

Essex Regiment [15]

Royal Highlanders [15]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [15]

Royal Flying Corps [14]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [13]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [12]

Army Pay Department [11]

East Kent Regiment [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [11]

Royal Army Pay Department [10]

Royal Horse Artillery [10]

Royal Irish Regiment [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [2352]

Royal Navy [5]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [246]

W [219]

H [205]

M [199]

C [192]

S [190]

G [130]

L [128]

P [125]

D [109]

R [107]

T [106]

F [70]

A [66]

J [63]

E [49]

K [45]

N [43]

O [24]

V [19]

I [10]

U [5]

Y [5]

Contribution

Military Service [2334]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Malta [1]

South Africa [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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People [2355] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [4] Lichfield, Staffordshire [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Allahabad [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Ardwick Manchester Lancashire [1] Belgrade London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Calcutta [1] Camden Town, London [1] Catterell, Garstang [1] Caverswall, Staffs [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Cheltenham , Gloucestershire [1] Clapham, Surrey [1] Dublin [1] Epping, Essex [1] Ford, Devon [1] Forfar, Scotland [1] Fulwell, Sunderland [1] Fulwood, Lancashire [1] Hackford Norfolk [1] Hailsham [1] Halifa [1] Harrow, Middlesex [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1] Horsham [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] Loughton Essex [1] Metheringham, Fenn, Lincoln [1] Mile End Old Town, London [1] Mile End, London [1] Northallerton [1] Perth [1] Plympton, Devon [1] Polegate, Sussex [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Ranley Louth [1] Rawmarsh, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Salford [1] Salvin Street, Battersea, London [1] Seacombe, Cheshire [1] Shelton Lodge, Shrewsbury [1]

Rank

Private [1461] Corporal [489] Gunner [173] Second Lieutenant [66] Lance Corporal [63] Lieutenant [61] Serjeant [59] Acting Corporal [50] Driver [49] Captain [47] Acting Serjeant [44] Sapper [40] Lance Serjeant [22] Pioneer [21] Acting Lance Serjeant [18] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Staff Serjeant [15] Major [13] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Bombardier [9] Corporal 2nd [8] Staff Serjeant Major [8] Acting Lance Corporal [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Colonel [6] Acting Staff Serjeant [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Rifleman [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Paymaster [3] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Flight Officer [3] Flying Officer [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Serjeant Major [3] Trooper [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Interpreter [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Staff Sergeant [2] Temporary Captain [2]

Unit

Army Pay Corps [1432] Royal Army Pay Corps [939] Royal Fusiliers [367] Royal Engineers [142] Royal Field Artillery [142] King's Royal Rifle Corps [109] Royal Garrison Artillery [105] Royal Sussex Regiment [80] Royal West Kent Regiment [64] Royal Scots [60] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [60] Labour Corps [56] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [48] London Regiment [45] Royal Irish Rifles [34] Royal Air Force [31] Royal Berkshire Regiment [27] Training Reserve Battalion [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] Royal Lancaster Regiment [21] Middlesex Regiment [20] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20] Highland Light Infantry [17] Machine Gun Corps [17] Royal Army Service Corps [17] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [17] Royal Artillery [16] Essex Regiment [15] Royal Highlanders [15] Royal Scots Fusiliers [15] Royal Flying Corps [14] Royal Munster Fusiliers [13] East Surrey Regiment [12] Rifle Brigade [12] Royal Irish Fusiliers [12] Army Pay Department [11] East Kent Regiment [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [11] Royal Army Pay Department [10] Royal Horse Artillery [10] Royal Irish Regiment [10] Army Service Corps [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [9] Manchester Regiment [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Liverpool Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [2352] Royal Navy [5] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [246] W [219] H [205] M [199] C [192] S [190] G [130] L [128] P [125] D [109] R [107] T [106] F [70] A [66] J [63] E [49] K [45] N [43] O [24] V [19] I [10] U [5] Y [5]

Contribution

Military Service [2334]

Country

United Kingdom [33] Canada [2] Australia [1] Isle of Man [1] Malta [1] South Africa [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Meyrick Edward Clifton James

Born 1898

Died 1963

British Army 141055 Second Lieutenant Royal Army Pay Corps

British Army 141055 Lieutenant Royal Army Pay Corps

British Army 829 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd (Service) Battalion (1st Sportsman's)

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William Cuthbert Crack

Born 1888

Died 1951

Canadian Expeditionary Force 25568 Private Royal Montreal Regiment 14th (Overseas) Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 25568 Private Canadian Discharge Depot, Permanent Cadre, Buxton

Canadian Expeditionary Force 25568 Private Canadian Army Pay Corps

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John Laing

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 12065 Private Royal Army Pay Corps

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Frederick Mars

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 39/118 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 15651 Private Royal Army Pay Corps Pay Office (Woolwich)

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Percy John Gripton

Born 1884

British Army 8092 Lance Sergeant Army Pay Corps

British Army 8092 Army Pay Corps

British Army G/42736 Royal Fusiliers

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George Fenton Elsworth

Born 1891

Died 1987

British Army 7519 Private Honourable Artillery Company 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 7519 Private Honourable Artillery Company 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 7519 Private Honourable Artillery Company Le Havre Depot

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Albert Matthews

Born 1879

Died 1920

British Army 15524 Corporal Army Pay Corps

British Army 15524 Corporal Royal Army Pay Corps

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Edward Knight

Died 1916

British Army 344 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Army Pay Corps

British Army 344 Staff Serjeant Major Army Pay Corps

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Victor L'estrange Wayre

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army 1935 Private Royal Army Pay Corps

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Alfred Henry Royal Oakes

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 7722 Private Royal Army Pay Corps Army Pay Office (Warley)

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Alick Edward Meddemmen

Born 1897

Died 1944

British Army S/44896 Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army 5888 Corporal Army Pay Corps

British Army 202306 Captain Royal Army Pay Corps

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Percival Joseph Stone

Born 1899

British Army G/73891 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 20296 Private Army Pay Corps

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Ferdinand James Lingham

Born 1889

Died 1941

British Army 13197 Private Army Pay Corps

British Army 82923 Private Middlesex Regiment 29th Battalion

British Army 13197 Corporal Royal Army Pay Corps .

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Bert Fairhill Downing

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 5964 Acting Corporal Royal Army Pay Corps

British Army 5964 Corporal Army Pay Corps

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Timothy Driscoll

Died 1919

British Army 7344 Private Royal Army Pay Corps

British Army 7344 Private Army Pay Corps

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Thomas James Grady

Died 1918

British Army 8776 Corporal Royal Army Pay Corps

British Army 8776 Corporal Army Pay Corps

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Hon. Charles Frederick Hamilton Napier

Born 1872

Died 1963

British Army Major Royal Army Pay Corps

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Ellis Ramsay Reid

Born 1850

Died 1918

British Army Colonel Royal Army Pay Corps

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Arthur Francis Hamilton Cox

Born 1861

Died 1921

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Pay Corps

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Edwin James Cutchee

Born 1892

Died 1973

British Army 113319 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 4665 Private Army Pay Corps

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