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Melbourne Victoria [4]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria [1]

Alderney [1]

Ararat, Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedford [1]

Bedlington, Cambois, Northumberland [1]

Bow London [1]

Cambridge England [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chorlton, Lancashire [1]

Clapton, Stoke Newington, London [1]

Cookley, Worcestershire, England [1]

Devonport England [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Evercreech, Somerset, England [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Folkestone, Kent, England [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Guernsey Channel Islands [1]

Hailsham [1]

Islington [1]

Islington, County of Liverpool [1]

Keswick, Cumberland [1]

Korong Vale Victoria [1]

Langley, Derbyshire [1]

Larbert New South Wales [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Little Chart, Kent [1]

Liverpool New South Wales [1]

London England [1]

Marylebone [1]

Melbourne, Victoria [1]

Nambucca New South Wales [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Oving, Buckinghamshire [1]

Pembroke Dock [1]

Port Chalmer [1]

Port Melbourne Victoria [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Raywood Victoria [1]

Southampton England [1]

Stoke, Rochester, Kent [1]

Surrey England [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Rank

Sapper [466]

Corporal [166]

Serjeant [164]

Driver [99]

Lance Corporal [79]

Lieutenant [43]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Acting Corporal [35]

Pioneer [34]

Captain [26]

Company Serjeant Major [26]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [22]

Private [22]

Major [18]

Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [17]

Sapper Lance Corporal [14]

Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [12]

Able Seaman Driver [11]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Corporal /Acting Corporal [11]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [11]

Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [11]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [10]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Acting Lance Corporal [7]

2nd Corporal [5]

Acting Corporal 2nd [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Gunner [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [4]

Corporal/Acting Corporal [4]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Captain /Acting Major [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Driver Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant /Acting Major [2]

Lieutenant Acting Major [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers Field Company [788]

Field Company Royal Engineers [163]

Royal Engineers [143]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [32]

London Field Company Royal Engineers [19]

West Riding Field Company Royal Engineers [13]

Wessex Field Company Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Royal Engineers Cheshire Field Company [9]

Attached Royal Engineers Field Company [8]

Royal Engineers Wessex Field Company [8]

West Lancashire Field Company Royal Engineers [8]

2nd Divisional Troops - 5th Field Company Engineers [7]

Field Survey Company Royal Engineers [7]

Home Counties Field Company Royal Engineers [7]

6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [6]

Lowland Field Company Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Engineers Highland Field Company [6]

Highland Field Company Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Engineers London Field Company [5]

Royal Engineers West Riding Field Company [5]

5th Divisional Troops - 15th Field Company Engineers [4]

Cheshire Field Company Royal Engineers [4]

East Lancashire Field Company Royal Engineers [4]

Field Company [4]

Royal Engineers Transport [4]

Royal Engineers West Lancashire Field Company [4]

5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [3]

5th Divisional Troops - 8th Field Company Engineers [3]

East Anglian Field Company Royal Engineers [3]

South Midland Field Company Royal Engineers [3]

1st Army Troops Company, Australian Engineers [2]

234th Field Company [2]

4th Divisional Troops - 13th Field Company Engineers [2]

Army Service Corps Royal Engineers Field Company [2]

Citizen Military Force [2]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2]

Divisional Signal Company Royal Engineers attached Royal Field Artillery [2]

East Anglian Field Company/Royal Engineers [2]

East Lancashire Field Company [2]

East Lancashire Royal Engineers Field Company [2]

Field Surrey Company Royal Engineers [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Imperial Army [2]

Indian Army [2]

Lowland Field Company/Royal Engineers [2]

Northumbrian Field Company Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Engineers High Field Company [2]

Royal Engineers Kent Field Company [2]

Royal Engineers Low Field Company [2]

Service

British Army [1297]

Australian Imperial Force [32]

Royal Navy [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [215]

H [214]

R [118]

W [98]

B [90]

D [90]

G [82]

C [73]

T [64]

M [52]

P [47]

F [40]

E [32]

A [31]

L [16]

J [15]

N [13]

O [10]

K [8]

I [7]

V [7]

Y [5]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1328]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Australia [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [4] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria [1] Alderney [1] Ararat, Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedford [1] Bedlington, Cambois, Northumberland [1] Bow London [1] Cambridge England [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chorlton, Lancashire [1] Clapton, Stoke Newington, London [1] Cookley, Worcestershire, England [1] Devonport England [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Evercreech, Somerset, England [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Folkestone, Kent, England [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Guernsey Channel Islands [1] Hailsham [1] Islington [1] Islington, County of Liverpool [1] Keswick, Cumberland [1] Korong Vale Victoria [1] Langley, Derbyshire [1] Larbert New South Wales [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Little Chart, Kent [1] Liverpool New South Wales [1] London England [1] Marylebone [1] Melbourne, Victoria [1] Nambucca New South Wales [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Oving, Buckinghamshire [1] Pembroke Dock [1] Port Chalmer [1] Port Melbourne Victoria [1] Portsmouth [1] Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Raywood Victoria [1] Southampton England [1] Stoke, Rochester, Kent [1] Surrey England [1] Sydney New South Wales [1]

Rank

Sapper [466] Corporal [166] Serjeant [164] Driver [99] Lance Corporal [79] Lieutenant [43] Second Lieutenant [38] Acting Corporal [35] Pioneer [34] Captain [26] Company Serjeant Major [26] Corporal Acting Serjeant [22] Private [22] Major [18] Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [17] Sapper Lance Corporal [14] Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [12] Able Seaman Driver [11] Acting Serjeant [11] Corporal /Acting Corporal [11] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [11] Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [11] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [10] Corporal 2nd [9] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Acting Lance Corporal [7] 2nd Corporal [5] Acting Corporal 2nd [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Gunner [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [4] Corporal/Acting Corporal [4] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Temporary Major [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Captain [3] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Captain /Acting Major [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Driver Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant /Acting Major [2] Lieutenant Acting Major [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers Field Company [788] Field Company Royal Engineers [163] Royal Engineers [143] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [32] London Field Company Royal Engineers [19] West Riding Field Company Royal Engineers [13] Wessex Field Company Royal Engineers [12] Royal Field Artillery [11] Royal Engineers Cheshire Field Company [9] Attached Royal Engineers Field Company [8] Royal Engineers Wessex Field Company [8] West Lancashire Field Company Royal Engineers [8] 2nd Divisional Troops - 5th Field Company Engineers [7] Field Survey Company Royal Engineers [7] Home Counties Field Company Royal Engineers [7] 6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [6] Lowland Field Company Royal Engineers [6] Royal Engineers Highland Field Company [6] Highland Field Company Royal Engineers [5] Royal Engineers London Field Company [5] Royal Engineers West Riding Field Company [5] 5th Divisional Troops - 15th Field Company Engineers [4] Cheshire Field Company Royal Engineers [4] East Lancashire Field Company Royal Engineers [4] Field Company [4] Royal Engineers Transport [4] Royal Engineers West Lancashire Field Company [4] 5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [3] 5th Divisional Troops - 8th Field Company Engineers [3] East Anglian Field Company Royal Engineers [3] South Midland Field Company Royal Engineers [3] 1st Army Troops Company, Australian Engineers [2] 234th Field Company [2] 4th Divisional Troops - 13th Field Company Engineers [2] Army Service Corps Royal Engineers Field Company [2] Citizen Military Force [2] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2] Divisional Signal Company Royal Engineers attached Royal Field Artillery [2] East Anglian Field Company/Royal Engineers [2] East Lancashire Field Company [2] East Lancashire Royal Engineers Field Company [2] Field Surrey Company Royal Engineers [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Imperial Army [2] Indian Army [2] Lowland Field Company/Royal Engineers [2] Northumbrian Field Company Royal Engineers [2] Royal Engineers High Field Company [2] Royal Engineers Kent Field Company [2] Royal Engineers Low Field Company [2]

Service

British Army [1297] Australian Imperial Force [32] Royal Navy [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [215] H [214] R [118] W [98] B [90] D [90] G [82] C [73] T [64] M [52] P [47] F [40] E [32] A [31] L [16] J [15] N [13] O [10] K [8] I [7] V [7] Y [5] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1328]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Australia [1] Turkey [1]

Arthur Robins

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 12812 Corporal Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 12812 Private Royal Engineers 21st Company

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Arthur Michael Terry

Born 1864

Died 1939

British Army Major Durham Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army Major Royal Engineers Field Company

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Richard J Settatree

Born 1888

British Army 21858 Sapper Field Company Royal Engineers

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Henry Sunners

Born 1893

Died 1965

British Army 1711 Acting Corporal West Riding Field Company Royal Engineers

British Army 1711 Actg 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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William Henry Message

Born 1878

British Army 63885 Sapper Royal Engineers Field Company

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Sidney Cyril Buckell

Born 1894

Died 1983

British Army 104259 Pioneer 234th Field Company Royal Engineers

British Army 104259 Pioneer Royal Engineers 234th Field Company

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Angus Stewart

Died 1918

British Army 22993 Pioneer Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 22993 Sapper Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 22993 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Gideon Trigg

Died 1914

British Army 12280 Lance Corporal Field Company Royal Engineers

British Army 12280 Sapper Field Company Royal Engineers

British Army 12280 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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Herbert Walsh

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 17306 Sapper Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 17306 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 17306 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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Joseph Whittaker

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 10699 Corporal Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 10699 Serjeant Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 10699 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Thomas Henry George Trout

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 18129 Sapper Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 18129 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 18129 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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George Amos Hyder

Born 1893

Died 1979

British Army 107250 Sapper Royal Engineers Field Company

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W Joseph Scott

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1456 Serjeant Royal Engineers Field Company

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Charles Edmund Sands

Born 1889

British Army 15949 Driver Royal Engineers Field Company

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Horace Bryan

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 700 Corporal East Indian Field Company Royal Engineers

British Army 700 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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W Heard

Died 1918

British Army 459537 Sapper Field Company Royal Engineers

British Army 459537 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Gerald Brice Ferguson Smyth

Born 1885

Died 1920

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Field Company

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

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Richard Newman Somerville

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Royal Engineers 94th Field Company

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George Way

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 22896 Sapper Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 22896 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Albert F Scott

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 24470 Sapper Royal Engineers Field Company

British Army 24470 Sapper Royal Engineers

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