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Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Battersea London [1]

Blackwater Hampshire [1]

Bletchingley [1]

Chelmsford [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cox Green, Berkshire [1]

Euston Suffolk [1]

Gateshead,Durham [1]

Hanover Square London England [1]

Highworth [1]

Houghton Le Spring, Durham [1]

Labasheda [1]

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North Shields Northumberland [1]

Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Prescot, Lancashire [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Reigate, Surrey [1]

Salford [1]

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St.Saviour,Southwark, London [1]

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Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Tipperary [1]

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [1]

Vizagapatam [1]

West Derby [1]

Rank

Sapper [4657]

Pioneer [2141]

Lance Corporal [185]

Corporal [135]

Private [124]

Serjeant [80]

Acting Lance Corporal [62]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Lieutenant [41]

Acting Corporal [32]

Captain [29]

Acting Serjeant [26]

Gunner [20]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [19]

Driver [16]

Company Serjeant Major [14]

Acting Corporal 2nd [9]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Major [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [4]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Pioneer Corporal [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Second Corporal [2]

Staff Captain [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Major [2]

2nd Master [1]

A/CSM [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Brigade Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Carpenter [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [7349]

Royal Engineers [147]

Inland Waterways and Docks Royal Engineers [123]

Inland Waterways and Docks [73]

Labour Corps [16]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [16]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Army Service Corps [7]

London Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

General List [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Engineers and Inland Waterways and Docks [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Special List [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Inland Waterways and Docks Royal Engineers [2]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks General List [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Army Service Corps and Royal Engineers [1]

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British Army [7585]

Other Empire Force [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

M [892]

B [759]

C [648]

S [631]

H [610]

W [544]

R [417]

D [416]

G [357]

P [343]

T [321]

L [287]

F [264]

J [221]

K [190]

A [172]

E [153]

O [131]

N [117]

I [39]

V [26]

Y [23]

Q [14]

U [9]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7583]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Goole, Yorkshire [2] Battersea London [1] Blackwater Hampshire [1] Bletchingley [1] Chelmsford [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cox Green, Berkshire [1] Euston Suffolk [1] Gateshead,Durham [1] Hanover Square London England [1] Highworth [1] Houghton Le Spring, Durham [1] Labasheda [1] Liverpool [1] Mathern, Chepstow, Monmouthshire [1] North Kensington [1] North Shields Northumberland [1] Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Prescot, Lancashire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Reigate, Surrey [1] Salford [1] Selby [1] St.Saviour,Southwark, London [1] Sunderland [1] Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Tipperary [1] Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [1] Vizagapatam [1] West Derby [1]

Rank

Sapper [4657] Pioneer [2141] Lance Corporal [185] Corporal [135] Private [124] Serjeant [80] Acting Lance Corporal [62] Second Lieutenant [45] Lieutenant [41] Acting Corporal [32] Captain [29] Acting Serjeant [26] Gunner [20] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [19] Driver [16] Company Serjeant Major [14] Acting Corporal 2nd [9] Corporal 2nd [7] Major [5] Acting Captain [4] Acting Company Serjeant Major [4] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Pioneer Corporal [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Second Corporal [2] Staff Captain [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Major [2] 2nd Master [1] A/CSM [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Brigade Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Brevet Major [1] Carpenter [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Flying Officer [1] Honorary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [7349] Royal Engineers [147] Inland Waterways and Docks Royal Engineers [123] Inland Waterways and Docks [73] Labour Corps [16] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [16] Durham Light Infantry [10] Army Service Corps [7] London Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] General List [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Engineers and Inland Waterways and Docks [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Special List [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Inland Waterways and Docks Royal Engineers [2] Mercantile Marine Reserve [2] Military Foot Police [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks General List [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Navy [2] Scottish Rifles [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Army Service Corps and Royal Engineers [1]

Service

British Army [7585] Other Empire Force [2] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

M [892] B [759] C [648] S [631] H [610] W [544] R [417] D [416] G [357] P [343] T [321] L [287] F [264] J [221] K [190] A [172] E [153] O [131] N [117] I [39] V [26] Y [23] Q [14] U [9] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7583]

Country

United Kingdom [16] United States [1]

Philip Henry Huntley

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army WR/315372 Pioneer Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

British Army W.R. 315372 Pnr (Pioneer) Royal Engineers

British Army 315372 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frederick George Balcombe

Born 1876

Died 1958

British Army WR333965 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Jack Or John Montague Parker

Born 1868

Died 1944

British Army WR320233 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Albert Edward Wakelin

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 334273 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

British Army 334273 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Bird Stamps

Born 1883

British Army WR32816 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Sydney Charles Cranham

Born 1884

Died 1962

British Army 338171 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Joseph Henry Edwards

Died 1921

British Army WR 504544 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Emile Allain

Born 1887

Died 1951

British Army 349147 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Jacob Turnbull

Born 1898

British Army WR352241 Pioneer Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Nathaniel Dettmer

Born 1887

Died 1945

British Army WR321368 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Thomas Wharton

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army WR340421 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

British Army WR340421 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Aper Burtcher

Born 1870

Died 1952

British Army WR/333519 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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William Dirk

Born 1881

Died 1945

British Army WR 343178 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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James Stretch

Born 1856

British Army WR318326 Pioneer Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Percival Bagshaw

Born 1875

British Army W.R. 319629 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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John Paul Fawkes

Born 1892

Died 1949

British Army WR354569 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Ernest Taylor

Born 1880

Died 1958

British Army WR/316874 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Walter Sylvester Richmond

Born 1883

Died 1928

British Army WR332798 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Richard Oliver Smee

Born 1881

Died 1955

British Army WR/334442 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Arthur Edwin Smith

Died 1918

British Army WR 318153 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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