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16 Gunner Street, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Bedwellty, Mon [1]

Bradford [1]

Brecon [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Byker Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Caer Estyn, Flintshire [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cargo Fleet, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough [1]

Derby [1]

Droitwich, Worcestershire [1]

Escomb, County Durham [1]

Grangemouth [1]

Hatton of Fintray, Aberdeenshire [1]

Holborn London [1]

Hornsey, London [1]

Isle of Wight [1]

Kilburn [1]

Lancashire [1]

Leicester [1]

Leigh,Lancashire [1]

Macclesfield [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Manchester [1]

Mosely, Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Moulman [1]

Mullingar, Co: Westmeath [1]

Nayland, Suffolk [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Prince Edward's Island [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Simla [1]

South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland [1]

Surrey [1]

Sutton Bonington, Notts [1]

Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire [1]

Tealby, Lincolnshire [1]

Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Sapper [1118]

Pioneer [538]

Private [338]

Corporal [167]

Serjeant [91]

Lieutenant [80]

Lance Corporal [74]

Captain [70]

Second Lieutenant [68]

Major [36]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [24]

Gunner [24]

Driver [22]

Acting Corporal [19]

Company Serjeant Major [17]

Temporary Lieutenant [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Temporary Captain [14]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Corporal 2nd [13]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [11]

Acting Lance Corporal [9]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Acting Major [5]

Bombardier [5]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [5]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Sergeant [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Acting Corporal 2nd [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Serjeant Major [2]

Pioneer Corporal [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Sapper /Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Second Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Trooper [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers Railway Transport Department [994]

Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers [456]

Royal Engineers [273]

Royal Engineers Railway Transport Depot [179]

Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division [124]

Royal Engineers Railway Troops Department [123]

Railway Transport Department Royal Engineers [61]

Railway Transport Establishment Royal Engineers [55]

Army Service Corps [47]

Railway Company Royal Engineers [34]

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Royal Engineers Railway Transports Department [22]

London Regiment [17]

Railway Transport Department [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [13]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12]

Railway Operating Division [12]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [12]

Labour Corps [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Railway Transport Depot Royal Engineers [11]

Royal Engineers Railway Troops Depot [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Railway Transport Office [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Gordon Highlanders [9]

Railway Transport Establishment [9]

Essex Regiment [8]

Railway Transport Officer [8]

Railway Troops Department Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

West Riding Regiment [8]

Canadian Railway Construction Corps [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Norfolk Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers Railway [7]

Royal Engineers Railway Transport Establishment [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Imperial Army [6]

Royal Engineers Railway Transport [6]

Border Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Service

British Army [2371]

Indian Army [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [422]

C [327]

D [181]

W [181]

G [167]

S [141]

H [124]

F [111]

P [110]

R [100]

T [100]

M [89]

E [83]

A [80]

L [30]

O [30]

K [29]

J [26]

N [15]

Y [9]

U [7]

Q [6]

V [4]

Contribution

Military Service [2369]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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Place of birth

16 Gunner Street, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Bedwellty, Mon [1] Bradford [1] Brecon [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Byker Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Caer Estyn, Flintshire [1] Cambridge [1] Cargo Fleet, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough [1] Derby [1] Droitwich, Worcestershire [1] Escomb, County Durham [1] Grangemouth [1] Hatton of Fintray, Aberdeenshire [1] Holborn London [1] Hornsey, London [1] Isle of Wight [1] Kilburn [1] Lancashire [1] Leicester [1] Leigh,Lancashire [1] Macclesfield [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Manchester [1] Mosely, Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Moulman [1] Mullingar, Co: Westmeath [1] Nayland, Suffolk [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Prince Edward's Island [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Simla [1] South Leith,Midlothian,Scotland [1] Surrey [1] Sutton Bonington, Notts [1] Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire [1] Tealby, Lincolnshire [1] Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Sapper [1118] Pioneer [538] Private [338] Corporal [167] Serjeant [91] Lieutenant [80] Lance Corporal [74] Captain [70] Second Lieutenant [68] Major [36] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [24] Gunner [24] Driver [22] Acting Corporal [19] Company Serjeant Major [17] Temporary Lieutenant [16] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Temporary Captain [14] Acting Serjeant [13] Corporal 2nd [13] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [11] Acting Lance Corporal [9] Staff Serjeant [6] Acting Major [5] Bombardier [5] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [5] Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Sergeant [4] Temporary Major [4] Acting Corporal 2nd [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Serjeant Major [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Serjeant Major [2] Pioneer Corporal [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Sapper /Acting Lance Corporal [2] Second Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Trooper [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers Railway Transport Department [994] Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers [456] Royal Engineers [273] Royal Engineers Railway Transport Depot [179] Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division [124] Royal Engineers Railway Troops Department [123] Railway Transport Department Royal Engineers [61] Railway Transport Establishment Royal Engineers [55] Army Service Corps [47] Railway Company Royal Engineers [34] Royal Field Artillery [33] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Royal Engineers Railway Transports Department [22] London Regiment [17] Railway Transport Department [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Cheshire Regiment [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [13] Welsh Regiment [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12] Railway Operating Division [12] Royal Fusiliers [12] Royal Scots Fusiliers [12] Labour Corps [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Railway Transport Depot Royal Engineers [11] Royal Engineers Railway Troops Depot [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Railway Transport Office [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Gordon Highlanders [9] Railway Transport Establishment [9] Essex Regiment [8] Railway Transport Officer [8] Railway Troops Department Royal Engineers [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] West Riding Regiment [8] Canadian Railway Construction Corps [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Norfolk Regiment [7] Royal Engineers Railway [7] Royal Engineers Railway Transport Establishment [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Imperial Army [6] Royal Engineers Railway Transport [6] Border Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [5]

Service

British Army [2371] Indian Army [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [422] C [327] D [181] W [181] G [167] S [141] H [124] F [111] P [110] R [100] T [100] M [89] E [83] A [80] L [30] O [30] K [29] J [26] N [15] Y [9] U [7] Q [6] V [4]

Contribution

Military Service [2369]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Maurice Victor Parsons

Born 1895

Died 1942

British Army WR/257615 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Train Division

British Army 188971 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Train Division

British Army 257615 Sapper RE Railway Operating Train Division Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division

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Joseph Ormond

Born 1884

Died 1957

British Army 54947 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army WR21635 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 54947 Corporal then Sergeant Railway Troop Royal Engineers

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Frederick Biggs

Born 1882

Died 1968

British Army 209892 Sapper Royal Engineers 4th London Brigade

British Army Private Royal Engineers :Railway Troops

British Army 209892 Corporal Royal Engineers 4th London Brigade

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Ewart William Coleman

Born 1894

Died 1941

British Army WR/201421 Sapper Railway Transport Department Royal Engineers

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Charles Augustus Williams

Born 1875

Died 1944

British Army 138731 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Transport Department

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Thomas Leonard Martin

Born 1897

Died 1975

British Army WR/279805 Sapper Railway Construction Troops Depot

British Army 8352 also 388352 Sapper Royal Engineers Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers

British Army WR/279805 Sapper Royal Engineers No. 3 Railway Company

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Wilfred Henry Hayes

Born 1875

Died 1919

British Army WR/252000 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers

British Army WR/252000 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Engineers 12th Broad Gauge Operating Coy.

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Samuel Bloomfield

Born 1871

Died 1953

British Army 225762 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army WR25082 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 225762 / WR25082 Private Royal Engineers, Railway Construction, Corps

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Richard Thomas Blake

Born 1885

Died 1920

British Army 17361 Sapper Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 502314 Private Royal Engineers Railway

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George Edwin Thompson

Born 1877

British Army 487308 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Transport Department

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James William Davies

Born 1887

Died 1931

British Army WR/178404 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers Railway Transport Depot

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John Kelland Stevens

Born 1893

Died 1930

British Army 28011 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 28011 Temporary Lieutenant Railway Transport Office

British Army Lieutenant Railway Transport Officer

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George Frederick Tenwick

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 3816 Sapper Railway Company Royal Engineers

British Army WR/125021 Sapper Railway Company Royal Engineers

British Army WR/125021 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Samuel Hayward Dunn

Born 1891

Died 1964

British Army WR/253353 Serjeant Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers

British Army Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR/253353 Sergeant Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers

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Stewart Elles Lawrence West, Obe

Born 1890

British Army Railway Corps

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Robert George Cook

Born 1898

British Army 354770 Pioneer Railway Transport Department Royal Engineers

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William Bert Croxford

Born 1875

Died 1919

British Army WR/205421 Pioneer Royal Engineers Railway Transport Department

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John Elliott Biggs

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 194252 Sapper Railway Operating Depot, Royal Engineers

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Peter Cathro Munro

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army WR/215463 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 68757 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Transport Department

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James Cornish

Born 1867

Died 1920

British Army 291421 Pioneer Royal Engineers Railway Transport Depot

British Army 291421 Sapper Royal Engineers

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