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Melbourne Victoria [11]

Sydney New South Wales [11]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Albert Park Victoria [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

London [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Toowoomba Queensland [2]

Accrington [1]

Acol, Thanet [1]

Apsley End, Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire [1]

Armadale Victoria [1]

Arran Island Scotland [1]

Atherton [1]

Auchintoul, Marnock [1]

Augathella Queensland [1]

Bagnes de Bigorre [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Bathurst NSW [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Berwick upon Tweed [1]

Bildeston, Suffolk [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bishopston,Bristol. [1]

Boonah Queensland [1]

Bradford [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Cardiff [1]

Cheshire [1]

Church Lancashire [1]

Corowa New South Wales [1]

Cramlington, Northumberland, [1]

Crayke, Easingwold [1]

Dallington [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England [1]

Docking Norfolk [1]

Doncaster reg district [1]

Dorchester [1]

Dorset England [1]

Dubbo New South Wales [1]

Durford, Sussex, England [1]

Eaglehawk Victoria [1]

East Peckham, Kent [1]

Eastleigh, Hampshire [1]

Edmonton England [1]

Exeter England [1]

Rank

Gunner [474]

Driver [410]

Serjeant [157]

Second Lieutenant [142]

Private [128]

Corporal [103]

Lieutenant [102]

Bombardier [96]

Captain [78]

Major [61]

Able Seaman Driver [37]

Lieutenant Colonel [34]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [25]

Acting Bombardier [23]

Battery Serjeant Major [21]

Lance Bombardier [15]

Acting Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Sapper [9]

Bearer [8]

Saddler [8]

2nd Lieutenant [7]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [7]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [7]

Captain /Temporary Major [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Acting Major [5]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Leading Seaman [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Sergeant [4]

Serjeant Major [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Cadet [3]

Captain Acting Major [3]

Captain/Temporary Major [3]

Colonel [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [3]

Lieutenant Acting Major [3]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [713]

Brigade Royal Field Artillery [154]

Royal Field Artillery Brigade [130]

Rifle Brigade [124]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [92]

3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [67]

7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [44]

West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery [43]

London Brigade Royal Field Artillery [38]

Reserve Brigade [32]

Royal Field Artillery Reserve Brigade [29]

West Lancashire Brigade Royal Field Artillery [27]

11th Field Artillery Brigade [26]

North Midland Brigade Royal Field Artillery [24]

12th Field Artillery Brigade [23]

Northumbrian Brigade Royal Field Artillery [23]

Royal Engineers [20]

Royal Horse Artillery [20]

South Midland Brigade Royal Field Artillery [20]

Labour Corps [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

14th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [17]

East Lancashire Brigade Royal Field Artillery [17]

Royal Artillery [16]

Reserve Brigade Royal Field Artillery [15]

Field Artillery Brigade [13]

13th Field Artillery Brigade [12]

Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Field Artillery West Riding Brigade [11]

Canadian Machine Gun Brigade [10]

London Brigade [10]

Northumberland Brigade Royal Field Artillery [10]

5th Reserve Brigade [9]

Royal Field Artillery London Brigade [9]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [9]

Royal Field Artillery attached Northumberland Brigade [9]

Brigade [7]

Brigade Ammunition Column [7]

Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [7]

Highland Brigade Royal Field Artillery [7]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery East Lancashire Brigade [7]

Royal Field Artillery North Midlands Brigade [7]

2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery attached London Brigade [6]

2nd Reserve Brigade [5]

6th Reserve Brigade [5]

7th Reserve Brigade [5]

Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [5]

Service

British Army [1504]

Australian Imperial Force [98]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Royal Navy [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [203]

H [178]

C [139]

M [131]

A [107]

P [100]

G [99]

S [82]

D [74]

T [68]

R [64]

L [60]

W [60]

F [52]

J [42]

K [41]

E [32]

N [23]

O [18]

I [7]

Y [6]

V [5]

U [4]

Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1596]

Country

United Kingdom [61]

Australia [4]

India [4]

Canada [1]

Guernsey [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [11] Sydney New South Wales [11] Maidstone, Kent [3] Albert Park Victoria [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] London [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Toowoomba Queensland [2] Accrington [1] Acol, Thanet [1] Apsley End, Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire [1] Armadale Victoria [1] Arran Island Scotland [1] Atherton [1] Auchintoul, Marnock [1] Augathella Queensland [1] Bagnes de Bigorre [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Bathurst NSW [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Berwick upon Tweed [1] Bildeston, Suffolk [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bishopston,Bristol. [1] Boonah Queensland [1] Bradford [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Cardiff [1] Cheshire [1] Church Lancashire [1] Corowa New South Wales [1] Cramlington, Northumberland, [1] Crayke, Easingwold [1] Dallington [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England [1] Docking Norfolk [1] Doncaster reg district [1] Dorchester [1] Dorset England [1] Dubbo New South Wales [1] Durford, Sussex, England [1] Eaglehawk Victoria [1] East Peckham, Kent [1] Eastleigh, Hampshire [1] Edmonton England [1] Exeter England [1]

Rank

Gunner [474] Driver [410] Serjeant [157] Second Lieutenant [142] Private [128] Corporal [103] Lieutenant [102] Bombardier [96] Captain [78] Major [61] Able Seaman Driver [37] Lieutenant Colonel [34] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [25] Acting Bombardier [23] Battery Serjeant Major [21] Lance Bombardier [15] Acting Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [11] Able Seaman [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Sapper [9] Bearer [8] Saddler [8] 2nd Lieutenant [7] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [7] Lieutenant Acting Captain [7] Captain /Temporary Major [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Acting Major [5] Boy 2nd Class [5] Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Temporary Captain [5] Leading Seaman [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Sergeant [4] Serjeant Major [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Trooper [4] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Cadet [3] Captain Acting Major [3] Captain/Temporary Major [3] Colonel [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [3] Lieutenant Acting Major [3] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3] Shoeing Smith Corporal [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [713] Brigade Royal Field Artillery [154] Royal Field Artillery Brigade [130] Rifle Brigade [124] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [92] 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [67] 7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [44] West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery [43] London Brigade Royal Field Artillery [38] Reserve Brigade [32] Royal Field Artillery Reserve Brigade [29] West Lancashire Brigade Royal Field Artillery [27] 11th Field Artillery Brigade [26] North Midland Brigade Royal Field Artillery [24] 12th Field Artillery Brigade [23] Northumbrian Brigade Royal Field Artillery [23] Royal Engineers [20] Royal Horse Artillery [20] South Midland Brigade Royal Field Artillery [20] Labour Corps [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] 14th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [17] East Lancashire Brigade Royal Field Artillery [17] Royal Artillery [16] Reserve Brigade Royal Field Artillery [15] Field Artillery Brigade [13] 13th Field Artillery Brigade [12] Army Service Corps [12] Royal Field Artillery West Riding Brigade [11] Canadian Machine Gun Brigade [10] London Brigade [10] Northumberland Brigade Royal Field Artillery [10] 5th Reserve Brigade [9] Royal Field Artillery London Brigade [9] Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [9] Royal Field Artillery attached Northumberland Brigade [9] Brigade [7] Brigade Ammunition Column [7] Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [7] Highland Brigade Royal Field Artillery [7] London Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery East Lancashire Brigade [7] Royal Field Artillery North Midlands Brigade [7] 2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery attached London Brigade [6] 2nd Reserve Brigade [5] 6th Reserve Brigade [5] 7th Reserve Brigade [5] Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [5]

Service

British Army [1504] Australian Imperial Force [98] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Royal Navy [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [203] H [178] C [139] M [131] A [107] P [100] G [99] S [82] D [74] T [68] R [64] L [60] W [60] F [52] J [42] K [41] E [32] N [23] O [18] I [7] Y [6] V [5] U [4] Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1596]

Country

United Kingdom [61] Australia [4] India [4] Canada [1] Guernsey [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

John Knock

Born 1875

Died 1967

British Army Soldier Corporal Thirty Third Brigade Division RFA

British Army 1971 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 63rd Battery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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James Thew

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army 57727 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Brigade

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Allen Rhys Griffiths

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 7500 Acting Corporal Rifle Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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John William Broscombe

Born 1890

Died 1966

British Army 140373 91st Brigade

British Army 140373 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Thomas Davis

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 14394 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 14394 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 14394 Royal Field Artillery 65th Howitzer Battery. 28th Army Brigade

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George Payne Hill

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 391 Serjeant Northumbrian Brigade Royal Field Artillery

British Army 391 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Scantlebury Appleby

Born 1896

Died 1960

British Army 2254 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 771550 Driver Royal Field Artillery 50th DAC

British Army 3226 Driver 1st Northumbrian Brigade RFA

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Vere Benett Stanford

Born 1894

Died 1922

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Flying Corps

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John William Anderton

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 70216 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army Gunner 65th Brigade 505th Battrery

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George Wilby Batty

Born 1895

Died 1974

British Army 12996 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 12996 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 12996 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Geoffrey Francis Layne

Born 1892

Died 1974

Other Empire Force Barbados Volunteer Force

Canadian Expeditionary Force 85137 Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 85137 Gunner 6th Howitzer Brigade Canadian Field Artillery

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Alfred James Mason

Born 1890

Died 1965

British Army 366120 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 23773 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 23773 Gunner 5A Reserve Brigade RA

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Thomas Barnes

Born 1890

Died 1959

British Army 74750 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 74750 Gunner RFA 58th Brigade

British Army Lance-Bombardier 71 Brigade HQ

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James Donald Sutherland 'don' Munro

Born 1892

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Australian Imperial Force 82 Staff Serjeant

Australian Imperial Force 150 Gunner 1st Field Artillery Brigade 1st Battery

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Colin Lawrence Shackles

Born 1897

Died 1957

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumbrian Brigade Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Northumbrian Brigade Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery attached to the Royal Air Force

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John Henry William Bullough

Born 1894

Died 1954

British Army

British Army Gunner Royal Field Artillery 39th Brigade

British Army 957907 Gunner 39th Brigade 46th Battery

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John Gavin

Born 1896

Died 1948

British Army 1525 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 795860 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1525/795860 Driver Royal Field Artillery B Battery West Riding

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Hessel John A Crawfoot

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 57132 Gunner 11th Brigade R.F.A.

British Army 57132 Gunner R.F.A.

British Army 57132 Gunner 11th Brigade R.F.A. 85th Battery

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Thomas Spiking

Born 1892

Died 1924

British Army 775513 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1774 1st West Riding Brigade

British Army 310th Field Artillery Brigade

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Nicholas Austwick

Born 1896

British Army 756192 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 2622 Driver Northumbria Brigade Royal Field Artillery D Battery

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