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Chiddingly [2]

Polegate [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Accrington [1]

Bagnes de Bigorre [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset [1]

Bexley Heath, Kent [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Bishopsworth, Somerset [1]

Blytheswood, Forfar [1]

Bradford, West Yorkshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bristol [1]

Bromsgrove [1]

Camp Hill, Woolton, Liverpool [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Carlisle [1]

Croydon [1]

Cuffnells Lodge, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England [1]

Derby [1]

Droylsden, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Dundee, Angus [1]

Ellastone, Staffordshire [1]

Enfield [1]

Exmouth, St Thomas, Devon [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Gateshead [1]

Great Yarmouth [1]

HIGHWORTH,WILTS [1]

Hailsham [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

Hebburn, Durham [1]

Hereford,Herefordshire [1]

Kelvin,Glasgow. [1]

Kentish Town, Pancras, London, England. [1]

Kings Norton, Birmingham, Worcestershire [1]

London [1]

Luton [1]

Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Morley, West Yorkshire [1]

Neath, Glamorgan [1]

Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Partick,Glasgow. [1]

Plumbley [1]

Prestwich, Lancashire [1]

Rotherfield [1]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [1]

Sheffield [1]

Silvertown, Woolwich [1]

Rank

Gunner [604]

Driver [425]

Second Lieutenant [157]

Private [115]

Bombardier [114]

Lieutenant [114]

Serjeant [98]

Captain [96]

Corporal [83]

Major [51]

Acting Bombardier [22]

Lance Bombardier [22]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Acting Corporal [17]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Staff Serjeant [11]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Battery Serjeant Major [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [7]

Farrier Serjeant [6]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Acting Major [5]

Sapper [4]

Sergeant [4]

Trumpeter [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Filter [3]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Assistant Sergeant Major [2]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [2]

Captain Temporary Major [2]

Colonel [2]

Filter Gunner [2]

Fitter [2]

Flying Officer [2]

Honorary Major [2]

Saddler [2]

Saddler Serjeant [2]

Signaller [2]

Staff Captain [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [1187]

Royal Field Artillery [857]

Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [197]

Royal Artillery [30]

Army Service Corps [28]

Territorial Force [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Horse Artillery [15]

Royal Engineers [13]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) [10]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [8]

Army Pay Corps [7]

Royal Horse Artillery Territorial Force [7]

Territorial Force Reserve [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force Reserve [6]

Royal Field Artillery Transport [6]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Honourable Artillery Company [5]

Army Service Corps Territorial Force [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps Territorial Force [4]

Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Force [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Territorial Force Royal Field Artillery [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

3rd Reserve Brigade Territorial Force [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

East Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [1539]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [511]

C [340]

G [234]

A [130]

D [100]

H [91]

F [84]

E [18]

S [7]

T [7]

W [5]

L [4]

M [4]

K [2]

J [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1539]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Chiddingly [2] Polegate [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Accrington [1] Bagnes de Bigorre [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset [1] Bexley Heath, Kent [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Bishopsworth, Somerset [1] Blytheswood, Forfar [1] Bradford, West Yorkshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bristol [1] Bromsgrove [1] Camp Hill, Woolton, Liverpool [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Carlisle [1] Croydon [1] Cuffnells Lodge, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England [1] Derby [1] Droylsden, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Dundee, Angus [1] Ellastone, Staffordshire [1] Enfield [1] Exmouth, St Thomas, Devon [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Gateshead [1] Great Yarmouth [1] HIGHWORTH,WILTS [1] Hailsham [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] Hebburn, Durham [1] Hereford,Herefordshire [1] Kelvin,Glasgow. [1] Kentish Town, Pancras, London, England. [1] Kings Norton, Birmingham, Worcestershire [1] London [1] Luton [1] Midlothian, Scotland [1] Morley, West Yorkshire [1] Neath, Glamorgan [1] Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Partick,Glasgow. [1] Plumbley [1] Prestwich, Lancashire [1] Rotherfield [1] Ryde, Isle of Wight [1] Sheffield [1] Silvertown, Woolwich [1]

Rank

Gunner [604] Driver [425] Second Lieutenant [157] Private [115] Bombardier [114] Lieutenant [114] Serjeant [98] Captain [96] Corporal [83] Major [51] Acting Bombardier [22] Lance Bombardier [22] Acting Serjeant [19] Acting Corporal [17] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Staff Serjeant [11] Corporal 2nd [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Battery Serjeant Major [7] Lance Corporal [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Acting Captain [7] Farrier Serjeant [6] Shoeing Smith [6] Acting Major [5] Sapper [4] Sergeant [4] Trumpeter [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Filter [3] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Assistant Sergeant Major [2] Bombardier Acting Corporal [2] Captain Temporary Major [2] Colonel [2] Filter Gunner [2] Fitter [2] Flying Officer [2] Honorary Major [2] Saddler [2] Saddler Serjeant [2] Signaller [2] Staff Captain [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [1187] Royal Field Artillery [857] Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [197] Royal Artillery [30] Army Service Corps [28] Territorial Force [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Horse Artillery [15] Royal Engineers [13] London Regiment [10] Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) [10] Labour Corps [9] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [8] Army Pay Corps [7] Royal Horse Artillery Territorial Force [7] Territorial Force Reserve [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force Reserve [6] Royal Field Artillery Transport [6] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [6] Essex Regiment [5] Honourable Artillery Company [5] Army Service Corps Territorial Force [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps Territorial Force [4] Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Force [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Territorial Force Royal Field Artillery [3] Welsh Regiment [3] 3rd Reserve Brigade Territorial Force [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Corps of Dragoons [2] East Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [1539] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [511] C [340] G [234] A [130] D [100] H [91] F [84] E [18] S [7] T [7] W [5] L [4] M [4] K [2] J [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1539]

Country

United Kingdom [49] India [1] South Africa [1]

Fred Thomas Froom

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 881461 Gunner Royal Field Artillery [Territorial Force] "C" Battery 100th Brigade

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George Ryding Sankey Gardner

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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William Crabbe Beck

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

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Hubert Ray Corfield

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) 266th Brigade

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William Henry Waller

Born 1886

British Army T2277 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army T911070 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 288255 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Henry Abbott

Born 1898

Died 1971

British Army 910847 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army 910847 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery 389 Battalion

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George Alfred Senior Craven

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 2/3rd West Riding Brigade

British Army First Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Force Z62 Bde, TM Battery

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William Ballard

Born 1896

British Army 2232 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 911033 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 2232 Driver Royal Field Artillery - Territorial Force 3rd Home Counties (CP) Brigade

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Percy Herbert Delf

Born 1882

Died 1948

British Army 875002 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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Percy Finch

Born 1886

Died 1943

British Army 960259 Warrant Officer Class 2 2 London Divl City (HS) Brigade

British Army 960259 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery 3 Prov Bty

British Army 960259 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery 7th London Brigade

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Percy Nash

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 488 Driver Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) 4th Home Counties (Howitzer) Brigade

British Army 9852 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Theodore Merz Gatheral

Born 1884

Died 1942

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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Walter James Cornish

Born 1883

Died 1936

British Army 1858 Driver Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army 870020 Driver Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army 1858 870020 Essex Regiment 3 WILTS BATTERY

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Frank Higginbottom

Born 1880

Died 1948

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1593 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 1/2 East Lancashire Brigade

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery East Force Ammunition Dump

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William Cecil Holt Cree

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army Captain RFA 36th Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 25th Brigade

British Army Lieutenant and Adjutant RFA Territorial Force 2nd Welsh Brigade RFA (TF)

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Donald Leslie Langford Craig

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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Cecil Heywood Brunner

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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John Bury

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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Charles Burgess

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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Arthur Caval

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 82657 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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