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London [6]

Brighton [3]

Dundee [3]

Arbroath [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bradford [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Eastbourne [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Glasgow [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hackney, Middlesex [2]

Kingston [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Leeds [2]

Leicester [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Manchester [2]

Nottingham [2]

Wandsworth [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Amritsar, Punjaub [1]

Appleby, Westmoreland [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Barnoldswick, Yorkshire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bexleyheath, Kent [1]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Biddenden, Kent [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Bowhill, Dumbarton [1]

Brentwood, Essex [1]

Bridlington, Yorkshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Buenos Aires [1]

Calcutta [1]

Camberwell London [1]

Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Cambridge [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [1669]

Lieutenant [1239]

Captain [510]

Private [394]

Major [86]

Lance Corporal [64]

Cadet [62]

Corporal [60]

Flying Officer [54]

Serjeant [52]

Flight Officer [42]

Flight Lieutenant [34]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [28]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [20]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Gunner [13]

Squadron Leader [13]

Acting Captain [12]

Rifleman [11]

Sapper [11]

Trooper [11]

Driver [9]

AM3 Driver [8]

Sergeant Mechanic [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Sergeant [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

2nd Lieutenant [6]

Private 2 [6]

AC1 Rigger Aero [5]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Observation Officer [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Commissary [4]

Corporal Mechanic [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Corporal Clerk [3]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3]

Private 2nd Class [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Wing Commander [3]

AC1 [2]

AC1 Fitter Aero Engines [2]

AC2 [2]

AC2 Driver [2]

AM1 Fitter [2]

Unit

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2376]

Royal Air Force [291]

London Regiment [168]

Royal Flying Corps [166]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [146]

Royal Field Artillery [139]

Royal Engineers [76]

Army Service Corps [70]

Training Reserve Battalion [66]

Royal Fusiliers [57]

Middlesex Regiment [46]

Royal Garrison Artillery [45]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37]

Training Reserve [35]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

Durham Light Infantry [31]

Manchester Regiment [30]

Liverpool Regiment [28]

North Staffordshire Regiment [28]

West Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [27]

Royal Army Service Corps [27]

Welsh Regiment [27]

East Surrey Regiment [26]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [26]

York and Lancaster Regiment [26]

Essex Regiment [25]

Highland Light Infantry [24]

Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps [24]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24]

East Kent Regiment [23]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [22]

Hampshire Regiment [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Gloucestershire Regiment [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Royal Scots [21]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20]

Border Regiment [19]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [19]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Devonshire Regiment [18]

Dorsetshire Regiment [18]

Honourable Artillery Company [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [18]

Royal Sussex Regiment [18]

Seaforth Highlanders [18]

Service

British Army [2500]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [357]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

South African Services [5]

Royal Navy [3]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [271]

H [266]

M [249]

C [239]

S [231]

W [188]

P [158]

D [146]

R [115]

L [110]

F [107]

G [101]

A [79]

J [68]

T [65]

E [64]

K [60]

N [53]

O [45]

V [18]

I [16]

Y [14]

Q [4]

U [3]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2666]

Country

United Kingdom [89]

Trinidad and Tobago [3]

Jamaica [2]

Barbados [1]

Cuba [1]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

London [6] Brighton [3] Dundee [3] Arbroath [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bradford [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Eastbourne [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Fulham, London [2] Glasgow [2] Hackney, London [2] Hackney, Middlesex [2] Kingston [2] Lambeth, London [2] Leeds [2] Leicester [2] London, Middlesex [2] Manchester [2] Nottingham [2] Wandsworth [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Amritsar, Punjaub [1] Appleby, Westmoreland [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Barnoldswick, Yorkshire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bexleyheath, Kent [1] Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Biddenden, Kent [1] Birkenhead [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Bowhill, Dumbarton [1] Brentwood, Essex [1] Bridlington, Yorkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Buenos Aires [1] Calcutta [1] Camberwell London [1] Camborne, Cornwall [1] Cambridge [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [1669] Lieutenant [1239] Captain [510] Private [394] Major [86] Lance Corporal [64] Cadet [62] Corporal [60] Flying Officer [54] Serjeant [52] Flight Officer [42] Flight Lieutenant [34] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [28] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [20] Air Mechanic 1st Class [15] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Gunner [13] Squadron Leader [13] Acting Captain [12] Rifleman [11] Sapper [11] Trooper [11] Driver [9] AM3 Driver [8] Sergeant Mechanic [8] Temporary Captain [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Sergeant [7] Temporary Lieutenant [7] 2nd Lieutenant [6] Private 2 [6] AC1 Rigger Aero [5] Aircraftman 2nd Class [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Observation Officer [5] Acting Corporal [4] Brigadier General [4] Commissary [4] Corporal Mechanic [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Corporal Clerk [3] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3] Private 2nd Class [3] Temporary Major [3] Wing Commander [3] AC1 [2] AC1 Fitter Aero Engines [2] AC2 [2] AC2 Driver [2] AM1 Fitter [2]

Unit

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2376] Royal Air Force [291] London Regiment [168] Royal Flying Corps [166] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [146] Royal Field Artillery [139] Royal Engineers [76] Army Service Corps [70] Training Reserve Battalion [66] Royal Fusiliers [57] Middlesex Regiment [46] Royal Garrison Artillery [45] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37] Training Reserve [35] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] Durham Light Infantry [31] Manchester Regiment [30] Liverpool Regiment [28] North Staffordshire Regiment [28] West Yorkshire Regiment [28] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [27] Royal Army Service Corps [27] Welsh Regiment [27] East Surrey Regiment [26] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [26] York and Lancaster Regiment [26] Essex Regiment [25] Highland Light Infantry [24] Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps [24] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24] East Kent Regiment [23] Worcestershire Regiment [23] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [22] Hampshire Regiment [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Machine Gun Corps [22] Yorkshire Regiment [22] Gloucestershire Regiment [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Royal Scots [21] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [20] Border Regiment [19] Royal West Surrey Regiment [19] Cheshire Regiment [18] Devonshire Regiment [18] Dorsetshire Regiment [18] Honourable Artillery Company [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [18] Royal Sussex Regiment [18] Seaforth Highlanders [18]

Service

British Army [2500] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [357] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] South African Services [5] Royal Navy [3] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [271] H [266] M [249] C [239] S [231] W [188] P [158] D [146] R [115] L [110] F [107] G [101] A [79] J [68] T [65] E [64] K [60] N [53] O [45] V [18] I [16] Y [14] Q [4] U [3] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2666]

Country

United Kingdom [89] Trinidad and Tobago [3] Jamaica [2] Barbados [1] Cuba [1] Germany [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [1] Sri Lanka [1] United States [1]

Reginald Gregory

British Army 1536 Gunner Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Richard Jones

British Army 2201 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment attached Labour Corps

British Army Captain Labour Corps attached Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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E H C Lillicrap

British Army Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant General List Inland Water Transport

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Alfred E Gardiner

British Army 4660 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 45408 Private Royal Flying Corps

British Army 45408 Private Royal Air Force

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John Whittaker

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment attached Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

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Arthur Leslie Fleming

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Ralph Bowen Ellis

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Robert George Smith

British Army 3799 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 260490 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Robert Oxspring

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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W L Lister

British Army Temporary Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Thomas Scott

British Army 1847 Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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John Bruce Norton

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Charles Noel Thomas Carnsew

British Army 110077 Acting Corporal RMR

British Army Lieutenant 1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant 18th Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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