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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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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]

Ellis Lynn Doncaster

Died 1918

British Army Cadet Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Eric Lawrence Moxey

Born 1894

Died 1940

British Army York and Lancaster

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Charles Suter

Born 1887

Died 1968

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40841 Corporal Clerk (Storeman) 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Daniel Kimm

Born 1886

Died 1973

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129847 Private 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Albert Henry Hayesmore

Born 1875

Died 1960

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82285 Private 2 (Cook) 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Vivian Wigg

Born 1893

Died 1970

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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William Henry Maturin

Born 1894

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19265 Lieutenant 42 Squadron Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Harry Samuel Murdock

Born 1899

Died 1952

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army 765726 Private London Regiment 28 (County of London) Battalion (Artist's Rifles)

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Edward Leslie Shaw

Born 1893

Died 1938

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

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

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Orfeur Frederic Cooke-Yarborough

Born 1878

Died 1965

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52811 E.O. 3 / Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, Directorate of Lands

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Victor J Callus

Born 1887

Died 1963

British Army 1124 Corporal Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1124 Sergeant Major 1st Class

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1124 Royal Flying Corps

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Frederick Percy Corpe

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army 17971 Corporal Royal Air Force

British Army 17971 Sergeant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Frederick Collins

Born 1901

Died 1921

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 158168 Boy Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 337196 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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James Barker

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 10th southst Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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John Mcfarlane Denholm Mills, A.f.c.

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant British West Indies Regiment

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

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Hedley Herbert Berry

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army PI 2626 2nd Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

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Donovan Baldwin Griffith

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 17298 221st Infantry Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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John Henry Butcher Wedderspoon

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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William Russell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Louis Joseph Purgold

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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