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Maidstone, Kent [5]

Birmingham, Warks [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Liverpool [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Abingdon, Oxford [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Arlington [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Aughton, Lancashire [1]

Backbury, Salop [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Ballinmore, Cork [1]

Ballyclare, Antrim [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Bathgate, Scotland [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Bennington, Hertford, Hertfordshire [1]

Berkhamsted, Herfordshire [1]

Bethanal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Birmingham,Warwickshire [1]

Blanefield, Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland [1]

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bothenhampton, Bridport, Dorset [1]

Bow, London [1]

British Subject [1]

Brockholes, [1]

Buxted [1]

Campden Hill, Kensington [1]

Castel [1]

Chard, Somerset [1]

Chatham [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chester [1]

Christchurch, Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Clapham, Sussex [1]

Clapton [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Colchester [1]

Crawley, England [1]

Cwmavon, Glamorgan [1]

Desborough, Northants [1]

Ditton, Kent [1]

Downham, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [2006]

Gunner [1156]

Second Lieutenant [385]

Lieutenant [227]

Serjeant [154]

Corporal [136]

Lance Corporal [101]

Captain [95]

Sapper [60]

Driver [59]

Bombardier [47]

Major [45]

Acting Corporal [28]

Lance Bombardier [24]

Acting Serjeant [21]

Acting Captain [18]

Pioneer [17]

Rifleman [17]

Acting Bombardier [15]

Sergeant [10]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Signaller [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [6]

Filter [5]

Filter Staff Serjeant [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Fitter [4]

Fitter Gunner [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Acting Lance Bombardier [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colonel [3]

Gunner Gunner [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Major [2]

Unit

Royal Garrison Artillery [2820]

London Regiment [400]

Royal Engineers [275]

Labour Corps [158]

Hampshire Regiment [148]

Middlesex Regiment [130]

Liverpool Regiment [128]

Royal West Kent Regiment [100]

Devonshire Regiment [98]

Norfolk Regiment [98]

East Yorkshire Regiment [91]

York and Lancaster Regiment [86]

Worcestershire Regiment [85]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [80]

Welsh Regiment [79]

Royal Field Artillery [78]

East Surrey Regiment [77]

Leicestershire Regiment [72]

West Yorkshire Regiment [68]

Cheshire Regiment [65]

Manchester Regiment [64]

East Kent Regiment [61]

Suffolk Regiment [61]

Northamptonshire Regiment [60]

Training Reserve Battalion [60]

Border Regiment [59]

Gloucestershire Regiment [59]

West Riding Regiment [57]

Yorkshire Regiment [57]

Essex Regiment [56]

Royal Sussex Regiment [55]

The Queen's Regiment [53]

Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [48]

North Staffordshire Regiment [47]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [46]

East Lancashire Regiment [44]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [44]

South Lancashire Regiment [44]

Bedfordshire Regiment [41]

Royal Jersey Garrison Battalion [41]

Dorsetshire Regiment [40]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [40]

Lincolnshire Regiment [36]

Royal Irish Regiment [35]

South Staffordshire Regiment [35]

Machine Gun Corps [34]

Royal Garrison Regiment [31]

Royal Artillery [30]

Army Service Corps [28]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28]

Service

British Army [3277]

Royal Navy [4]

South African Services [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [414]

C [312]

H [306]

S [253]

W [241]

M [238]

G [176]

P [162]

D [144]

L [141]

T [137]

R [129]

A [122]

F [107]

E [84]

J [78]

K [71]

N [58]

O [44]

V [19]

Y [17]

I [12]

U [7]

Q [3]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3265]

Country

United Kingdom [116]

India [5]

France [2]

Malta [2]

South Africa [2]

Gibraltar [1]

Ireland [1]

Jamaica [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [5] Birmingham, Warks [2] Camberwell, London [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Liverpool [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Abingdon, Oxford [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Arlington [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Aughton, Lancashire [1] Backbury, Salop [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Ballinmore, Cork [1] Ballyclare, Antrim [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Bathgate, Scotland [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Bennington, Hertford, Hertfordshire [1] Berkhamsted, Herfordshire [1] Bethanal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham,Warwickshire [1] Blanefield, Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland [1] Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1] Bothenhampton, Bridport, Dorset [1] Bow, London [1] British Subject [1] Brockholes, [1] Buxted [1] Campden Hill, Kensington [1] Castel [1] Chard, Somerset [1] Chatham [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chester [1] Christchurch, Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Clapham, Sussex [1] Clapton [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Colchester [1] Crawley, England [1] Cwmavon, Glamorgan [1] Desborough, Northants [1] Ditton, Kent [1] Downham, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [2006] Gunner [1156] Second Lieutenant [385] Lieutenant [227] Serjeant [154] Corporal [136] Lance Corporal [101] Captain [95] Sapper [60] Driver [59] Bombardier [47] Major [45] Acting Corporal [28] Lance Bombardier [24] Acting Serjeant [21] Acting Captain [18] Pioneer [17] Rifleman [17] Acting Bombardier [15] Sergeant [10] Farrier Staff Serjeant [9] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Colour Serjeant [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Signaller [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Fitter Staff Serjeant [6] Filter [5] Filter Staff Serjeant [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Fitter [4] Fitter Gunner [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Acting Lance Bombardier [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colonel [3] Gunner Gunner [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Temporary Captain [3] Trooper [3] Acting Major [2]

Unit

Royal Garrison Artillery [2820] London Regiment [400] Royal Engineers [275] Labour Corps [158] Hampshire Regiment [148] Middlesex Regiment [130] Liverpool Regiment [128] Royal West Kent Regiment [100] Devonshire Regiment [98] Norfolk Regiment [98] East Yorkshire Regiment [91] York and Lancaster Regiment [86] Worcestershire Regiment [85] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [80] Welsh Regiment [79] Royal Field Artillery [78] East Surrey Regiment [77] Leicestershire Regiment [72] West Yorkshire Regiment [68] Cheshire Regiment [65] Manchester Regiment [64] East Kent Regiment [61] Suffolk Regiment [61] Northamptonshire Regiment [60] Training Reserve Battalion [60] Border Regiment [59] Gloucestershire Regiment [59] West Riding Regiment [57] Yorkshire Regiment [57] Essex Regiment [56] Royal Sussex Regiment [55] The Queen's Regiment [53] Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [48] North Staffordshire Regiment [47] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [46] East Lancashire Regiment [44] Royal Lancaster Regiment [44] South Lancashire Regiment [44] Bedfordshire Regiment [41] Royal Jersey Garrison Battalion [41] Dorsetshire Regiment [40] Royal Berkshire Regiment [40] Lincolnshire Regiment [36] Royal Irish Regiment [35] South Staffordshire Regiment [35] Machine Gun Corps [34] Royal Garrison Regiment [31] Royal Artillery [30] Army Service Corps [28] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28]

Service

British Army [3277] Royal Navy [4] South African Services [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [414] C [312] H [306] S [253] W [241] M [238] G [176] P [162] D [144] L [141] T [137] R [129] A [122] F [107] E [84] J [78] K [71] N [58] O [44] V [19] Y [17] I [12] U [7] Q [3] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3265]

Country

United Kingdom [116] India [5] France [2] Malta [2] South Africa [2] Gibraltar [1] Ireland [1] Jamaica [1] United States [1]

George Stafford Crozier

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion.

British Army 124113/RGA Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 231st Siege Battery

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Alfred Henry Brettell

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 1461 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 198 Gunner Royal Field Artillery North Midland Divisional Ammunition Column

British Army 283910 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 9th Siege Battery

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John Guy Morrell Reeve

Born 1880

Died 1935

British Army 136836 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 05569 Gunner Hampshire Regiment

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Robert Duff Mcnicol

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 55475 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 28178 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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John Looms

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 15645 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 136719 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 405th Siege Bty.

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Arthur Felix Behrend

Born 1895

Died 1974

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 1/4th battalion east Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 1/4th battalion east Battalion

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Alfred Thomas Dines

Born 1887

Died 1933

British Army 50736 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 10399 Private East Surrey Regiment 3rd Battalion.

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Jesse Wells

Born 1862

Died 1938

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Major Royal Artillery

British Army Major Retired List

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Warcap Eyles

Born 1878

Died 1954

British Army 283915 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 283915 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Regiment 238th Siege Battery

British Army 283915 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Regiment 238th Seige Battery

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William James Baker

Born 1895

Died 1983

British Army 87955 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 142399 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 142399 Royal Regiment of Artillery

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Frederick George Adams

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army 21123 Private Devonshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 5825 Gunner Royal Artillery (Royal Garrison Artillery)

British Army 24952 Private Royal Defence Corps 258th Provisional Company

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William Steele Barnes

Died 1916

British Army 3676 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 20600 Private Border Regiment 1st Battalion

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Sidney Arthur Knights

Born 1876

Died 1919

British Army 3/11290 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 10290 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th

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George Edward Henry Mcelroy

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 28292 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

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Albert William Kendall

Born 1874

Died 1918

British Army 15617 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 194486 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Albert Elsey

Born 1897

British Army Labour Corps

British Army 134435 Royal Garrison Artillery 9th, 31st Heavy Battery

Australian Imperial Force 997 9th Light Horse Regiment

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Harry Burr

Born 1886

Died 1922

British Army 525 Driver Hampshire Regiment Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 047108 Driver Army Ordnance Corps

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Samuel Rutter

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 72765 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 16th Brigade

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Sydney Bicheno Smith

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army Acting Chaplain York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter William Humberstone

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 54274 Private Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 10438 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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