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Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Liverpool [2]

Aston Cantlow [1]

Ballarat, Victoria [1]

Banham, Norfolk [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bow, Tower Hamlets, London [1]

Bristol [1]

Buxton [1]

Cathays, Cardiff [1]

Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Clifton, Gloucestershire [1]

Crediton, Exeter [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Durham [1]

Eccles, Lancashire [1]

Forfar, Scotland [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Glasgow [1]

Gloucester [1]

Gt. Stanbridge Rochford [1]

Hanbury [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Kirkby, Ulverston, Lancashire [1]

Leeds [1]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

London [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Margate [1]

Morecombe [1]

Narborough, Leicestershire [1]

New Cross, Lancashire [1]

Pakenham, Suffolk [1]

Penkridge, Staffordshire [1]

Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Randalstown, Antrim [1]

Rotherhithe, London [1]

Salford [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Spondon, Derbyshire [1]

St Aubyn, Devon [1]

Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Sunderland [1]

Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [126]

Sapper [64]

Lieutenant [55]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Captain [37]

Pioneer [16]

Major [15]

Gunner [13]

Temporary Lieutenant [11]

Corporal [10]

Serjeant [7]

Sub Lieutenant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Commander [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Assistant Engineer (Temporary) [3]

Driver [3]

Engineer (Temporary) [3]

Engineer Commander [3]

Engineer Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [3]

2nd Officer [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Fireman [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Trimmer [2]

Warrant Officer [2]

*Mercantile Marine [1]

2nd Engineer [1]

3rd Officer [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Commander [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Assistant Engineer [1]

Boy [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Major [1]

Chief Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [179]

Royal Indian Marine [57]

Royal Marine Engineers [48]

Royal Marine Labour Corps [47]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [25]

Mercantile Marine [22]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [20]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [19]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [17]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [17]

General List [14]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [13]

Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [13]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [13]

Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Marine Artillery [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

Special List [7]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Nigerian Marine [2]

Royal Marine Divisional Engineers [2]

Royal Marine Engineers Detachment [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Train: [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Scots Guards [2]

182nd Labour Company, Labour Corps [1]

1st Liverpool Regiment [1]

3rd Battalion Infantry Brigade (City of Ballarat Regiment) [1]

3rd Division - 9th Infantry Brigade [1]

52nd Divisional Signal Company [1]

5th (Wellington) Regiment [1]

6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [1]

Admiralty [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Attached 4th Officer Cadet Battalion Oxford [1]

Australian Infantry Unattached List [1]

Cable Service [1]

Canadian Army Pay Corps [1]

Service

British Army [263]

Royal Navy [144]

Other Empire Force [70]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [32]

B [29]

S [29]

H [28]

W [27]

R [26]

C [25]

T [19]

D [14]

J [14]

G [13]

L [11]

F [9]

K [7]

P [6]

N [5]

A [4]

E [4]

O [2]

Q [2]

I [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [278]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

United States [2]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

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People [309] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Edinburgh [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Liverpool [2] Aston Cantlow [1] Ballarat, Victoria [1] Banham, Norfolk [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bow, Tower Hamlets, London [1] Bristol [1] Buxton [1] Cathays, Cardiff [1] Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Clifton, Gloucestershire [1] Crediton, Exeter [1] Dover, Kent [1] Durham [1] Eccles, Lancashire [1] Forfar, Scotland [1] Fulham, London [1] Glasgow [1] Gloucester [1] Gt. Stanbridge Rochford [1] Hanbury [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Kirkby, Ulverston, Lancashire [1] Leeds [1] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1] London [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Margate [1] Morecombe [1] Narborough, Leicestershire [1] New Cross, Lancashire [1] Pakenham, Suffolk [1] Penkridge, Staffordshire [1] Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland [1] Portsmouth [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Randalstown, Antrim [1] Rotherhithe, London [1] Salford [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Spondon, Derbyshire [1] St Aubyn, Devon [1] Stockport, Cheshire [1] Sunderland [1] Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [126] Sapper [64] Lieutenant [55] Second Lieutenant [38] Captain [37] Pioneer [16] Major [15] Gunner [13] Temporary Lieutenant [11] Corporal [10] Serjeant [7] Sub Lieutenant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Ordinary Seaman [5] Temporary Captain [5] Commander [4] Lance Corporal [4] Acting Corporal [3] Assistant Engineer (Temporary) [3] Driver [3] Engineer (Temporary) [3] Engineer Commander [3] Engineer Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant (Temporary) [3] 2nd Officer [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Fireman [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Major [2] Trimmer [2] Warrant Officer [2] *Mercantile Marine [1] 2nd Engineer [1] 3rd Officer [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Commander [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Assistant Engineer [1] Boy [1] Cadet [1] Captain Major [1] Chief Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [179] Royal Indian Marine [57] Royal Marine Engineers [48] Royal Marine Labour Corps [47] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [25] Mercantile Marine [22] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [20] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [19] Mercantile Marine Reserve [17] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [17] General List [14] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [13] Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [13] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [13] Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers [12] Royal Marine Artillery [10] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9] Army Service Corps [8] Special List [7] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry [4] Labour Corps [3] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Nigerian Marine [2] Royal Marine Divisional Engineers [2] Royal Marine Engineers Detachment [2] Royal Marines Divisional Train: [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Navy [2] Scots Guards [2] 182nd Labour Company, Labour Corps [1] 1st Liverpool Regiment [1] 3rd Battalion Infantry Brigade (City of Ballarat Regiment) [1] 3rd Division - 9th Infantry Brigade [1] 52nd Divisional Signal Company [1] 5th (Wellington) Regiment [1] 6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [1] Admiralty [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Attached 4th Officer Cadet Battalion Oxford [1] Australian Infantry Unattached List [1] Cable Service [1] Canadian Army Pay Corps [1]

Service

British Army [263] Royal Navy [144] Other Empire Force [70] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [32] B [29] S [29] H [28] W [27] R [26] C [25] T [19] D [14] J [14] G [13] L [11] F [9] K [7] P [6] N [5] A [4] E [4] O [2] Q [2] I [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [278] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27] United States [2] Canada [1] Ireland [1] Malta [1]

John Arthur Leece

British Army 992 Private Motor Transport Section Royal Marine Artillery Anti-Aircraft Battery Portsmouth

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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William B Devery

British Army T/18028 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army WR/293353 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 189358 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Percival Robert Morgan

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport

British Army Captain North Russian Volunteer Force

Other Empire Force Lieutenant Royal Indian Marine

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Ernest Robert Frankland

British Army Major Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers

British Army Major General and Special List

Other Empire Force Royal Indian Marine

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Charles Williams

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport

Other Empire Force Gunner Royal Indian Marine

Other Empire Force Warrant Officer Indian Service Transport

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Herbert Alfred Cridland

British Army Deck Officer His Majesty's Transport Elephants General Staff

British Army Second Lieutenant Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers

Other Empire Force Sub Lieutenant Royal Indian Marine

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Edward Bond

British Army Second Lieutenant Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Seaman Royal Navy

Other Empire Force 2nd Officer Merchant Service

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Duncan Ernest Chalk

British Army 2457 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army Captain Major General List Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel General List Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers

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John S Drake

British Army 54795 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 1854115 Serjeant Royal Corps of Signals

South African Services 54795 Serjeant Cape Medical Staff Corps; Corps of Military Staff Clerks

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