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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Backworth, Northumberland [1]

Belfast [1]

Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Bray, Co Dublin [1]

Bridge, Canterbury, Kent [1]

Chester Le Street [1]

Elgin, Morayshrie [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Gloucester [1]

Kidsgrove, Birkenhead [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Maesteg, Glamorgan [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Musselburgh, Midlothian [1]

Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Pakenham, Suffolk [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Ryehill Co Galway [1]

Southwark, London [1]

Wapping, London [1]

Whitechapel [1]

York [1]

Rank

Private [1260]

Corporal [24]

Serjeant [21]

Private Acting Corporal [17]

Sapper [11]

Private Acting Serjeant [10]

Temporary Lieutenant [9]

Acting Corporal [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Gunner [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Temporary Captain [5]

Captain [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Pioneer [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Major [2]

Private Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Civilian [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Private (Acting Corporal) [1]

Private Acting Quarter Regimental Master Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Marine Labour Corps [1336]

Royal Army Service Corps [762]

Army Service Corps [263]

Army Service Corps Labour Company [98]

Royal Engineers [49]

Army Service Corps/Labour Corps [36]

Labour Corps [29]

Army Service Corps Labour Corps [27]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [10]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [7]

Royal Marine Labour Corps. [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Army Service Corps/Labour Company [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Labour Corps ex Royal Marine Fusiliers [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Chinese Labour Corps [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Labour Corps Southern Command ex Royal Marine Fusiliers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps Labour Company [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Labour Corps: Deal [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry attached Royal Marine Labour Corps [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

182nd Labour Company, Labour Corps [1]

Service

British Army [1340]

Royal Navy [165]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [142]

M [141]

W [127]

B [112]

C [109]

H [108]

P [87]

R [82]

D [78]

L [57]

T [57]

G [54]

F [40]

K [36]

J [30]

A [26]

E [22]

N [17]

Y [12]

I [8]

O [7]

V [7]

Q [6]

U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1340]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Backworth, Northumberland [1] Belfast [1] Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland [1] Bow, London [1] Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Bray, Co Dublin [1] Bridge, Canterbury, Kent [1] Chester Le Street [1] Elgin, Morayshrie [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Gloucester [1] Kidsgrove, Birkenhead [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Maesteg, Glamorgan [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Musselburgh, Midlothian [1] Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Pakenham, Suffolk [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Ryehill Co Galway [1] Southwark, London [1] Wapping, London [1] Whitechapel [1] York [1]

Rank

Private [1260] Corporal [24] Serjeant [21] Private Acting Corporal [17] Sapper [11] Private Acting Serjeant [10] Temporary Lieutenant [9] Acting Corporal [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Gunner [6] Lieutenant [6] Temporary Captain [5] Captain [3] Lance Corporal [3] Pioneer [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Major [2] Private Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Major [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Civilian [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Private (Acting Corporal) [1] Private Acting Quarter Regimental Master Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Marine Labour Corps [1336] Royal Army Service Corps [762] Army Service Corps [263] Army Service Corps Labour Company [98] Royal Engineers [49] Army Service Corps/Labour Corps [36] Labour Corps [29] Army Service Corps Labour Corps [27] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [10] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [7] Royal Marine Labour Corps. [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Army Service Corps/Labour Company [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Labour Corps ex Royal Marine Fusiliers [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Royal Scots [3] Chinese Labour Corps [2] Connaught Rangers [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Labour Corps Southern Command ex Royal Marine Fusiliers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps Labour Company [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Labour Corps: Deal [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry attached Royal Marine Labour Corps [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 182nd Labour Company, Labour Corps [1]

Service

British Army [1340] Royal Navy [165] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [142] M [141] W [127] B [112] C [109] H [108] P [87] R [82] D [78] L [57] T [57] G [54] F [40] K [36] J [30] A [26] E [22] N [17] Y [12] I [8] O [7] V [7] Q [6] U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1340]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

James Hughes

Born 1867

Died 1919

Royal Navy Deal/10945(S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps

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William John Pready

Born 1870

Died 1940

British Army 487102 Private Labour Corps

Royal Navy 6282 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Chatham Division

British Army 9320 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Walter May

Born 1861

Died 1918

Royal Navy Deal/11334(S) Corporal Royal Marine Labour Corps.

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John Leonard

Born 1863

Died 1917

Royal Navy Deal/11709(S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps.

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Edwin Imrie

Born 1885

Died 1921

British Army Deal 886 (N) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps

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Frederick J W Bucknole

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army SS/4839 Private Army Service Corps

Royal Navy D/8947/S Private Royal Marine Labour Corps

Royal Navy Deal/8947(S) Corporal Royal Marine Labour Corps Boulogne Company

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Thomas Bernard Bartnett

Born 1876

Died 1951

British Army 26481 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 336808 Private Labour Corps

British Army 9749(s) Corporal Royal Marine Labour Corps

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Adam Nussey

Born 1869

Died 1920

British Army 10329 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

British Army 168118 Private Labour Corps

Royal Navy Deal 923 Private Royal Marine Labour Corps

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Dennis Lyons

Born 1856

Died 1918

Royal Navy Deal/12839(S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps

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Thomas Black

Born 1871

Died 1919

Royal Navy Deal/13809(S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps

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Oliver Ernest Wilson

Died 1917

Royal Navy Deal/12929(S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps.

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John Torr

Born 1866

Died 1918

Royal Navy Deal/11616(S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps. RM Labour Company Boulogne

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John Paterson

Born 1873

Died 1919

Royal Navy Deal/14684(S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps

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Edward Cooper

Born 1872

Died 1918

Royal Navy Deal/11510(S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps Labour Company (Havre)

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John Lane

Born 1867

Died 1919

Royal Navy Deal/10971(S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps Calais Coy.

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Thomas Reilly

Born 1878

Died 1917

Royal Navy Deal/11674(S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps

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George Frederick Stannard

Born 1882

Died 1918

Royal Navy Deal/13972(S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps

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George Lewis

Born 1869

Died 1919

Royal Navy Deal/13220(S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps

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Maurice Elrick

Born 1872

Died 1918

Royal Navy Deal/12589(S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps Dunkerque Depot

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John Youds

Died 1918

Royal Navy Deal/13458(S) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps Dunkirk

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