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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bebington, Cheshire [1]

Beckenham, Bromley, Kent [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Brighton [1]

Brighton Sussex [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol,Barton Regis,Gloucestershire [1]

Charlton, Nr Dover [1]

Combe Martin, Devon [1]

Coventry, Warks [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Erdington Warwickshire [1]

Exeter [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Friar Street, Stafford. [1]

Great Yarmouth [1]

Hampton in Arden, Warwicks [1]

Kilmorack [1]

Knottingley, Pontefract [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

Natal, Maritzburg [1]

Norwich [1]

Otley [1]

Rothbury, Northumberland [1]

Southwark, London [1]

Sparsholt, Wantage [1]

St George, Hanover Square, London [1]

St Mildred's, Kent [1]

Stevenage, Herts [1]

Stone Staffordshire [1]

Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Thanet, Kent [1]

Thurnham, Kent [1]

Westham [1]

Widnes Lancs [1]

Rank

Gunner [653]

Driver [466]

Second Lieutenant [315]

Lieutenant [198]

Serjeant [168]

Bombardier [123]

Captain [116]

Corporal [115]

Private [87]

Major [53]

Acting Bombardier [47]

Sapper [38]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [28]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [23]

Staff Serjeant [22]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [16]

Acting Captain [15]

Pioneer [13]

Acting Corporal [11]

Battery Serjeant Major [10]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [8]

Lance Bombardier [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Farrier Serjeant [7]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Bearer [4]

Colonel [3]

Commander [3]

Driver Acting Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Sergeant [3]

Signaller [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Captain and Adjutant [2]

Acting Sub Conductor [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [2]

Fitter [2]

Fitter Serjeant [2]

Gunner Gunner [2]

Gunner/Acting Serjeant [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Saddler [2]

Staff Captain [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery Transport [1651]

Royal Field Artillery [606]

Royal Engineers [187]

Royal Horse Artillery Transport [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery [36]

Royal Artillery [31]

Royal Artillery Transport [31]

Army Service Corps [23]

Army Service Corps Transport [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps Transport [21]

Royal Engineers Transport [20]

Supply and Transport Corps [19]

Indian Army [18]

Labour Corps [18]

Royal Horse Artillery [17]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [14]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery Transport [13]

Royal Air Force [11]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [7]

Royal Field Artillery Honourable Artillery Company Transport [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery Depot Transport [6]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [6]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery Transport [6]

Surrey Yeomanry [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Honourable Artillery Company [5]

Royal Army Service Corps Transport [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Supply and Transport Corps Indian Army [4]

Divisional Ammunition Column [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Indian Army Transport [3]

Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport [3]

Royal Field Artillery Base Details France Transport [3]

Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve [3]

Tank Corps [3]

5th Reserve Brigade Transport [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

General List [2]

Home Service Employment Company [2]

Service

British Army [1943]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Royal Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [199]

M [197]

H [190]

W [148]

C [146]

S [146]

R [112]

P [109]

G [106]

D [82]

J [80]

L [78]

F [66]

A [56]

T [51]

E [46]

K [46]

N [26]

O [19]

V [14]

I [12]

Y [11]

Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1943]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

India [2]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bebington, Cheshire [1] Beckenham, Bromley, Kent [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Brighton [1] Brighton Sussex [1] Bristol [1] Bristol,Barton Regis,Gloucestershire [1] Charlton, Nr Dover [1] Combe Martin, Devon [1] Coventry, Warks [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Erdington Warwickshire [1] Exeter [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Friar Street, Stafford. [1] Great Yarmouth [1] Hampton in Arden, Warwicks [1] Kilmorack [1] Knottingley, Pontefract [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] Natal, Maritzburg [1] Norwich [1] Otley [1] Rothbury, Northumberland [1] Southwark, London [1] Sparsholt, Wantage [1] St George, Hanover Square, London [1] St Mildred's, Kent [1] Stevenage, Herts [1] Stone Staffordshire [1] Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Thanet, Kent [1] Thurnham, Kent [1] Westham [1] Widnes Lancs [1]

Rank

Gunner [653] Driver [466] Second Lieutenant [315] Lieutenant [198] Serjeant [168] Bombardier [123] Captain [116] Corporal [115] Private [87] Major [53] Acting Bombardier [47] Sapper [38] Warrant Officer Class 2 [28] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [23] Staff Serjeant [22] Acting Serjeant [16] Lieutenant Colonel [16] Acting Captain [15] Pioneer [13] Acting Corporal [11] Battery Serjeant Major [10] Gunner Acting Bombardier [8] Lance Bombardier [8] Lance Corporal [8] Farrier Serjeant [7] Shoeing Smith [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Shoeing Smith Corporal [5] Temporary Captain [5] Bearer [4] Colonel [3] Commander [3] Driver Acting Bombardier [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Sergeant [3] Signaller [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Captain and Adjutant [2] Acting Sub Conductor [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Bombardier Acting Corporal [2] Fitter [2] Fitter Serjeant [2] Gunner Gunner [2] Gunner/Acting Serjeant [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Saddler [2] Staff Captain [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery Transport [1651] Royal Field Artillery [606] Royal Engineers [187] Royal Horse Artillery Transport [42] Royal Garrison Artillery [36] Royal Artillery [31] Royal Artillery Transport [31] Army Service Corps [23] Army Service Corps Transport [21] Royal Army Medical Corps Transport [21] Royal Engineers Transport [20] Supply and Transport Corps [19] Indian Army [18] Labour Corps [18] Royal Horse Artillery [17] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [14] London Regiment [13] Royal Garrison Artillery Transport [13] Royal Air Force [11] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [7] Royal Field Artillery Honourable Artillery Company Transport [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery Depot Transport [6] Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [6] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery Transport [6] Surrey Yeomanry [6] Corps of Hussars [5] Honourable Artillery Company [5] Royal Army Service Corps Transport [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Supply and Transport Corps Indian Army [4] Divisional Ammunition Column [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Indian Army Transport [3] Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers [3] Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport [3] Royal Field Artillery Base Details France Transport [3] Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve [3] Tank Corps [3] 5th Reserve Brigade Transport [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] General List [2] Home Service Employment Company [2]

Service

British Army [1943] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1] Royal Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [199] M [197] H [190] W [148] C [146] S [146] R [112] P [109] G [106] D [82] J [80] L [78] F [66] A [56] T [51] E [46] K [46] N [26] O [19] V [14] I [12] Y [11] Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1943]

Country

United Kingdom [18] India [2] South Africa [1]

Robert Samuel Hardie

Born 1876

Died 1921

British Army 773 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 915376 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport 83rd Brigade

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Herbert Gladstone Booth

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 1302 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1302 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Royal Field Artillery

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Edward John Styche

Born 1887

Died 1937

British Army 796972 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 132993 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Jim Bristoll

Born 1888

Died 1950

British Army 4 Corporal Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 835423 Corporal Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Charles Roy Lynam

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army 100 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 806674 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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John Collins Meredith

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 312 Driver Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 446040 Driver Royal Engineers Transport

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 43rd Battery, 24th Brigade

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Edgar Cecil Robertson Haddow

Born 1890

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Owen Miles

Born 1893

Died 1958

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Arthur Keith Wilson

Born 1894

Died 1977

British Army 1498 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Second Lieutenant Peshawar Mountain Battery

British Army 1st Sussex Battery of 1st Home Counties Brigade,Brighton

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Walter Honey

Born 1886

British Army 38 Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 38 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 38 Battery Sergeant Major Royal Field Artillery

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George Raymond Gildea Robertson

Born 1886

Died 1954

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery 217th Battalion

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Raymond Owen Hudson Boon

Born 1895

Died 1952

British Army 825308 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 1395

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Henry Eric Swanston

Born 1887

Died 1969

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Eric Powell Davies

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1460 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 835456 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 835456 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Jasper Geoffrey Browell

Born 1891

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Richard Bartholomew Sweet

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 1328 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 835346 or 835348 (records differ) Gunner Royal Field Artillery A Battery, 210th Brigade

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Sefton Francis Bastin

Born 1895

Died 1986

British Army 309 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 865037 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Harold Timmins

Born 1894

British Army 900731 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Arthur Austin Phillips

Born 1891

Died 1958

British Army 319 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 319 Corporal Royal Horse Artillery Transport

British Army 614067 Corporal Royal Horse Artillery Transport

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Hillier William Avenell

Born 1894

Died 1971

British Army 2256 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 733849 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery Transport

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