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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [24]

London [12]

Liverpool [7]

Aston, Warwickshire [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Chester, Cheshire [3]

Goole [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Thurnham, Kent [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Alsager, Cheshire [2]

Barming, Kent [2]

Birmingham [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Chorlton, Lancashire [2]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Linton, Kent [2]

Loose, Kent [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Newland, Drax, Selby [2]

Northwich, Cheshire [2]

Richmond, Surrey [2]

Sherborne, Dorset [2]

Tonbridge, Kent [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

15, Fountain Lane, Blaydon-on-Tyne, County Durham [1]

79, Plumstead Road, Plumstead, Kent [1]

Abbingdon Road, Kesington, London [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [1]

Accrington [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1]

Altham, Lancashire [1]

Ampthill,Bedfordshire [1]

Ardentinny, Argyllshire [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Aston Manor, Warks [1]

Aston,Warwickshire [1]

Astwood Bank, Worcestershire [1]

Auckland [1]

Axford, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [7321]

Second Lieutenant [672]

Sapper [621]

Lieutenant [273]

Pioneer [261]

Serjeant [260]

Corporal [250]

Lance Corporal [208]

Captain [159]

Driver [105]

Acting Corporal [87]

Acting Serjeant [65]

Gunner [51]

Major [36]

Lance Serjeant [29]

Cadet [24]

Rifleman [23]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Acting Captain [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [16]

Company Serjeant Major [15]

Temporary Lieutenant [15]

Sergeant [14]

2nd Lieutenant [13]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [12]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Officer Cadet [11]

Pr [11]

Temporary Captain [11]

P [10]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Priv [9]

Strapper [9]

Priva [8]

Privat [8]

rank [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Pri [7]

Acting Lance Corporal [6]

Waggoner [6]

ran [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Sa [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

r [4]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Unit

Training Reserve Battalion [5337]

Royal Engineers [3051]

Training Reserve [2110]

Welsh Regiment [1025]

Cheshire Regiment [1001]

Lincolnshire Regiment [642]

London Regiment [572]

Labour Corps [516]

Middlesex Regiment [475]

West Yorkshire Regiment [405]

Army Service Corps [384]

Manchester Regiment [357]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [295]

East Yorkshire Regiment [289]

Liverpool Regiment [288]

Yorkshire Regiment [277]

Bedfordshire Regiment [242]

Devonshire Regiment [228]

Training Battalion [217]

Essex Regiment [209]

Royal Fusiliers [198]

Royal Sussex Regiment [193]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [187]

York and Lancaster Regiment [184]

South Wales Borderers [182]

North Staffordshire Regiment [174]

The Queen's Regiment [173]

East Surrey Regiment [171]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [171]

Wiltshire Regiment [168]

Suffolk Regiment [167]

Leicestershire Regiment [164]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [157]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [154]

Gloucestershire Regiment [153]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [152]

Officer Training Corps [149]

Durham Light Infantry [148]

Northumberland Fusiliers [145]

Royal West Kent Regiment [143]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [133]

Norfolk Regiment [129]

Hampshire Regiment [127]

South Staffordshire Regiment [119]

Northamptonshire Regiment [116]

Seaforth Highlanders [116]

East Kent Regiment [111]

West Riding Regiment [101]

Border Regiment [100]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [97]

Service

British Army [8921]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Other Empire Force [4]

Royal Navy [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [943]

H [869]

S [801]

W [769]

C [720]

M [661]

P [468]

R [447]

D [419]

L [398]

G [395]

T [382]

F [348]

J [269]

A [240]

E [199]

K [194]

N [163]

O [111]

V [47]

I [36]

Y [26]

U [12]

Q [8]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [8802]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [379]

Ireland [3]

Australia [2]

Canada [2]

Egypt [2]

France [2]

Greece [2]

Germany [1]

Hong Kong [1]

India [1]

Jersey [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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People [8927] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [24] London [12] Liverpool [7] Aston, Warwickshire [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Chester, Cheshire [3] Goole [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Thurnham, Kent [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Alsager, Cheshire [2] Barming, Kent [2] Birmingham [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Chorlton, Lancashire [2] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Hampstead, London [2] Islington, London [2] Kensington, London [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Linton, Kent [2] Loose, Kent [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Newland, Drax, Selby [2] Northwich, Cheshire [2] Richmond, Surrey [2] Sherborne, Dorset [2] Tonbridge, Kent [2] Wandsworth, London [2] West Ham, Essex [2] 15, Fountain Lane, Blaydon-on-Tyne, County Durham [1] 79, Plumstead Road, Plumstead, Kent [1] Abbingdon Road, Kesington, London [1] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [1] Accrington [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1] Altham, Lancashire [1] Ampthill,Bedfordshire [1] Ardentinny, Argyllshire [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Aston Manor, Warks [1] Aston,Warwickshire [1] Astwood Bank, Worcestershire [1] Auckland [1] Axford, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [7321] Second Lieutenant [672] Sapper [621] Lieutenant [273] Pioneer [261] Serjeant [260] Corporal [250] Lance Corporal [208] Captain [159] Driver [105] Acting Corporal [87] Acting Serjeant [65] Gunner [51] Major [36] Lance Serjeant [29] Cadet [24] Rifleman [23] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Acting Captain [16] Lieutenant Colonel [16] Company Serjeant Major [15] Temporary Lieutenant [15] Sergeant [14] 2nd Lieutenant [13] Temporary Second Lieutenant [12] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Officer Cadet [11] Pr [11] Temporary Captain [11] P [10] Corporal 2nd [9] Priv [9] Strapper [9] Priva [8] Privat [8] rank [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Pri [7] Acting Lance Corporal [6] Waggoner [6] ran [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Corporal Acting Serjeant [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Sa [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] r [4] Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Unit

Training Reserve Battalion [5337] Royal Engineers [3051] Training Reserve [2110] Welsh Regiment [1025] Cheshire Regiment [1001] Lincolnshire Regiment [642] London Regiment [572] Labour Corps [516] Middlesex Regiment [475] West Yorkshire Regiment [405] Army Service Corps [384] Manchester Regiment [357] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [295] East Yorkshire Regiment [289] Liverpool Regiment [288] Yorkshire Regiment [277] Bedfordshire Regiment [242] Devonshire Regiment [228] Training Battalion [217] Essex Regiment [209] Royal Fusiliers [198] Royal Sussex Regiment [193] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [187] York and Lancaster Regiment [184] South Wales Borderers [182] North Staffordshire Regiment [174] The Queen's Regiment [173] East Surrey Regiment [171] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [171] Wiltshire Regiment [168] Suffolk Regiment [167] Leicestershire Regiment [164] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [157] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [154] Gloucestershire Regiment [153] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [152] Officer Training Corps [149] Durham Light Infantry [148] Northumberland Fusiliers [145] Royal West Kent Regiment [143] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [133] Norfolk Regiment [129] Hampshire Regiment [127] South Staffordshire Regiment [119] Northamptonshire Regiment [116] Seaforth Highlanders [116] East Kent Regiment [111] West Riding Regiment [101] Border Regiment [100] King's Royal Rifle Corps [97]

Service

British Army [8921] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] Australian Imperial Force [4] Other Empire Force [4] Royal Navy [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [943] H [869] S [801] W [769] C [720] M [661] P [468] R [447] D [419] L [398] G [395] T [382] F [348] J [269] A [240] E [199] K [194] N [163] O [111] V [47] I [36] Y [26] U [12] Q [8] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [8802] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [379] Ireland [3] Australia [2] Canada [2] Egypt [2] France [2] Greece [2] Germany [1] Hong Kong [1] India [1] Jersey [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

Wilson Leggat

British Army Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Arthur Lilley

British Army 316551 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army T151734 Pioneer Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 26808 Pioneer East Yorkshire Regiment

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Leslie Charles Colebrook

British Army Orderly Baltic and Corn Exchange Unit British Red Cross Society

British Army 4332 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

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William J T Haskell

British Army 29977 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 7129 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 38408 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Lindsay G Ross

British Army T649 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 248321 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 28206 Driver Training Reserve Battalion

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Robert Rowan

British Army 7933 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 7933 Private Training Reserve

British Army 21794 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Charles Walpole

British Army 69966 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 24947 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 80508 Private Training Reserve Battalion

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