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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Glasgow [2]

34 West Holborn, South Shields, Co Durham [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Allington, Kent [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Chelsea [1]

Cloughfold, Lancashire [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dunnockshaw [1]

Enniskillen, County Fermanagh [1]

FOREST AND FRITH, TEESDALE, County Durham [1]

Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Hankham, Sussex [1]

Hoxton, Shoreditch, London [1]

Maidstone England [1]

Oldham Lancashire [1]

Saltaire, Yorks [1]

Shoreham, Sussex [1]

St Judes, Surrey [1]

Stonerigg, Cumberland [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Wellesbourne, Warwickshire [1]

Wells, Somerset [1]

West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Whiligh, Sussex [1]

Willesden, London [1]

chesterton, Cambridge [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [32]

Private [28]

Captain [10]

Gunner [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Driver [8]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Acting Lieutenant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

1/G/Constable [1]

1st Constable [1]

2lt [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd lieutenant [1]

76773 [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Capt (addtl) relinquishing actg Capt rank on ceasing to command a Company [1]

Acting Major while 2nd in command of a battlion (Temp Capt and Lt Yeo T F) [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Adjutant [1]

Assistant Secretary [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Colonel [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Fireman [1]

Fitter [1]

Honorary Brigadier General [1]

Interpreter [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance corporal [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

M/Cyl Private [1]

Major [1]

Mate [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private RMLI [1]

Sergeant [1]

Temp Lieutenant 2nd Lt (Actg Capt) (Yeo T F) [1]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Indian Army (T. C.) [14]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Field Artillery (T) [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

40th T D S [2]

Army Service Corps (T) [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps (T) [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps Transport [2]

Royal Engineers (T) [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

S S T C [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

t [2]

'T' Corps Signal Company, Royal Engineers [1]

1st Company 6th Division T [1]

1st South African Infantry [1]

200th N T Squadron [1]

22nd L A C C T [1]

290 Bde. (T) R.F.A. [1]

313th H T Company [1]

48th T D S [1]

4th L A C C Regiment [1]

56th T R Battalion [1]

69th T Reserve Regt [1]

75th Division ArtilleryStaff Staff Corps [1]

79th T R Battalion [1]

7th Dragoon Guards [1]

7th West Riding [1]

7th West Riding T F Reserve [1]

9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers att 109 Light T M B [1]

A D S T and A C H Q [1]

A M T Depot [1]

A M T S [1]

A T Cable Section Royal Engineers [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Service Corps - M. T. (Military transport) [1]

Army Service Corps T [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Army Veterinary Corps (T) [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

B T W [1]

Service

British Army [96]

Other Empire Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [21]

B [15]

A [9]

S [9]

C [7]

G [6]

L [5]

H [4]

P [4]

R [4]

W [4]

D [2]

E [2]

F [2]

K [2]

T [2]

I [1]

N [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [98]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [3] Glasgow [2] 34 West Holborn, South Shields, Co Durham [1] Aberdeen [1] Allington, Kent [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Chelsea [1] Cloughfold, Lancashire [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dunnockshaw [1] Enniskillen, County Fermanagh [1] FOREST AND FRITH, TEESDALE, County Durham [1] Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Hankham, Sussex [1] Hoxton, Shoreditch, London [1] Maidstone England [1] Oldham Lancashire [1] Saltaire, Yorks [1] Shoreham, Sussex [1] St Judes, Surrey [1] Stonerigg, Cumberland [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Wellesbourne, Warwickshire [1] Wells, Somerset [1] West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Whiligh, Sussex [1] Willesden, London [1] chesterton, Cambridge [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [32] Private [28] Captain [10] Gunner [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Driver [8] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Acting Lieutenant [2] Bombardier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] 1/G/Constable [1] 1st Constable [1] 2lt [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd lieutenant [1] 76773 [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Capt (addtl) relinquishing actg Capt rank on ceasing to command a Company [1] Acting Major while 2nd in command of a battlion (Temp Capt and Lt Yeo T F) [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Adjutant [1] Assistant Secretary [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Colonel [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Fireman [1] Fitter [1] Honorary Brigadier General [1] Interpreter [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance corporal [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] M/Cyl Private [1] Major [1] Mate [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Pioneer [1] Private RMLI [1] Sergeant [1] Temp Lieutenant 2nd Lt (Actg Capt) (Yeo T F) [1] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Indian Army (T. C.) [14] Army Service Corps [8] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] London Regiment [4] Royal Field Artillery (T) [4] Scottish Rifles [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] 40th T D S [2] Army Service Corps (T) [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Royal Army Medical Corps (T) [2] Royal Army Medical Corps Transport [2] Royal Engineers (T) [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] S S T C [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] t [2] 'T' Corps Signal Company, Royal Engineers [1] 1st Company 6th Division T [1] 1st South African Infantry [1] 200th N T Squadron [1] 22nd L A C C T [1] 290 Bde. (T) R.F.A. [1] 313th H T Company [1] 48th T D S [1] 4th L A C C Regiment [1] 56th T R Battalion [1] 69th T Reserve Regt [1] 75th Division ArtilleryStaff Staff Corps [1] 79th T R Battalion [1] 7th Dragoon Guards [1] 7th West Riding [1] 7th West Riding T F Reserve [1] 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers att 109 Light T M B [1] A D S T and A C H Q [1] A M T Depot [1] A M T S [1] A T Cable Section Royal Engineers [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Service Corps - M. T. (Military transport) [1] Army Service Corps T [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Army Veterinary Corps (T) [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] B T W [1]

Service

British Army [96] Other Empire Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [21] B [15] A [9] S [9] C [7] G [6] L [5] H [4] P [4] R [4] W [4] D [2] E [2] F [2] K [2] T [2] I [1] N [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [98]

Country

United Kingdom [24] India [1] New Zealand [1] Turkey [1]

William Henry Barker

Born 1880

Died 1930

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/1326 Sapper

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Lance Corporal NZE T. Co

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Tammy Leigh H Atkins

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army

British Army t t t t

British Army

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John Hill Mcdonald

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Army Service Corps (T)

British Army 5134 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 57th Bde

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Hartley Shingles

Born 1884

British Army 164929 Gunner Royal Field Artillery (T) No 3 Reserve Brigade

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S Ali

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Fireman S.S. "T. R. Thompson"

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Frank Charles Alderson

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army 1365 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 5th (Rifle) Battalion (T)

British Army 793 Sapper Royal Engineers Western (Army Troops) Signal Company

British Army 1495 Private Royal Army Medical Corps, (T) 1st Western General Military Hospital

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Leslie Boothman Wyld

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 4173 Sapper Royal Engineers (T)

British Army 556555 Sapper Royal Engineers 5th Signal Coy. Royal Engineers

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Harold Parker

Born 1894

British Army 17/8801 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion

British Army 25853 69th T Reserve Regt

British Army M/279927 Private Army Service Corps 776th Mechanical Transport Company

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Edwin John Stott

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 134243 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery. (T)

British Army 772135 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 50th. Div. Ammunition Column.

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Harold Archer

Born 1888

British Army 330068 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 330068 Private Royal Army Medical Corps (T) 3/2 HFA, RAMC

British Army 330068 Private RAMC (T) 53 Field Ambulance RAMC

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Frederick James Morgan

Born 1899

Died 1959

British Army 29997 Private 79th T R Battalion

British Army 18310 Private 56th T R Battalion

British Army 55375 Private Highland Light Infantry 18th Battalion

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William T Geraghty

British Army Royal Engineers 76773 William T

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Samson Buckthought

Born 1867

Died 1932

British Army T R B 107th

British Army Adjutant Royal Fusiliers 52nd

British Army Warrant Officer Royal Fusiliers 10th

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Fred Sumner Clark

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 359766 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment (T) 10th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment) attd. Seaforth Highlanders, 1st/4th Battalion

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James Calvert

Born 1856

Died 1932

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps (T)

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Henry Pitcher

Born 1888

Died 1970

British Army M/315328 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 315328 private Army Service Corps - M. T. (Military transport)

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Fazal Din

British Army 168 L T L

British Army 168 Driver L T L

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Arthur Ernest Tower

Born 1893

Died 1950

Australian Imperial Force 10099 Gunner Australian Field Artillery 13th Reinforcements 3rd Brigade

Australian Imperial Force 10099 M/Cyl Private A M T S

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Reginald Mitchell

Born 1885

Died 1968

British Army 3647 Sapper Royal Engineers (T)

British Army 127530 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers Signals Depot

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John Burnard Edwards

Born 1857

Died 1937

British Army Colonel T W Mounted Brigade Yeomanry

British Army Honorary Brigadier General Labour Corps

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