183 died on this day: Wed 17/03/1915

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Australia: New South Wales RANDWICK GENERAL CEMETERY, SYDNEY
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Private VICTOR EDWARD CHAPMAN 17th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.


Belgium: Hainaut CALVAIRE (ESSEX) MILITARY CEMETERY
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120 Company Quartermaster Serjeant ALLSOPP 1st/2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
65 Corporal CHARLES WILLIAMS 1st/2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment


Belgium: Hainaut PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
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2766 Private PATRICK CARROLL 2nd Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)


Belgium: Hainaut PLOEGSTEERT WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
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Lieutenant JOHN RAYMOND WADDY (M C, Mentioned in Despatches) Royal Army Medical Corps


Belgium: Hainaut RIFLE HOUSE CEMETERY
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Second Lieutenant ALAN HOOD WILSON 6th Bn. Rifle Brigade


Belgium: Hainaut STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY
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3843 Private BAXTER 2nd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
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8580 Private ALLEN 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
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Captain ERIC SAMUEL PENNANT KINGSBURY JAMES 4th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen GODEZONNE FARM CEMETERY
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6842 Private WILLIAM PATRICK QUINN 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY
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12497 Serjeant DAWKINS 3rd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
1350 Private SMITH 4th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)
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3917 Private EDWARD (TED) HALSALL 1st/10th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
2577 Private SCOTT "A" Coy. 10th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen POPERINGHE OLD MILITARY CEMETERY
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3/7625 Private MARTIN 1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
17225 Private ROWLEY 2nd Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen RAMPARTS CEMETERY, LILLE GATE
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3/6983 Private CHARLES OAKLEY 1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen SPOILBANK CEMETERY
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6784 Private FERRIS 2nd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3
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6513 Private DAVIES 2nd Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
S/1937 Private HARRIS 1st Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
7416 Private MAITLAND 2nd Bn. Cameron Highlanders
9077 Private ROBERTSON 2nd Bn. Cameron Highlanders


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES NO.1 AND NO.2
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12034 Rifleman HAGGAR 4th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen WYTSCHAETE MILITARY CEMETERY
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3/6270 Private ALFRED WALLACE BRUCE "A" Coy. 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders
2814 Lance Corporal WILLIAM D. H. SCOTT 4th Bn. Gordon Highlanders


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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16584 Private GEORGE BAILEY 2nd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
Lieutenant BERNARD FRANCIS GOTCH BERRILL 6th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
8859 Private JOHN A. DIXON 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
16912 Private ANDREW DOHERTY 2nd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
4832 Private CHRISTOPHER DONIGHAN 1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
849 Private GEORGE GRAY 1st Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
S/8245 Private GEORGE HAMILTON 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders
8863 Rifleman WILLIAM HARE 3rd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
Captain MICHAEL REGINALD KIRKMAN HODGSON 2nd Bn. attd. 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
S/244 Private HENRY HOUGHTON 1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
S/6923 Private CHARLES A. MacDONALD 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders
12148 Private JOHN MATTHEW McKENNA 2nd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
9271 Private STANLEY F. MOORING 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
Y/184 Rifleman BERNARD THOMAS ONIONS 3rd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
3/6813 Private HENRY SIMPSON 1st Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
S/3265 Private JAMES A. SLOSS 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders
3354 Private ARCHIBALD J. SMITH 1st Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
8462 Rifleman MICHAEL SPRINGER 3rd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
SR/2477 Private ROBERT TELFER 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
73 Private WILLIAM WILLOX 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders
3/6485 Private JOHN WILSON 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders


Canada: Manitoba WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
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72059 Corporal DUNCAN CAMERON 27th Bn. Canadian Infantry


Canada: Ontario CAMBRIDGE (TRINITY CHURCH) CEMETERY
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A/2117 Private JEFFS 34th Bn. Canadian Infantry


Denmark: TINGLEV CHURCHYARD
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6418 Rifleman THOMAS WILDING 1st Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps


Egypt: CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
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10/941 Private BETHEL JOSEPH SIMPSON Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F.


Egypt: HELIOPOLIS (PORT TEWFIK) MEMORIAL
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1588 Sowar KAHAN SINGH Bikaner Sadul Light Infantry, Indian States Forces


Egypt: ISMAILIA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
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4287 Staff Serjeant BERTIE FREDERICK JOHNSON Indian Army Unattached List


France: Nord AUBERS RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY, AUBERS
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3/6824 Private BOYLAND 2nd Bn. Devonshire Regiment


France: Nord BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD
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Z/623 Rifleman JOSEPH JOHN FEARN 4th Bn. Rifle Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel GEORGE FRANCIS REGINALD FORBES (Mentioned in Despatches) Royal Irish Regiment
51268 Corporal MacKENZIE Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
9553 Corporal McLEOD 1st Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
3255 Private MURPHY 1st Bn. Royal Irish Regiment
9671 Lance Corporal NORRIS 2nd Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
9220 Serjeant RICHARD ATWELL SHERWOOD 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Regiment
9579 Private TODD 1st Bn. Leinster Regiment
3329 Private WALSH 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers


France: Nord CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES
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5690 Serjeant CAMP 1st Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
15348 Private ALFRED HENRY KIMBLE "D" Coy. 1st Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
7449 Private THOMPSON 2nd Bn. Durham Light Infantry


France: Nord ESTAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
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2230 Private HENRY CLARKE 13th Kensington Bn. London Regiment
2014 Private MARTIN 13th Kensington Bn. London Regiment
6451 Rifleman FREDERICK JOHN McCLUSKEY 1st Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
4229 Rifleman SMYTH 1st Bn. Royal Irish Rifles


France: Nord HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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7090 Private MUFFITT 2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)


France: Nord MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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10101 Private RODGERS 2nd Bn. Border Regiment
2132 Private STRINGER 13th Kensington Bn. London Regiment
6963 Private JOSEPH VENN 2nd Bn. Middlesex Regiment
4826 Private WARD 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)


France: Nord PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE
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Captain ARBUTHNOTT JOHN DUNBAR 114th Bty. Royal Field Artillery


France: Nord RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES
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Z/74 Rifleman SEWELL 3rd Bn. Rifle Brigade


France: Nord Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER
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9834 Private THEOBALD 3rd Bn. Canadian Infantry


France: Pas de Calais BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
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5556 Private BALDERSON 1st Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
3640 Private WILLIAM ARTHUR STONE 1st Bn. Hertfordshire Regiment
2084 Private WEBB 7th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)


France: Pas de Calais BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
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7124 Private WILLIAM ALLEN 3rd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
13380 Sapper BARKER 2nd Field Coy. Royal Engineers
1386 Private BELL 2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
4/6873 Private HARRY BRACE 2nd Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
9831 Private BROWN 1st Bn. Cameron Highlanders
Z/781 Rifleman HAROLD CARNEY 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
16099 Private JOHN ALGAR COX "D" Coy. 2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
10503 Private GEORGE AUBREY HAZELL 2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
10201 Rifleman JOSEPH WILLIAM HOLMES 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
364 Private ALEXANDER EDWARD HOWELL 2nd Bn. Middlesex Regiment
6288 Private LLOYD 2nd Bn. Middlesex Regiment
11109 Lance Corporal WILLIAM FREDERICK LUMLEY 2nd Bn. Border Regiment
1498 Private PATRICK HAMILTON McLAREN 1st/6th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
10000 Private ERNEST VICTOR MESSAGE 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards
S/2390 Private PETTIGREW 1st Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
5805 Private PHILLIPS 2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
7415 Corporal JOHN POWER 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
9077 Private ALBERT EDWARD SPICER 2nd Bn. Devonshire Regiment
13373 Private LESLIE TEMPLEMAN "A" Coy. 2nd Bn. Middlesex Regiment
Major JOHN SIMEON WARD Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
2005 Private WHITE 24th Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps


France: Pas de Calais BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT
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GS/SR/914 Private GILL (D C M) 2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment


France: Pas de Calais CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
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441 Private BURKE 1st Bn. Connaught Rangers
12350 Private PATRICK DOYLE 4th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
7434 Private STANLEY 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)


France: Pas de Calais GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY
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17232 Private HARCOMBE 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards
11234 Private JOSEPH FRANK PASHLEY No. 4 Coy. 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards
15172 Private WILLIAM CHARLES RICHINGS 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards


France: Pas de Calais LE TOURET MEMORIAL
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14962 Private BEDFORD 4th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
2087 Private WILLIAM BEVERIDGE 1st/7th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Z/1150 Rifleman MICHAEL BOULGER 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
11561 Lance Corporal GEORGE CROCKFORD 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
3/6616 Private CLARENCE HENRY CROOK 2nd Bn. Devonshire Regiment
2536 Rifleman CHARLES CULLINGTON 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
8438 Lance Serjeant PETER DARBY 1st Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
4231 Rifleman OSCAR DOVE 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
5/350 Serjeant WILLIAM GOODE 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
17132 Private PERCY HARDCASTLE 2nd Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
9452 Rifleman JOHN HAWTHORNE 1st Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
3749 Rifleman CHARLES JAMES "B" Coy. 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
Z/449 Rifleman GEORGE JUDD 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
9683 Rifleman THOMAS LEE 1st Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
7975 Rifleman JOHN McCONNELL 1st Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
4174 Rifleman WILLIAM JAMES STACEY 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
Z/1891 Rifleman THOMAS STANDEN 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
Z/37 Rifleman FRANK TOOMEY 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
7158 Lance Corporal JAMES TURNBULL 8th Bn. Royal Scots
1812 Private GEORGE WIDGINTON 1st/13th Kensington Bn. London Regiment


France: Pas de Calais LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
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10058 Private ERNEST FREDERICK REA 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards


France: Pas de Calais LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Second Lieutenant ALEXANDER DALZELL SPRUNT 4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment


France: Pas de Calais LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
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10048 Private WILLIAM CHARLES GARRARD 2nd Bn. East Surrey Regiment
11375 Lance Corporal RUDOLPH KIRBY 2nd Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
754 Corporal RITCHIE North Irish Horse
9344 Private GEORGE WALLIS 2nd Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment


France: Pas de Calais MEERUT MILITARY CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-LES-BOULOGNE
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2005 Sowar BHAIRON 18th King George's Own Lancers
1004 Lance Daffadar JAWAL SINGH Sardar Risala Jodhpur Lancers


France: Pas de Calais NEUVE-CHAPELLE MEMORIAL
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4089 Naik DALIP SINGH 45th Rattray's Sikhs
2828 Bugler GUNDARSING ALE 1st Bn. 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
1767 Havildar HARICHAND RANA 1st Bn. 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)
3053 Rifleman HASTBIR THAPA 2nd Bn. 4th Gurkha Rifles
2986 Rifleman LALBIR RANA 2nd Bn 4th Gurkha Rifles
4869 Lance Naik RANBAHADUR GHARTI 1st Bn. 4th Gurkha Rifles
3136 Sepoy ZAMAN KHAN 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)
3136 Bearer ZAMAN KHAN Army Hospital Corps


France: Pas de Calais RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
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3884 Company Serjeant Major COOPER 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment


France: Pas de Calais SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS CANADIAN CEMETERY
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19928 Private JULES SCHMIDT 10th Bn. Canadian Infantry
19928 Private ADRIEN VUILLEUMIER ALIAS


France: Pas de Calais ST. VENANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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4183 Bearer PITAMBAR 4th Coy. Army Bearer Corps


France: Pas de Calais VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE
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6228 Serjeant ANTHONY WALTER BUCKLEY 1st Bn. Royal Irish Rifles


France: Pas de Calais WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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10184 Private DURKIN 2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
3/7063 Private JOHN MacDONALD 1st Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
2304 Private McINTOSH 4th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders


France: Pas de Calais WOBURN ABBEY CEMETERY, CUINCHY
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10526 Private KELSALL 2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers


France: Pas de Calais ZELOBES INDIAN CEMETERY, LACOUTURE
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3309 Rifleman LOK BAHADUR THAPA 8th Gurkha Rifles


France: Seine-Maritime ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
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11073 Private FARDELL "A" Coy. 2nd Bn. Border Regiment
2083 Rifleman HARRY HAYDEN 2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade


Germany: Brandenburg BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY
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Major WALTER BURGESS FRY Royal Army Medical Corps
8032 Guardsman PHILLIPS 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards
14289 Private HUBERT TRACY No.4 Coy. 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards


Iraq: BASRA MEMORIAL
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1575 Sepoy KANHAIYA SINGH 1st Bn. 4th Prince Albert Victor's Rajputs


Ireland, Republic of: County Dublin GRANGEGORMAN MILITARY CEMETERY
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10622 Corporal RICHARD BELL 5th Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery


United Kingdom: Ayrshire ARDROSSAN CEMETERY
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279220 Chief Stoker SMITH H.M.S. "Indefatigable." Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Bedfordshire BEDFORD CEMETERY, BEDFORDSHIRE
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Captain ROBERT McGHEYNE LINNELL Royal Army Medical Corps


United Kingdom: Berkshire WOKINGHAM (ST. SEBASTIAN) CHURCHYARD
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M2/046323 Private ALLISON M.T. Depot (Grove Park) Army Service Corps


United Kingdom: Devon PLYMOUTH (FORD PARK) CEMETERY
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M/11326 Boy Artificer CHRISTOPHER BARNETT BERRY H.M.S. "Indus." Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Edinburgh EDINBURGH (WARRISTON) CEMETERY
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2012 Corporal JOHN THOMSON Royal Garrison Artillery


United Kingdom: Hampshire ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMETERY
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10838 Private PAYNE 8th Bn. Devonshire Regiment


United Kingdom: Hampshire HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON
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1559 Private ALFRED SIDNEY JARRETT 1st/13th Kensington Bn. London Regiment
10303 Private JOSEPH OUTHWAITE 2nd Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)


United Kingdom: Hampshire NETLEY MILITARY CEMETERY
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9483 Private MINKLEY "B" Coy. 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment


United Kingdom: Kent GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT
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M/12243 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class ROBERT CLEMENTS H.M.S. Pembroke Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Lancashire DARWEN CEMETERY
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579 Private BONE 5th Bn. Royal Irish Regiment


United Kingdom: Lancashire MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY
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4865 Private GEORGE GREGORY WELLS 1st Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)


United Kingdom: Lincolnshire LINCOLN (NEWPORT) CEMETERY
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3/7557 Private HENRY GEORGE DAVIS Depot. Bedfordshire Regiment


United Kingdom: London BROMPTON CEMETERY
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8345 Private ROGERS 2nd Bn. Essex Regiment


United Kingdom: London FULHAM PALACE ROAD CEMETERY
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3060 Rifleman JOHN ARTHUR DEACON 3rd/18th Bn. London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)


United Kingdom: London WANDSWORTH (EARLSFIELD) CEMETERY
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9881 Serjeant ALBERT JOHN EGGLETON 3rd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment


United Kingdom: Surrey CROYDON (MITCHAM ROAD) CEMETERY
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L/6568 Private HAGLEY 3rd Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)


United Kingdom: Sussex PATCHAM DOWN INDIAN FORCES CREMATION MEMORIAL
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1740 Rifleman BAKHTAWAR SING NEGI 2nd Bn. 39th Garhwal Rifles
3590 Rifleman DURGASING THAPA 1st Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles
1544 Rifleman MAKHLI SING RAWAT 2nd Bn. 39th Garhwal Rifles


United Kingdom: Yorkshire MICKLEY (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD
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3496 Private CRAGGS 4th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment


Zambia: NDOLA (KANSENSHI) CEMETERY
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Private BACON Northern Rhodesia Police