Soldiers and their units

Researching individual soldiers or their units in the Great War.

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Essex Regiment Lookup

By Sapper Will, 27 April , 2005
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- Patrick H
- 28 April , 2005
3rd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps

By draperju, 27 April , 2005
- 1 reply
- 766 views
- Roy Evans
- 28 April , 2005
Army Troops Coy, RE.

By Eddie Morton, 26 April , 2005
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- 736 views
- Stebie9173
- 27 April , 2005
18th (service) Dirham Light Infantry

By T8HANTS, 27 April , 2005
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- T8HANTS
- 27 April , 2005
Chatteris/Cambridgeshire newspapers

By bedfordyeoman, 26 April , 2005
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- Coldstreamer
- 27 April , 2005
Labour Corps

By shaymen, 26 April , 2005
- 2 replies
- 648 views
- shaymen
- 27 April , 2005
D Coy Royal marine Light Infantry

By private78245, 26 April , 2005
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- 523 views
- private78245
- 27 April , 2005
Soldiers from postcard collection

By Mark Hone, 4 April , 2005
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- Mark Hone
- 27 April , 2005
regimental details

By Guest edwinwrg4751, 27 April , 2005
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- Guest
- 27 April , 2005
Essex Regt - Fred Ambrose

By Patrick H, 27 April , 2005
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- 589 views
- Patrick H
- 27 April , 2005
3 Australian veterans left

By christine liava'a, 27 April , 2005
- 1 reply
- 675 views
- Andrew P
- 27 April , 2005
26th Infantry Regiment

By Tom Morgan, 26 April , 2005
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- 678 views
- Landsturm
- 27 April , 2005
Heres a long shot

By 182 CEF, 26 April , 2005
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- 880 views
- ianw
- 27 April , 2005
William Shaw DCM 9th Bn Cheshires

By BULLDOGFOGG, 25 April , 2005
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- 965 views
- John_Hartley
- 27 April , 2005
Remembered on the GWF - The missing

By Will O'Brien, 26 April , 2005
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- 1.4k views
- christine liava'a
- 27 April , 2005
Gloucestershire Newspapers

By swizz, 26 April , 2005
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- 945 views
- Glosters
- 27 April , 2005
MGC on Long trail

By Guest winstonsmith, 22 November , 2004
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- 691 views
- vickers
- 26 April , 2005
New member: DLI and NF

By Guest Frederick Peterson, 19 April , 2005
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- 562 views
- les 1RHA
- 26 April , 2005
Behind the wire

By Steve_McGarry, 24 April , 2005
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- 492 views
- stevem
- 26 April , 2005
2nd Bn Suffolks

By shaymen, 26 April , 2005
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- 602 views
- shaymen
- 26 April , 2005
Gassed while POW

By markinbelfast, 19 April , 2005
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- markinbelfast
- 26 April , 2005
War diaries at the PRO

By olosangus, 27 March , 2005
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- robbie
- 26 April , 2005
Confused

By 7:29am, 25 April , 2005
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- KONDOA
- 26 April , 2005
55th Fd Amb in the tropics??

By big jar of wasps, 25 April , 2005
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- 529 views
- big jar of wasps
- 26 April , 2005
Five 3/Worcester Regt Men SAD July 1915

By Guest Ian Bowbrick, 14 March , 2004
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- Brummie Nick
- 26 April , 2005