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Barnet, Hertfordshire [131]

New Barnet, Hertfordshire [41]

High Barnet, Hertfordshire [12]

Barnet, Hertfordshire, England [10]

Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire [6]

East Barnet, Hertfordshire [6]

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Chipping Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire [4]

Barnet,Hertfordshire [2]

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East Barnet, Hertfordshire, England [1]

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Friern Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Hadley Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Monkton Hadley (Herts), Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

New Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Northaw, Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Ridge, Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Shenley, Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Gunner [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Mechanic, Dunkirk Seaplanes [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Field Marshall [1]

General [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Piper [1]

Sailor [1]

Sapper [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker II [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [4]

London Regiment [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

102nd Grenadiers [1]

48th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

69th Training Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

Advanced Defences Mesopotamia [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Corps: Staff [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Antrim [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS Hawkins [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Landrail [1]

HMS Lord Nelson [1]

HMS Pathfinder [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment - Duke of Cambridge's Own [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Queen Mary [1]

Royal Monmouth Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Staff [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Tigris Defences Mesopotamia [1]

Service

Royal Navy [136]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54]

British Army [28]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [23]

S [23]

W [23]

C [20]

H [20]

G [15]

F [14]

D [13]

P [12]

L [10]

M [10]

T [10]

J [6]

K [6]

R [6]

E [5]

A [4]

N [4]

I [2]

O [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [219]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [232] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Barnet, Hertfordshire [131] New Barnet, Hertfordshire [41] High Barnet, Hertfordshire [12] Barnet, Hertfordshire, England [10] Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire [6] East Barnet, Hertfordshire [6] New Barnet, Hertfordshire, England [5] Chipping Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire [4] Barnet,Hertfordshire [2] East Barnet, New Barnet, Hertfordshire [2] Barnet , Hertfordshire [1] Barnet Chipping, Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Barnet Hertfordshire England [1] East Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] East Barnet, Hertfordshire, England [1] East Barnet, London, Hertfordshire [1] Friern Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Hadley Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Monkton Hadley (Herts), Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] New Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Northaw, Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Ridge, Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Shenley, Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [15] Second Lieutenant [7] Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Gunner [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Signal Boy [2] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain [1] Chief Mechanic, Dunkirk Seaplanes [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Field Marshall [1] General [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Piper [1] Sailor [1] Sapper [1] Signalman [1] Stoker II [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [4] London Regiment [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] East Lancashire Regiment [2] HMS MALAYA [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 102nd Grenadiers [1] 48th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 69th Training Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] Advanced Defences Mesopotamia [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Corps: Staff [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Antrim [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS Hawkins [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Landrail [1] HMS Lord Nelson [1] HMS Pathfinder [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS Victory I [1] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment - Duke of Cambridge's Own [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Queen Mary [1] Royal Monmouth Royal Engineers [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Staff [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Tigris Defences Mesopotamia [1]

Service

Royal Navy [136] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54] British Army [28] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [23] S [23] W [23] C [20] H [20] G [15] F [14] D [13] P [12] L [10] M [10] T [10] J [6] K [6] R [6] E [5] A [4] N [4] I [2] O [2] V [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [219] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

) (baron) Julian Hedworth George Byng

Born 1862

Died 1935

British Army General Corps: Staff

British Army Field Marshall Staff

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Oscar Horace Stanley Linkson

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army F/1723 Private Middlesex Regiment - Duke of Cambridge's Own 17th Battalion

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John Dudley Fram

Born 1895

Died 1950

British Army 14069 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 306376 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/275715 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division

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Robert Dillon Trinder Lowe

Born 1886

Died 1959

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Monmouth Royal Engineers

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Victor Frederick Saunders

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 1846 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 536412 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st/5th London Field Ambulance

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Percival James Swann

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226358

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Henry Thomas Williams

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143946

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Francis William Foord

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253746

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Alec Arthur Gray

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224524

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Henry George Marriott

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205864

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Amos Fairey

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303445

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George Simeon Bristow

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188907

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Alfred Nichols

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106102

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Edward Lawrence Thain

Born 1883

British Army 7995 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Williams

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294374

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William Frederick Sears

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303642

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Mark Gillham Windsor

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army 1159 Private London Regiment 28th Battalion

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Harold Frederick Furr

Born 1887

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199341

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Charles Edwin Thomas

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148883

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Thomas William Roads

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229560

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