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Basford, Nottinghamshire [50]

New Basford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [11]

New Basford, Nottinghamshire [10]

Old Basford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [9]

Old Basford, Nottinghamshire [5]

Basford Nottinghamshire [2]

Basford, Nottinghamshire, England [2]

Basford, Nottinghamshire or Skegness [1]

Basford,Nottinghamshire. [1]

Calverton,Basford,Nottinghamshire. [1]

Carlton,Basford,Nottinghamshire. [1]

Clifton,Basford,Nottinghamshire. [1]

Hucknall Torkard,Basford,Nottinghamshire. [1]

Mansfield,Basford,Nottinghamshire. [1]

Mountford House, Basford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Near Basford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [18]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [2]

Captain [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

3 Air Mechanic [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Cadet [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Clerk [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Observation Officer [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [3]

HMS Good Hope [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

1st Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

2/5th Sherwood Foresters [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Fisgard [1]

HMS Formidable [1]

HMS Landrail [1]

HMS Majestic [1]

HMS Nelson [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry Attached Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Ministry of Munitions [1]

Notts & Derby Regiment [1]

RMLI, HMS Prince of Wales [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Chaplains Department [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Good Hope [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Staff [1]

The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Women's Royal Air Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [39]

British Army [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [14]

H [14]

C [13]

S [13]

F [8]

T [7]

L [5]

M [5]

P [4]

D [3]

E [3]

W [3]

G [2]

R [2]

A [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [91]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

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People [98] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Basford, Nottinghamshire [50] New Basford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [11] New Basford, Nottinghamshire [10] Old Basford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [9] Old Basford, Nottinghamshire [5] Basford Nottinghamshire [2] Basford, Nottinghamshire, England [2] Basford, Nottinghamshire or Skegness [1] Basford,Nottinghamshire. [1] Calverton,Basford,Nottinghamshire. [1] Carlton,Basford,Nottinghamshire. [1] Clifton,Basford,Nottinghamshire. [1] Hucknall Torkard,Basford,Nottinghamshire. [1] Mansfield,Basford,Nottinghamshire. [1] Mountford House, Basford, Nottinghamshire [1] Near Basford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [18] Second Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [2] Captain [2] Lieutenant [2] Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 3 Air Mechanic [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Cadet [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Clerk [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Munitions Worker [1] Observation Officer [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant [1] Signalman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [3] HMS Good Hope [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 1st Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 2/5th Sherwood Foresters [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Fisgard [1] HMS Formidable [1] HMS Landrail [1] HMS Majestic [1] HMS Nelson [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Yeomanry Attached Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Ministry of Munitions [1] Notts & Derby Regiment [1] RMLI, HMS Prince of Wales [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Chaplains Department [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Good Hope [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Staff [1] The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] Women's Royal Air Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [39] British Army [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [14] H [14] C [13] S [13] F [8] T [7] L [5] M [5] P [4] D [3] E [3] W [3] G [2] R [2] A [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [91] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Henry Deacon

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 5023 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 5023 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1/7th Battalion

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Henry Le Febvre

Born 1892

British Army 53396 Acting Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 3485 2/5th Sherwood Foresters

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John Francis Good

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88861 3 Air Mechanic

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Cadet

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Second Lieutenant

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Percy Fisher

Born 1891

Died 1968

British Army 10/15903 The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 10th Battalion

British Army 15903 Private The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

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Edward Cox

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298221

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James Poole

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280128

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Horace Stevenson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160832

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George Herbert Fairall

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300915

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William James Lewis

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195619

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Jack Smith Sail

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26007

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Frank Clarkstone

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267462

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Frederick Cecil Draper

Born 1898

British Army 242368 Sapper Royal Engineers 566th (Wilts) Company

British Army 77895 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 21st (Pioneer) Battalion

British Army 242368 Sapper Royal Engineers RE Base Depot

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Frederick Robert Wynne

Born 1896

British Army Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

British Army Observation Officer Royal Air Force

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Tom Fox

Born 1886

British Army 10058 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Arthur John Hemington

Born 1898

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Yeomanry Attached Lincolnshire Regiment

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Wilfred Bown

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220786

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George Cooper

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231980

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Harry Clarke

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232712

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Leslie Hewitt Hardstaff

Born 1892

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy Acting Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1644 ASL Acting Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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James Spud

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140851

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