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Bedford, Bedfordshire [501]

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [31]

Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire [12]

Bedford Bedfordshire [5]

Ampthill, Bedford, Bedfordshire [4]

Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [4]

Harrold, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3]

Luton, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3]

Sharnbrook, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Bolnhurst, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Elstow, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Pavenham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Renhold, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Riseley, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Aspley Guise Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Aspley Guise, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Barford,Bedford,Bedfordshire [1]

Bedford Bedfordshire [1]

Bedford Bedfordshire. [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire. [1]

Bedford, bedfordshire [1]

Biddenham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Biggleswade, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bletsoe, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Blunham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Campton, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [1]

Cranfield, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Dunstable Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

East Hyde, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Kempston Hardwick, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Kempton Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Milton Ernest, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Northill, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Queens Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Saint Pauls, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Sandy, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Shillington, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

St Pauls Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

St Pauls, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

St Peter's, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Stotfold, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Thurleigh,Bedford,Bedfordshire [1]

Turvey, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [90]

Second Lieutenant [52]

Lieutenant [38]

Corporal [19]

Captain [15]

Serjeant [14]

Sapper [11]

Lance Corporal [9]

Sergeant [8]

Gunner [5]

Pioneer [5]

Driver [4]

Major [4]

Rifleman [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Cadet [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Flight Cadet [2]

Nurse [2]

Probationary Flight Officer [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic Two [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Chief Writer [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Fleet Paymaster [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Master Gunner 1st Class [1]

Mechanist Corporal [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [33]

Bedfordshire Regiment [31]

London Regiment [19]

Army Service Corps [9]

Bedford Yeomanry [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Bedfordshire Yeomanry [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Navy Air Service [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

10th Battalion [1]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

16th Lancers [1]

17th Lancers [1]

17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [1]

1st Irish Guards [1]

1st Pioneer Battalion [1]

207 Squadron [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [246]

Royal Navy [179]

British Army [176]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

W [63]

H [56]

S [56]

B [55]

C [55]

P [46]

G [36]

M [35]

L [28]

A [24]

F [23]

R [23]

D [22]

T [21]

K [18]

J [16]

N [10]

E [7]

O [6]

I [4]

Q [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [572]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [165]

Canada [5]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Bedford, Bedfordshire [501] Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [31] Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire [12] Bedford Bedfordshire [5] Ampthill, Bedford, Bedfordshire [4] Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [4] Harrold, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3] Luton, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3] Sharnbrook, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Bolnhurst, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Elstow, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Pavenham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Renhold, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Riseley, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Aspley Guise Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Aspley Guise, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Barford,Bedford,Bedfordshire [1] Bedford Bedfordshire [1] Bedford Bedfordshire. [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire. [1] Bedford, bedfordshire [1] Biddenham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Biggleswade, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bletsoe, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Blunham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Campton, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [1] Cranfield, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Dunstable Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] East Hyde, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Kempston Hardwick, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Kempton Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Milton Ernest, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Northill, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Queens Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Saint Pauls, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Sandy, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Shillington, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] St Pauls Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] St Pauls, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] St Peter's, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Stotfold, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Thurleigh,Bedford,Bedfordshire [1] Turvey, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [90] Second Lieutenant [52] Lieutenant [38] Corporal [19] Captain [15] Serjeant [14] Sapper [11] Lance Corporal [9] Sergeant [8] Gunner [5] Pioneer [5] Driver [4] Major [4] Rifleman [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Cadet [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Flight Cadet [2] Nurse [2] Probationary Flight Officer [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic Two [1] Bombardier [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Chief Writer [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Fleet Paymaster [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Lieutenant Colonel [1] Master Gunner 1st Class [1] Mechanist Corporal [1] Officer Cadet [1] Paymaster Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [33] Bedfordshire Regiment [31] London Regiment [19] Army Service Corps [9] Bedford Yeomanry [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Bedfordshire Yeomanry [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Labour Corps [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Navy Air Service [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Essex Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Tank Corps [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] 10th Battalion [1] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 16th Lancers [1] 17th Lancers [1] 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [1] 1st Irish Guards [1] 1st Pioneer Battalion [1] 207 Squadron [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [246] Royal Navy [179] British Army [176] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

W [63] H [56] S [56] B [55] C [55] P [46] G [36] M [35] L [28] A [24] F [23] R [23] D [22] T [21] K [18] J [16] N [10] E [7] O [6] I [4] Q [1] U [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [572] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [165] Canada [5] India [1] Jamaica [1]

William John Dawson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279911

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Arthur Clarke

Born 1863

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186872

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Alfred Warren

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279126

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Alfred Herbert Fisher

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186504

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Herbert Arthur Grace

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304921

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Horace Charles Landon

Born 1893

Died 1970

British Army 127660 Sapper Royal Engineers 4th District Signal Company

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George Frederick Warren

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306806

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Wilfred Harold Augusta Curtis

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army L/15939 Private The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 11th Battalion

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James Richard Ellison

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 3256 Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Frederick Sydney Albert Kemp

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1098 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 72347 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Lander Smith

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13686

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13686 Lieutenant 5th Battalion Canadian Infantry

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Robert Edward Eagles

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 2708 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1/8th (T.F.) Battalion.

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Alfred Roy Johnston

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1684 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army PS/1676 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

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George Richard Mayes

Born 1871

Died 1947

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Richard Cox

Died 1916

British Army 12116 Private The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Stanley Dymock Canvin

Born 1896

Died 1964

British Army 998 Private Bedford Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Stuart Marks

Born 1878

British Army 10108 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st (Reserve) Battalion

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Frank Ernest Thurley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279884

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Arthur Thornton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189813

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Ernest Edward Childs

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24266

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