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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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Place of birth

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]

Frederic George Thompson

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 7703 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion attached 6th Battalion

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Monica Constance Mylne

Born 1895

Died 1974

British Army Nurse British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment North West Ambulance Station, Lawn Road, Hampstead, London

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Herbert Ernest Field

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 37115 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 14/41684 Private Royal Irish Rifles 14th Battalion

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Albert Charles Stonebridge

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 5675 Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 129439 Pioneer Royal Engineers 20th Battalion

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Francis William Adolphi Sintzenich

Born 1892

Died 1963

British Army 513056 Private London Regiment

British Army 549394 Serjeant Labour Corps

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Arthur Leslie James

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38566 Private Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

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Harold John Brittain Foster

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army Captain Bedfordshire Regiment Attached 1/Essex Regiment

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Clement Oliver St John Sanderson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 28036 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 58th Brigade Signal Company

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Brian Surtees Phillpotts

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army Major/Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

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Aubrey Thomas James

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 426290 Private 10th Battalion

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Geoffrey Norton Allen

Born 1891

Died 1985

British Army 768988 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

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Frank Whiffin

Born 1892

British Army 3637 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 78423 Pioneer Royal Engineers Signal Depot

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William Henry Lea

Born 1876

British Army 1160 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 522688 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Henry James Arthur Watson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 6504 Private London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Battalion (Territorial)

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Frederick Russell Walker

Born 1887

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 116322

Canadian Expeditionary Force 116322 Private Canadian Infantry 7th Battalion

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Joseph Gordon Kilpin

Born 1896

Died 1926

Indian Army Captain 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army Captain 45th Sikhs

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 25th Punjabis

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Charles Archibald Gough

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 26768 Private Royal Defence Corps 51st Provisional Company

British Army 20007 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Frederick A Kimpton

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 41040 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Henry Charles Albery

Died 1916

British Army 372032 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 372032 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4449 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur James Cricket Ford

Died 1916

British Army 1646 Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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