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Bedford, Bedfordshire [501]

Bedford [328]

Bedford England [92]

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [31]

Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire [12]

Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire [8]

Bedford, England [6]

Bedford Bedfordshire [5]

Bedford, Lancashire [5]

Kempston, Bedford [5]

Ampthill, Bedford, Bedfordshire [4]

Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [4]

Leigh Bedford, Lancashire [4]

Bedford, London [3]

Clapham, Bedford [3]

Harrold, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3]

Luton, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3]

Sharnbrook, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3]

Bedford Park, London [2]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Bolnhurst, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Elstow, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Goldington, Bedford [2]

Great Bedford England [2]

Leigh & Bedford, Lancashire [2]

Leigh in Bedford, Lancashire [2]

New Bedford [2]

New Bedford, United States of America [2]

Pavenham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Renhold, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Riseley, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

2 Bedford Cottages, Hinton Road, Beddington, Surrey [1]

25 Russell Street, Bedford [1]

6 Bedford Street, Bristol [1]

9 John Street, Bedford Row, Middlesex [1]

Ampthill, Bedford England [1]

Aspley Guise Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Aspley Guise, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Barford,Bedford,Bedfordshire [1]

Bedford Bedfordshire [1]

Bedford Bedfordshire. [1]

Bedford ENGLAND [1]

Bedford Hill, Balham, London [1]

Bedford Mills, Ontario [1]

Bedford Park, Chiswick, London [1]

Bedford Park, Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

Bedford Park, London, Middlesex [1]

Bedford Park,Chiswick,Middlesex. [1]

Bedford Roxton [1]

Bedford Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [178]

Second Lieutenant [75]

Lieutenant [58]

Corporal [34]

Captain [30]

Sapper [29]

Lance Corporal [25]

Serjeant [24]

Sergeant [13]

Major [10]

Able Seaman [8]

Gunner [8]

Rifleman [7]

Driver [6]

Pioneer [6]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Cadet [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Flight Cadet [2]

Nurse [2]

Probationary Flight Officer [2]

Seaman [2]

Staff Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Air Mechanic Two [1]

Armourer Crew [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [59]

Bedfordshire Regiment [50]

London Regiment [27]

Army Service Corps [17]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [14]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Bedford Yeomanry [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Bedfordshire Yeomanry [7]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

Royal Engineers Transport [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

HMS Calliope [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Navy Air Service [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Army Service Corps Transport [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Service

Royal Navy [403]

British Army [343]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [259]

Australian Imperial Force [99]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Indian Army [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [122]

H [110]

C [104]

S [104]

W [94]

P [80]

G [70]

M [56]

F [52]

D [51]

R [47]

L [45]

A [42]

T [39]

J [26]

K [24]

N [18]

E [17]

O [8]

I [5]

V [4]

Y [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1073]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [284]

Canada [7]

Australia [2]

India [2]

China [1]

Jamaica [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Bedford, Bedfordshire [501] Bedford [328] Bedford England [92] Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [31] Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire [12] Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire [8] Bedford, England [6] Bedford Bedfordshire [5] Bedford, Lancashire [5] Kempston, Bedford [5] Ampthill, Bedford, Bedfordshire [4] Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [4] Leigh Bedford, Lancashire [4] Bedford, London [3] Clapham, Bedford [3] Harrold, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3] Luton, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3] Sharnbrook, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3] Bedford Park, London [2] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Bolnhurst, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Elstow, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Goldington, Bedford [2] Great Bedford England [2] Leigh & Bedford, Lancashire [2] Leigh in Bedford, Lancashire [2] New Bedford [2] New Bedford, United States of America [2] Pavenham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Renhold, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Riseley, Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] 2 Bedford Cottages, Hinton Road, Beddington, Surrey [1] 25 Russell Street, Bedford [1] 6 Bedford Street, Bristol [1] 9 John Street, Bedford Row, Middlesex [1] Ampthill, Bedford England [1] Aspley Guise Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Aspley Guise, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Barford,Bedford,Bedfordshire [1] Bedford Bedfordshire [1] Bedford Bedfordshire. [1] Bedford ENGLAND [1] Bedford Hill, Balham, London [1] Bedford Mills, Ontario [1] Bedford Park, Chiswick, London [1] Bedford Park, Chiswick, Middlesex [1] Bedford Park, London, Middlesex [1] Bedford Park,Chiswick,Middlesex. [1] Bedford Roxton [1] Bedford Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [178] Second Lieutenant [75] Lieutenant [58] Corporal [34] Captain [30] Sapper [29] Lance Corporal [25] Serjeant [24] Sergeant [13] Major [10] Able Seaman [8] Gunner [8] Rifleman [7] Driver [6] Pioneer [6] Stoker 1st Class [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Air Mechanic [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Cadet [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Flight Cadet [2] Nurse [2] Probationary Flight Officer [2] Seaman [2] Staff Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Air Mechanic Two [1] Armourer Crew [1] Band Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [59] Bedfordshire Regiment [50] London Regiment [27] Army Service Corps [17] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [14] Royal Fusiliers [11] Bedford Yeomanry [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Bedfordshire Yeomanry [7] Canadian Infantry [7] Labour Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Naval Reserve [7] Royal Engineers Transport [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Manchester Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [4] Essex Regiment [4] HMS Calliope [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Navy Air Service [4] East Kent Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Service Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Service Corps [2] Army Service Corps Transport [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Service

Royal Navy [403] British Army [343] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [259] Australian Imperial Force [99] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Indian Army [4] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [122] H [110] C [104] S [104] W [94] P [80] G [70] M [56] F [52] D [51] R [47] L [45] A [42] T [39] J [26] K [24] N [18] E [17] O [8] I [5] V [4] Y [2] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1073] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [284] Canada [7] Australia [2] India [2] China [1] Jamaica [1] United States [1]

James Henry Williams

Born 1891

Died 1963

Canadian Expeditionary Force 478004

Canadian Expeditionary Force Sergeant Royal Canadian Regiment

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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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Arthur David James Edwards

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army TR/10/25933 Training Reserve 31st Battalion

British Army 26390 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment 4 Battalion

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Frederick James Hawkes

Born 1878

Died 1918

South African Services 14469 Private South African Infantry

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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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Paul Frederick Horton

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 351992 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Edward Albert Castle

Born 1896

Died 1949

British Army 22891 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 22891 Private 9th Loyals North Lancashire

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William H Hacker

Died 1918

British Army S/20894 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 2nd Battalion.

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Arthur Dickenson

Died 1917

British Army 203289 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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William Robert Cherry

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 743 Serjeant Military Foot Police

British Army 743 Serjeant Military Police Corps Foot Branch

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Kenneth Geoffrey Sheppard

Born 1895

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 406973

Canadian Expeditionary Force 406973 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Richard Edward 'alf' Worrall

Born 1893

Died 1984

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 4966 Serjeant Dragoon Guards

British Army 314377 Serjeant Tank Corps

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William Huckle

Died 1917

British Army 20265 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 40469 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Herbert Charles Phypers

Born 1895

Died 1957

Royal Navy 5689 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 36686 Corporal Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 10th battalion

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Edmund James Grice

Born 1897

Died 1943

British Army M2/034535 Private Army Service Corps

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Albert Gordon Jones Hawkins

Born 1888

Died 1975

British Army Lieutenant Special List Intelligence Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Corps Headquarters

British Army Lieutenant Divisional Headquarters 36th Division Headquarters

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Alfred Louis Finlinson

Born 1880

Died 1975

British Army Lieutenant Temporary Captain Special Reserve

British Army Lieutenant Temporary Captain North Staffordshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Captain South Staffordshire Regiment

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