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Boston, Lincolnshire [438]

Boston, Lincolnshire, England [207]

Skirbeck, Boston, Lincolnshire [7]

Boston, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [6]

Boston Lincolnshire [3]

Boston, Lincolnshire, England. [2]

Kirton near Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Near Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Spilsby, Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Stickney, Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Swineshead, Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Algakirk, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Bennington near Boston Lincolnshire [1]

Boston Stump, Lincolnshire [1]

Boston West, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Boston,Lincolnshire. [1]

Boston. Lincolnshire [1]

Eastville, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Friskney, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Gosberton, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Holland Fen, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Kirton Boston Lincolnshire [1]

Kirton, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Langrick, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Leverton Boston Lincolnshire [1]

Leverton, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

New York, Near Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Old Leake Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Old Leake, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Old Leake, near Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Revesby, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Sibsey, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Skirbeck Quarter, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Spalding, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Sutterton, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Sutton Bridge, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Tattershall, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Wigtoft, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Woodhall Spa, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Wrangle, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [20]

Deck Hand [10]

Engineman [7]

Captain [5]

Corporal [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Gunner [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Second Hand [3]

Bombardier [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Serjeant [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Trimmer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

ALIAS Seaman [1]

Acting Air Commodore [1]

Acting Major [1]

Captain Act. Major [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade [1]

Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Civilian [1]

Colonel [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant - Colonel [1]

Major Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Mechanician [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sapper [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [27]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Engineers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

12th Brigade [1]

3rd Brigade [1]

Army Service Corps. [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Chilwell National Shell Filling Factory [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Yorks Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

H. M. S. Pembroke [1]

HM Submarine G7 [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Mary Rose [1]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [1]

HMS Nestor [1]

HMS Nottingham [1]

HMS Tiger [1]

HMS Yarmouth [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine, Steam Trawler "Bostonian" [1]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Reserve Echelon Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps. [1]

Royal Army Servicee Corps. [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S."Hampshire" [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marines [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Borneo" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [295]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [159]

British Army [37]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [82]

B [74]

W [65]

H [62]

C [55]

M [43]

P [37]

J [31]

L [31]

A [30]

D [30]

F [29]

R [25]

G [24]

K [18]

T [16]

N [14]

E [12]

O [8]

Y [6]

U [5]

V [3]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [463]

Merchant Navy [209]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Australia [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Boston, Lincolnshire [438] Boston, Lincolnshire, England [207] Skirbeck, Boston, Lincolnshire [7] Boston, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [6] Boston Lincolnshire [3] Boston, Lincolnshire, England. [2] Kirton near Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Near Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Spilsby, Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Stickney, Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Swineshead, Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Algakirk, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Bennington near Boston Lincolnshire [1] Boston Stump, Lincolnshire [1] Boston West, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Boston,Lincolnshire. [1] Boston. Lincolnshire [1] Eastville, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Friskney, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Gosberton, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Holland Fen, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Kirton Boston Lincolnshire [1] Kirton, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Langrick, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Leverton Boston Lincolnshire [1] Leverton, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] New York, Near Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Old Leake Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Old Leake, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Old Leake, near Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1] Revesby, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Sibsey, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Skirbeck Quarter, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Spalding, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Sutterton, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Sutton Bridge, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Tattershall, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Wigtoft, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Woodhall Spa, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Wrangle, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [20] Deck Hand [10] Engineman [7] Captain [5] Corporal [5] Able Seaman [4] Gunner [4] Lieutenant [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Lance Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Second Hand [3] Bombardier [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Serjeant [2] Signal Boy [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Trimmer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] ALIAS Seaman [1] Acting Air Commodore [1] Acting Major [1] Captain Act. Major [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade [1] Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Civilian [1] Colonel [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant - Colonel [1] Major Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Mechanician [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sapper [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [27] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Engineers [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 12th Brigade [1] 3rd Brigade [1] Army Service Corps. [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Chilwell National Shell Filling Factory [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Yorks Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] H. M. S. Pembroke [1] HM Submarine G7 [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Mary Rose [1] HMS NEW ZEALAND [1] HMS Nestor [1] HMS Nottingham [1] HMS Tiger [1] HMS Yarmouth [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine, Steam Trawler "Bostonian" [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Reserve Echelon Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps. [1] Royal Army Servicee Corps. [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S."Hampshire" [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marines [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Borneo" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [295] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [159] British Army [37] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [82] B [74] W [65] H [62] C [55] M [43] P [37] J [31] L [31] A [30] D [30] F [29] R [25] G [24] K [18] T [16] N [14] E [12] O [8] Y [6] U [5] V [3] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [463] Merchant Navy [209]

Country

United Kingdom [24] Australia [1] New Zealand [1]

Arthur Wellesley Gregory

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 43153 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Marines

British Army 43153 2nd Lieutenant Royal Marines Royal Naval Division

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Joseph Storr

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 133103 Royal Engineers

British Army 133103 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Edward Owen Bray Humberstone

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 4565 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 16363 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion

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Frederick Fairweather

Born 1887

British Army 21096 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery "C" Battery

British Army 21096 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "C" Battery

British Army 21096 Corporal Royal Field Artillery "A" Battery

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Fred Bittin

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 13633 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 13633 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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William Ingram Cooke

Born 1886

Died 1947

British Army 28019 Corporal Royal Engineers

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William Roberts

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 18/944 Private Durham Light Infantry 18th Battalion

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Joseph Humberstone

Born 1883

Died 1966

Royal Navy 12080 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 12080 Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 12080 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Arthur Stamper

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy K2010

Royal Navy 313916 Leading Seaman Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313916 Corporal Mechanic Royal Air Force No. 4 Aeroplane Supply Depot

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Arthur Martin

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 10113 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 10113 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

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George Henry Watson Walker

Died 1918

British Army S/10801 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Oswald Montague Williams

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army G/38390 Private The Queen's Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army G/38390 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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William Keyworth

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army 52170 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 52170 Major Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 52170 Regimental Serjeant Major Royal Field Artillery 71st Div. Ammunition Col

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Robert John Horry

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy R/1707 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion

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Herbert Graves

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army SS/18457 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army SS/18457 Private Army Service Corps 27th Labour Coy.

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Sydney William Henry Johnson

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 12/336 Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 12/336 Serjeant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 12/336 Serjeant East Yorks Regiment 12th Battlion

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John William Watling

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 34512 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 196834 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 26818 Private Labour Corps

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Charles Edward Torrance

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242887

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Arthur James Berry

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408641

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Arthur Henry Benstead

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220673

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