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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]

William Henry Price

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281201

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Francis Alfred Cammack

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202379

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William Crampton Lightfoot

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296254

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Joseph Henry Baxter

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51505

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John Thomas Wright

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286040

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Wilfred Herbert Sealy, Mid

Born 1890

Died 1963

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps

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Walter Johnson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10491

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James Frederick Thompson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161398

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Frank Edwin Shepherd

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309752

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Fred Mann

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54938

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John William Swain

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189662

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Fred Brown

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280594

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William John Field

Born 1885

Died 1919

Royal Navy 213956

Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist H. M. S. Pembroke

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John William Harrison

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy 14950 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/14950 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S."Hampshire"

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John Henry Wingate

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1916DA Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 1916 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Morococala."

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John William Stephenson

Born 1862

Died 1916

Royal Navy 657/SA Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy SA 657 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Goshawk II

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William Double

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286279

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Alfred Booth

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177881

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Charles Lightfoot

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28929

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Harold Percy Gratton

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31511

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