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Private [123]

Gunner [12]

Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Rifleman [3]

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Temporary Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Northamptonshire Regiment [58]

Essex Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

London Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Army Service Corps (MT) [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regt. [1]

Indian Army [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

London Regiment (The Rangers) [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [1]

Machine Gun Guards [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [154]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

C [26]

P [20]

B [19]

M [19]

S [11]

H [9]

W [9]

J [8]

G [7]

T [7]

F [5]

Y [5]

K [4]

A [2]

D [2]

L [2]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [153]

Country

United Kingdom [149]

India [1]

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Desborough, Northants [156]

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Private [123] Gunner [12] Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [5] Serjeant [5] Pioneer [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Driver [3] Rifleman [3] Lance Sergeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Sapper [1] Senior Reserve [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Temporary Company Sergeant Major [1] Temporary Company Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [58] Essex Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Field Artillery [7] East Surrey Regiment [5] Labour Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] London Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Training Reserve [2] Army Service Corps (MT) [1] Border Regiment [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regt. [1] Indian Army [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] London Regiment (The Rangers) [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [1] Machine Gun Guards [1] Norfolk Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [154] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

C [26] P [20] B [19] M [19] S [11] H [9] W [9] J [8] G [7] T [7] F [5] Y [5] K [4] A [2] D [2] L [2] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [153]

Country

United Kingdom [149] India [1]

Frederick Panter

Born 1890

British Army 18483 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 3100 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Charles Robert Coe

Born 1889

Died 1962

British Army 33228 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army M/397322 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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William George Calcutt

Born 1899

Died 1965

British Army 66800 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 12/13th

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James Thomas Yeomans

Born 1872

British Army 98344 Shoeing Smith Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 98344 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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William Cecil York

Born 1896

Died 1987

British Army 111887 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick Tebbutt

Born 1883

Died 1959

British Army 20063 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 608100 Private Labour Corps

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Lenton Ward

Born 1886

Died 1946

British Army 204346 Private East Kent Regiment

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Frederick Sanders

Born 1899

British Army 36008 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 28398 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army M/404020 Private Army Service Corps

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Ernest Crick

Born 1891

British Army 34556 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Alexander Stuart Hawes

Born 1893

Died 1971

British Army TF/741499 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 194434 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Ralph Bugby

Born 1899

Died 1972

British Army 69098 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 631337 Private Labour Corps

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Francis Wilfred Bloore

Born 1888

British Army 106803 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Frederick Archie Buckby

Born 1896

British Army 3/9824 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Montague Wilford Yeomans

Born 1887

British Army 220285 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Henry Jobson

Born 1883

British Army 64720 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 64720 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Tomkins

Born 1892

British Army 97421 Private Machine Gun Corps 6th Bn.

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