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Place of birth

Ely, Cambridgeshire [146]

Sutton, Ely, Cambridgeshire [5]

Ely, Cambridgeshire, England [4]

Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire [4]

Ely, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Haddenham, Ely, Cambridgeshire [2]

Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire [2]

Little Downham, Ely, Cambridgeshire [2]

Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire [2]

Ely Cambridgeshire [1]

Ely Cambridgeshire [1]

Ely,Cambridgeshire. [1]

Queen Adelaide, Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Silver Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Stuntney, Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Sutton Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Wentworth, Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Wilburton Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Wilburton, Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Witcham, Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [30]

Lance Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Gunner [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Chief ERA II [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Section Leader [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

ERA I [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Private/Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant (Intelligence Officer) [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Cambridgeshire Regiment [19]

Labour Corps [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

London Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

1/8th Gurkha Rifles [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Commisariat and Transport Corps [1]

HMS 'Tiger' [1]

HMS Lion [1]

HMS TURBULENT [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Suffolk Yeomanry [1]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

Women's Royal Air Force [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [86]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [47]

British Army [43]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [26]

B [21]

T [16]

S [15]

H [14]

A [10]

G [10]

P [9]

M [8]

W [8]

D [6]

F [6]

J [6]

N [6]

K [5]

L [4]

R [3]

E [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [174]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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People [180] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ely, Cambridgeshire [146] Sutton, Ely, Cambridgeshire [5] Ely, Cambridgeshire, England [4] Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire [4] Ely, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Haddenham, Ely, Cambridgeshire [2] Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire [2] Little Downham, Ely, Cambridgeshire [2] Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire [2] Ely Cambridgeshire [1] Ely Cambridgeshire [1] Ely,Cambridgeshire. [1] Queen Adelaide, Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Silver Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Stuntney, Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Sutton Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Wentworth, Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Wilburton Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Wilburton, Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Witcham, Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Rank

Private [30] Lance Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Gunner [3] Acting Corporal [2] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Chief ERA II [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Section Leader [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver [1] ERA I [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Private/Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant (Intelligence Officer) [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Cambridgeshire Regiment [19] Labour Corps [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] London Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] 1/8th Gurkha Rifles [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Commisariat and Transport Corps [1] HMS 'Tiger' [1] HMS Lion [1] HMS TURBULENT [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Loyal North Lancashire [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Suffolk Yeomanry [1] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] West Riding Regiment [1] Women's Royal Air Force [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [86] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [47] British Army [43] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [26] B [21] T [16] S [15] H [14] A [10] G [10] P [9] M [8] W [8] D [6] F [6] J [6] N [6] K [5] L [4] R [3] E [2] V [2] Y [2] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [174] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Eric Charles Woodrow

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 42135 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Stanley Harris

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224980

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Bransom Robert Bangley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237292

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Frederick Townsend

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262979

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George Ashby

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298943

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Herbert Quy Howard

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 1869 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 325402 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Percy George Cornwell

Born 1898

Died 1972

British Army 1918 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Thomas Maynard Baxley

Born 1866

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402323

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George Knowles

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405279

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Bertie Victor William Dewey

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221550

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Reginald Ablett

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239534

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James Edwin Bristow

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 15264 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 15264 Private Suffolk Regiment

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George Thomas Wayman

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 242522 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 220461 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick Maxwell Hawes

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Frank Armstrong Raby

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 90402 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Herbert Wilkinson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402257

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Francis Thrower

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160941

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Hugh Benjamin Thomas Curtis

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179188

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Miles Arthur Claude Kennedy

Born 1885

Died 1918

Indian Army Captain 1/8th Gurkha Rifles

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Harold Frank King

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228911

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