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Grantham, Lincolnshire [489]

Grantham Queensland [31]

Grantham, Lincolnshire, England [31]

Grantham [29]

Grantham England [26]

Grantham, Lincs [20]

Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire [12]

Grantham Lincolnshire [6]

Grantham, Leicestershire [4]

Denton, Grantham, Lincolnshire [3]

GRANTHAM, Lincolnshire [3]

Grantham, Lancashire [3]

Grantham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Little Bytham, Grantham, Lincolnshire [3]

Harlaxton, Grantham, Lincolnshire [2]

Little Ponton, Grantham, Lincolnshire [2]

Long Bennington, Grantham, Lincolnshire [2]

Ropsley, Grantham, Lincolnshire [2]

Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincs [2]

5 Agnes Street, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

All Saints, Grantham [1]

Ancaster, Grantham, England [1]

Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Arlexton, Grantham, Lincoln [1]

Barkston, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Barkston, Nr Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Barrowby, Grantham, Lincs [1]

Barrowby,Grantham, Lincs [1]

Barrowby,Grantham,Lincs [1]

Boothby Pagnell, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Castle Bytham, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Colsterworth, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Croxton Kerrial near Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Eversley, Avenue Road, Grantham [1]

Foston, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Fulbeck, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Gonerby, Grantham [1]

Grantham District [1]

Grantham New South Wales [1]

Grantham, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Grantham, England [1]

Grantham, Limcolnshire [1]

Grantham, Lincolncshire [1]

Grantham, Linconshire [1]

Grantham, London [1]

Grantham, Somerset [1]

Grantham, Spittlegate, Lincolnshire [1]

Grantham. Lincolnshire [1]

Great Goneby, Grantham, Lincs [1]

Great Gonerby, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [185]

Lance Corporal [23]

Corporal [16]

Serjeant [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Gunner [9]

Lieutenant [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Able Seaman [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Sapper [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Driver [2]

Drummer [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Assistant Paymaster [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brigadier [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Clerk [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engineman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Midshipman (Temporary) [1]

Officers' Steward 3rd Class [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Lincolnshire Regiment [109]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

2 Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Attached 1/1st King George's Own Gurkhas Indian Army [1]

Australian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Service

British Army [263]

Royal Navy [222]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [144]

Australian Imperial Force [61]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [93]

B [84]

W [78]

H [57]

C [54]

P [54]

G [38]

R [36]

T [32]

D [31]

L [31]

M [30]

A [25]

J [17]

K [16]

N [13]

E [12]

F [11]

O [6]

I [3]

V [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [683]

Merchant Navy [31]

Country

United Kingdom [139]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Grantham, Lincolnshire [489] Grantham Queensland [31] Grantham, Lincolnshire, England [31] Grantham [29] Grantham England [26] Grantham, Lincs [20] Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire [12] Grantham Lincolnshire [6] Grantham, Leicestershire [4] Denton, Grantham, Lincolnshire [3] GRANTHAM, Lincolnshire [3] Grantham, Lancashire [3] Grantham, Nottinghamshire [3] Little Bytham, Grantham, Lincolnshire [3] Harlaxton, Grantham, Lincolnshire [2] Little Ponton, Grantham, Lincolnshire [2] Long Bennington, Grantham, Lincolnshire [2] Ropsley, Grantham, Lincolnshire [2] Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincs [2] 5 Agnes Street, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] All Saints, Grantham [1] Ancaster, Grantham, England [1] Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Arlexton, Grantham, Lincoln [1] Barkston, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Barkston, Nr Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Barrowby, Grantham, Lincs [1] Barrowby,Grantham, Lincs [1] Barrowby,Grantham,Lincs [1] Boothby Pagnell, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Castle Bytham, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Colsterworth, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Croxton Kerrial near Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Eversley, Avenue Road, Grantham [1] Foston, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Fulbeck, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Gonerby, Grantham [1] Grantham District [1] Grantham New South Wales [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire, England [1] Grantham, England [1] Grantham, Limcolnshire [1] Grantham, Lincolncshire [1] Grantham, Linconshire [1] Grantham, London [1] Grantham, Somerset [1] Grantham, Spittlegate, Lincolnshire [1] Grantham. Lincolnshire [1] Great Goneby, Grantham, Lincs [1] Great Gonerby, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [185] Lance Corporal [23] Corporal [16] Serjeant [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Gunner [9] Lieutenant [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Able Seaman [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Sapper [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Driver [2] Drummer [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Assistant Paymaster [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brigadier [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Engineer [1] Clerk [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engineman [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Midshipman (Temporary) [1] Officers' Steward 3rd Class [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Lincolnshire Regiment [109] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Engineers [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Labour Corps [5] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Manchester Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 2 Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] Army Reserve [1] Attached 1/1st King George's Own Gurkhas Indian Army [1] Australian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Service

British Army [263] Royal Navy [222] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [144] Australian Imperial Force [61] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [93] B [84] W [78] H [57] C [54] P [54] G [38] R [36] T [32] D [31] L [31] M [30] A [25] J [17] K [16] N [13] E [12] F [11] O [6] I [3] V [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [683] Merchant Navy [31]

Country

United Kingdom [139] Australia [1] Canada [1] France [1] India [1] Turkey [1]

Ernest Speechley

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 10509 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 10509 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th

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Herbert Sydney Trotter

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1805 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 1805 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment Medal of St. George, 4th Class (Russia)

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George Waudby Page

Born 1859

Died 1919

British Army 119393 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 119393 Pioneer Royal Engineers 8th Labour Battalion

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Sidney Percy Speechley

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 4863 Private 2 Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

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Norman Kennington Welband

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army G/15708 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Richard Sumner Gamble

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Attached 1/1st King George's Own Gurkhas Indian Army

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Frank Harrison

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 3773 Private London Regiment

British Army 3773 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Herbert S Stovin

Born 1893

Died 1923

British Army 55689 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 379039 Private Labour Corps

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Albert Speechly

Born 1875

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 55547

Canadian Expeditionary Force 55547 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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William Frederick Beauchamp

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army M/409465 Private Royal Army Service Corps 1st Reserve M.T. Depot

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Cyril William Gibson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 98348 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Bernard Metcalfe

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 103505 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 103505 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Frederick Pogmore

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2021 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Edward Robinson

Born 1876

Died 1921

Australian Imperial Force 3124 Private Australian Machine Gun Corps 3rd Battalion

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James Powell Bothamley

Born 1871

Died 1916

South African Services Lieutenant

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Ernest Walter Waudby

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 40727 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Henry Nix

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 16440 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 16440 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Sidney Herbert Hatfield

Born 1885

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214822

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214822 Serjeant

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Samuel Dent

Born 1885

Died 1948

British Army T4/199514 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Private Army Reserve

British Army 562888 Private Labour Corps 975 Company

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George Rowland Collin

Born 1882

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 164682 Lieutenant 3 Battalion Canadian Infantry

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