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Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [183]

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England [10]

Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [4]

Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [2]

Kings Langley, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [2]

Leverstock Green, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [2]

Apsley End, Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire [1]

Apsley, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Bedmond, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Flaunden, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire England [1]

Hemel Hempstead, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire. [1]

Levestock Green Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Potten End, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [13]

Lieutenant [5]

Captain [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class (D) [1]

Aircraftsman [1]

Captain acting Major [1]

Commander [1]

Cook Serjeant [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Mechanic (Motor Transport) [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler Serjeant [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

(Motor Transport) Repair Depot Shrewsbury [1]

10 (Motor Transport) Repair Depot (Wormwood Scrubbs) [1]

12th Middx [1]

9th East Anglian [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

East Anglia Brigade,RA,RFA [1]

Equipment & Personnel Depot Chingford [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS President II [1]

Herts Regiment RHA [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Queens Royal West Surrey [1]

RFA+RA [1]

Royal Field Artillery TF [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery: HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marines [1]

Royal Marines Howitzer Brigade No.4 [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Scottish Horse [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Wormwood Scrubbs [1]

Service

Royal Navy [110]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [68]

British Army [27]

Last name first letter

H [27]

S [27]

B [24]

C [23]

P [16]

W [15]

R [13]

L [11]

A [10]

F [9]

G [8]

J [7]

E [5]

D [4]

M [4]

N [3]

K [2]

Y [2]

O [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [198]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Germany [1]

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People [212] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [183] Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England [10] Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [4] Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [2] Kings Langley, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [2] Leverstock Green, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [2] Apsley End, Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire [1] Apsley, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1] Bedmond, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1] Flaunden, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1] Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire England [1] Hemel Hempstead, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire. [1] Levestock Green Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1] Potten End, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [13] Lieutenant [5] Captain [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Able Seaman [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class (D) [1] Aircraftsman [1] Captain acting Major [1] Commander [1] Cook Serjeant [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Mechanic (Motor Transport) [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Rear Admiral [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler Serjeant [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] (Motor Transport) Repair Depot Shrewsbury [1] 10 (Motor Transport) Repair Depot (Wormwood Scrubbs) [1] 12th Middx [1] 9th East Anglian [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] East Anglia Brigade,RA,RFA [1] Equipment & Personnel Depot Chingford [1] Essex Regiment [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS President II [1] Herts Regiment RHA [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Queens Royal West Surrey [1] RFA+RA [1] Royal Field Artillery TF [1] Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery: HMS INVINCIBLE [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marines [1] Royal Marines Howitzer Brigade No.4 [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Scottish Horse [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Wormwood Scrubbs [1]

Service

Royal Navy [110] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [68] British Army [27]

Last name first letter

H [27] S [27] B [24] C [23] P [16] W [15] R [13] L [11] A [10] F [9] G [8] J [7] E [5] D [4] M [4] N [3] K [2] Y [2] O [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [198] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [25] Germany [1]

Frederick Horace How

Born 1880

Died 1933

British Army DM2/209206 Private Army Service Corps

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Reginald Thomas Banfield

Born 1899

Died 1952

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236294

British Army G3125 Private 12th Middx

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236294 Aircraftsman

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Horace William Brandom

Born 1886

Died 1946

Royal Navy F8933 Leading Mechanic (Motor Transport) Royal Naval Air Service President II (Wormwood Scrubs)

Royal Navy F8933 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service President II (Wormwood Scrubs)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208933 Corporal Mechanic Wormwood Scrubbs

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Arthur James Plummer

Born 1878

British Army 2011 Cook Serjeant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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Edward Coleman

Born 1866

Died 1917

Royal Navy CH/3892 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy CH/3892 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry RN Depot, Deal

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Hector Edward Bull

Born 1900

Died 1996

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William Alfred Lailey Rowland

Born 1872

Died 1940

British Army 46 Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 46 Saddler Serjeant Honourable Artillery Company

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Denis Augustus Westwood

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army B/19825 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 19825 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Jesse Archibald Biggerstaff

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 13065 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 13065 Private Grenadier Guards

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William Hemmings

Born 1891

Died 1965

British Army MS/2546 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 248 Driver Royal Field Artillery TF 4th East Anglian Brigade

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Alfred John Henry Webb

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 85403 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Cooley

Born 1888

Died 1968

British Army Driver Herts Regiment RHA

British Army Queens Royal West Surrey

British Army 224 Driver 9th East Anglian Royal Field Artillery

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Iver Frederick Arthur Banfield

Born 1897

Died 1957

British Army 170750,891948 East Anglia Brigade,RA,RFA Herts FA Battery,63 Reserve Battery

British Army 170750 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 17050,891948 RFA+RA

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Charles William Fisher

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196077

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Bert Collier

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126307

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Sidney Franklin George

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89808

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Arthur Thomas Picton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32710

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John Atkins

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167236

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Reginald Latchford

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207246

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Frederick William Hoar

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196147

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