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Hereford, Herefordshire [281]

Herefordshire [157]

Ross, Herefordshire [103]

Ledbury, Herefordshire [85]

Leominster, Herefordshire [83]

Hereford, Herefordshire, England [52]

Kington, Herefordshire [41]

Bromyard, Herefordshire [36]

Herefordshire England [21]

Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire [13]

Ross on Wye, Herefordshire [11]

Weobley, Herefordshire [9]

Bosbury, Herefordshire [8]

Pembridge, Herefordshire [8]

Leominster, Herefordshire, England [7]

Cradley, Herefordshire [6]

Holmer, Hereford, Herefordshire [6]

Holmer, Herefordshire [6]

Kingsland, Herefordshire [6]

Kington, Herefordshire. [6]

Mordiford, Herefordshire [6]

Walford, Herefordshire [6]

Brimfield, Herefordshire [5]

Dilwyn, Herefordshire [5]

Dorstone, Herefordshire [5]

Linton, Herefordshire [5]

Much Marcle, Herefordshire [5]

Saint James, Herefordshire [5]

Woolhope, Herefordshire [5]

Colwall, Herefordshire [4]

Fownhope, Herefordshire [4]

Hoarwithy, Herefordshire [4]

Leintwardine, Herefordshire [4]

Stoke Edith, Herefordshire [4]

Strangford, Herefordshire, England [4]

Whitchurch, Herefordshire [4]

Withington, Herefordshire [4]

Yazor, Herefordshire [4]

Allensmore, Herefordshire [3]

Bishops Frome, Herefordshire [3]

Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire [3]

Eardisland, Herefordshire [3]

Hatfield, Herefordshire [3]

Hereford,Herefordshire [3]

Kingston, Herefordshire [3]

Lugwardine, Herefordshire [3]

Madley, Herefordshire [3]

Mathon, Herefordshire [3]

Near Hereford, Herefordshire [3]

Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire [3]

Rank

Private [256]

Corporal [29]

Lance Corporal [24]

Lieutenant [19]

Serjeant [17]

Sapper [15]

Able Seaman [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Driver [12]

Sergeant [10]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Captain [8]

Gunner [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Major [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major General [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Stoker [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

25711 [1]

2nd Class Waiter [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lt [1]

2nd.Lieutenant. [1]

A Mech 2/Private 1 [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Wheeler Serjeant [1]

Admiral [1]

Unit

Herefordshire Regiment [71]

South Wales Borderers [45]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [26]

Royal Engineers [25]

Labour Corps [23]

Gloucestershire Regiment [19]

Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [16]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Shropshire Light Infantry [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

London Regiment [8]

Monmouthshire Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Border Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

HMS Pegasus [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [545]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [453]

British Army [379]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

Other Empire Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [162]

B [155]

W [142]

H [131]

M [110]

S [99]

C [95]

G [79]

D [75]

T [75]

L [62]

J [59]

R [49]

E [45]

F [32]

A [31]

K [21]

N [18]

V [15]

O [13]

I [6]

Y [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1344]

Merchant Navy [78]

Country

United Kingdom [168]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

South Africa [1]

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Hereford, Herefordshire [281] Herefordshire [157] Ross, Herefordshire [103] Ledbury, Herefordshire [85] Leominster, Herefordshire [83] Hereford, Herefordshire, England [52] Kington, Herefordshire [41] Bromyard, Herefordshire [36] Herefordshire England [21] Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire [13] Ross on Wye, Herefordshire [11] Weobley, Herefordshire [9] Bosbury, Herefordshire [8] Pembridge, Herefordshire [8] Leominster, Herefordshire, England [7] Cradley, Herefordshire [6] Holmer, Hereford, Herefordshire [6] Holmer, Herefordshire [6] Kingsland, Herefordshire [6] Kington, Herefordshire. [6] Mordiford, Herefordshire [6] Walford, Herefordshire [6] Brimfield, Herefordshire [5] Dilwyn, Herefordshire [5] Dorstone, Herefordshire [5] Linton, Herefordshire [5] Much Marcle, Herefordshire [5] Saint James, Herefordshire [5] Woolhope, Herefordshire [5] Colwall, Herefordshire [4] Fownhope, Herefordshire [4] Hoarwithy, Herefordshire [4] Leintwardine, Herefordshire [4] Stoke Edith, Herefordshire [4] Strangford, Herefordshire, England [4] Whitchurch, Herefordshire [4] Withington, Herefordshire [4] Yazor, Herefordshire [4] Allensmore, Herefordshire [3] Bishops Frome, Herefordshire [3] Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire [3] Eardisland, Herefordshire [3] Hatfield, Herefordshire [3] Hereford,Herefordshire [3] Kingston, Herefordshire [3] Lugwardine, Herefordshire [3] Madley, Herefordshire [3] Mathon, Herefordshire [3] Near Hereford, Herefordshire [3] Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire [3]

Rank

Private [256] Corporal [29] Lance Corporal [24] Lieutenant [19] Serjeant [17] Sapper [15] Able Seaman [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Driver [12] Sergeant [10] Stoker 1st Class [10] Captain [8] Gunner [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Rifleman [6] Acting Corporal [4] Leading Seaman [4] Major [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major General [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Pioneer [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Stoker [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] 25711 [1] 2nd Class Waiter [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lt [1] 2nd.Lieutenant. [1] A Mech 2/Private 1 [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Wheeler Serjeant [1] Admiral [1]

Unit

Herefordshire Regiment [71] South Wales Borderers [45] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [26] Royal Engineers [25] Labour Corps [23] Gloucestershire Regiment [19] Army Service Corps [17] Royal Field Artillery [17] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [16] Welsh Regiment [13] Shropshire Light Infantry [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] London Regiment [8] Monmouthshire Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Devonshire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Air Force [6] South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Border Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Corps of Hussars [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Worcestershire Yeomanry [4] East Kent Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] HMS Pegasus [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS LION [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] HMS Vivid [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Manchester Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [545] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [453] British Army [379] Australian Imperial Force [24] Other Empire Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [162] B [155] W [142] H [131] M [110] S [99] C [95] G [79] D [75] T [75] L [62] J [59] R [49] E [45] F [32] A [31] K [21] N [18] V [15] O [13] I [6] Y [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1344] Merchant Navy [78]

Country

United Kingdom [168] Australia [1] Canada [1] China [1] Egypt [1] France [1] Germany [1] South Africa [1]

Douglas Clement Bodenham

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243175

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Albert Carpenter

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103226

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Thomas John Hancorn

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294277

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David Colley

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78489

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Ebenezer Campbell

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194840

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William Halford Jordan

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403349

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Archer Percival Brookes

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 3077 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion.

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John Eric Hitchmough

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178315 Cadet

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Graham Bromhead Bosanquet

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 1 Battalion

British Army Major Gloucestershire Regiment Brigade Major, 64th Infantry Brigade

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Amy Laura Whitcombe

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 36023 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps S. C. Convalescent Hosp., Plymouth

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Henry George Simkin

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289271

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Henry West

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303533

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Albert Burgess

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57234

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Jesse Watkin

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265656

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John Henry Preece

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54766

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Ernest Brown

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77930

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Brian Price Cave

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132186

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Henry Thomas Page

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269362

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Thomas Drew

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276768

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George Robert Hammond

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78610

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