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Watford, Hertfordshire [678]

Hertfordshire [475]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [263]

Saint Albans, Hertfordshire [244]

Ware, Hertfordshire [212]

Hertford, Hertfordshire [187]

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [183]

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [161]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [131]

Tring, Hertfordshire [111]

Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [104]

Hatfield, Hertfordshire [101]

Stevenage, Hertfordshire [95]

Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire [74]

Harpenden, Hertfordshire [72]

Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire [65]

Bushey, Hertfordshire [62]

Baldock, Hertfordshire [59]

Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire [54]

New Barnet, Hertfordshire [41]

Royston, Hertfordshire [40]

Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire [38]

Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire [33]

Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [30]

Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [30]

St Albans, Hertfordshire [28]

Buntingford, Hertfordshire [27]

Welwyn, Hertfordshire [27]

Hertfordshire England [23]

St Albans, Hertfordshire, England [22]

Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [21]

Hertford, Hertfordshire, England [21]

Boxmoor, Hertfordshire [20]

Broxbourne, Hertfordshire [20]

Ashwell, Hertfordshire [19]

Kimpton, Hertfordshire [19]

Kings Langley, Hertfordshire [19]

Aldenham, Hertfordshire [15]

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire [15]

Therfield, Hertfordshire [15]

Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire [15]

Hemel Hampstead, Hertfordshire [14]

Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire [13]

Bushey, Watford, Hertfordshire [13]

Hertfordshire, England [12]

High Barnet, Hertfordshire [12]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England [12]

Bovingdon, Hertfordshire [11]

Northchurch, Hertfordshire [11]

Barnet, Hertfordshire, England [10]

Rank

Private [409]

Second Lieutenant [77]

Lieutenant [55]

Able Seaman [53]

Corporal [48]

Captain [42]

Gunner [38]

Lance Corporal [30]

Ordinary Seaman [26]

Sapper [25]

Serjeant [25]

Rifleman [23]

Stoker 1st Class [21]

Boy 1st Class [19]

Driver [16]

Leading Seaman [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Stoker 2nd Class [10]

Acting Corporal [9]

Boy 2nd Class [9]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Leading Stoker [9]

Major [9]

Sergeant [9]

Deck Hand [7]

Pioneer [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Stoker [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [5]

Brigadier General [5]

Bombardier [4]

Commander [4]

Leading Signalman [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Signalman [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lieutenant-Colonel [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic [2]

Boy 1st class [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Chaplain [2]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [114]

London Regiment [48]

Hertfordshire Regiment [46]

Royal Engineers [42]

Royal Field Artillery [38]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [31]

Army Service Corps [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Essex Regiment [19]

Labour Corps [17]

Northamptonshire Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

Suffolk Regiment [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Royal Air Force [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Grenadier Guards [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [8]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

HMS MALAYA [7]

Honourable Artillery Company [7]

Royal Marine Artillery [7]

Royal Naval Air Service [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

HMS INDOMITABLE [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

HMS IRON DUKE [5]

HMS Impregnable [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Service

Royal Navy [2747]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1516]

British Army [697]

Australian Imperial Force [33]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [28]

Other Empire Force [11]

Indian Army [5]

South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

B [575]

S [522]

H [486]

C [480]

W [460]

P [331]

G [315]

M [259]

F [221]

A [212]

D [210]

R [196]

T [188]

L [169]

J [111]

E [104]

K [99]

N [89]

O [48]

I [32]

Y [24]

V [20]

U [11]

Q [7]

Contribution

Military Service [4969]

Merchant Navy [155]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [432]

Canada [5]

Australia [3]

India [3]

France [2]

Ireland [2]

South Africa [2]

Angola [1]

Belgium [1]

Bermuda [1]

Germany [1]

Malaysia [1]

Mozambique [1]

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Watford, Hertfordshire [678] Hertfordshire [475] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [263] Saint Albans, Hertfordshire [244] Ware, Hertfordshire [212] Hertford, Hertfordshire [187] Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [183] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [161] Barnet, Hertfordshire [131] Tring, Hertfordshire [111] Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [104] Hatfield, Hertfordshire [101] Stevenage, Hertfordshire [95] Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire [74] Harpenden, Hertfordshire [72] Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire [65] Bushey, Hertfordshire [62] Baldock, Hertfordshire [59] Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire [54] New Barnet, Hertfordshire [41] Royston, Hertfordshire [40] Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire [38] Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire [33] Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [30] Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [30] St Albans, Hertfordshire [28] Buntingford, Hertfordshire [27] Welwyn, Hertfordshire [27] Hertfordshire England [23] St Albans, Hertfordshire, England [22] Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [21] Hertford, Hertfordshire, England [21] Boxmoor, Hertfordshire [20] Broxbourne, Hertfordshire [20] Ashwell, Hertfordshire [19] Kimpton, Hertfordshire [19] Kings Langley, Hertfordshire [19] Aldenham, Hertfordshire [15] Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire [15] Therfield, Hertfordshire [15] Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire [15] Hemel Hampstead, Hertfordshire [14] Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire [13] Bushey, Watford, Hertfordshire [13] Hertfordshire, England [12] High Barnet, Hertfordshire [12] Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England [12] Bovingdon, Hertfordshire [11] Northchurch, Hertfordshire [11] Barnet, Hertfordshire, England [10]

Rank

Private [409] Second Lieutenant [77] Lieutenant [55] Able Seaman [53] Corporal [48] Captain [42] Gunner [38] Lance Corporal [30] Ordinary Seaman [26] Sapper [25] Serjeant [25] Rifleman [23] Stoker 1st Class [21] Boy 1st Class [19] Driver [16] Leading Seaman [12] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Stoker 2nd Class [10] Acting Corporal [9] Boy 2nd Class [9] Lance Serjeant [9] Leading Stoker [9] Major [9] Sergeant [9] Deck Hand [7] Pioneer [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Petty Officer [6] Stoker [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Air Mechanic 1st Class [5] Brigadier General [5] Bombardier [4] Commander [4] Leading Signalman [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Signalman [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Colonel [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lieutenant-Colonel [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic [2] Boy 1st class [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Chaplain [2]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [114] London Regiment [48] Hertfordshire Regiment [46] Royal Engineers [42] Royal Field Artillery [38] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [31] Army Service Corps [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Essex Regiment [19] Labour Corps [17] Northamptonshire Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [17] Suffolk Regiment [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15] Machine Gun Corps [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Middlesex Regiment [13] Royal Air Force [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] South Wales Borderers [11] Grenadier Guards [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [8] HMS INFLEXIBLE [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] HMS MALAYA [7] Honourable Artillery Company [7] Royal Marine Artillery [7] Royal Naval Air Service [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] HMS INDOMITABLE [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Canadian Infantry [5] East Kent Regiment [5] HMS IRON DUKE [5] HMS Impregnable [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Service

Royal Navy [2747] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1516] British Army [697] Australian Imperial Force [33] Canadian Expeditionary Force [28] Other Empire Force [11] Indian Army [5] South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

B [575] S [522] H [486] C [480] W [460] P [331] G [315] M [259] F [221] A [212] D [210] R [196] T [188] L [169] J [111] E [104] K [99] N [89] O [48] I [32] Y [24] V [20] U [11] Q [7]

Contribution

Military Service [4969] Merchant Navy [155] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [432] Canada [5] Australia [3] India [3] France [2] Ireland [2] South Africa [2] Angola [1] Belgium [1] Bermuda [1] Germany [1] Malaysia [1] Mozambique [1]

George Nottingham

Born 1883

Died 1953

British Army M2/106087 Private Army Service Corps 303rd Company Mechanical Transport Section

British Army M2/106087 Private Royal Army Service Corps 1039th Company Mechanical Transport Section

British Army M2/106087 Private Royal Army Service Corps 1040th Company Mechanical Transport Section

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Arthur Lunnon

Born 1888

Died 1948

British Army 25498 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 25498 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 25498 Acting Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Frank Nutkins

Born 1893

Died 1975

Canadian Expeditionary Force 86964 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery

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Albert Arthur Cutts

Born 1884

Died 1964

British Army 57359 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 204076 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Newman

Born 1886

Died 1942

British Army 52768 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry 12th Battalion

British Army 52768 Acting Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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George Randolph Pearkes

Born 1888

Died 1984

Canadian Expeditionary Force 107473

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion

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Cecil Hodgson Colvin

Born 1858

Died 1938

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 4th Battalion (West Essex Militia)

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment 4th Battalion (West Essex Militia)

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William George Smith

Born 1877

Died 1952

British Army 142441 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 142441 Driver Royal Engineers

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William Charles Gwynne

Born 1881

Died 1960

Royal Navy 11201 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 11201 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 11201 Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry

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James Lawrence

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 58469 Sergeant Labour Corps

British Army 28306 Private The Queen's Regiment 15th Battalion

British Army 58469 Private Labour Corps 98th Company

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Albert Edward Hobbs

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 46008 Private Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion

British Army G/18743 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army G/18743 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Henry Stuart Simons

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1238 30364 Corporal Bedford Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

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Percy Henry Huggins

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 2701 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frank Albert Groom

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 25444 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Frederick Joseph Glenister

Born 1890

Died 1968

British Army 2753 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 951671 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army British Red Cross Society

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Bertie Purton

Born 1886

Died 1958

British Army Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd (Herts) Volunteer Battalion

British Army 17221 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 6th (Service) Battalion

British Army 304909 Sapper Royal Engineers Depot

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Albert Norris

Born 1885

Died 1957

British Army 7904 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion in India

British Army 7904 Private Bedfordshire Regiment Reserve

British Army 7904 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Gerald William Green

Born 1899

Died 1989

Royal Navy M29998 Armourer's Crew HMS Pembroke II

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William Rogers

Born 1885

Died 1958

Canadian Expeditionary Force 628692 Canadian Infantry 47th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 628692 Corporal Canadian Infantry 47th Battalion

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Percival George Hobbs

Born 1897

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28749 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28749 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28749 Private 1st Class Royal Air Force

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