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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]

Frederick Horace How

Born 1880

Died 1933

British Army DM2/209206 Private Army Service Corps

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Henry George Gatward

Born 1881

Died 1936

British Army 3/8089 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 3980 Private Bedfordshire 3rd Battalion

British Army 3/8089 Private Bedfordshire 3rd transferred to 1st

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John Nutkins

Born 1886

Died 1948

British Army 74795 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 124th Brigade

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Ernest Walter Nutkins

Born 1888

Died 1952

British Army 25469 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 25469 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 25469 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion

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Henry James Quick

Born 1871

Died 1942

British Army 3646 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 3646 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 11 Brigade

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John Stephen Raymond Lake

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion

British Army Captain South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Ralph Edward Griffin

Born 1894

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 814 Private Australian Infantry 12th Battalion

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George Humberstone

Born 1888

Died 1974

British Army 12853 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 6th (Service) Battalion

British Army 12853 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 6th (Service) Battalion then 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 662303 Lance Corporal Labour Corps 595 Company then 402 Company

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Charles Robert Beeston

Born 1875

Died 1930

British Army T4/096031 Private Army Service Corps

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Seamont Arch Bigg

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 4838 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 4838 Acting Lance Corporal Hertfordshire Regiment

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Frederick J Loosley

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 7116 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 267661 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 267661 (7116) private Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/1 Bucks battalion

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Arthur Charles Whittering

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 31497 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Roland Morriss

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army 25533 Serjeant Acting Company Clerk Royal Garrison Artillery 78th Company

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Rupert Flowers

Born 1894

Died 1988

British Army 8046 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

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Albert James Humberstone

Born 1883

Died 1956

British Army 19181 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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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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Lewis Arthur How

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 41675 Private Suffolk Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 401212 Private Essex Regiment (T.F.)

British Army 41675 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Alfred Alexander Burt

Born 1895

Died 1962

British Army 1665 Lance Corporal Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5984894 Corporal Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Frederick William George Ravenhill

Born 1894

Died 1976

British Army 1046 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps 6 Squadron for part of time

British Army 1046 Corporal Royal Flying Corps

British Army 1046 Sergeant Royal Flying Corps

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Edgar Nutkins

Born 1887

Died 1967

British Army 68503 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 48th Battery

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