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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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Place of birth

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]

Sidney Saunders

Born 1887

Royal Navy M10193 Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMS INFLEXIBLE

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William Gordon Brown

Born 1894

Royal Navy J26268 Able Seaman HMS ONSLOW

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Edward Herbert Boome

Born 1865

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 102nd Grenadiers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Tigris Defences Mesopotamia

British Army Brigadier General Advanced Defences Mesopotamia

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William Charles Smith

Born 1897

Royal Navy J25907 Signalman HMS OPAL

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Frederick Sidney Miles

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS120936

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Arthur Charles Warwick

Born 1893

Royal Navy F2243

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Horace Barnes

Born 1883

Royal Navy F27276

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William James Wheeler

Born 1900

Royal Navy J51964

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Beatrice Letty Warner

Born 1897

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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