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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]

Oscar Horace Stanley Linkson

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army F/1723 Private Middlesex Regiment - Duke of Cambridge's Own 17th Battalion

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Thomas Edward Gregory

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army 2301 Corporal Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 2301 Corporal Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 2301 Lance Sergeant Hertfordshire 1st Battalion

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Walter Hugh Beak

Born 1896

Died 1981

British Army 2132 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 104685 Acting Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 14585 Acting Colonel Royal Armoured Corps Royal Tank Regiment

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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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Oliver Travers.

Born 1876

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 49th Canadian Regiment

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George Edward Gatward

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 4888 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 266578 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 204421 Private Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion

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Christopher Wren

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 23378 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles Bignell

Born 1889

Died 1926

British Army TF/241961 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

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Frank Cannon

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 14982 Serjeant Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 14982 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 14982 Company Serjeant Major Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Thomas Guiver

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army DG/5277 Serjeant 3rd Dragoon Guards

South African Services 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army DG/5277 Serjeant 3rd Dragoon Guards Prince of Wales Own

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John Sharpey Schafer

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Arthur Steeley

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 4803 Private London Regiment

British Army 4803 Rifleman London Regiment 1st/8th Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372256 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Humberstone

Born 1896

British Army 22506 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion

British Army G25253 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army G25253 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th (Service) Battalion

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Charles Morrell

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army 116252 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 292199 Private Labour Corps

British Army 116252 Pioneer Royal Engineers 5th Labour Battalion

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Clarence Collis Holyoak

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army S/16090 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/16090 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 10th Battalion

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Frank Valentine

Born 1885

British Army 213180 Driver Royal Field Artillery 8th Reserve Battery

British Army 213180 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 35th Divisional Ammunition Column

British Army 213180 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 56th Reserve Battery

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Harold David Joad

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 25196 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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William Wells

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 45822 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 45822 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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John Kilby

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 5221 Private London Regiment 15th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 5221 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Hector Arthur Coleman

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 44017 Private Suffolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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