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Hitchin, Hertfordshire [263]

Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [30]

Hitchin England [14]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England [12]

Kimpton, Hitchin, Herts [12]

Hitchin Hertfordshire [8]

Hitchin, Herts [7]

Hitchin [6]

Hitchin, Bedfordshire [4]

Ickleford, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [3]

Baldock, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2]

Codicote, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2]

Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2]

"Hitchin near London" [1]

Aston End, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Baldock,Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Barkway, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Clothall, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Codicote, Hitchin, Hertfordshie [1]

Codicote, Hitchin, Herts [1]

Hitchin Herts [1]

Hitchin New South Wales [1]

Hitchin Road, Clifton, near Biggleswade, Beds. [1]

Hitchin, Herefordshire [1]

Hitchin, Herfordshire [1]

Hitchin, Hertford, Hertfordshire [1]

Hitchin, Hertforshire [1]

Hitchin, Kent [1]

Hitchin, Pirton, Hertfordshire [1]

Hitchin, Suffolk [1]

Hitchin, Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

Hitchin,Hertfordshire [1]

Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertforshire [1]

Kimpton,Hitchin, Herts [1]

King's Walden, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Kings Walden Hitchin [1]

Lilley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

New Town, Codicote, Hitchin, Herts [1]

St Pauls Walden, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Stevenage, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Whitwell, Hitchin, Herts [1]

Willian, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [59]

Corporal [8]

Sapper [8]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Serjeant [6]

Driver [5]

Captain [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Gunner [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

A Mech 1 [1]

A Mech 2 [1]

AM2 [1]

AM3 [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Boy Mechanic [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Brevet Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain (Brevet Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Chaplain Reverend [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Cpl. Mech [1]

Leading Mech. [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Private 2 [1]

Rifleman [1]

Stoker [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [17]

Royal Engineers [9]

Hertfordshire Regiment [8]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Army Service Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

12th Lancers [1]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

19th Lancers [1]

21st Lancers [1]

27th Punjabis [1]

7th Hussars [1]

87th Infantry Brigade [1]

Air Service [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps (MT) [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

HMS 'Vanguard' [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Brilliant [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington II [1]

HMS Foyle [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Inflexible [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Repulse [1]

Service

Royal Navy [151]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [120]

British Army [96]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Indian Army [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [45]

H [41]

B [40]

C [40]

W [39]

G [25]

F [24]

M [20]

T [20]

A [18]

D [18]

P [17]

R [11]

L [9]

N [8]

O [5]

I [4]

J [3]

K [3]

V [2]

E [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [379]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [73]

China [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [263] Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [30] Hitchin England [14] Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England [12] Kimpton, Hitchin, Herts [12] Hitchin Hertfordshire [8] Hitchin, Herts [7] Hitchin [6] Hitchin, Bedfordshire [4] Ickleford, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [3] Baldock, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2] Codicote, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2] Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2] "Hitchin near London" [1] Aston End, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Baldock,Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Barkway, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Clothall, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Codicote, Hitchin, Hertfordshie [1] Codicote, Hitchin, Herts [1] Hitchin Herts [1] Hitchin New South Wales [1] Hitchin Road, Clifton, near Biggleswade, Beds. [1] Hitchin, Herefordshire [1] Hitchin, Herfordshire [1] Hitchin, Hertford, Hertfordshire [1] Hitchin, Hertforshire [1] Hitchin, Kent [1] Hitchin, Pirton, Hertfordshire [1] Hitchin, Suffolk [1] Hitchin, Ware, Hertfordshire [1] Hitchin,Hertfordshire [1] Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertforshire [1] Kimpton,Hitchin, Herts [1] King's Walden, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Kings Walden Hitchin [1] Lilley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] New Town, Codicote, Hitchin, Herts [1] St Pauls Walden, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Stevenage, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Whitwell, Hitchin, Herts [1] Willian, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [59] Corporal [8] Sapper [8] Second Lieutenant [6] Serjeant [6] Driver [5] Captain [4] Able Seaman [3] Gunner [3] Lieutenant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lance Corporal [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] A Mech 1 [1] A Mech 2 [1] AM2 [1] AM3 [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Boy Mechanic [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Brevet Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain (Brevet Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Chaplain Reverend [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Cpl. Mech [1] Leading Mech. [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Private 2 [1] Rifleman [1] Stoker [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [17] Royal Engineers [9] Hertfordshire Regiment [8] London Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Army Service Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Labour Corps [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Cameron Highlanders [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] 12th Lancers [1] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 19th Lancers [1] 21st Lancers [1] 27th Punjabis [1] 7th Hussars [1] 87th Infantry Brigade [1] Air Service [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps (MT) [1] Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HMS 'Vanguard' [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Brilliant [1] HMS Duke of Wellington II [1] HMS Foyle [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Inflexible [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Repulse [1]

Service

Royal Navy [151] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [120] British Army [96] Australian Imperial Force [15] Indian Army [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [45] H [41] B [40] C [40] W [39] G [25] F [24] M [20] T [20] A [18] D [18] P [17] R [11] L [9] N [8] O [5] I [4] J [3] K [3] V [2] E [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [379] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [73] China [1] South Africa [1]

Henry William Huckle

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 765792 Private London Regiment 28th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Percy Oake

Born 1884

Died 1953

Royal Navy 533 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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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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Thomas George Ward

Born 1887

Died 1956

British Army 65659 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 645782 Private Labour Corps 657th (Home Service) Company

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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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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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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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Cecil Albert Ward

Born 1891

Died 1976

British Army G/29010 Private London Regiment 2/11th Battalion

British Army G/29010 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1/20th London Company

British Army 202086 Private London Regiment 20th Training Battalion

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Lionel Goldhawk

Born 1890

Died 1974

British Army M2/229940 Private Army Service Corps (MT) 819 Coy

British Army M2/229940 Private Army Service Corps (MT) 373 Coy

British Army M2/229940 Private Army Service Corps (MT)

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Hector Mead

Born 1897

Died 1954

British Army 123674 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur William Bigg

Born 1899

Died 1955

British Army 49528 Private Northamptonshire Regiment attached Trench Mortar Battery

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Samuel Shadbolt

Born 1888

Died 1968

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302270 Private 2

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Matthew Henry Sharp

Born 1875

Died 1955

Australian Imperial Force 363

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Harold Spalding

Born 1886

Died 1951

British Army 5821 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 235253 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frederick Day

Born 1894

British Army 131405 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 131405 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 131405 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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John Leslie Sworder

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 9098 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Walter Gunnis Spurr

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 16678 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 16678 Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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George Tomlin

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 8694 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Harry Cousins

Born 1896

British Army 31852(Incomplete) Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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William Hilliard

Born 1893

Died 1961

British Army 6254 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 202553 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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