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Holbeach, Lincolnshire [54]

Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England [3]

Fleet, Holbeach, Lincolnshire [1]

Holbeach Bank, Lincolnshire [1]

Holbeach, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire [1]

Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire [1]

Sutton Bridge,Holbeach,Lincolnshire. [1]

Whaplode, Holbeach, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [6]

Corporal [2]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Sapper [1]

Seaman [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Unit

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [37]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

British Army [9]

Last name first letter

W [9]

C [7]

H [7]

G [5]

S [5]

D [4]

M [4]

B [3]

N [3]

P [3]

R [3]

E [2]

F [2]

J [2]

A [1]

K [1]

T [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [59]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [63] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Holbeach, Lincolnshire [54] Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England [3] Fleet, Holbeach, Lincolnshire [1] Holbeach Bank, Lincolnshire [1] Holbeach, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire [1] Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire [1] Sutton Bridge,Holbeach,Lincolnshire. [1] Whaplode, Holbeach, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [6] Corporal [2] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Sapper [1] Seaman [1] Signal Boy [1]

Unit

Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [37] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] British Army [9]

Last name first letter

W [9] C [7] H [7] G [5] S [5] D [4] M [4] B [3] N [3] P [3] R [3] E [2] F [2] J [2] A [1] K [1] T [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [59] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Frederick George Yerrell

Born 1890

Died 1972

Royal Navy 238086

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Reginald Penney

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 76264 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Percy Crane Sharp

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268871

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Harry Watson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267845

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Murray Whittaker

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225256

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John William Clarke

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 5351 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5351 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5351 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

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Joseph Plumb

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89357

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Walter Hankin

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232562

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James William Gedney

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 34619 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 35144 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Ernest Capes

Died 1914

British Army 9600 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9600 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Joseph Walter Staff

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army S/20889 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/20889 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion

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Claude Douglas Macdonald

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299062

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James Holland

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244546

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Frank Harry Germany

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 14471 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 825 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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Alfred Edward Jeeves

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8985

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Charles Rowell

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11165

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John Cyril Hardy

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15104

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Albert Pinder

Died 1916

British Army 45413 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 4th Bn.

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John William Walsham

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236465

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Percy Grange

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78983

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