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Huntingdonshire [95]

Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire [60]

Ramsey, Huntingdonshire [32]

Saint Ives, Huntingdonshire [32]

Warboys, Huntingdonshire [32]

St Ives, Huntingdonshire [26]

Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire [25]

Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire [11]

Peterborough, Huntingdonshire [11]

Somersham, Huntingdonshire [10]

St Neots, Huntingdonshire [10]

Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England [8]

Stanground, Huntingdonshire [8]

Brampton, Huntingdonshire [7]

Hamerton, Huntingdonshire [7]

Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire [7]

Yaxley, Huntingdonshire [7]

Buckden, Huntingdonshire [6]

Elton, Huntingdonshire [6]

Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire [6]

Colne, Huntingdonshire [5]

Folksworth, Huntingdonshire [5]

Huntingdonshire England [5]

Woodston, Huntingdonshire [5]

Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire [4]

Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire [4]

Holme, Huntingdonshire [4]

St Neots Huntingdonshire [4]

Alconbury, Huntingdonshire [3]

Buckden, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire [3]

Farcet, Huntingdonshire [3]

Fletton, Huntingdonshire [3]

Hartford, Huntingdonshire [3]

Kings Ripton, Huntingdonshire [3]

Needingworth, Huntingdonshire [3]

St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England [3]

St. Ives, Huntingdonshire [3]

Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire [2]

Abbotsley, Huntingdonshire [2]

Barham, Huntingdonshire [2]

Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire [2]

Diddington, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire [2]

Earith, Huntingdonshire [2]

Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire [2]

Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, England [2]

Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire [2]

Great Paxton, Huntingdonshire [2]

Hartford, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire [2]

Hemingford Grey, St Ives, Huntingdonshire [2]

Houghton, Huntingdonshire [2]

Rank

Private [135]

Captain [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Serjeant [9]

Corporal [8]

Sapper [8]

Gunner [7]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

183 [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombadier [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chaplain Rev [1]

Civilian [1]

Commander (Retired) [1]

Cook [1]

Driver [1]

Fitter/Gunner [1]

Flight Commander [1]

L/CPL [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Instructor [1]

Nurse [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Pioneer [1]

Reverend [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Company Serjeant Major [1]

Sister [1]

Skipper [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [28]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25]

Bedfordshire Regiment [23]

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

Royal Engineers [11]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Bedford Yeomanry [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Cyclist Battalion [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Princess Charlotte of Wales's Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

1/5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) [1]

2/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [1]

3/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [1]

4th Battalion [1]

5th Lancers [1]

69th Punjabis [1]

69th Punjabis, attached 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis [1]

7th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [1]

7th Cameron Highlanders [1]

Air Raid Victim, Leicestershire [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Berkshire Regiment [1]

British Committee, French Red Cross [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [229]

British Army [193]

Royal Navy [179]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [78]

W [63]

S [58]

C [56]

H [54]

M [38]

R [37]

G [34]

P [33]

A [26]

L [24]

D [22]

K [17]

F [16]

T [16]

J [13]

E [11]

N [10]

O [7]

I [4]

U [2]

Y [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [588]

Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [101]

India [1]

Yemen [1]

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People [623] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Huntingdonshire [95] Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire [60] Ramsey, Huntingdonshire [32] Saint Ives, Huntingdonshire [32] Warboys, Huntingdonshire [32] St Ives, Huntingdonshire [26] Saint Neots, Huntingdonshire [25] Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire [11] Peterborough, Huntingdonshire [11] Somersham, Huntingdonshire [10] St Neots, Huntingdonshire [10] Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England [8] Stanground, Huntingdonshire [8] Brampton, Huntingdonshire [7] Hamerton, Huntingdonshire [7] Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire [7] Yaxley, Huntingdonshire [7] Buckden, Huntingdonshire [6] Elton, Huntingdonshire [6] Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire [6] Colne, Huntingdonshire [5] Folksworth, Huntingdonshire [5] Huntingdonshire England [5] Woodston, Huntingdonshire [5] Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire [4] Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire [4] Holme, Huntingdonshire [4] St Neots Huntingdonshire [4] Alconbury, Huntingdonshire [3] Buckden, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire [3] Farcet, Huntingdonshire [3] Fletton, Huntingdonshire [3] Hartford, Huntingdonshire [3] Kings Ripton, Huntingdonshire [3] Needingworth, Huntingdonshire [3] St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England [3] St. Ives, Huntingdonshire [3] Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire [2] Abbotsley, Huntingdonshire [2] Barham, Huntingdonshire [2] Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire [2] Diddington, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire [2] Earith, Huntingdonshire [2] Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire [2] Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, England [2] Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire [2] Great Paxton, Huntingdonshire [2] Hartford, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire [2] Hemingford Grey, St Ives, Huntingdonshire [2] Houghton, Huntingdonshire [2]

Rank

Private [135] Captain [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Serjeant [9] Corporal [8] Sapper [8] Gunner [7] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Rifleman [5] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] 183 [1] 2nd Corporal [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombadier [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chaplain Rev [1] Civilian [1] Commander (Retired) [1] Cook [1] Driver [1] Fitter/Gunner [1] Flight Commander [1] L/CPL [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant RNVR [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Instructor [1] Nurse [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Pioneer [1] Reverend [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Company Serjeant Major [1] Sister [1] Skipper [1] Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [28] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25] Bedfordshire Regiment [23] Northamptonshire Regiment [20] Royal Engineers [11] Suffolk Regiment [9] Royal Field Artillery [8] Army Service Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] London Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Cambridgeshire Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Bedford Yeomanry [3] Labour Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Cyclist Battalion [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Princess Charlotte of Wales's Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] 1/5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) [1] 2/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [1] 3/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [1] 4th Battalion [1] 5th Lancers [1] 69th Punjabis [1] 69th Punjabis, attached 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis [1] 7th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [1] 7th Cameron Highlanders [1] Air Raid Victim, Leicestershire [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Berkshire Regiment [1] British Committee, French Red Cross [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [229] British Army [193] Royal Navy [179] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [78] W [63] S [58] C [56] H [54] M [38] R [37] G [34] P [33] A [26] L [24] D [22] K [17] F [16] T [16] J [13] E [11] N [10] O [7] I [4] U [2] Y [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [588] Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [101] India [1] Yemen [1]

William Archer Lenton

Born 1873

Died 1919

British Army SS/20900 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 349491 Private Labour Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121703 Aircraftman 2nd Class

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Walter Meadwell

Born 1891

Died 1957

British Army 203863 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion Reserves

British Army 203203 Private Suffolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 203863 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion Reserves

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William Gladstone Day

Born 1896

Died 1953

British Army S/13136 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 7th Battalion

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Frederick Coulson

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 6104(Incomplete) Acting Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 6104 Acting Sergeant Northampton Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6104 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

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George W Hornsby

Born 1893

Died 1942

British Army 3693 Lance Corporal Lancers

British Army 47888 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 7816102 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Charles Stokes

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army G/15354 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Wayman Amps

Born 1886

Died 1920

British Army 3/8942 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 3/1942 Private Suffolk Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 3/8942 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Isaac Fairey

Born 1869

Died 1958

British Army M2/053322 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/053322 Private Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport 371st Company

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Frank Sutcliffe Woolerson

Born 1889

Died 1963

British Army 3/10171 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Edward Abraham

Born 1886

Died 1947

British Army 3/8264 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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John Gerard Annal

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2718 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Charles William Reginald Looker

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1236 Private Bedford Yeomanry

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Arthur Behagg

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 213 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 203359 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Charles Wilderspin

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 5274 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 5274 Private Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Ralph Bitten

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 16494 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/40831 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/40831 Private Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Bond

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 16493 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/40832 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/40832 Lance Corporal Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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Arthur Mailland Jennings

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33111

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Albert Osborne Cattell

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308807

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Herbert Knights

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8337

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William Francis Ivatt

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263109

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