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Kettering, Northamptonshire [318]

Kettering, Northamptonshire, England [13]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [5]

Kettering, Northampton, Northamptonshire [5]

Rothwell, Kettering, Northamptonshire [5]

Pytchley, Kettering, Northamptonshire [3]

Burton Latimer, Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

Geddington, Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

Isham, Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

Thrapston, Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

Broughton, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Corby, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Desborough, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Grafton under Wood, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Kettering Northamptonshire [1]

Kettering Northamptonshire England [1]

Kettering,Northamptonshire. [1]

St Andrews, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Weekley, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Weldon, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [37]

Lance Corporal [7]

Corporal [6]

Serjeant [6]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Captain [3]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Sapper [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Sailmaker's Mate [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [17]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

7th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Maori [1]

HMS Minerva II [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

Hampshire Cyclist Battalion [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Norfolk Yeomanry [1]

North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northampton Yeomanry [1]

Northamptonshire Militia [1]

Northamptonshire Volunteer Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Service

Royal Navy [157]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [149]

British Army [47]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [56]

S [35]

C [33]

P [29]

W [29]

L [28]

M [24]

H [22]

T [18]

A [16]

G [16]

R [13]

D [12]

J [10]

F [7]

E [5]

K [4]

N [3]

I [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

O [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [354]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

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Place of birth

Kettering, Northamptonshire [318] Kettering, Northamptonshire, England [13] Kettering, Northamptonshire [5] Kettering, Northampton, Northamptonshire [5] Rothwell, Kettering, Northamptonshire [5] Pytchley, Kettering, Northamptonshire [3] Burton Latimer, Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] Geddington, Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] Isham, Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] Thrapston, Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] Broughton, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Corby, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Desborough, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Grafton under Wood, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Kettering Northamptonshire [1] Kettering Northamptonshire England [1] Kettering,Northamptonshire. [1] St Andrews, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Weekley, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Weldon, Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [37] Lance Corporal [7] Corporal [6] Serjeant [6] Second Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [3] Captain [3] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Sapper [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Sailmaker's Mate [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [17] London Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] Labour Corps [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] 7th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Army Service Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Maori [1] HMS Minerva II [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS Victory II [1] Hampshire Cyclist Battalion [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Mounted Police [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Norfolk Yeomanry [1] North Somerset Yeomanry [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northampton Yeomanry [1] Northamptonshire Militia [1] Northamptonshire Volunteer Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Highlanders [1]

Service

Royal Navy [157] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [149] British Army [47] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [56] S [35] C [33] P [29] W [29] L [28] M [24] H [22] T [18] A [16] G [16] R [13] D [12] J [10] F [7] E [5] K [4] N [3] I [2] V [2] Y [2] O [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [354] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Walter Groom

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 97437 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 201570 Essex Regiment "A" Co. 4th (Reserve) Bn.

British Army 97437 Private Machine Gun Corps

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George Henry Bradshaw

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7893 Lance Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7893 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7893 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment

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Thomas Franklin Bagshaw

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 24233 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 24233 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Duncan Hepburn Gotch

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1293 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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Eric George Bagshaw

Died 1918

British Army G/25320 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/25320 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) "B" Company

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Harry Wilson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 15122 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Edwin Walden

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 224196

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

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Bertram Joseph Bagshaw

Born 1893

British Army 354 Lance Corporal Northampton Yeomanry

British Army 354 Corporal Northampton Yeomanry

British Army 354 Private Northampton Yeomanry

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Burditt Panter

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 65581 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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William John Pentelow

Died 1916

British Army 18906 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 18906 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Timothy J G Coleman

Born 1881

Died 1940

British Army F/904 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Ernest Osbert Thurland

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 290331 Private Hampshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 295259 Private London Regiment

British Army 295259 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 4th (City of London) Battalion

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William Cobley

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 7720 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 102768 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 102768 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

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Walter Thomas Evans Travell

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 3973 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 200913 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Edward Northcote Toller

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

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Ralph Edwin West

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1069507

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1069507 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

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Reginald George Neale

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262117

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John William Mallard

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18687

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Thomas Wills

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283669

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H Leach

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146009

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