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Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [30]

Kimpton, Hertfordshire [19]

Kimpton, Welwyn, Hertfordshire [1]

Ramridge, Kimpton, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [36]

Corporal [3]

Sapper [3]

Serjeant [3]

AM3 [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Cpl. Mech [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Mech. [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [18]

Hertfordshire Regiment [9]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

12th Lancers [1]

21st Lancers [1]

7th Hussars [1]

Air Service [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Chester [1]

Manston [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment attached Trench Mortar Battery [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Scottish Rifles [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [47]

Royal Navy [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

G [8]

B [7]

C [6]

H [6]

M [6]

N [4]

S [3]

W [3]

D [2]

L [2]

E [1]

O [1]

R [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [51]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

Bermuda [1]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [51] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [30] Kimpton, Hertfordshire [19] Kimpton, Welwyn, Hertfordshire [1] Ramridge, Kimpton, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [36] Corporal [3] Sapper [3] Serjeant [3] AM3 [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Cpl. Mech [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Mech. [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [18] Hertfordshire Regiment [9] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] 12th Lancers [1] 21st Lancers [1] 7th Hussars [1] Air Service [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Chester [1] Manston [1] Northamptonshire Regiment attached Trench Mortar Battery [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Scottish Rifles [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [47] Royal Navy [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

G [8] B [7] C [6] H [6] M [6] N [4] S [3] W [3] D [2] L [2] E [1] O [1] R [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [51]

Country

United Kingdom [48] Bermuda [1] India [1] South Africa [1]

Jesse Spalding

Born 1882

Died 1955

British Army 155069 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frederick Batchelor

Born 1890

Died 1964

British Army 18265 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Francis Charles Gatward

Born 1898

Died 1922

British Army 718430 Private London Regiment 23rd lond Battalion

British Army G/26354 Private East Surrey Regiment

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William Hide Cooper

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 225272 Ship's Corporal 1st Class HMS Chester

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Frederick Matthews

Born 1887

British Army 41886 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army ET/49211 Private Army Service Corps

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Albert James Day

Born 1895

Died 1923

British Army 2234 Serjeant Hertfordshire Regiment

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Ernest William Young

Born 1884

Royal Navy 205711

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Richard Barsley

Born 1881

British Army PS/10885 Acting Corporal 2nd Royal Fusiliers

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Percy Welch

Born 1889

British Army 155423 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Ronald Gray

Born 1893

British Army M917514 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Maurice Cecil Gray

Born 1889

British Army 4801 Private 12th Lancers

British Army H/33314 Private 7th Hussars

British Army L/9409 Private 21st Lancers

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