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Loughborough, Leicestershire [308]

Loughborough [25]

Loughborough England [19]

Loughborough, Leicester, Leicestershire [11]

Shepshed, Loughborough, Leicestershire [11]

Loughborough, Leicestershire, England [9]

Loughborough Junction, London [5]

Loughborough, Leics [5]

Loughborough, London [5]

Loughborough, Nottinghamshire [4]

Barrow on Soar, Loughborough, Leicestershire [3]

Loughborough, Surrey [3]

Sheepshed, Loughborough, Leicestershire [3]

Barrow-on-Soar, Loughborough, Leicestershire [2]

Hathern, Loughborough, Leicestershire [2]

Loughborough Leicestershire [2]

Loughborough Leics [2]

Loughborough, Lancashire [2]

Loughborough, Lincolnshire [2]

Wymeswold, Loughborough, Leicestershire [2]

Castle Donington, Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

Emmanuel, Loughborough [1]

Kegworth, Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

Loughborough Jn, Middlesex [1]

Loughborough, Derbyshire [1]

Loughborough, Leicertershire [1]

Loughborough, Leicsestershire [1]

Loughborough, Middlesex [1]

Loughborough,Leicestershire. [1]

Loughborough. Leicestershire [1]

Mountsorrel, Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

Nanpanton, Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

Near Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

Rothley, Loughborough [1]

Rothley, Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

Sheepshed (Shepshed)/Loughborough [1]

Shepshed, Loughborough, Leicester [1]

Shepshed, Nr Loughborough [1]

Whitwick, Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

Woodthorpe, Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Private [42]

Lance Corporal [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Leading Stoker [4]

Sapper [4]

Civilian [3]

Serjeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Driver [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Reverend [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy I [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Writer [1]

Crane Driver [1]

Deck Hand [1]

HMS Victorious [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Motor Boatman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Section Leader [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trimmer Cook [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [27]

Royal Engineers [5]

Air Raid Victim, Leicestershire [3]

Army Service Corps [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

General List [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

1/30th Punjabis [1]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

5th Division [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Chaplain [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Flying Training School, Netheravon [1]

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

HM Submarine E17 [1]

HM Submarine E36 [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS FORTUNE [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS OAK [1]

HMS PORPOISE [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS Sparrowhawk [1]

HMS St Vincent [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS TIPPERARY [1]

HMS Thunderer [1]

Service

Royal Navy [178]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169]

British Army [67]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [61]

H [53]

S [43]

W [37]

M [31]

P [28]

L [24]

C [23]

T [22]

A [19]

D [15]

G [15]

F [12]

J [12]

N [12]

R [11]

K [10]

E [6]

O [5]

U [2]

Z [2]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [426]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Loughborough, Leicestershire [308] Loughborough [25] Loughborough England [19] Loughborough, Leicester, Leicestershire [11] Shepshed, Loughborough, Leicestershire [11] Loughborough, Leicestershire, England [9] Loughborough Junction, London [5] Loughborough, Leics [5] Loughborough, London [5] Loughborough, Nottinghamshire [4] Barrow on Soar, Loughborough, Leicestershire [3] Loughborough, Surrey [3] Sheepshed, Loughborough, Leicestershire [3] Barrow-on-Soar, Loughborough, Leicestershire [2] Hathern, Loughborough, Leicestershire [2] Loughborough Leicestershire [2] Loughborough Leics [2] Loughborough, Lancashire [2] Loughborough, Lincolnshire [2] Wymeswold, Loughborough, Leicestershire [2] Castle Donington, Loughborough, Leicestershire [1] Emmanuel, Loughborough [1] Kegworth, Loughborough, Leicestershire [1] Loughborough Jn, Middlesex [1] Loughborough, Derbyshire [1] Loughborough, Leicertershire [1] Loughborough, Leicsestershire [1] Loughborough, Middlesex [1] Loughborough,Leicestershire. [1] Loughborough. Leicestershire [1] Mountsorrel, Loughborough, Leicestershire [1] Nanpanton, Loughborough, Leicestershire [1] Near Loughborough, Leicestershire [1] Rothley, Loughborough [1] Rothley, Loughborough, Leicestershire [1] Sheepshed (Shepshed)/Loughborough [1] Shepshed, Loughborough, Leicester [1] Shepshed, Nr Loughborough [1] Whitwick, Loughborough, Leicestershire [1] Woodthorpe, Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Private [42] Lance Corporal [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Able Seaman [8] Corporal [6] Lieutenant [5] Leading Stoker [4] Sapper [4] Civilian [3] Serjeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Driver [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Reverend [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy I [1] Captain [1] Chief Writer [1] Crane Driver [1] Deck Hand [1] HMS Victorious [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Leading Seaman [1] Motor Boatman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Section Leader [1] Sergeant [1] Signalman [1] Sister [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trimmer Cook [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [27] Royal Engineers [5] Air Raid Victim, Leicestershire [3] Army Service Corps [3] Corps of Hussars [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] General List [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Leicestershire Yeomanry [2] London Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 1/30th Punjabis [1] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 5th Division [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Chaplain [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Flying Training School, Netheravon [1] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1] HM Submarine E17 [1] HM Submarine E36 [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS FORTUNE [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS OAK [1] HMS PORPOISE [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS Sparrowhawk [1] HMS St Vincent [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS TIPPERARY [1] HMS Thunderer [1]

Service

Royal Navy [178] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169] British Army [67] Australian Imperial Force [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [61] H [53] S [43] W [37] M [31] P [28] L [24] C [23] T [22] A [19] D [15] G [15] F [12] J [12] N [12] R [11] K [10] E [6] O [5] U [2] Z [2] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [426] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Ireland [1]

William Edward Drury

Born 1897

Died 1988

British Army 3546 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

British Army 241249 Private Leicestershire Regiment 11th Pioneer Battalion

British Army 3546 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 2/5th Battallion

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Alexander Charles Nicholas March-Phillips De Lisle

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Lieutenant General List

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Lieutenant Flying Training School, Netheravon

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Frank Arnold Bumpus

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major

Royal Navy 410 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 248th Field Unit

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William Gerald Bampton

Born 1895

Died 1961

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2996 Corporal

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2996 Sergeant 6 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2996

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Reginald Ernest Trease

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 335 Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant 5th Division 28th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

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Howard Cyril Barrow

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army Lieutenant Yorks and Lancaster Regiment

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Thomas Ward Warren

Born 1880

Died 1976

British Army 15998 Lance Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Ernest Arthur Leavesley

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 15163 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 8th Battalion

British Army 15163 Private

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Frank Charles Fletcher

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 242930 Private South Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 186477 Private Royal Engineers

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Charles Frederick Ball

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 16445 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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Frank Woodhead Pogson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5259 Private London Regiment

British Army 392020 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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Edwin Palmer

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army

British Army 8537 or 5387 Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army 233858 Lance Corporal London Regiment 2/2 Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

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Ralph Batty

Born 1899

Died 1988

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100811

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Walter Charles Whatnall

Born 1876

Died 1920

Royal Navy B.Z/9085 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Bristol Z/9085 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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John Ball

Died 1916

British Army 5708 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 267052 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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Charles Henry Gee

Born 1883

Died 1952

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

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Arthur Frederick Palmer

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army T2/14153 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Albert E Abrahart

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 2834 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 240786 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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Frank Alan Cross

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army PS/2534 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Owen Edmund Mills

Born 1867

Died 1944

British Army 1878 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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