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Luton, Bedfordshire [664]

Luton, Bedfordshire, England [8]

Leagrave, Luton, Bedfordshire [6]

Harlington, Luton, Bedfordshire [4]

Luton,Bedfordshire [4]

Dunstable, Luton, Bedfordshire [3]

Luton Bedfordshire [3]

Luton, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3]

31 Park Street West, Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

Christchurch Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

East Hyde, Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

Limbury, Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

Luton , Bedfordshire [2]

Luton,Bedfordshire. [2]

26 Russell Street, Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Biggleswade, Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Caddington, Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Christ Church Vicarage, Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Dunstable,Luton,Bedfordshire [1]

Luton , Bedfordshire , England [1]

Luton Saint Pauls, Bedfordshire [1]

Luton, Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Luton, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire [1]

Luton. Bedfordshire [1]

Round Green, Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Saint Marys Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Saint Paul Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Someries, near Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Spring Place, Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Stopsley, Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Stotfold, Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Streatley, Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Totternhoe, Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Wellington Street, Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [69]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Gunner [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Serjeant [5]

Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Captain [3]

Driver [3]

Signal Boy [3]

Bombardier [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

CERA 2c [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Musician [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Sapper [1]

Sargeant (acting BQMS) [1]

Ship's Corporal [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker First Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Writer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [27]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Air Force [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Bedford Yeomanry [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS Pembroke [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

1st Draft 230th Forestry Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment attached Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Corps of Lancers [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

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

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HM Submarine E20 [1]

HMS 'Vanguard' [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BOADICEA [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Mars [1]

Service

Royal Navy [345]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [276]

British Army [102]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [89]

S [80]

C [74]

H [60]

W [50]

P [43]

D [40]

M [39]

G [31]

A [30]

T [30]

F [29]

L [28]

R [28]

K [19]

N [19]

E [11]

J [9]

O [9]

I [7]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [705]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [51]

Bermuda [1]

France [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Luton, Bedfordshire [664] Luton, Bedfordshire, England [8] Leagrave, Luton, Bedfordshire [6] Harlington, Luton, Bedfordshire [4] Luton,Bedfordshire [4] Dunstable, Luton, Bedfordshire [3] Luton Bedfordshire [3] Luton, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3] 31 Park Street West, Luton, Bedfordshire [2] Christchurch Luton, Bedfordshire [2] East Hyde, Luton, Bedfordshire [2] Limbury, Luton, Bedfordshire [2] Luton , Bedfordshire [2] Luton,Bedfordshire. [2] 26 Russell Street, Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Biggleswade, Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Caddington, Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Christ Church Vicarage, Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Dunstable,Luton,Bedfordshire [1] Luton , Bedfordshire , England [1] Luton Saint Pauls, Bedfordshire [1] Luton, Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Luton, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire [1] Luton. Bedfordshire [1] Round Green, Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Saint Marys Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Saint Paul Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Someries, near Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Spring Place, Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Stopsley, Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Stotfold, Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Streatley, Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Totternhoe, Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Wellington Street, Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [69] Second Lieutenant [10] Gunner [7] Able Seaman [6] Serjeant [5] Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Captain [3] Driver [3] Signal Boy [3] Bombardier [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy Servant [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] CERA 2c [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Musician [1] Petty Officer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Sapper [1] Sargeant (acting BQMS) [1] Ship's Corporal [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker First Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1] Writer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [27] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Air Force [6] Labour Corps [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] London Regiment [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Army Service Corps [2] Bedford Yeomanry [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS Pembroke [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] 1st Draft 230th Forestry Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [1] Bedfordshire Regiment attached Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Yeomanry [1] Corps of Lancers [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HM Submarine E20 [1] HMS 'Vanguard' [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BOADICEA [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Mars [1]

Service

Royal Navy [345] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [276] British Army [102] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [89] S [80] C [74] H [60] W [50] P [43] D [40] M [39] G [31] A [30] T [30] F [29] L [28] R [28] K [19] N [19] E [11] J [9] O [9] I [7] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [705] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [51] Bermuda [1] France [1] South Africa [1]

Harold Charles Squires

Born 1889

Died 1972

British Army 2425 Lance Corporal London Regiment 24 (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's) (Territorial Force)

British Army 2425 Acting Corporal London Regiment 24 (county of London) Battalion (The Queen's) (Territorial Force)

British Army 2425 Private London Regiment 24 (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's) (Territorial Force)

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Arthur William Hopkins

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 5078 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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Horace Alfred Ward

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7269 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 7269 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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John Walter Elbourne

Born 1895

British Army 47723 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 3516 Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 3948955 Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Eric Arthur Grace

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2534 Private London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army 720657 Private London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army 720657 Private London Regiment 24 Battalion

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Herbert George Rayment

British Army Spts 2685 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 30th (Reserve) Battalion

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Brian Clarke Cumberland

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Captain Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Captain Bedfordshire Regiment 1/5th bedford Battalion

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Henry Edward Broom

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9481 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9481 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Langley Harden

Born 1889

Died 1983

British Army TF821048 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 286868 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Arthur Rayment

Born 1879

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222326

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Frederick Chance

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 22447 Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment

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Frederick Charles Foster

Born 1887

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41194 Private Royal Air Force 101st Squadron

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Reginald Cumberland Green

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

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Walter Edward Westwood Peplow

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 35463 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 35463 Private Essex Regiment 2nd Batt

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Edward Norton

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 2356 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 277640 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry 1/7th Battalion

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James Mumford

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 7092 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William George Boustred

Born 1899

Died 1955

British Army 112417 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick Ashpool

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army 95773 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Ernest Samuel Brandom

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/14511 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Sidney Scales

Born 1887

Died 1955

British Army 20920 Private Suffolk Regiment

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