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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]

Walter Robbins

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185035

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Alfred Thomas Herbert

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 362

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Percy Mark Turpin

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77974

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Charles Brown

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279236

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George Albert Enderby

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212427

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Horace James Lawrence

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226658

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William John Squires

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265559

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Frederick James Griffiths

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126116

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Augustus Tennyson Bruton

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army R1611 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/1611 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 16th Battalion

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Henry James Denton

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2789

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Alfred Owen Sawyer

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187021

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Harold Glenister

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190079

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Alfred Thomas Fowler

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99194

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William James Watts

Born 1884

Died 1944

British Army T2223 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 524200 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Gilbert Claude Barford

Born 1893

Died 1960

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 5th bedford Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Bernard Cole Barford

Born 1897

Died 1961

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas Brundell

Born 1889

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Harold Leslie Wood

Born 1899

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Reginald Francis Morris

Born 1901

Royal Navy J62813

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Reginald David Lander Foster

Born 1899

Royal Navy F41762

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