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Luton, Bedfordshire [664]

Luton England [39]

Luton [35]

Luton, Kent [12]

Luton, Bedfordshire, England [8]

Luton, Chatham, Kent [8]

Luton Chatham, Kent [7]

Leagrave, Luton, Bedfordshire [6]

Harlington, Luton, Bedfordshire [4]

Luton,Bedfordshire [4]

Dunstable, Luton, Bedfordshire [3]

Luton Bedfordshire [3]

Luton, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3]

Luton, Devon [3]

Luton, Hertfordshire [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, England [2]

Luton,Bedfordshire. [2]

Spring Place, Luton [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]

Eaton Green, Luton [1]

Luton , Bedfordshire , England [1]

Luton Queensland [1]

Luton Saint Pauls, Bedfordshire [1]

Luton, Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Luton, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire [1]

Luton, Beds [1]

Luton, Chatham [1]

Luton, Herefordshire [1]

Luton, Herts [1]

Luton, Kent, [1]

Luton, Northamptonshire [1]

Luton,Chatham,Medway,Kent. [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]

Rank

Private [91]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Gunner [10]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Corporal [6]

Serjeant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Driver [4]

Major [4]

Sapper [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Signal Boy [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Captain [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]

Cadet [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal RMLI [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Musician [1]

Nurse [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [35]

Royal Engineers [11]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Royal Air Force [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Bedford Yeomanry [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS Pembroke [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

1st Draft 230th Forestry Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Army Medical Service [1]

Australian War Worker [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]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Service

Royal Navy [371]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [288]

British Army [140]

Australian Imperial Force [40]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [106]

S [90]

C [84]

H [72]

W [66]

P [49]

D [44]

M [43]

G [38]

T [36]

A [35]

F [34]

R [32]

L [30]

N [23]

K [20]

E [16]

J [11]

O [9]

I [7]

V [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [823]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [65]

Australia [1]

Bermuda [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Greece [1]

India [1]

Iraq [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Luton, Bedfordshire [664] Luton England [39] Luton [35] Luton, Kent [12] Luton, Bedfordshire, England [8] Luton, Chatham, Kent [8] Luton Chatham, Kent [7] Leagrave, Luton, Bedfordshire [6] Harlington, Luton, Bedfordshire [4] Luton,Bedfordshire [4] Dunstable, Luton, Bedfordshire [3] Luton Bedfordshire [3] Luton, Bedford, Bedfordshire [3] Luton, Devon [3] Luton, Hertfordshire [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, England [2] Luton,Bedfordshire. [2] Spring Place, Luton [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] Eaton Green, Luton [1] Luton , Bedfordshire , England [1] Luton Queensland [1] Luton Saint Pauls, Bedfordshire [1] Luton, Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Luton, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire [1] Luton, Beds [1] Luton, Chatham [1] Luton, Herefordshire [1] Luton, Herts [1] Luton, Kent, [1] Luton, Northamptonshire [1] Luton,Chatham,Medway,Kent. [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]

Rank

Private [91] Second Lieutenant [14] Gunner [10] Captain [7] Lieutenant [7] Able Seaman [6] Corporal [6] Serjeant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Driver [4] Major [4] Sapper [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Signal Boy [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Captain [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] Cadet [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal RMLI [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Munitions Worker [1] Musician [1] Nurse [1] Private 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [35] Royal Engineers [11] London Regiment [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Royal Air Force [6] Labour Corps [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] South Wales Borderers [4] Army Service Corps [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Bedford Yeomanry [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS Pembroke [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 1st Draft 230th Forestry Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Army Medical Service [1] Australian War Worker [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] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1]

Service

Royal Navy [371] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [288] British Army [140] Australian Imperial Force [40] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [106] S [90] C [84] H [72] W [66] P [49] D [44] M [43] G [38] T [36] A [35] F [34] R [32] L [30] N [23] K [20] E [16] J [11] O [9] I [7] V [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [823] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [65] Australia [1] Bermuda [1] Egypt [1] France [1] Greece [1] India [1] Iraq [1] South Africa [1]

William Crabbe Beck

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

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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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Albert Eames

Born 1894

Died 1927

British Army 79209 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 88405 Gunner Royal Defence Corps

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Edward Gatward

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 19785 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 19785 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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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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William Henry Brown

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army S/7023 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Ernest Arthur Bickerstaff

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army S/34092 Private Army Service Corps 8th Forward Butchery Unit

British Army S/34092 Private Army Service Corps

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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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William George Boustred

Born 1899

Died 1955

British Army 112417 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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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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Annie Winifred Mary Smith

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 16754 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Frederick Victor Wesley

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 22310 Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment

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Philip John Taylor Baddiley

Born 1898

Died 1951

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Cadet 3 School of Mil Aer Abbassia

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant 63 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 30 Squadron

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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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