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Market Harborough, Leicestershire [90]

Market Harborough, Leics [40]

Market Harborough [16]

Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics [15]

Little Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics [10]

Market Harborough, Northamptonshire [9]

Market Harborough England [8]

Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leicestershire [6]

Great Bowden, nr Market Harborough, Leics [6]

Little Bowden, Market Harborough [5]

Market Harborough, Leicester, Leicestershire [5]

Lubenham, nr Market Harborough, Leics [3]

Medbourne, nr Market Harborough, Leics [3]

Great Bowden, nr Market Harborough, Leicestershire [2]

Laughton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire [2]

Little Bowden, nr Market Harborough, Northants [2]

Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England [2]

Marston Trussell, Market Harborough, Leics [2]

Marston Trussell, nr Market Harborough, Leics [2]

Braybrooke, nr Market Harborough, Northants [1]

Clipstone, nr Market Harborough, Northants [1]

East Farndon, Market Harborough, Northants [1]

East Langton, nr. Market Harborough, Leics [1]

Foxton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1]

Glooston, Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1]

Great Bowden Market Harborough Leicestershire [1]

Great Bowden, near Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1]

Gumley, Market Harborough, Leics [1]

Husbands Bosworth, Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1]

Kibworth-Beauchamp Market Harborough Leicestershire [1]

Little Bowden, Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1]

Lubenham, Market Harborough, Leics [1]

Market Harborough Leicestershire [1]

Market Harborough Leeds [1]

Market Harborough Leicestershire [1]

Market Harborough district [1]

Market Harborough, Leicester [1]

Market Harborough, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire [1]

Market Harborough, Lincolnshire [1]

North Kilworth, near Market Harborough, Leics [1]

Theddingworth, nr Market Harborough, Leics [1]

Tur Langton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1]

Weston by Welland near Market Harborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Wilbarston, nr Market Harborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [94]

Corporal [11]

Lance Corporal [11]

Gunner [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Serjeant [9]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Sapper [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Driver [1]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Skipper [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

VAD Nurse [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [55]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Australian Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

12th Lancers [1]

16th Canadian Scottish [1]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

41st Sqdn. [1]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HM Submarine E47 [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Broke [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [1]

King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Service

British Army [129]

Royal Navy [65]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [27]

M [23]

S [23]

W [21]

C [19]

P [17]

A [16]

G [13]

L [12]

F [11]

T [11]

H [10]

J [9]

K [9]

R [9]

E [7]

D [6]

I [3]

V [3]

N [2]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [244]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [109]

India [2]

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Place of birth

Market Harborough, Leicestershire [90] Market Harborough, Leics [40] Market Harborough [16] Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics [15] Little Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics [10] Market Harborough, Northamptonshire [9] Market Harborough England [8] Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leicestershire [6] Great Bowden, nr Market Harborough, Leics [6] Little Bowden, Market Harborough [5] Market Harborough, Leicester, Leicestershire [5] Lubenham, nr Market Harborough, Leics [3] Medbourne, nr Market Harborough, Leics [3] Great Bowden, nr Market Harborough, Leicestershire [2] Laughton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire [2] Little Bowden, nr Market Harborough, Northants [2] Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England [2] Marston Trussell, Market Harborough, Leics [2] Marston Trussell, nr Market Harborough, Leics [2] Braybrooke, nr Market Harborough, Northants [1] Clipstone, nr Market Harborough, Northants [1] East Farndon, Market Harborough, Northants [1] East Langton, nr. Market Harborough, Leics [1] Foxton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1] Glooston, Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1] Great Bowden Market Harborough Leicestershire [1] Great Bowden, near Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1] Gumley, Market Harborough, Leics [1] Husbands Bosworth, Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1] Kibworth-Beauchamp Market Harborough Leicestershire [1] Little Bowden, Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1] Lubenham, Market Harborough, Leics [1] Market Harborough Leicestershire [1] Market Harborough Leeds [1] Market Harborough Leicestershire [1] Market Harborough district [1] Market Harborough, Leicester [1] Market Harborough, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire [1] Market Harborough, Lincolnshire [1] North Kilworth, near Market Harborough, Leics [1] Theddingworth, nr Market Harborough, Leics [1] Tur Langton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1] Weston by Welland near Market Harborough, Northamptonshire [1] Wilbarston, nr Market Harborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [94] Corporal [11] Lance Corporal [11] Gunner [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Serjeant [9] Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Sapper [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Writer [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Driver [1] Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant General [1] Major [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Skipper [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] VAD Nurse [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [55] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Labour Corps [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Fusiliers [4] Army Service Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Australian Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] West Riding Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 12th Lancers [1] 16th Canadian Scottish [1] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 41st Sqdn. [1] Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] British Red Cross [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HM Submarine E47 [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Broke [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [1] King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Service

British Army [129] Royal Navy [65] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50] Australian Imperial Force [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [27] M [23] S [23] W [21] C [19] P [17] A [16] G [13] L [12] F [11] T [11] H [10] J [9] K [9] R [9] E [7] D [6] I [3] V [3] N [2] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [244] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [109] India [2]

Frank Barber

Born 1890

British Army 10473 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 10473 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

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John Anthony Nowers

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army B/19415 Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army 19415 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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Alfred James Strongman

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2895 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 2895 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Lance Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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John Hugh Jerwood

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 1962 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Temporary Captain Durham Light Infantry

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Frank Smith

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 74809 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery 139th Siege Bty

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Harold Buswell

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Leicestershire Regiment 5th Bn.

Royal Navy R/3939 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Hawke Battn.

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Horace A Gilbert

Born 1883

Died 1936

British Army 15715 Driver N Battery Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 15715 Bombardier N Battery Royal Horse Artillery

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Geoffrey Harold Stafford

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 60649 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 263rd Siege Bty.

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Percy Reginald Carter

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 64485 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 102nd Field Amb.

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Frederick William Page

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 16862 Private Leicestershire Regiment 7th Bn.

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Frank Arnold

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army GS/42530 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Charles Ernest Jennings

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1285 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 1285 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 1285 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Fredk Wm Barfoot

Born 1885

British Army 8134 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd field battalion leicest Battalion

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John W Allsop

Born 1890

British Army 91936 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Clarence Gordon Linnett

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76358

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Ernest March

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 16083 Private Leicestershire Regiment 11th Bn.

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Frederick William Dunkley

Born 1889

Died 1934

British Army 24384 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Bn.

British Army 27915 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 656235 Private Labour Corps

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John Arthur Maycock

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 19568 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 19568 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st/5th Bn.

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Thomas Wilfred Holyoak

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 22794 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 18th Bn.

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Charlie Tilley

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 4138 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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