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Northampton, Northamptonshire [636]

Northampton, Northamptonshire, England [63]

Earls Barton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [9]

Hardingstone, Northampton, Northamptonshire [7]

Rushden, Northampton, Northamptonshire [6]

Abington, Northampton, Northamptonshire [5]

Kettering, Northampton, Northamptonshire [5]

Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire [5]

Northampton,Northamptonshire [5]

Duston, Northampton, Northamptonshire [4]

Spratton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [4]

Long Buckby, Northampton, Northamptonshire [3]

Oundle, Northampton, Northamptonshire [3]

Pitsford, Northampton, Northamptonshire [3]

Blisworth, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Dallington, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Daventry, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Kingsley Park, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Little Houghton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Moulton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Pattishall, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Potterspury, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Abthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Althorp, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Ashton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Brackley, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Braunston, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Castle Ashby, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Chapel Brampton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Cogenhoe, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Courteenhall, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Desborough, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Ecton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Far Cotton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Finedon, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Gayton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Geddington, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Great Houghton, near Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Greens Norton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Grendon, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Grimsbury, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Harlestone, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Hartwell, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Helmdon, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Higham Ferrers, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Hollowell, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Islip, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Kingsthorpe Hollow, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Kislingbury, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [19]

Lieutenant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Sapper [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

A C I [1]

A C II (Motorcyclist) [1]

AC2 Rigger [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Airman [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private II [1]

Seaman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

corporal [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Deputy Assistant Director Medical Services [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Galatea [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS Natal [1]

HMS SOUTHAMPTON [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

London Reg't PWO Civil Service Rifles [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment attached Nigeria Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment attached to Nigerian Regiment - West African Frontier Force [1]

Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Artillery/Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

St Johns Ambulance [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Young Mens Christian Association [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [519]

Royal Navy [208]

British Army [35]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [91]

S [74]

H [71]

C [70]

W [67]

M [55]

P [49]

G [44]

T [43]

A [39]

R [37]

F [32]

D [26]

J [25]

L [23]

E [20]

K [20]

N [16]

Y [10]

O [7]

I [6]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [762]

Merchant Navy [62]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Canada [1]

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Northampton, Northamptonshire [636] Northampton, Northamptonshire, England [63] Earls Barton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [9] Hardingstone, Northampton, Northamptonshire [7] Rushden, Northampton, Northamptonshire [6] Abington, Northampton, Northamptonshire [5] Kettering, Northampton, Northamptonshire [5] Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire [5] Northampton,Northamptonshire [5] Duston, Northampton, Northamptonshire [4] Spratton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [4] Long Buckby, Northampton, Northamptonshire [3] Oundle, Northampton, Northamptonshire [3] Pitsford, Northampton, Northamptonshire [3] Blisworth, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Dallington, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Daventry, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Kingsley Park, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Little Houghton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Moulton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Pattishall, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Potterspury, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Abthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Althorp, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Ashton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Brackley, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Braunston, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Castle Ashby, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Chapel Brampton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Cogenhoe, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Courteenhall, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Desborough, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Ecton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Far Cotton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Finedon, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Gayton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Geddington, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Great Houghton, near Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Greens Norton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Grendon, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Grimsbury, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Harlestone, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Hartwell, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Helmdon, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Higham Ferrers, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Hollowell, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Islip, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Kingsthorpe Hollow, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Kislingbury, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [19] Lieutenant [4] Stoker 1st Class [3] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Sapper [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] A C I [1] A C II (Motorcyclist) [1] AC2 Rigger [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic [1] Airman [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Cadet [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private II [1] Seaman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] corporal [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [4] Labour Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] Australian Infantry [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Deputy Assistant Director Medical Services [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Galatea [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS Natal [1] HMS SOUTHAMPTON [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] London Reg't PWO Civil Service Rifles [1] Northamptonshire Regiment attached Nigeria Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment attached to Nigerian Regiment - West African Frontier Force [1] Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Artillery/Royal Engineers [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] St Johns Ambulance [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] West Riding Regiment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Young Mens Christian Association [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [519] Royal Navy [208] British Army [35] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [91] S [74] H [71] C [70] W [67] M [55] P [49] G [44] T [43] A [39] R [37] F [32] D [26] J [25] L [23] E [20] K [20] N [16] Y [10] O [7] I [6] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [762] Merchant Navy [62]

Country

United Kingdom [21] Canada [1]

Arthur Robert Bosworth

Born 1883

Died 1930

British Army 289937 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/274968 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Department

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Sydney Melville Borton

Born 1900

Died 1947

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247717

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Private II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) A C II (Motorcyclist)

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Henry Charles Thurley

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 8809 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frank Charles Smith

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2194 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 2194 corporal 15th County of London Battalion,

British Army London Reg't PWO Civil Service Rifles 1st bn

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Frederick George Bustin

Born 1888

Died 1975

British Army 202396 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

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Oliver Christian Frost

Born 1886

Died 1975

Canadian Expeditionary Force 33256

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Philip James Watkin

Born 1885

Died 1969

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Percy Ernest Rice

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 272908 Driver Royal Field Artillery 881st Battery 351st Brigade

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Edwin Tompkins

Born 1894

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 54 Private Australian Infantry 8th Battalion

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Walter James Radwell

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 14591 Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 14591 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Robert Joseph Gamble

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 26641 Private Devonshire Regiment

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George Thomas Fitzhugh

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263655

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Edwin E Charles Clarke

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268432

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Victor Herrick

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29420

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William Henry Weston

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161274

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Albert Edward Baker

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280135

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Wallis Arthur Gadsby

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19908

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Charles Malin

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127372

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Walter Thomas Allen

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97176

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Alfred Hancock

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198441

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