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Northampton, Northamptonshire [636]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [458]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [318]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [232]

Northamptonshire [212]

Rushden, Northamptonshire [100]

Daventry, Northamptonshire [63]

Northampton, Northamptonshire, England [63]

Oundle, Northamptonshire [62]

Brackley, Northamptonshire [53]

Towcester, Northamptonshire [51]

Desborough, Northamptonshire [49]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England [41]

Northamptonshire England [30]

Thrapston, Northamptonshire [29]

Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire [25]

Raunds, Northamptonshire [24]

Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire [20]

Weedon, Northamptonshire [20]

Finedon, Northamptonshire [19]

Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire [18]

Rothwell, Northamptonshire [18]

Hardingstone, Northamptonshire [17]

Irchester, Northamptonshire [16]

Newcastle, Northamptonshire [16]

Brigstock, Northamptonshire [15]

Wicken, Northamptonshire [15]

Woodford, Northamptonshire [15]

Earls Barton, Northamptonshire [14]

Saint Giles, Northamptonshire [14]

Brixworth, Northamptonshire [13]

Kettering, Northamptonshire, England [13]

Morpeth, Northamptonshire [13]

Nassington, Northamptonshire [13]

Wollaston, Northamptonshire [12]

Long Buckby, Northamptonshire [11]

Roade, Northamptonshire [10]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England [10]

Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire [9]

Earls Barton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [9]

Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [9]

Market Harborough, Northamptonshire [9]

Blisworth, Northamptonshire [8]

Bozeat, Northamptonshire [8]

Braunston, Northamptonshire [7]

Paulerspury, Northamptonshire [7]

Stamford, Northamptonshire [7]

Welford, Northamptonshire [7]

Wellington, Northamptonshire [7]

All Saints, Northamptonshire [6]

Rank

Private [535]

Lance Corporal [52]

Corporal [46]

Gunner [38]

Second Lieutenant [34]

Lieutenant [33]

Serjeant [32]

Able Seaman [29]

Captain [23]

Stoker 1st Class [19]

Ordinary Seaman [18]

Sapper [17]

Sergeant [14]

Boy 1st Class [13]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Driver [10]

Rifleman [10]

Major [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Deck Hand [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Bombardier [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Chief Stoker [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Petty Officer [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Air Mechanic [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Seaman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trimmer [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Lt [1]

A C I [1]

A C II (Motorcyclist) [1]

A/Colour Sergeant [1]

AC2 Rigger [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [216]

Royal Engineers [34]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [34]

Royal Field Artillery [30]

London Regiment [22]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Bedfordshire Regiment [18]

Essex Regiment [17]

Suffolk Regiment [17]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [17]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

Labour Corps [14]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Northumberland Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

HMS Good Hope [5]

HMS VALIANT [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

HMS INVINCIBLE [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

Service

Royal Navy [1493]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1461]

British Army [728]

Australian Imperial Force [37]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [503]

S [344]

C [342]

W [338]

H [302]

M [237]

T [203]

P [201]

G [199]

L [183]

R [179]

A [177]

D [138]

F [119]

J [118]

K [85]

E [73]

N [72]

O [34]

I [24]

Y [20]

V [12]

U [11]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3672]

Merchant Navy [175]

Country

United Kingdom [415]

Canada [7]

India [2]

Malta [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Northampton, Northamptonshire [636] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [458] Kettering, Northamptonshire [318] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [232] Northamptonshire [212] Rushden, Northamptonshire [100] Daventry, Northamptonshire [63] Northampton, Northamptonshire, England [63] Oundle, Northamptonshire [62] Brackley, Northamptonshire [53] Towcester, Northamptonshire [51] Desborough, Northamptonshire [49] Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England [41] Northamptonshire England [30] Thrapston, Northamptonshire [29] Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire [25] Raunds, Northamptonshire [24] Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire [20] Weedon, Northamptonshire [20] Finedon, Northamptonshire [19] Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire [18] Rothwell, Northamptonshire [18] Hardingstone, Northamptonshire [17] Irchester, Northamptonshire [16] Newcastle, Northamptonshire [16] Brigstock, Northamptonshire [15] Wicken, Northamptonshire [15] Woodford, Northamptonshire [15] Earls Barton, Northamptonshire [14] Saint Giles, Northamptonshire [14] Brixworth, Northamptonshire [13] Kettering, Northamptonshire, England [13] Morpeth, Northamptonshire [13] Nassington, Northamptonshire [13] Wollaston, Northamptonshire [12] Long Buckby, Northamptonshire [11] Roade, Northamptonshire [10] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England [10] Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire [9] Earls Barton, Northampton, Northamptonshire [9] Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [9] Market Harborough, Northamptonshire [9] Blisworth, Northamptonshire [8] Bozeat, Northamptonshire [8] Braunston, Northamptonshire [7] Paulerspury, Northamptonshire [7] Stamford, Northamptonshire [7] Welford, Northamptonshire [7] Wellington, Northamptonshire [7] All Saints, Northamptonshire [6]

Rank

Private [535] Lance Corporal [52] Corporal [46] Gunner [38] Second Lieutenant [34] Lieutenant [33] Serjeant [32] Able Seaman [29] Captain [23] Stoker 1st Class [19] Ordinary Seaman [18] Sapper [17] Sergeant [14] Boy 1st Class [13] Acting Serjeant [10] Driver [10] Rifleman [10] Major [9] Acting Corporal [8] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Deck Hand [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Acting Bombardier [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Acting Captain [3] Bombardier [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Chief Stoker [3] Leading Seaman [3] Leading Stoker [3] Petty Officer [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Air Mechanic [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Seaman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trimmer [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Lt [1] A C I [1] A C II (Motorcyclist) [1] A/Colour Sergeant [1] AC2 Rigger [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [216] Royal Engineers [34] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [34] Royal Field Artillery [30] London Regiment [22] Machine Gun Corps [22] Army Service Corps [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Bedfordshire Regiment [18] Essex Regiment [17] Suffolk Regiment [17] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [17] Leicestershire Regiment [16] Labour Corps [14] Middlesex Regiment [12] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] Norfolk Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] Cambridgeshire Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8] Coldstream Guards [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [7] East Kent Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Northumberland Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Corps of Hussars [5] HMS Good Hope [5] HMS VALIANT [5] South Wales Borderers [5] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] HMS INVINCIBLE [4] HMS IRON DUKE [4]

Service

Royal Navy [1493] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1461] British Army [728] Australian Imperial Force [37] Canadian Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [503] S [344] C [342] W [338] H [302] M [237] T [203] P [201] G [199] L [183] R [179] A [177] D [138] F [119] J [118] K [85] E [73] N [72] O [34] I [24] Y [20] V [12] U [11] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3672] Merchant Navy [175]

Country

United Kingdom [415] Canada [7] India [2] Malta [1] United States [1]

George Arthur Goulding

Born 1896

Died 1968

British Army 32118 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 6/7807 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 267268 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Henry Higham Chapman

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 4588 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 4588 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 4588 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Arthur Crick

Born 1886

Died 1974

British Army 27518 Private Border Regiment 7th Battalion

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Percy Cooper

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 4561 Private 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Edgar Roberts Mobbs

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 15630 Acting Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Captain Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Major Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Horace Burnham

Born 1893

British Army Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 63516 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery 192Bn

British Army 63516 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick Kilborn

Born 1885

British Army 15654 Private Northamptonshire Regiment "Mobbs Own"

British Army 223123 Private Labour Corps 224 Coy.

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Arnold Summerly

Born 1896

Died 1978

Canadian Expeditionary Force 892028

Canadian Expeditionary Force Little Black Devils Regiment

Canadian Expeditionary Force 892028 Lance Corporal 190th Overseas Battalion

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Albert John William Humberstone

Born 1886

Died 1959

British Army 52490 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Newhaven Fort (East Sussex)

British Army 52490 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 23 New Heavy Battery (Woolwich)

British Army 52490 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 15 New which became 117 Heavy Battery (Woolwich)

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Charles Elijah Chapman

Born 1881

Died 1937

British Army 98293 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 337 Home Field Ambulance

British Army 98293 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 'P' Company

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George William Crick

Born 1888

Died 1982

British Army 8033 Northamptonshire Regiment 4th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 102337 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps 44 Coy.

British Army 102337 Private Machine Gun Corps 2nd Bn.

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Harry Goosey

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Northamptonshire Regiment (Attached to Royal Air Force) School of Aeronautics, Reading

British Army SS/1626 Private Army Service Corps

British Army SS/1626 Private Army Service Corps 58th Training Reserve Battalion

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Frederick Sangster

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2652 Private Leicestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Thomas Thompson Whincup

Born 1899

Died 1980

Royal Navy J37475 Boy (1st Class) HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J37475 Boy (1st Class) HMS Defiance

Royal Navy J37475 Boy (1st Class) HMS Vivid

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Fred Selby Townsend

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army G-34440 Private Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Ernest Johnson

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 142011 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 30426 Private Essex Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 30426 Private Training Reserve

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Harry James Chapman

Born 1895

Died 1957

British Army G/12727 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army G/12727 Private Royal Sussex Regiment Depot

British Army G/12727 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Thomas Gibbins

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army G/13722 Private The Queen's Regiment (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Frederick Bignell

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 18697 Private Leicestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Isaac Jones

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 12528 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 5th Bn.

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