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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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People [3917] Stories Communities

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]

Ernest Parker Wyldbore

Born 1887

Royal Navy F4918

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Thomas Edward Johnson

Born 1901

Royal Navy SS123898

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Walter Clarke

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS124754

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Austin Newbrook

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS125200

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Albert Edward Humphrey

Born 1884

Royal Navy 213988

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Edward Hawkins

Born 1886

Royal Navy 220506

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George William Hurst

Born 1885

Royal Navy 222736

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Arthur John Gibbs

Born 1885

Royal Navy 223703

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Bertram Leonard Townley

Born 1896

British Army 401396 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 359156 Private Royal Engineers

British Army WR/284524 Private Royal Engineers

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Frederick William James Bishop

Born 1896

Royal Navy M8918 Armourer's Crew HMS CANADA

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Edwin Ernest Robinson

Born 1898

Royal Navy J38180 Ordinary Seaman HMS VALIANT

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George William Spencer Longland

Born 1898

Royal Navy J30255 Boy 1st Class HMS LION

Royal Navy J30255 Able Seaman HMS LION

Royal Navy J30255 Ordinary Seaman HMS LION

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George Arthur Alexander

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS123912

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Arthur Owen

Born 1897

Royal Navy J21872

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Alfred Wright

Born 1900

Royal Navy J50342

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Robert Edward Tompkins

Born 1897

Royal Navy J19307

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Charles Reginald Tompkins

Born 1899

Royal Navy K40974

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