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Oakham, Rutland [116]

Market Overton, Oakham, Rutland [8]

Exton, Oakham, Rutland [4]

Langham, Oakham, Rutland [2]

Oakham Rutland [2]

Whissendine, Oakham, Rutland [2]

Barleythorpe, Oakham, Rutland [1]

Barrow near Oakham, Rutland [1]

Empingham, Oakham, Rutland [1]

Hambleton, Oakham, Rutland [1]

Horn Exton Oakham Rutland [1]

Langham, Nr. Oakham, Rutland [1]

Market Overton, Oakham,Rutland [1]

North Oakham, Rutland [1]

Oakham Rutland, Leicestershire [1]

Oakham district, Rutland [1]

Oakham, Rutland [1]

Oakham, Rutland, England [1]

Oakham,Rutland [1]

South Luffenham, Oakham, Rutland [1]

Teigh, Oakham, Rutland [1]

Uppingham, Oakham, Rutland [1]

Rank

Private [20]

Lance Corporal [3]

Gunner [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Commandant [1]

Driver [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Ordinary Seaman RNVR [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Cambridgeshire Regt [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS Barham [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Life Guards [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Mount Stuart Royal Naval Hospital [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VALIANT [1]

Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [78]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

British Army [29]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [29]

C [14]

H [14]

W [13]

S [11]

G [8]

N [7]

R [7]

K [6]

M [6]

F [5]

P [5]

D [4]

E [4]

L [4]

O [4]

J [3]

T [3]

A [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [145]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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Place of birth

Oakham, Rutland [116] Market Overton, Oakham, Rutland [8] Exton, Oakham, Rutland [4] Langham, Oakham, Rutland [2] Oakham Rutland [2] Whissendine, Oakham, Rutland [2] Barleythorpe, Oakham, Rutland [1] Barrow near Oakham, Rutland [1] Empingham, Oakham, Rutland [1] Hambleton, Oakham, Rutland [1] Horn Exton Oakham Rutland [1] Langham, Nr. Oakham, Rutland [1] Market Overton, Oakham,Rutland [1] North Oakham, Rutland [1] Oakham Rutland, Leicestershire [1] Oakham district, Rutland [1] Oakham, Rutland [1] Oakham, Rutland, England [1] Oakham,Rutland [1] South Luffenham, Oakham, Rutland [1] Teigh, Oakham, Rutland [1] Uppingham, Oakham, Rutland [1]

Rank

Private [20] Lance Corporal [3] Gunner [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Commandant [1] Driver [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Ordinary Seaman RNVR [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [9] Royal Field Artillery [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Cambridgeshire Regt [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS Barham [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Life Guards [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Mount Stuart Royal Naval Hospital [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VALIANT [1] Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Worcestershire Yeomanry [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [78] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] British Army [29] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [29] C [14] H [14] W [13] S [11] G [8] N [7] R [7] K [6] M [6] F [5] P [5] D [4] E [4] L [4] O [4] J [3] T [3] A [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [145]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Joseph Needham

Born 1881

Royal Navy SS101801

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James Faulkner Osborn

Born 1886

Royal Navy SS104311

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Samuel Chadwick

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS110335

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Percy Cooke

Born 1888

Royal Navy 230220

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Thomas Henry Broom

Born 1888

Royal Navy 233815

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Marshall John William Ellingworth

Born 1889

Royal Navy 236310

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Arthur Frederick Newman

Born 1891

Royal Navy 238104

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Tom Beaver

Born 1881

Royal Navy 302789

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Frederick William Dawson

Born 1883

Royal Navy 209476

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Walter Ebna Meadows

Born 1885

Royal Navy 212085

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Herbert Mould

Born 1886

Royal Navy 217799

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Victor James Peacock

Born 1895

Royal Navy K21156 Stoker 1st Class HMS Barham

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Owen William Eric Whittle

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 18891 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Joseph William Saddington

Born 1897

Died 1952

British Army 1610 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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John William Preston

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 46981 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 28550 Private Labour Corps

British Army 48015 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Sydney Parnham Collins Bass

Born 1882

British Army 2218 Private Essex Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 200505 Private Essex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Percy Albert Smith

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army L/29117 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery 160th Brigade

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John Bottonley

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291741

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John Laxton Grant

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189374

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John Robert Kettle

Born 1893

Died 1977

Royal Navy SS111645

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