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Stamford, Lincolnshire [107]

Stamford Hill, London [59]

Stamford Lincolnshire [24]

Stamford [18]

Stamford Hill, Middlesex [18]

Stamford Hill, London, Middlesex [15]

Stamford, Rutland [9]

Stamford, Lincolnshire, England [8]

Stamford, Northamptonshire [7]

Stamford Bridge, York, Yorkshire [4]

Stamford England [4]

Stamford le Hope, Essex [4]

Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire [3]

Easton near Stamford Lincolnshire [2]

Stamford Hill England [2]

Stamford Hill, Middlesex, England [2]

Stamford Queensland [2]

Stamford, Lincs [2]

Stamford, Lincs. [2]

Stamford-le-Hope, Essex [2]

Barholm, Stamford, Lincolnshire [1]

Barnack near Stamford Lincolnshire [1]

Easton on the Hill, Stamford Lincolnshire [1]

Ketton, Stamford [1]

London/Stamford Hill [1]

Market Deeping, near Stamford, Lincolnshire [1]

Pilsgate, Near Stamford [1]

Rhyll, Stamford, Rutlandshire [1]

Ruigscliffe West Stamford, Northamptonshire [1]

Shotley,Stamford,Suffolk. [1]

Stamford Baron Workhouse, Stamford, Lincolnshire [1]

Stamford Bridge, Yorks [1]

Stamford Courtney, Devon [1]

Stamford Hill [1]

Stamford Hill London [1]

Stamford Hill, Clapton, Middlesex [1]

Stamford Hill, Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Stamford Hill, Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Stamford Hill, Hackney,Middlesex [1]

Stamford Hill,Middlesex [1]

Stamford Hill. Hackney, London. [1]

Stamford Le Hope, Essex [1]

Stamford Lincs [1]

Stamford Road, Southwark, London [1]

Stamford, Connectticut [1]

Stamford, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Stamford, Worcestershire [1]

Tinwell near Stamford Lincolnshire [1]

Tottenham, Stamford Hill, Middlesex [1]

Wittering Stamford Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [56]

Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Captain [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Serjeant [6]

Gunner [4]

Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Sapper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain (Acting Major) [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4c [1]

Garment Mender [1]

Official War Photographer [1]

Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Third Class Air Mechanic [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

London Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

106th Infantry Regiment [1]

13th Royal Regiment [1]

5th Dragoon Guards [1]

American Expeditionary Force - III Corps [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Attached Middlesex Regiment [1]

British Red Cross [1]

British War Mission [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

General Hospital/French Red Cross [1]

H.M.S. "Dolphin" [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Infantry [1]

KRRC [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Norfolk Yeomanry [1]

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [133]

British Army [91]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [45]

S [35]

H [33]

C [29]

W [27]

P [19]

L [15]

J [14]

R [14]

A [13]

F [13]

G [12]

D [10]

K [10]

M [9]

T [8]

E [6]

N [5]

Y [4]

O [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [308]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

Malaysia [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Stamford, Lincolnshire [107] Stamford Hill, London [59] Stamford Lincolnshire [24] Stamford [18] Stamford Hill, Middlesex [18] Stamford Hill, London, Middlesex [15] Stamford, Rutland [9] Stamford, Lincolnshire, England [8] Stamford, Northamptonshire [7] Stamford Bridge, York, Yorkshire [4] Stamford England [4] Stamford le Hope, Essex [4] Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire [3] Easton near Stamford Lincolnshire [2] Stamford Hill England [2] Stamford Hill, Middlesex, England [2] Stamford Queensland [2] Stamford, Lincs [2] Stamford, Lincs. [2] Stamford-le-Hope, Essex [2] Barholm, Stamford, Lincolnshire [1] Barnack near Stamford Lincolnshire [1] Easton on the Hill, Stamford Lincolnshire [1] Ketton, Stamford [1] London/Stamford Hill [1] Market Deeping, near Stamford, Lincolnshire [1] Pilsgate, Near Stamford [1] Rhyll, Stamford, Rutlandshire [1] Ruigscliffe West Stamford, Northamptonshire [1] Shotley,Stamford,Suffolk. [1] Stamford Baron Workhouse, Stamford, Lincolnshire [1] Stamford Bridge, Yorks [1] Stamford Courtney, Devon [1] Stamford Hill [1] Stamford Hill London [1] Stamford Hill, Clapton, Middlesex [1] Stamford Hill, Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Stamford Hill, Hackney, Middlesex [1] Stamford Hill, Hackney,Middlesex [1] Stamford Hill,Middlesex [1] Stamford Hill. Hackney, London. [1] Stamford Le Hope, Essex [1] Stamford Lincs [1] Stamford Road, Southwark, London [1] Stamford, Connectticut [1] Stamford, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Stamford, Worcestershire [1] Tinwell near Stamford Lincolnshire [1] Tottenham, Stamford Hill, Middlesex [1] Wittering Stamford Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [56] Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Lieutenant [7] Captain [6] Lance Corporal [6] Serjeant [6] Gunner [4] Major [3] Rifleman [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Sapper [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Assistant Sister [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain (Acting Major) [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 4c [1] Garment Mender [1] Official War Photographer [1] Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [1] Sergeant [1] Signalman [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Third Class Air Mechanic [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Lincolnshire Regiment [19] London Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Army Service Corps [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 106th Infantry Regiment [1] 13th Royal Regiment [1] 5th Dragoon Guards [1] American Expeditionary Force - III Corps [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Attached Middlesex Regiment [1] British Red Cross [1] British War Mission [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] General Hospital/French Red Cross [1] H.M.S. "Dolphin" [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS MALAYA [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Infantry [1] KRRC [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Norfolk Yeomanry [1] Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [133] British Army [91] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80] Australian Imperial Force [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [45] S [35] H [33] C [29] W [27] P [19] L [15] J [14] R [14] A [13] F [13] G [12] D [10] K [10] M [9] T [8] E [6] N [5] Y [4] O [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [308] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [54] Malaysia [1] United States [1]

Thomas William Burdett

Born 1897

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17676 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Deal Depot

Royal Navy PLY/17676 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry R M Depot Deal

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Dymock George Henry Hardy

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268950

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Victor Hagger

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1551

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Edward Kettle

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 365889

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William Stanley Alderman

Born 1897

Died 1972

British Army 315643 Private Tank Corps

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William Collins Close

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion. attached. 6th Battalion.

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Albert Johnson

Died 1914

British Army 5910 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Charles Cyril Staplee

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army RTS/1417 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 47257 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Anthony Liddon St John Jones

Born 1894

Canadian Expeditionary Force 10793 Private Canadian Infantry 4th Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Aubrey David Mapleton Farrar

Born 1892

Died 1929

British Army Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant

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James Edward Abbott

Born 1896

Died 1976

British Army 76556 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 526116 Private Royal Engineers

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George Willett

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237051

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Albert George Sorfleet

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6167

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Roderic Esinar Williams

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 316210

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Arthur Webb

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21988

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Robert Bertie Wyldes

Born 1895

Died 1988

British Army 1868 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 200206 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Harry Tomblin

Born 1887

Died 1954

British Army 63172 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John W Butcher

Born 1887

British Army 102112 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Percy Archibald Roberts

Born 1888

Died 1968

British Army 76587 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Rider-Rider

Born 1889

Died 1979

British Army Suffolk Regiment 1st Reserve Garrison Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 19482 Official War Photographer

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