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Tring, Hertfordshire [111]

Tring, Herts [61]

Tring [12]

Tring, Buckinghamshire [10]

Tring, Hertfordshire, England [5]

Tring Hertfordshire [4]

Tring England [4]

Long Marston, Tring, Hertfordshire [2]

Long Marston, Tring, Herts [2]

Near Tring, Hertfordshire [2]

Buckland Common,Tring [1]

Buckland Common,Tring, Hertfordshire [1]

Buckland, Tring, Hertfordshire [1]

Bulbourne Tring, Hertfordshire [1]

Cowroast Lock,Tring, Hertfordshire, England [1]

King Street, Tring, Hertfordshire [1]

Little Tring, Hertfordshire [1]

Little Tring, Tring, Herts [1]

Long Marston, Tring, Hertfordshire, England [1]

New Mill, Tring, Hertfordshire [1]

Tring Hertfordshire [1]

Tring Herts England [1]

Tring near Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Tring, Berkhampstead [1]

Tring, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Tring, Herfordshire [1]

Tring, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Tring,Berkhampstead,Hertfordshire. [1]

Wigginton, Tring, Hertfordshire [1]

Wilstone near Tring, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [67]

Gunner [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Corporal [6]

Driver [6]

Captain [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Sapper [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Leading Stoker [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain (Adjutant) [1]

Colonel [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Medical Officer and Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

promoted Lance Corporal in 1917 [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [17]

Royal Engineers [8]

Hertfordshire Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Buckinghamshire Battalion [2]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

276 Brigade RFA [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society, Duchess of Westminster's Hospital, Le Touquet [1]

British Red Cross and St John of Jerusalem [1]

Buckinghamshire Hussars [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry, New Brunswick Rgt, 44th Btlln [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

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

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [1]

Service

British Army [99]

Royal Navy [71]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Last name first letter

B [33]

H [28]

C [19]

W [19]

R [18]

P [16]

S [14]

D [12]

F [11]

G [11]

K [8]

N [8]

A [7]

M [7]

J [4]

T [4]

L [3]

V [3]

E [2]

I [2]

O [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [228]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [101]

Canada [6]

United States [1]

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People [233] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Tring, Hertfordshire [111] Tring, Herts [61] Tring [12] Tring, Buckinghamshire [10] Tring, Hertfordshire, England [5] Tring Hertfordshire [4] Tring England [4] Long Marston, Tring, Hertfordshire [2] Long Marston, Tring, Herts [2] Near Tring, Hertfordshire [2] Buckland Common,Tring [1] Buckland Common,Tring, Hertfordshire [1] Buckland, Tring, Hertfordshire [1] Bulbourne Tring, Hertfordshire [1] Cowroast Lock,Tring, Hertfordshire, England [1] King Street, Tring, Hertfordshire [1] Little Tring, Hertfordshire [1] Little Tring, Tring, Herts [1] Long Marston, Tring, Hertfordshire, England [1] New Mill, Tring, Hertfordshire [1] Tring Hertfordshire [1] Tring Herts England [1] Tring near Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [1] Tring, Berkhampstead [1] Tring, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [1] Tring, Herfordshire [1] Tring, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Tring,Berkhampstead,Hertfordshire. [1] Wigginton, Tring, Hertfordshire [1] Wilstone near Tring, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [67] Gunner [7] Lance Corporal [7] Corporal [6] Driver [6] Captain [5] Lieutenant [4] Sapper [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Leading Stoker [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bugler [1] Captain (Adjutant) [1] Colonel [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Medical Officer and Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Petty Officer [1] Staff Sergeant [1] promoted Lance Corporal in 1917 [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [17] Royal Engineers [8] Hertfordshire Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Labour Corps [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Machine Gun Corps [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] Buckinghamshire Battalion [2] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [2] Corps of Hussars [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1] 276 Brigade RFA [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society, Duchess of Westminster's Hospital, Le Touquet [1] British Red Cross and St John of Jerusalem [1] Buckinghamshire Hussars [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry, New Brunswick Rgt, 44th Btlln [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment Territorial Force [1] London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [1]

Service

British Army [99] Royal Navy [71] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Australian Imperial Force [6]

Last name first letter

B [33] H [28] C [19] W [19] R [18] P [16] S [14] D [12] F [11] G [11] K [8] N [8] A [7] M [7] J [4] T [4] L [3] V [3] E [2] I [2] O [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [228] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [101] Canada [6] United States [1]

Stanley James Pratt

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100029 Sergeant 48th Squadron

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Will Baker

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17360 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/17360 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.Q. (Portsmouth)

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Roland Maddison Vaisey

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 135610 Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain (Adjutant) Royal Field Artillery 36th Brigade

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George Brooks

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 40389 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Stanley Francis Prior Foster

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 33276 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Denis Hand

Born 1895

British Army 77278 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Alfred Burnham

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1119 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

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Herbert Cutler

Born 1887

British Army 97949 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 97949 Driver 276 Brigade RFA

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Sidney Walter Hedges

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 28398 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Marcus Ernest Young

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 175207 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Lovell

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 17199 Private Essex Regiment

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Robert Montague Herbert Hance

Born 1893

Died 1980

British Army

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13115

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Ralph Bertram Battson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 85758 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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George Walter Young

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Harry Rance

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 451060

Canadian Expeditionary Force 451060 Bugler Canadian Infantry

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Gordon William Asquith

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

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Sidney Charles Dawe

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Captain Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Captain Lincolnshire Regiment Territorial Force 5th Battalion

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William Arthur Nutkins

Born 1898

Died 1972

British Army 34171 Private Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Ernest Charles Cross

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186794

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Arthur Lovell

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 5785 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 50477 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 50477 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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