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Ware, Hertfordshire [212]

Ware, Hertfordshire, England [8]

Standon, Ware, Hertfordshire [6]

Braughing, Ware, Hertfordshire [2]

Hunsdon, Ware, Hertfordshire [2]

Thundridge, Ware, Hertfordshire [2]

Wareside Ware, Hertfordshire [2]

Amwell, Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

Colliers End, Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

High Wych, Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

Hitchin, Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

Hoddesdon Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

Much Hadham, Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

Ware Hertfordshire [1]

Ware Hertfordshire [1]

Ware, Hertford, Hertfordshire [1]

Ware, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire [1]

Wareside, Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [8]

Corporal [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Captain [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Major [1]

Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Surgeon [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant Commander [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

7th Gurkha Rifles [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

GOC 68th Infantry Brigade [1]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1]

HM Submarine E6 [1]

HM Trawler Clenboyne [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Endymion [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hibernia [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS PORPOISE [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Royal Oak [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Indian Army [1]

London Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

RN Hospital, Portland [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Air Services [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [158]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62]

British Army [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [30]

S [27]

B [26]

C [21]

H [18]

G [17]

M [17]

P [17]

T [10]

D [9]

L [8]

R [8]

A [6]

F [5]

J [5]

K [5]

O [4]

E [3]

U [3]

I [2]

N [2]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [235]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Place of birth

Ware, Hertfordshire [212] Ware, Hertfordshire, England [8] Standon, Ware, Hertfordshire [6] Braughing, Ware, Hertfordshire [2] Hunsdon, Ware, Hertfordshire [2] Thundridge, Ware, Hertfordshire [2] Wareside Ware, Hertfordshire [2] Amwell, Ware, Hertfordshire [1] Colliers End, Ware, Hertfordshire [1] High Wych, Ware, Hertfordshire [1] Hitchin, Ware, Hertfordshire [1] Hoddesdon Ware, Hertfordshire [1] Much Hadham, Ware, Hertfordshire [1] Ware Hertfordshire [1] Ware Hertfordshire [1] Ware, Hertford, Hertfordshire [1] Ware, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire [1] Wareside, Ware, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [8] Corporal [4] Able Seaman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Captain [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Chief Stoker [1] Leading Signalman [1] Major [1] Sergeant Mechanic [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Surgeon [1] Surgeon Lieutenant Commander [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] 7th Gurkha Rifles [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] GOC 68th Infantry Brigade [1] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1] HM Submarine E6 [1] HM Trawler Clenboyne [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Endymion [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hibernia [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS PORPOISE [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Royal Oak [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Indian Army [1] London Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] RN Hospital, Portland [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Air Services [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [158] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62] British Army [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [30] S [27] B [26] C [21] H [18] G [17] M [17] P [17] T [10] D [9] L [8] R [8] A [6] F [5] J [5] K [5] O [4] E [3] U [3] I [2] N [2] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [235] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Percy Henry Huggins

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 2701 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred John Redmill

Born 1881

Died 1958

British Army 3377 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army SR 278377 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harold Alexander Boyd

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Charles Ward

Born 1880

Died 1959

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain North Staffordshire Regiment

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Alfred Campkin

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 5871 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 36175 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Robert Alec Keith Mason

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208961

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Nathaniel Ginn

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165646

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Edward Bennett

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161796

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John Sidney Wells

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280275

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Charles Anderson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261942

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Edward Charles Allen

Born 1900

Died 1919

Royal Navy K/53025 Stoker 2nd Class HM Trawler Clenboyne

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George Charles Downey

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235262

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Henry Page Croft

Born 1881

Died 1947

British Army Major Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Brigadier General GOC 68th Infantry Brigade

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Silas Barker

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302646

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George William Blake

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27455

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William James Parker

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229611

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Sydney Alfred P Collier

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12249 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army 12249 Acting Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army 12249 Corporal Devonshire Regiment

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John Ledville Greenwood

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 3482 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 27663 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th (Service) Battalion (3rd Birmingham)

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Henry Charles Goodfellow

Born 1887

Died 1960

British Army 25164 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 25164 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harry Goldstone

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141

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