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Watford, Hertfordshire [678]

Bushey, Watford, Hertfordshire [13]

Aldenham, Watford, Hertfordshire [4]

Oxhey, Watford, Hertfordshire [4]

Watford,Hertfordshire. [4]

Kings Langley, Watford, Hertfordshire [3]

Rickmansworth, Watford, Hertfordshire [3]

Croxley Green, Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

Watford Hertfordshire [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire, England [2]

Abbots Langley, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Bushey Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Chipperfield, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Hemel Hempstead, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Leavesden,Watford,Hertfordshire. [1]

Rickmansworth,Watford,Hertfordshire. [1]

Saint John's, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Tring, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Waterdell, Watford. Hertfordshire [1]

Watford , Hertfordshire [1]

Watford Hertfordshire England [1]

Watford, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1]

Watford, Bushey, Hertfordshire [1]

Watford, Hertford, Hertfordshire [1]

Woodside Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [32]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Captain [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Serjeant [4]

Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy, 2nd class and BI [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Clerk [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Musician [1]

Nurse [1]

Pioneer [1]

QMSI of Musketry [1]

Radiologist [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sick Berth Steward 2nd Class [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [9]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

116th Infantry Battalion [1]

12th CMR [1]

3rd (King's Own) Hussars [1]

3rd Hussars [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

French Red Cross Society [1]

Ganges II [1]

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

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

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

H.M.T.B.D Wolsey [1]

HMS "Suffolk" [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Dominion [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [1]

HMS Irresistable [1]

HMS Lancaster [1]

HMS Lion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [456]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [213]

British Army [57]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [95]

H [86]

C [74]

S [73]

W [55]

G [45]

T [43]

A [38]

D [34]

P [34]

F [23]

L [21]

J [19]

R [19]

K [18]

M [18]

E [11]

N [6]

O [6]

Y [5]

V [4]

I [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [726]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Canada [2]

France [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Watford, Hertfordshire [678] Bushey, Watford, Hertfordshire [13] Aldenham, Watford, Hertfordshire [4] Oxhey, Watford, Hertfordshire [4] Watford,Hertfordshire. [4] Kings Langley, Watford, Hertfordshire [3] Rickmansworth, Watford, Hertfordshire [3] Croxley Green, Watford, Hertfordshire [2] Watford Hertfordshire [2] Watford, Hertfordshire, England [2] Abbots Langley, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Bushey Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Chipperfield, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Hemel Hempstead, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Leavesden,Watford,Hertfordshire. [1] Rickmansworth,Watford,Hertfordshire. [1] Saint John's, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Tring, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Waterdell, Watford. Hertfordshire [1] Watford , Hertfordshire [1] Watford Hertfordshire England [1] Watford, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1] Watford, Bushey, Hertfordshire [1] Watford, Hertford, Hertfordshire [1] Woodside Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [32] Second Lieutenant [13] Able Seaman [12] Captain [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Lieutenant [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Leading Seaman [4] Serjeant [4] Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Signalman [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Band Corporal [1] Bombardier [1] Boy, 2nd class and BI [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Clerk [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Musician [1] Nurse [1] Pioneer [1] QMSI of Musketry [1] Radiologist [1] Sergeant [1] Sick Berth Steward 2nd Class [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [9] Royal Field Artillery [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] 116th Infantry Battalion [1] 12th CMR [1] 3rd (King's Own) Hussars [1] 3rd Hussars [1] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] French Red Cross Society [1] Ganges II [1] H.M.S. "Formidable" [1] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1] H.M.S. "Natal" [1] H.M.T.B.D Wolsey [1] HMS "Suffolk" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Dominion [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [1] HMS Irresistable [1] HMS Lancaster [1] HMS Lion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [456] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [213] British Army [57] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [95] H [86] C [74] S [73] W [55] G [45] T [43] A [38] D [34] P [34] F [23] L [21] J [19] R [19] K [18] M [18] E [11] N [6] O [6] Y [5] V [4] I [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [726]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Canada [2] France [1] South Africa [1]

George Randolph Pearkes

Born 1888

Died 1984

Canadian Expeditionary Force 107473

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion

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William Charles Gwynne

Born 1881

Died 1960

Royal Navy 11201 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 11201 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 11201 Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Frederick Joseph Glenister

Born 1890

Died 1968

British Army 2753 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 951671 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army British Red Cross Society

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John Stephen Raymond Lake

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion

British Army Captain South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Ralph Edward Griffin

Born 1894

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 814 Private Australian Infantry 12th Battalion

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John Kilby

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 5221 Private London Regiment 15th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 5221 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Sydney James Atkins

Born 1894

Died 1970

British Army 403 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 895114 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Jack Glenister

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1921 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265198 Corporal Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265198 Corporal Hertfordshire Regiment

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Edwin King Flint

Born 1891

Died 1967

Royal Navy J2323

Royal Navy Boy, 2nd class and BI Ganges II

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Herbert Alfred Glenister

Born 1890

Died 1958

Canadian Expeditionary Force 453685

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Cyril Herbert Berkeley Farmar

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 1/10th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment

British Army Captain London Regiment 10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney)

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George Henry Hatton

Born 1891

British Army 8352 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 207458 Private Labour Corps

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William George Clibbon

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army G/6393 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army G/6393 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st

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Harry George Turney Kentish

Born 1896

Died 1970

Royal Navy J25556

Royal Navy J25556 Able Seaman

Royal Navy J25556 Leading Seaman

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Brian Rivers Smith

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Captain London Regiment Transport

British Army Captain London Regiment 4th Battalion

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Bernard James S Kentish

Born 1898

Died 1980

British Army 702 Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 890593 Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Edwin Phillip Culverhouse

Born 1869

Died 1916

British Army 117468 Pioneer Royal Engineers 6th Labour Battalion

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Cyril Charles Kilby

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 4651 Private London Regiment

British Army 532022 Private London Regiment

British Army 532022 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Horace Charles Glenister

Born 1887

Died 1942

Royal Navy 230316 Signalman

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Augustine Edmund Lee James

Born 1874

Died 1964

British Army Captain South Wales Borderers

British Army Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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