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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]

Leslie Gulliver Neighbour

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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William Brett St Leger

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army C/5714 Colonel Infantry South African Police

British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards 2 Battalion

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William Miles

Died 1915

British Army 1658 Acting Serjeant Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 1658 Serjeant Hertfordshire Regiment

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George Herring

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 12560 Private Coldstream Guards

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Charles Edmund Wood

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Captain and Adjutant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Reginald St George Lake

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion (Territorial)

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George Edward Coster

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 18987 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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William Edward Pearkes

Born 1889

Canadian Expeditionary Force 117469 Private 12th CMR

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Charles Collier Swain

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8165

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Joseph Herbert Waldock

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279825

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John George Wheeler

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202274

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Harry Phillip Hill

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47767

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James Henry Hancock

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262984

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Charles Henry Baden Powell Collier

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298362

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Frederick George Hawyes

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275998

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Frederick Ebenezer Blower

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167504

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Harold Edwin Hampson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28052

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Thomas William Middleton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188437

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George Edward Abbott

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army G/3342 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Charles James Cook

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 35685 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 35685 Private Essex Regiment

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