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Watford, Hertfordshire [678]

Watford England [40]

Watford [39]

Watford, Herts [18]

Bushey, Watford, Hertfordshire [13]

Watford, London [6]

Aldenham, Watford, Hertfordshire [4]

Oxhey, Watford, Hertfordshire [4]

Watford,Hertfordshire. [4]

Kings Langley, Watford, Hertfordshire [3]

Rickmansworth, Watford, Hertfordshire [3]

Watford, Middlesex [3]

Bushey, Watford [2]

Croxley Green, Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

Watford Hertfordshire [2]

Watford, Hampshire [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire, England [2]

Watford, Kent [2]

Watford, Northamptonshire [2]

109 High Street, Watford [1]

16 Ballards Buildings, Watford [1]

Abbots Langley, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Bushey Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Bushey Heath, Watford, Herts. [1]

Chipperfield, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Ganders Ash Watford [1]

Hemel Hempstead, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Henby, Watford [1]

King’s Langley, Watford [1]

Leavesden,Watford,Hertfordshire. [1]

Northwood Watford [1]

Rickmansworth,Watford,Hertfordshire. [1]

Saint John's, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Sarratt, nr Watford, Herts [1]

St John’s Watford [1]

St Mary's, Watford, Herts [1]

Tring, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Waterdell, Watford. Hertfordshire [1]

Watford , Herfordshire , England [1]

Watford , Hertfordshire [1]

Watford Hertfordshire England [1]

Watford Herts [1]

Watford, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1]

Watford, Bushey, Hertfordshire [1]

Watford, Essex [1]

Watford, HRT [1]

Watford, Herefordshire [1]

Watford, Hertford, Hertfordshire [1]

Watford, Hertford, Middlesex, London [1]

Watford, Lowestoft [1]

Rank

Private [73]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Lieutenant [16]

Able Seaman [12]

Captain [12]

Corporal [6]

Gunner [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Serjeant [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Driver [3]

Sapper [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Musician [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Band Boy [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy, 2nd class and BI [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Clerk [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

General [1]

Lieutenant Admin [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Major General [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nurse [1]

Unit

London Regiment [15]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Engineers [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [3]

Training Reserve [3]

3rd Hussars [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marines Band [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

116th Infantry Battalion [1]

12th CMR [1]

1st Herts 5987717+West Ridings 203448 [1]

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

5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1]

6th Bedford [1]

7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [483]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [217]

British Army [121]

Australian Imperial Force [41]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [111]

H [96]

C [88]

S [86]

W [72]

G [53]

T [45]

A [42]

P [42]

D [40]

F [31]

R [28]

M [26]

L [25]

J [21]

K [19]

E [14]

N [7]

O [6]

Y [6]

V [5]

I [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [859]

Country

United Kingdom [65]

Canada [2]

France [2]

Germany [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Watford, Hertfordshire [678] Watford England [40] Watford [39] Watford, Herts [18] Bushey, Watford, Hertfordshire [13] Watford, London [6] Aldenham, Watford, Hertfordshire [4] Oxhey, Watford, Hertfordshire [4] Watford,Hertfordshire. [4] Kings Langley, Watford, Hertfordshire [3] Rickmansworth, Watford, Hertfordshire [3] Watford, Middlesex [3] Bushey, Watford [2] Croxley Green, Watford, Hertfordshire [2] Watford Hertfordshire [2] Watford, Hampshire [2] Watford, Hertfordshire, England [2] Watford, Kent [2] Watford, Northamptonshire [2] 109 High Street, Watford [1] 16 Ballards Buildings, Watford [1] Abbots Langley, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Bushey Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Bushey Heath, Watford, Herts. [1] Chipperfield, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Ganders Ash Watford [1] Hemel Hempstead, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Henby, Watford [1] King’s Langley, Watford [1] Leavesden,Watford,Hertfordshire. [1] Northwood Watford [1] Rickmansworth,Watford,Hertfordshire. [1] Saint John's, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Sarratt, nr Watford, Herts [1] St John’s Watford [1] St Mary's, Watford, Herts [1] Tring, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Waterdell, Watford. Hertfordshire [1] Watford , Herfordshire , England [1] Watford , Hertfordshire [1] Watford Hertfordshire England [1] Watford Herts [1] Watford, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1] Watford, Bushey, Hertfordshire [1] Watford, Essex [1] Watford, HRT [1] Watford, Herefordshire [1] Watford, Hertford, Hertfordshire [1] Watford, Hertford, Middlesex, London [1] Watford, Lowestoft [1]

Rank

Private [73] Second Lieutenant [19] Lieutenant [16] Able Seaman [12] Captain [12] Corporal [6] Gunner [6] Lance Corporal [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Serjeant [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Leading Seaman [4] Driver [3] Sapper [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Musician [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Signalman [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Band Boy [1] Band Corporal [1] Bombardier [1] Boy, 2nd class and BI [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Clerk [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Deck Hand [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] General [1] Lieutenant Admin [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant General [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Major [1] Major General [1] Midshipman [1] Nurse [1]

Unit

London Regiment [15] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Engineers [6] Army Service Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Essex Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Coldstream Guards [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [3] Training Reserve [3] 3rd Hussars [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marines Band [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 116th Infantry Battalion [1] 12th CMR [1] 1st Herts 5987717+West Ridings 203448 [1] 3rd (King's Own) Hussars [1] 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1] 6th Bedford [1] 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [483] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [217] British Army [121] Australian Imperial Force [41] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [111] H [96] C [88] S [86] W [72] G [53] T [45] A [42] P [42] D [40] F [31] R [28] M [26] L [25] J [21] K [19] E [14] N [7] O [6] Y [6] V [5] I [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [859]

Country

United Kingdom [65] Canada [2] France [2] Germany [1] South Africa [1]

William Thomas Sharp

Born 1887

Died 1965

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5127 (RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284144 2nd Lieutenant

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William Ross

Born 1897

Died 1977

British Army G/4563 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Henry George Easterbrook

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Rupert Frederick Shedel

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army Essex Regiment 1st and 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 1st and 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment 1st and 3rd Battalion

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Herbert Walter Green

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army Captain West African Field Force

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Kent Regiment

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Stephen Henry Johnson Cox

Born 1899

Died 1960

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army 322259 Pioneer Royal Engineers Officer Cadet Battalion

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George Robertson Mill

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy Staff Surgeon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Surg. and Agent Birkenhead, Mersey Div.).

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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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Thomas Charles Sturton Simmonds

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army G/11271 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/11271 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey 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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Wilfred Pankhurst

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 7340 Private London Regiment

British Army 533946 Private London Regiment

British Army 533946 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Alfred Rackley

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 31336 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 31336 6th Bedford

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Herbert Henry Morgan

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 33202 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harold Dixon

Died 1916

British Army 40420 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 6408 Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army GS/60134 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Albert Martin

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 17813 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion

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