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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]

Sidney Walter Wright

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 44469 Private Manchester Regiment

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Thomas Richard King

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 651463

Canadian Expeditionary Force 651463 Private Canadian Infantry "B" Coy. 1st Battalion

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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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Cyril Rowland Gough

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3317 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 3317 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1/1

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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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Frederick Thomas Richardson

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 14206 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 14206 Private Bedfordshire 1st Battalion

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Arthur Wright

Born 1898

Died 1974

British Army 49078 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Walter Reginald Bruton

Born 1882

Died 1970

British Army 4570 Private 3rd Hussars

British Army 52443 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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John Joseph Butler

Australian Imperial Force 4449

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Herbert Vaughan Cox

Born 1860

Indian Army Lieutenant General Military Secretary to the India Office

Indian Army General Military Secretary to the India Office

Indian Army Brigadier General GOC 29th Indian (Ghurka) Brigade

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Allan Stone

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12592 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2182 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Louis Joseph Conquest

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 391235 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 3982 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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George Ernest Deayton

Born 1897

Died 1990

British Army 20344(Incomplete) Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 203448 Lance Corporal 1st/4th Battn West Ridings

British Army TF 2726+DF 464+5987717 1st Herts

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Leonard Alloway

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 235058 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 23508 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army 235058 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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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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