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Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [232]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England [10]

Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [9]

Rushden, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [6]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [5]

Wollaston, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [5]

Bozeat, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4]

Irchester, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4]

Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4]

Wellingborough Northamptonshire [2]

Wellingborough Northamptonshire [2]

All Saints, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Earls Barton, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Grendon Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Harrowden, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Higham Ferrers, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Irthlingborough, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Mears Ashby, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Orlingbury, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Wellingborough, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire & Bedfordshire [1]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [30]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Commanding Officer [1]

ERA 3rd Class [1]

ERA 4th Class [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Leuitenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Reverend [1]

Sapper [1]

Seaman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Expeditionary Force [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HM Submarine D5 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Arabis [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Kent [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment (Attached to Royal Air Force) [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VANGUARD [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS WARSPITE [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Scots Guards [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [131]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [112]

British Army [40]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [36]

C [33]

W [28]

H [22]

S [21]

L [20]

P [19]

D [16]

M [13]

T [13]

A [12]

G [11]

J [10]

R [8]

E [7]

N [6]

O [6]

F [5]

K [3]

Y [2]

I [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [283]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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Place of birth

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [232] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England [10] Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [9] Rushden, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [6] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [5] Wollaston, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [5] Bozeat, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4] Irchester, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4] Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4] Wellingborough Northamptonshire [2] Wellingborough Northamptonshire [2] All Saints, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Earls Barton, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Grendon Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Harrowden, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Higham Ferrers, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Irthlingborough, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Mears Ashby, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Orlingbury, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Wellingborough, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire & Bedfordshire [1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [30] Second Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Commanding Officer [1] ERA 3rd Class [1] ERA 4th Class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Leuitenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Reverend [1] Sapper [1] Seaman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Expeditionary Force [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HM Submarine D5 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Arabis [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Kent [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Victory II [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment (Attached to Royal Air Force) [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VANGUARD [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS WARSPITE [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Scots Guards [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [131] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [112] British Army [40] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [36] C [33] W [28] H [22] S [21] L [20] P [19] D [16] M [13] T [13] A [12] G [11] J [10] R [8] E [7] N [6] O [6] F [5] K [3] Y [2] I [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [283] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Harry Goosey

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Northamptonshire Regiment (Attached to Royal Air Force) School of Aeronautics, Reading

British Army SS/1626 Private Army Service Corps

British Army SS/1626 Private Army Service Corps 58th Training Reserve Battalion

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Harry Cobley

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 16911 Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Private

British Army 16911 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Samuel Frost

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 3594 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 3594 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Harry Dawson Bristow

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army C/792 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 16th Battalion

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Alfred Burnham

Born 1894

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25293 Corporal Royal Air Force 1st Training Group

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James Rickard

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 7126 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 7126 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 7126 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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William Bowyer Smith

Born 1878

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3766

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Richard Arthur Warwick

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 6149 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 202268 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Thomas Litchfield

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 43246 Lance Corporal Training Reserve Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Albert Beale

Died 1918

British Army 1199 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion.

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Frank Haydn Hornsey

Born 1898

Died 1979

British Army 51289 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 51289 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th (Service Battalion) Cambridgeshires

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Walter Line

Born 1885

Died 1956

British Army 49658 Private Royal Fusiliers 6th Battalion

British Army 49658 Private Royal Fusiliers 32nd Battalion

British Army 49658 Private Royal Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Leslie Moore Head

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 15676 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Sidney Francis Leaberry

Born 1892

Died 1920

British Army 1202 Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army 1202 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

British Army 3512352 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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Charles Burns

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105468

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Frank Sydney Payne

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168970

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Frank Perkins

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291986

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Allen Nicholls

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277512

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Joseph Howard Archer

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309947

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Paul John James Panter

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11897

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