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Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [232]

Wellingborough England [26]

Wellingborough [16]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England [10]

Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [9]

Rushden, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [6]

Wellingborough, Northumberland [6]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [5]

Wellingborough, Northants [5]

Wollaston, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [5]

Bozeat, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4]

Irchester, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4]

Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4]

Wellingborough, England [3]

Wellingborough, Northampton [3]

Wellingborough Northamptonshire [2]

Wellingborough Northamptonshire [2]

Wellingborough, Hampshire [2]

Wellingborough, Northampshire [2]

Wellingborough,Nothamptonshire [2]

All Saints, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Bozeat, Wellingborough [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]

St Barnabas Wellingborough [1]

Wellingborough Northampton [1]

Wellingborough Northants. [1]

Wellingborough Northhamptonshire [1]

Wellingborough, Bedfordshire [1]

Wellingborough, Berkshire [1]

Wellingborough, Bucks [1]

Wellingborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Wellingborough, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire & Bedfordshire [1]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire [1]

Wellingborough, Staffordshire [1]

Wellingborough, Warwickshire [1]

Wollaston, Wellingborough [1]

Rank

Private [48]

Corporal [7]

Serjeant [6]

Gunner [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Commanding Officer [1]

Driver [1]

ERA 3rd Class [1]

ERA 4th Class [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Leuitenant Colonel [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Reverend [1]

Seaman [1]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

53rd Battery, 13th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery [1]

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]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [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 Mary Rose [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Tipperary [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1]

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

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [148]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [112]

British Army [74]

Australian Imperial Force [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [52]

C [40]

W [37]

S [27]

P [25]

H [23]

L [22]

D [19]

M [18]

T [18]

A [14]

G [14]

J [11]

F [9]

R [9]

E [8]

N [7]

O [7]

K [3]

U [3]

Y [3]

I [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [358]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

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Place of birth

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [232] Wellingborough England [26] Wellingborough [16] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England [10] Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [9] Rushden, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [6] Wellingborough, Northumberland [6] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [5] Wellingborough, Northants [5] Wollaston, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [5] Bozeat, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4] Irchester, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4] Raunds, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4] Wellingborough, England [3] Wellingborough, Northampton [3] Wellingborough Northamptonshire [2] Wellingborough Northamptonshire [2] Wellingborough, Hampshire [2] Wellingborough, Northampshire [2] Wellingborough,Nothamptonshire [2] All Saints, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Bozeat, Wellingborough [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] St Barnabas Wellingborough [1] Wellingborough Northampton [1] Wellingborough Northants. [1] Wellingborough Northhamptonshire [1] Wellingborough, Bedfordshire [1] Wellingborough, Berkshire [1] Wellingborough, Bucks [1] Wellingborough, Lincolnshire [1] Wellingborough, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire & Bedfordshire [1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire [1] Wellingborough, Staffordshire [1] Wellingborough, Warwickshire [1] Wollaston, Wellingborough [1]

Rank

Private [48] Corporal [7] Serjeant [6] Gunner [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Lieutenant [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Commanding Officer [1] Driver [1] ERA 3rd Class [1] ERA 4th Class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Leuitenant Colonel [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Reverend [1] Seaman [1] Ship's Steward's Assistant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Hampshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 53rd Battery, 13th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery [1] 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] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [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 Mary Rose [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Tipperary [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Victory II [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [148] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [112] British Army [74] Australian Imperial Force [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [52] C [40] W [37] S [27] P [25] H [23] L [22] D [19] M [18] T [18] A [14] G [14] J [11] F [9] R [9] E [8] N [7] O [7] K [3] U [3] Y [3] I [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [358] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

George Miller

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 203749 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 203749 Private lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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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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David Pearce Sharman

Born 1889

Died 1976

British Army 296 Corporal Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 296 Sapper Royal Naval Division: Engineers Deal

British Army 207672 Lieutenant Royal Engineers 247th and 248th Field Co.

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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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Herbert William Bryant

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 6338 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6338 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6338 Company Serjeant Major Northamptonshire Regiment

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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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George Sidney Campion

Born 1887

Died 1958

British Army 33725 Driver Royal Field Artillery 32nd Brigade

British Army 30887 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 126177 Driver Royal Engineers

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Edwin Arthur Chapman Mould

Born 1899

Died 1982

British Army 44625 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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George Craddock

Born 1894

British Army 88981 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 152

British Army 88981 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery B/47

British Army 88981 Corporal Royal Field Artillery B/47

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William Bowyer Smith

Born 1878

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3766

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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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George Edward Victor Fulkes

Born 1883

Died 1956

British Army 952 Corporal London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 300616 Corporal London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

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Edwin Maycock

Died 1914

British Army 39725 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 6th Battery

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Herbert William Prigmore

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 11987 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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Arthur Sanders Watts

Born 1888

British Army 13353 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 13353 Serjeant Grenadier Guards

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Reginald John William Plowman

Born 1897

Died 1981

British Army G/11804 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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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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Joseph Horace Bailey

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3563

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