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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [681]

Cambridge [498]

Cambridge England [164]

Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [17]

Cambridge Tasmania [14]

Chesterton, Cambridge [12]

Willingham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [6]

Cottenham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [5]

Histon, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [5]

CherryHinton Cambridge [4]

Sawston, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [4]

Burwell, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3]

Cambridge, England [3]

Cambridge, Massachusetts [3]

Chesterton Cambridge [3]

Gamlingay, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3]

March, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3]

Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3]

Barrington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Cambridge , Cambridgeshire [2]

Cambridge Heath, London [2]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England [2]

Cambridge, Cambs [2]

Cambridge, Lanarkshire [2]

Cambridge, St. James [2]

Chatteris, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Christchurch, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Ely, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Fordham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Foxton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Fulbourn, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Linton,Cambridge [2]

Newmarket, Cambridge [2]

Romsey Town, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Saint Andrew the Less, Cambridge [2]

Stapleford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

106 Great Cambridge St, Hackney, London [1]

30 Cambridge Buildings, Pimlico, Westminster [1]

Abington, Cambridge [1]

Albert Street, Fitzroy Street, Cambridge [1]

Babraham, Cambridge [1]

Balsham, Cambridge [1]

Barton, Cambridge [1]

Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Bottishaw Lode, Cambridge [1]

Burwell, Newmarket, Cambridge [1]

Cambridge Cambridgeshire [1]

Cambridge Cambridgeshire. [1]

Cambridge Heath, Bethnal Green [1]

Cambridge Massachusetts, United States of America [1]

Rank

Private [218]

Corporal [32]

Lieutenant [32]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Lance Corporal [25]

Captain [24]

Serjeant [18]

Gunner [13]

Sapper [13]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Sergeant [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Major [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Driver [4]

Rifleman [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Section Leader [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Garment Mender [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Squadron Leader [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Volunteer [2]

private [2]

2lt [1]

2nd Lieut. [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

2nd lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sargeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Cambridgeshire Regiment [94]

Suffolk Regiment [59]

Royal Engineers [21]

Labour Corps [14]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [14]

Bedfordshire Regiment [12]

London Regiment [12]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Army Service Corps [10]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Air Service [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Suffolk Yeomanry [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

British Red Cross [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Border Regiment [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

General List [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

Service

Royal Navy [584]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [405]

British Army [361]

Australian Imperial Force [194]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

Other Empire Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Indian Army [3]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [149]

C [143]

S [143]

H [133]

W [124]

M [118]

P [112]

G [86]

T [78]

D [67]

L [67]

F [64]

R [59]

A [54]

N [39]

J [37]

K [28]

E [27]

O [16]

U [8]

Y [7]

I [6]

V [4]

Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1521]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [200]

Canada [5]

India [2]

South Africa [2]

Australia [1]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

United States [1]

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [681] Cambridge [498] Cambridge England [164] Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [17] Cambridge Tasmania [14] Chesterton, Cambridge [12] Willingham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [6] Cottenham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [5] Histon, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [5] CherryHinton Cambridge [4] Sawston, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [4] Burwell, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3] Cambridge, England [3] Cambridge, Massachusetts [3] Chesterton Cambridge [3] Gamlingay, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3] March, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3] Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [3] Barrington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Cambridge , Cambridgeshire [2] Cambridge Heath, London [2] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England [2] Cambridge, Cambs [2] Cambridge, Lanarkshire [2] Cambridge, St. James [2] Chatteris, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Christchurch, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Ely, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Fordham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Foxton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Fulbourn, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Linton,Cambridge [2] Newmarket, Cambridge [2] Romsey Town, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Saint Andrew the Less, Cambridge [2] Stapleford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] 106 Great Cambridge St, Hackney, London [1] 30 Cambridge Buildings, Pimlico, Westminster [1] Abington, Cambridge [1] Albert Street, Fitzroy Street, Cambridge [1] Babraham, Cambridge [1] Balsham, Cambridge [1] Barton, Cambridge [1] Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Bottishaw Lode, Cambridge [1] Burwell, Newmarket, Cambridge [1] Cambridge Cambridgeshire [1] Cambridge Cambridgeshire. [1] Cambridge Heath, Bethnal Green [1] Cambridge Massachusetts, United States of America [1]

Rank

Private [218] Corporal [32] Lieutenant [32] Second Lieutenant [31] Lance Corporal [25] Captain [24] Serjeant [18] Gunner [13] Sapper [13] Stoker 1st Class [10] Sergeant [7] Able Seaman [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Acting Corporal [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Leading Seaman [5] Major [5] Deck Hand [4] Driver [4] Rifleman [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Section Leader [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2] Garment Mender [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Squadron Leader [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Major [2] Volunteer [2] private [2] 2lt [1] 2nd Lieut. [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] 2nd lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sargeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Cambridgeshire Regiment [94] Suffolk Regiment [59] Royal Engineers [21] Labour Corps [14] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [14] Bedfordshire Regiment [12] London Regiment [12] Royal Field Artillery [12] Army Service Corps [10] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Air Force [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Naval Air Service [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Suffolk Yeomanry [5] Canadian Infantry [4] HMS IRON DUKE [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] British Red Cross [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Royal Scots [3] Border Regiment [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] General List [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Calliope [2]

Service

Royal Navy [584] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [405] British Army [361] Australian Imperial Force [194] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] Other Empire Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Indian Army [3] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [149] C [143] S [143] H [133] W [124] M [118] P [112] G [86] T [78] D [67] L [67] F [64] R [59] A [54] N [39] J [37] K [28] E [27] O [16] U [8] Y [7] I [6] V [4] Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1521] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [200] Canada [5] India [2] South Africa [2] Australia [1] China [1] Egypt [1] United States [1]

John Webb

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 8484 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd

British Army 8484 Private Suffolk Regiment 1st

British Army 8484 Private Suffolk Regiment Depot

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Donald Mcleod Innes

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant attached to the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Special Reserve of Officers

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Arthur John Livermore

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 2010 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 473173 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps East Anglian Field Ambulance

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John Cottage Isaac Strange

Born 1891

Died 1970

British Army G/51381 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Edward John Colbourne

Born 1885

Died 1961

British Army 219343 Driver Royal Engineers

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John Merry Toller

Born 1877

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101450

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Harry George Lusher

Born 1876

Died 1956

British Army 88547 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/311685 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Percy James Parr

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army GS/15743 Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army GS/15743 Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Lionel Theobald Smith

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 31891 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 13/41452 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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John Berry Hobbs

Born 1882

Died 1963

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48817

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Allison Bertie Gatward

Born 1881

Died 1950

British Army G/52517 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Francis Arthur Atlee

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 6807 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 233147 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 233147 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Charles Herbert Harpley

Born 1895

Died 1967

British Army 128488 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge

British Army 128488 Private Royal Army Medical Corps No.3 Training Battalion

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Herbert Chapman

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 1360 Serjeant Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 32514 Serjeant Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Arthur Henry Humberstone

Born 1868

Died 1952

British Army 221 Private Suffolk Regiment 3rd Volunteer (Cambridgeshire) Battalion

British Army 221 Private then Lance Corporal then Corporal Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 221 Serjeant Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Bernard Leonard Reilly

Born 1893

Died 1986

Australian Imperial Force 11527 Gunner 5 Field Artilliary Brigade

Australian Imperial Force 11527 Gunner Ammunition Column

Australian Imperial Force 11527 Gunner 5th FA Bde BAC

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Willard Apperly Porter

Born 1889

Died 1966

Canadian Expeditionary Force 283527 Private 219th Highland Battalion (Nova Scotia)

Canadian Expeditionary Force 283527 Serjeant 5th [Depot] Battalion Corps of Canadian Railway Troops

Canadian Expeditionary Force 283527 Lieutenant 5th [Depot] Battalion Corps of Canadian Railway Troops

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Michael Charles Metcalfe

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 6172 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 327867 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Jack Roland Webster

Born 1893

Died 1946

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1675 Private Canadian Infantry 8th Battalion

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Frank Hatley

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army G/551 Private Middlesex Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 551 Private Middlesex Regiment 3rd Battalion

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