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10 Upper Charlton Street, Marylebone, London [1]

14 Richmond Terrace, Gillingham, Kent [1]

15 Crown Terrace, Kentish Town, London [1]

2 Bedford Cottages, Hinton Road, Beddington, Surrey [1]

33 Waterloo Road, Hillingdon, Middlesex [1]

33 Waterloo Road, Uxbridge Moor, Middlesex [1]

4 Yeates Cottages, Bexley Heath, Kent [1]

44 Kingsgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire [1]

49 Leopold Road, Reading, Berkshire [1]

5 Bookbinder's Asylum, Balls Pond Road, Islington, London [1]

6 Cogan Row, Cogan, South Wales [1]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Basingstoke Registration District [1]

Blendon, Bexley, Kent [1]

Breach Cottages, Easton Royal, Wiltshire [1]

Breamore, Hampshire [1]

Brentford End, Isleworth, Middlesex [1]

Cardiff Registration District [1]

Chamberlain's Cottage, Woodmansterne, Surrey [1]

Coastguard Station, Graves, Helston, Cornwall [1]

Crofton, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire [1]

Croydon Registration District [1]

Devon [1]

East Grafton, Wiltshire [1]

East Meon, Hampshire [1]

Easton Royal, Wiltshire [1]

Epsom Registration District [1]

Exeter Registration District [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Great Woodcote, Beddington, Surrey [1]

Halton, Lancashire [1]

Ham, Surrey [1]

Hardingstone Registration District [1]

Kilnhurst, Yorkshire [1]

Langford, Berkshire [1]

London [1]

London Road, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Lucknow [1]

Manor Road, Moordown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire [1]

Moordown, Hampshire [1]

Narrabri New South Wales [1]

New Ferry, Lower Bebington, Wirral [1]

Odiham, Hampshire [1]

Pewsey, Wiltshire [1]

Ram Aley, Burbage, Wiltshire [1]

Romsey Registration District [1]

Rose and Crown Yard, Church Street, Croydon, Surrey [1]

Scotland Gate, Bedlington, Northumberland [1]

Sheffield Registration District [1]

Rank

Private [59]

Driver [9]

Corporal [6]

Sapper [6]

Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Captain [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sergeant [2]

A/CQMS [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Sergeant [1]

Acting W O class I / Acting S S M [1]

CQMS [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (Seconded) [1]

PO Mech [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Signaller [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 / CSM [1]

Wheeler [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Army Reserve [5]

Labour Corps [5]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Leinster Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

'Z' Reserve [1]

51st Garrison Battalion [1]

5th Dragoon Guards [1]

5th Training Battalion [1]

7th QO Hussars [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Composite [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

Highland Division, Ammunition Column [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Naval Air Service [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northern Regiment [1]

Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Oxon & Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Princess Charlotte Of Wales' Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1]

RNVR [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [75]

Royal Navy [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [79]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [79]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

India [3]

Australia [2]

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10 Upper Charlton Street, Marylebone, London [1] 14 Richmond Terrace, Gillingham, Kent [1] 15 Crown Terrace, Kentish Town, London [1] 2 Bedford Cottages, Hinton Road, Beddington, Surrey [1] 33 Waterloo Road, Hillingdon, Middlesex [1] 33 Waterloo Road, Uxbridge Moor, Middlesex [1] 4 Yeates Cottages, Bexley Heath, Kent [1] 44 Kingsgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire [1] 49 Leopold Road, Reading, Berkshire [1] 5 Bookbinder's Asylum, Balls Pond Road, Islington, London [1] 6 Cogan Row, Cogan, South Wales [1] Acton, Middlesex [1] Basingstoke Registration District [1] Blendon, Bexley, Kent [1] Breach Cottages, Easton Royal, Wiltshire [1] Breamore, Hampshire [1] Brentford End, Isleworth, Middlesex [1] Cardiff Registration District [1] Chamberlain's Cottage, Woodmansterne, Surrey [1] Coastguard Station, Graves, Helston, Cornwall [1] Crofton, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire [1] Croydon Registration District [1] Devon [1] East Grafton, Wiltshire [1] East Meon, Hampshire [1] Easton Royal, Wiltshire [1] Epsom Registration District [1] Exeter Registration District [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Great Woodcote, Beddington, Surrey [1] Halton, Lancashire [1] Ham, Surrey [1] Hardingstone Registration District [1] Kilnhurst, Yorkshire [1] Langford, Berkshire [1] London [1] London Road, Reigate, Surrey [1] Lucknow [1] Manor Road, Moordown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire [1] Moordown, Hampshire [1] Narrabri New South Wales [1] New Ferry, Lower Bebington, Wirral [1] Odiham, Hampshire [1] Pewsey, Wiltshire [1] Ram Aley, Burbage, Wiltshire [1] Romsey Registration District [1] Rose and Crown Yard, Church Street, Croydon, Surrey [1] Scotland Gate, Bedlington, Northumberland [1] Sheffield Registration District [1]

Rank

Private [59] Driver [9] Corporal [6] Sapper [6] Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Lance Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Sergeant [2] Captain [2] Pioneer [2] Sergeant [2] A/CQMS [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Sergeant [1] Acting W O class I / Acting S S M [1] CQMS [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] L/Cpl [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (Seconded) [1] PO Mech [1] Petty Officer [1] Rifleman [1] Signaller [1] Temporary Captain [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 / CSM [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [12] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Field Artillery [8] Hampshire Regiment [6] Army Reserve [5] Labour Corps [5] London Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Leinster Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 'Z' Reserve [1] 51st Garrison Battalion [1] 5th Dragoon Guards [1] 5th Training Battalion [1] 7th QO Hussars [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Composite [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] Highland Division, Ammunition Column [1] Kent Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Naval Air Service [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northern Regiment [1] Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry [1] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [1] Oxon & Bucks Light Infantry [1] Princess Charlotte Of Wales' Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1] RNVR [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [75] Royal Navy [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [79] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [79]

Country

United Kingdom [53] India [3] Australia [2]

Herbert Beckingham

Born 1898

Died 1954

British Army 38722 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 25281 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 31st Training Reserve

British Army 38722 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2/8 Battalion

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George Henry Beckingham

Born 1886

Died 1952

British Army 11786 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion

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Edward Beckingham

Born 1898

Died 1970

British Army 203396 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Richard George Beckingham

Born 1888

Died 1971

British Army M2/137107 Private Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport

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Arthur Eli Beckingham

Born 1876

Died 1945

British Army WR/28540 Sapper Royal Engineers Railways

British Army 138542 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Edward Beckingham

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 86237 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Bertie Reginald Beckingham

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 6509 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army GS/63686 Private Royal Fusiliers 11th

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George Alfred Beckingham

Born 1894

Died 1963

British Army 13048 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 41769 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Edward Jack Beckingham

Born 1897

Died 1988

British Army 88024 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Beckingham

Born 1896

Died 1955

British Army 215 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 636359 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 215 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Beckingham

Born 1896

Died 1967

British Army 1008115 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 14th Brigade

British Army 69766 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 14th Brigade

British Army 69766 Driver Royal Field Artillery 14th Brigade

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Albert Herbert Beckingham

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army RTS/4843 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 30786 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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George Beckingham

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 77536 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 77536 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Ernest Edward Fitchett

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 3/11626 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 11626 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Henry Beckingham

Born 1890

Died 1956

British Army 18619 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Harold Victor Leslie Beckingham

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 10495 Private Hampshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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George Beckenham

Born 1885

Died 1927

British Army 6747 Serjeant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 611869 Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 6747 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward William Beckingham

Born 1899

Died 1986

British Army 10648 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 5/10680 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 3rd Training

British Army 5/10680 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 276th Infantry Battalion

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William Henry Beckingham

Born 1898

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 559

Australian Imperial Force 559 Private Machine Gun Corps

Australian Imperial Force 559 Private Machine Gun Corps 9th

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Francis Beckingham

Born 1891

Died 1960

British Army 6475 Private 7th QO Hussars

British Army WR.149087 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 346836 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

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