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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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Place of birth

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]

Alfred Edward Beckenham

Born 1893

Died 1920

British Army G/32538 Private Middlesex Regiment 6th

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John Beckingham

Born 1894

Died 1978

British Army 116192 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army T4/254019 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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Horace Gerald Beckingham

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army 22891 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army EMT/43583 Private Army Service Corps

British Army G/20635 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Charles Edwin Beckingham

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2215 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 2215 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 285403 Private Corps of Hussars

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Cecil Charles Beckingham

Born 1897

Died 1991

British Army 4882 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 202569 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 4882 then 202569 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Percy William Beckingham

Born 1883

Died 1949

British Army S4/157114 Private Army Service Corps

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Henry Beckingham

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy M4427 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Herbert Jesse Beckingham

Born 1886

Died 1971

British Army 85314 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick Percy Beckenham

Born 1885

Died 1961

British Army 27410 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 629483 Private Labour Corps

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Richard George Beckingham

Born 1899

Died 1938

British Army 34584 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Sidney Charles Beckenham

Born 1884

Died 1939

British Army 6565 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 411598 Private Labour Corps

British Army 377938 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

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Harry Beckingham

Born 1888

Died 1965

British Army 'Z' Reserve

British Army G/1759 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/1759 Acting Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

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Edward George Beckenham

Born 1885

Died 1953

British Army 44607 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 73rd Battery

British Army 226110 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Bertie Arthur Wesley Beckingham

Born 1890

Died 1967

British Army 2288 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/7th

British Army 305954 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Henry Edward Beckingham

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 40589 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 40589 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Gordon Bernard Beckenham

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 20210 Private Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 20210 Private Essex Regiment

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Fred Beckingham

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 9442 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John James Beckingham

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 82089 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army TR/5/19516 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 52nd Graduate Battalion

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Reginald Beckingham

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3358 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 3358 Private Hampshire Regiment

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George Beckingham

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 23953 Private Princess Charlotte Of Wales' Royal Berkshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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