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Place of birth

Bedford, Bedfordshire [118]

Kempston, Bedfordshire [68]

Bedford [60]

Stevington, Bedfordshire [37]

Oundle, Northamptonshire [33]

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [31]

Olney, Buckinghamshire [24]

Northampton [23]

Olney, Bucks [20]

Stagsden, Bedfordshire [18]

Bedfordshire [16]

Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire [11]

Woburn, Bedfordshire [11]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [10]

Brigstock, Northamptonshire [10]

London [10]

London, Middlesex [10]

Nassington, Northamptonshire [10]

Turvey, Bedfordshire [10]

Dublin [8]

Luton, Bedfordshire [7]

Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [7]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [7]

Bovingdon, Hertfordshire [6]

Harrold, Bedfordshire [6]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [6]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [6]

Northamptonshire [6]

Castor, Northamptonshire [5]

Ceylon [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [5]

Bedford England [4]

Bengal [4]

Bombay [4]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Cork [4]

Croydon, Surrey [4]

Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire [4]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [4]

Leicester [4]

Marylebone, London [4]

Nottingham [4]

Simla [4]

Bangalore [3]

Cambridge [3]

Cape Colony [3]

Hampshire [3]

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Rank

Private [1169]

Second Lieutenant [509]

Lieutenant [365]

Captain [326]

Major [154]

Corporal [151]

Lance Corporal [140]

Serjeant [110]

Sapper [69]

Lieutenant Colonel [66]

Gunner [42]

Sergeant [25]

Driver [24]

Acting Captain [20]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Rifleman [16]

Acting Corporal [15]

Able Seaman [14]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Brigadier General [11]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [10]

Cadet [10]

Colonel [10]

Commander [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Pioneer [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [7]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Lieutenant Commander [7]

Air Mechanic [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Trooper [6]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Acting Major [5]

Flight Cadet [5]

Officer Cadet [5]

Surgeon [5]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Bombardier [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Guardsman [4]

Reverend [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Sergeant Major) [4]

Assistant Paymaster [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Captain Acting Major [3]

Flight Lieutenant [3]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [412]

Bedfordshire Regiment [226]

Royal Engineers [152]

London Regiment [105]

Royal Field Artillery [86]

Royal Fusiliers [70]

Royal Army Medical Corps [69]

Army Service Corps [60]

Bedford Yeomanry [60]

Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) [51]

Royal Garrison Artillery [49]

Machine Gun Corps [43]

Royal Flying Corps [32]

Labour Corps [30]

Essex Regiment [29]

Middlesex Regiment [28]

Royal Air Force [27]

Bedfordshire Yeomanry [25]

Canadian Infantry [25]

Suffolk Regiment [25]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [23]

Honourable Artillery Company [20]

Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [20]

Leicestershire Regiment [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [18]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Grenadier Guards [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

Worcestershire Regiment [16]

East Surrey Regiment [15]

Leinster Regiment [14]

Royal Engineers [14]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Royal Artillery [13]

Royal Horse Artillery [13]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [13]

Royal Navy Air Service [13]

Royal Sussex Regiment [13]

Norfolk Regiment [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Irish Rifles [11]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [10]

East Kent Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [2109]

Royal Navy [130]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [101]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [82]

Indian Army [63]

Australian Imperial Force [36]

Other Empire Force [21]

South African Services [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Last name first letter

B [264]

C [264]

S [224]

H [192]

W [171]

M [155]

D [133]

P [133]

L [107]

A [105]

R [104]

G [98]

T [95]

F [94]

J [69]

E [63]

K [57]

N [45]

O [36]

I [18]

Y [11]

V [10]

U [8]

Q [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2256]

Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [1447]

India [20]

Canada [12]

Ireland [5]

Jamaica [4]

South Africa [4]

Malaysia [3]

Australia [2]

China [2]

France [2]

New Zealand [2]

Sri Lanka [2]

United States [2]

Egypt [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Myanmar [1]

Singapore [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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Place of birth

Bedford, Bedfordshire [118] Kempston, Bedfordshire [68] Bedford [60] Stevington, Bedfordshire [37] Oundle, Northamptonshire [33] Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [31] Olney, Buckinghamshire [24] Northampton [23] Olney, Bucks [20] Stagsden, Bedfordshire [18] Bedfordshire [16] Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire [11] Woburn, Bedfordshire [11] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [10] Brigstock, Northamptonshire [10] London [10] London, Middlesex [10] Nassington, Northamptonshire [10] Turvey, Bedfordshire [10] Dublin [8] Luton, Bedfordshire [7] Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [7] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [7] Bovingdon, Hertfordshire [6] Harrold, Bedfordshire [6] Kensington, London, Middlesex [6] Kettering, Northamptonshire [6] Northamptonshire [6] Castor, Northamptonshire [5] Ceylon [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Northampton, Northamptonshire [5] Bedford England [4] Bengal [4] Bombay [4] Brighton, Sussex [4] Cork [4] Croydon, Surrey [4] Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire [4] Kettering, Northamptonshire [4] Leicester [4] Marylebone, London [4] Nottingham [4] Simla [4] Bangalore [3] Cambridge [3] Cape Colony [3] Hampshire [3] Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Rank

Private [1169] Second Lieutenant [509] Lieutenant [365] Captain [326] Major [154] Corporal [151] Lance Corporal [140] Serjeant [110] Sapper [69] Lieutenant Colonel [66] Gunner [42] Sergeant [25] Driver [24] Acting Captain [20] Acting Serjeant [19] Rifleman [16] Acting Corporal [15] Able Seaman [14] Lance Serjeant [13] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Brigadier General [11] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [10] Cadet [10] Colonel [10] Commander [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Pioneer [8] Temporary Captain [8] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [7] Corporal 2nd [7] Lieutenant Commander [7] Air Mechanic [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Trooper [6] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Acting Major [5] Flight Cadet [5] Officer Cadet [5] Surgeon [5] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Bombardier [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Guardsman [4] Reverend [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Sergeant Major) [4] Assistant Paymaster [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3] Captain Acting Major [3] Flight Lieutenant [3]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [412] Bedfordshire Regiment [226] Royal Engineers [152] London Regiment [105] Royal Field Artillery [86] Royal Fusiliers [70] Royal Army Medical Corps [69] Army Service Corps [60] Bedford Yeomanry [60] Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) [51] Royal Garrison Artillery [49] Machine Gun Corps [43] Royal Flying Corps [32] Labour Corps [30] Essex Regiment [29] Middlesex Regiment [28] Royal Air Force [27] Bedfordshire Yeomanry [25] Canadian Infantry [25] Suffolk Regiment [25] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [23] Honourable Artillery Company [20] Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [20] Leicestershire Regiment [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [18] Manchester Regiment [18] Grenadier Guards [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Royal Army Service Corps [16] Worcestershire Regiment [16] East Surrey Regiment [15] Leinster Regiment [14] Royal Engineers [14] Cheshire Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Royal Artillery [13] Royal Horse Artillery [13] Royal Marine Light Infantry [13] Royal Navy Air Service [13] Royal Sussex Regiment [13] Norfolk Regiment [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Irish Rifles [11] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [10] East Kent Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [2109] Royal Navy [130] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [101] Canadian Expeditionary Force [82] Indian Army [63] Australian Imperial Force [36] Other Empire Force [21] South African Services [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Last name first letter

B [264] C [264] S [224] H [192] W [171] M [155] D [133] P [133] L [107] A [105] R [104] G [98] T [95] F [94] J [69] E [63] K [57] N [45] O [36] I [18] Y [11] V [10] U [8] Q [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2256] Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [1447] India [20] Canada [12] Ireland [5] Jamaica [4] South Africa [4] Malaysia [3] Australia [2] China [2] France [2] New Zealand [2] Sri Lanka [2] United States [2] Egypt [1] Gibraltar [1] Myanmar [1] Singapore [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Algernon Winter Rose

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Captain Essex Yeomanry Attached Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Yeomanry

British Army Captain Essex Yeomanry

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James Meldrum Knox

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Arthur Scott

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 17255 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Leonard De Wilde Holding

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 43058 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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Daniel Ponting

Born 1887

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7350 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Randolph Frank Goldsmith

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy CH/2153 (S) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Reginald Arthur Saunders

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 7th London Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery and Royal Flying Corps

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Oliver Charles King

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 15035 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Albert Edward Haynes

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 3578 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 10788 Private London Regiment

British Army 304203 Private London Regiment 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade)

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Paul Frederick Horton

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 351992 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Howard Prentice

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army G/8871 Private Middlesex Regiment

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William Littlefield

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 8099 Private East Surrey Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 8099 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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Samuel Jesse Cowley

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 1019 Private Bedford Yeomanry

British Army 30231 Private Bedford Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion

British Army 30231 Private Bedfordshire Yeomanry

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George Harry Browett

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 13160 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Archie Deacon

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 30219 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Osmond Lake

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 5283 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Harry Newstead Walton

Born 1866

Died 1921

British Army 209 Warrant Officer Class 2 Buckinghamshire Battalion

British Army 209 Quartermaster Serjeant Buckinghamshire Battalion

British Army 209 Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Arthur Charles Rothery Nutt

Born 1874

Died 1946

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

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George Henry Diemer

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 3819 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Wilfrid Osborn Palmer

Born 1892

Died 1942

British Army 19486 Sejeant Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army Acting Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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