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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]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [9]

Dublin [8]

Luton, Bedfordshire [7]

Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [7]

Bovingdon, Hertfordshire [6]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [6]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [6]

Northamptonshire [6]

Castor, Northamptonshire [5]

Ceylon [5]

Croydon, Surrey [5]

Harrold, Bedfordshire [5]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [5]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [5]

Leicester [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Simla [5]

Bangalore [4]

Cork [4]

Hull, Yorkshire [4]

Marylebone, London [4]

Scotland [4]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Bedford England [3]

Bengal [3]

Bombay [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Enfield, Middlesex [3]

Essex [3]

Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire [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]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Acting Major [5]

Flight Cadet [5]

Officer Cadet [5]

Reverend [5]

Trooper [5]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Bombardier [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Guardsman [4]

Surgeon [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 Officer [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]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Royal Artillery [13]

Royal Horse Artillery [13]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [13]

Royal Naval Division [13]

Royal Navy Air Service [13]

Royal Sussex Regiment [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Norfolk Regiment [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Royal Engineers [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Royal Irish Rifles [11]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex 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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People [2460] Stories Communities

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] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [9] Dublin [8] Luton, Bedfordshire [7] Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [7] Bovingdon, Hertfordshire [6] Kettering, Northamptonshire [6] Northampton, Northamptonshire [6] Northamptonshire [6] Castor, Northamptonshire [5] Ceylon [5] Croydon, Surrey [5] Harrold, Bedfordshire [5] Kensington, London, Middlesex [5] Kettering, Northamptonshire [5] Leicester [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Simla [5] Bangalore [4] Cork [4] Hull, Yorkshire [4] Marylebone, London [4] Scotland [4] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [4] Bath, Somerset [3] Bedford England [3] Bengal [3] Bombay [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Enfield, Middlesex [3] Essex [3] Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire [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] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Acting Major [5] Flight Cadet [5] Officer Cadet [5] Reverend [5] Trooper [5] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Bombardier [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Guardsman [4] Surgeon [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 Officer [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] Cheshire Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Royal Artillery [13] Royal Horse Artillery [13] Royal Marine Light Infantry [13] Royal Naval Division [13] Royal Navy Air Service [13] Royal Sussex Regiment [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Norfolk Regiment [12] Rifle Brigade [12] Royal Engineers [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] Royal Irish Rifles [11] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex 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]

Victor Edward Dean

Born 1897

Royal Navy Temporary Flight Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Arthur Mitchell Rimer

Born 1887

British Army STK/519 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th (Stockbrokers') Battalion

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Edward John Cyrus Stratton

Born 1902

Died 1920

British Army 18904 Private 17th Lancers (Duke Of Cambridge's Own).

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Thomas Stanley Ivens

Born 1892

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

British Army Flight Officer Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

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R D H Lough

British Army Captain Royal Marines

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George Western Hornsby

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 1771 Lance Corporal Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

British Army 1771 Lance Corporal Indian Army

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs

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Frank Gordon Bishop

British Army Second Lieutenant Leinster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Leinster Regiment

British Army Acting Captain Leinster Regiment

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Lionel Healey Cunnington

Born 1898

Died 1992

Royal Navy Z/6376 Ordinary Telegraphist Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Eric Gardiner

British Army 25562 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Herbert Thomas Dobbin

British Army Major Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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David Edward Evans

British Army 47681 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Edward Atkinson Barritt

British Army S/328366 Private Acting Serjeant Army Service Corps

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P R C Groves

British Army Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel Shropshire Light Infantry/ Royal Flying Corps

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U De B Daly

British Army Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Samuel John Oliver

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

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William Herbert Oliver

Born 1892

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Cavalry Reserve Regiments

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Walter George Shepherd

Born 1897

British Army 1156 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Harry E Denny

British Army 17016 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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A R Dann

British Army 4233 Private 3rd South African Rifles

British Army 14289 Serjeant 8th African Rifles

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John Fletcher

British Army 3/10255 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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