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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]

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]

Ernest Charles Cox

British Army M/339792 Private Army Service Corps (Motor Transport)

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William Dean

British Army 18312 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Frederick James Curtis

British Army 138122 Private Machine Gun Corps

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George Coughlin

British Army 7932 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 10477 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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George G Dean

British Army 3608(Incomplete) Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 31189 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Charles William Langhelt

British Army 135093 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George C S Andrews

British Army 130 Lance Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 130 Serjeant London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 53041 Serjeant London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

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Albert Edward Crossby

British Army 2244 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

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George Charles Mathews

Royal Navy 162675 Chief Petty Officer

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Percy William Day

British Army 7340 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 40335 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

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Ernest Edward Beard

British Army M/273718 Private Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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Leslie Duncan Barnes

British Army 625601 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company Artillery

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F G Beck

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached Royal Engineers

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Arthur Thomas Humphriss

British Army 3513 Regimental Serjeant Major Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Captain Labour Corps

British Army Major Northamptonshire Yeomanry

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Frederick J Smith

British Army 31146 Private Hussars

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Henry Lamb Dodd

British Army 282484 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Alexander Condie

British Army 339 Corporal Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Herbert Charles Burrows

Died 1915

British Army 457 Private Middlesex Regiment

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George Stretch

British Army T7923 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army 432390 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

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William Charles Francis Caldwell

Born 1896

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Officer Training Corps Elizabeth College Guernsey

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