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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]

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]

William Williamson Eustace

Born 1891

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1804 Trooper Australian Light Horse 10th Light Horse

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Charles Bunyan

Died 1914

British Army 9384 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Richard Wyeth King

Born 1878

Died 1923

British Army Second Lieutenant North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 691 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army Captain West Somerset Yeomanry

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Lennox William Mcclure John

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army PS/3818 Private Royal Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward George Fiegehen

Born 1875

Died 1950

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers East Anglian Divisional Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers Territorial Force Reserve East Anglian RE (T)

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Norman Greathed Alexander

Born 1892

Died 1960

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

British Army Acting Captain Grenadier Guards

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Tom Vincent Dann

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 2674 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 1/5th southst Battalion

British Army Serjeant Major South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Alfred Knight Setchell

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 29967 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 29667 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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Vivian Robert White

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 51694 Lance Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 1228 Private Bedford Yeomanry

British Army 51694 Lance Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) 9th Squadron

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John Haworth Whitworth

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Cadet Manchester University Officer Training Corps

British Army Major Manchester Regiment

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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Radclyffe James Lindsay Bashford

Born 1881

Died 1921

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Army Ordnance Depot

British Army Captain Army Ordnance Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Marcus Ernest Young

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 175207 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Molyneux Stimson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 6946 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 203356 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Francis William Lovatt Smith

Born 1891

Died 1975

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery, Special Reserve

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 2213 Trooper Northumberland Hussars

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Charles Alfred Grant

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army M2/147687 Private Army Service Corps

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Bernard Arthur Fenton Taylor

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army 28001 Corporal Royal Engineers 4 Signal Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175416 Private

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Cadet

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Eric Neal Wareing

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/28034 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Augustus De La Pere Marshall

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1073 Serjeant London Regiment 28th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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Alfred Gordon Pollard

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 9th (The Dumbartonshire) Battalion (Territorial)

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Leonard Vincent Williams

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Captain South Wales Borderers

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

British Army Captain South Wales Borderers 7th Battalion

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