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Bedford, Bedfordshire [18]

Bombay [5]

Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire [5]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [3]

Kingston [3]

London [3]

Marylebone, Middlesex [3]

Mussoorie [3]

Bangalore [2]

Bedfordshire [2]

Calcutta [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Dublin [2]

Hampshire [2]

Hong Kong [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

Nottinghamshire [2]

Oxfordshire [2]

Rio de Janeiro [2]

Scotland [2]

Simla [2]

52, Westbourne Park Road, London [1]

73, Sheep Street, Northampton [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Abergwili, Carmarthenshire [1]

Adelaide [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Ardwick, Lancashire [1]

Ashbridge, Devon [1]

Ashton Under Lyme [1]

Astwick Grange, near Bath [1]

Aurangabad [1]

Axbridge, Somerset [1]

Aylsham, Norfolk [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Balcombe, Sussex, England [1]

Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal [1]

Banda [1]

Bankipore [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Bath [1]

Bedford [1]

Beechwood, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Belfast, County Antrim [1]

Bellary [1]

Berbice [1]

Berkshire [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [166]

Lieutenant [137]

Captain [136]

Private [85]

Major [54]

Corporal [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [14]

Lance Corporal [12]

Serjeant [9]

Gunner [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Sergeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Sapper [4]

Rifleman [3]

Surgeon [3]

Brigadier General [2]

Driver [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Reverend [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain / Flight Commander [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Engineer Sub-Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Gentleman Cadet [1]

Group Commander [1]

Guardsman [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [34]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Royal Fusiliers [25]

Royal Engineers [19]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Flying Corps [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Indian Army [10]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Artillery [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Border Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Irish Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

10th Gurkha Rifles [3]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire And Derbyshire Regiment) [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

103rd Mahratta Light Infantry [2]

15th Punjab Regiment [2]

16th Battalion [2]

Service

British Army [390]

Indian Army [39]

Royal Navy [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [24]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [49]

C [43]

M [41]

B [39]

H [38]

T [29]

P [27]

W [27]

D [23]

G [23]

L [23]

R [22]

F [19]

A [16]

J [13]

N [12]

K [10]

E [9]

O [5]

Y [5]

V [4]

I [3]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [448]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [226]

India [13]

South Africa [3]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Jersey [1]

Malaysia [1]

Myanmar [1]

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People [481] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bedford, Bedfordshire [18] Bombay [5] Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire [5] Kensington, London, Middlesex [3] Kingston [3] London [3] Marylebone, Middlesex [3] Mussoorie [3] Bangalore [2] Bedfordshire [2] Calcutta [2] Dover, Kent [2] Dublin [2] Hampshire [2] Hong Kong [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Luton, Bedfordshire [2] Nottinghamshire [2] Oxfordshire [2] Rio de Janeiro [2] Scotland [2] Simla [2] 52, Westbourne Park Road, London [1] 73, Sheep Street, Northampton [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Abergwili, Carmarthenshire [1] Adelaide [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Ardwick, Lancashire [1] Ashbridge, Devon [1] Ashton Under Lyme [1] Astwick Grange, near Bath [1] Aurangabad [1] Axbridge, Somerset [1] Aylsham, Norfolk [1] Ayrshire [1] Balcombe, Sussex, England [1] Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal [1] Banda [1] Bankipore [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Bath [1] Bedford [1] Beechwood, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Belfast, County Antrim [1] Bellary [1] Berbice [1] Berkshire [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [166] Lieutenant [137] Captain [136] Private [85] Major [54] Corporal [16] Lieutenant Colonel [14] Lance Corporal [12] Serjeant [9] Gunner [7] Acting Captain [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Able Seaman [5] Sergeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Sapper [4] Rifleman [3] Surgeon [3] Brigadier General [2] Driver [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Reverend [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Brevet Major [1] Cadet [1] Captain / Flight Commander [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain Major [1] Captain Royal Marine Artillery [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chaplain [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Engineer Commander [1] Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1] Engineer Sub-Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Flight Cadet [1] Flight Officer [1] Gentleman Cadet [1] Group Commander [1] Guardsman [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [34] Royal Field Artillery [28] Royal Fusiliers [25] Royal Engineers [19] London Regiment [16] Royal Flying Corps [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Middlesex Regiment [13] Canadian Infantry [11] Indian Army [10] Army Service Corps [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Royal Artillery [6] Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Border Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Irish Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] 10th Gurkha Rifles [3] Cameron Highlanders [3] Coldstream Guards [3] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire And Derbyshire Regiment) [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry [2] 15th Punjab Regiment [2] 16th Battalion [2]

Service

British Army [390] Indian Army [39] Royal Navy [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23] Australian Imperial Force [4] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [49] C [43] M [41] B [39] H [38] T [29] P [27] W [27] D [23] G [23] L [23] R [22] F [19] A [16] J [13] N [12] K [10] E [9] O [5] Y [5] V [4] I [3] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [448] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [226] India [13] South Africa [3] Canada [2] Australia [1] Gibraltar [1] Jersey [1] Malaysia [1] Myanmar [1]

Clement Gawler Aka Gordon Mead

Born 1880

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Infantry, Alberta Regiment 49th Battalion

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John Goldsmith

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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De Lacy Wolrich Passy

Born 1878

Died 1915

Indian Army Major 25th Punjabis

Indian Army Captain 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Major Northumberland Fusiliers (attached) 8th Battalion

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Maurice Burnett

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick Vivian Thompson

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Essex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Essex Regiment royal engineers, attached 9th Battalion

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Allan Armstrong

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Duke Of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 4th Battalion (Territorial)

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Robert Stannard Herbert

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95575

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 108th Squadron

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Arthur Moore O'sullivan

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Oxfordshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Richard Edward William Kay-Mouat

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 143 Private East African Mounted Rifles

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William Hylbert Allum

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 2426 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2426 Lance Corporal Prince Of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

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Horace John Simkin

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Captain Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion

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Edward Walter Barker

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

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Aubrey Thomas James

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 426290 Private 10th Battalion

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George Henry Rickard

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edward Hugo Holland

Died 1917

British Army PS/6394 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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Hardinge Monteith Hogg

Born 1883

Died 1917

Indian Army Major 32nd Lancers

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James Dacres Belgrave

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain 2nd Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light infantry, attached Royal Air Force 60th Squadron

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Hector Hugh Munro, Also Known As Saki

Born 1870

Died 1916

British Army 225 Lance Sergeant London Regiment 22 Battalion

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Charles Edward Reckitt

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy Surgeon

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John Evelyn Malcolm

Born 1892

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 107421 Sergeant Canadian Mounted Rifles 2nd Battalion

British Army Acting Captain Royal Engineers 271st Railway Company

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