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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]

William Eldon Chappel

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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St. John Green

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 12th Battalion, attached 9th Battalion

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Hurlestone Vesey Wells

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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James Henry Jarvis

Born 1881

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 446935

Canadian Expeditionary Force 446935 Sapper Canadian Railway Troops

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Jack Evelyn Denniston

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 10th Battalion attached 1st Battalion

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Henry Yarde Martin

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment attached East Lancashire Regiment

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Edward Osborne Brice Killen

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 71st Field Company

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George North

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 19903

Canadian Expeditionary Force 19903 Corporal Canadian Infantry 10th Battalion

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Ashton W Smith

Died 1917

British Army 166 Serjeant South African Rifles 1st Battalion

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Cuthbert Hartnell

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 8th battalion west Battalion

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment 8th battalion west Battalion

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Cyril Trevor Shaw

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Captain 122nd Rajputana Infantry

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Atholl Gunning Hunter

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Captain 32nd Lancers

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Charles Deards

Born 1881

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 19 Balloon Section

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John Duncan Home Cook

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)

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Howard Frank Bryne Cooper

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

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Clement Oliver St John Sanderson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 28036 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 58th Brigade Signal Company

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Eric Zeederberg

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 13890 Private Scots Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 20th Battalion

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Charles Dawson Booker

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Lieutenant 8 Naval Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major 201st Squadron

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John Puckle

Born 1869

Died 1917

British Army Major Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Service Corps

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Phillips Burnley Standale Gybbon Monypenny

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

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