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Little Gaddesden [21]

Ringshall [8]

Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire [6]

Ringshall, Buckinghamshire [5]

Wembley, Middlesex [5]

Hudnall, Parish of Edlesborough [4]

Dagnall, Buckinghamshire [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Great Gaddesden [3]

Hindley, Lancashire [3]

Hudnall [3]

Mousehole, Cornwall [3]

Northall, Edlesborough, Bucks [3]

Dagnall, Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire [2]

Eastbourne [2]

Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire [2]

Frithsden [2]

Frithsden, Herts [2]

Holwell, Dorset [2]

Hythe, Kent [2]

Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire [2]

Little Gaddesden, Herts [2]

Manchester [2]

Nottingham [2]

Ossett, Yorkshire [2]

Pevensey, Sussex [2]

St Margaret's, Parish of Ivinghoe, Bucks [2]

Walton in Gordano, Somerset [2]

27, Pier Road, Littlehampton, Sussex [1]

51 Myddleton Square, Clerkenwell, London [1]

Abbot's Langley [1]

Aldbury, Herts [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ardwick, Lancashire [1]

Armley, Leeds [1]

Ashridge Park, Parish of Ivinghoe [1]

Ashridge, Great Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barkham, Berkshire [1]

Berkhampstead, Herts [1]

Berkhamsted [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Blofield, Norfolk [1]

Brighton [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Burnham Westgate, Norfolk, England [1]

Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [163]

Lance Corporal [30]

Corporal [28]

Serjeant [20]

Gunner [15]

Captain [13]

Driver [12]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Sergeant [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Leading Seaman [8]

Rifleman [8]

Sapper [8]

Boy I [6]

Boy II [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Major [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Seaman [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Sergeant [3]

Chief Engineer [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Lieutenant [2]

Acting Petty Officer [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Boy [2]

Bugler [2]

Chaplain [2]

Engineer Lieutenant [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Leading Mechanic [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Sergeant Mechanic [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

VAD Nurse [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [36]

Army Service Corps [21]

Labour Corps [18]

Royal Engineers [17]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Hertfordshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

British Red Cross Society [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

London Regiment [9]

East Kent Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

HMS Pembroke I [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Army Reserve [5]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Training Reserve [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

HMS Pembroke II [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS Pembroke [3]

HMS Vernon [3]

HMS Victory [3]

HMS Victory I [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

City of London Territorial Force [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Agamemnon [2]

HMS Asia [2]

HMS Boscawen [2]

Service

British Army [263]

Royal Navy [44]

Other Empire Force [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [41]

H [33]

C [30]

W [28]

G [25]

M [24]

P [24]

T [19]

S [14]

F [13]

J [13]

R [11]

D [9]

L [9]

K [7]

A [6]

E [5]

O [5]

N [4]

Y [2]

I [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [210]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [229]

Canada [4]

Australia [2]

India [2]

Ireland [2]

Kenya [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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People [325] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Little Gaddesden [21] Ringshall [8] Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire [6] Ringshall, Buckinghamshire [5] Wembley, Middlesex [5] Hudnall, Parish of Edlesborough [4] Dagnall, Buckinghamshire [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Great Gaddesden [3] Hindley, Lancashire [3] Hudnall [3] Mousehole, Cornwall [3] Northall, Edlesborough, Bucks [3] Dagnall, Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire [2] Eastbourne [2] Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire [2] Frithsden [2] Frithsden, Herts [2] Holwell, Dorset [2] Hythe, Kent [2] Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire [2] Little Gaddesden, Herts [2] Manchester [2] Nottingham [2] Ossett, Yorkshire [2] Pevensey, Sussex [2] St Margaret's, Parish of Ivinghoe, Bucks [2] Walton in Gordano, Somerset [2] 27, Pier Road, Littlehampton, Sussex [1] 51 Myddleton Square, Clerkenwell, London [1] Abbot's Langley [1] Aldbury, Herts [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ardwick, Lancashire [1] Armley, Leeds [1] Ashridge Park, Parish of Ivinghoe [1] Ashridge, Great Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barkham, Berkshire [1] Berkhampstead, Herts [1] Berkhamsted [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Birkenhead [1] Blofield, Norfolk [1] Brighton [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Burnham Westgate, Norfolk, England [1] Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [163] Lance Corporal [30] Corporal [28] Serjeant [20] Gunner [15] Captain [13] Driver [12] Ordinary Seaman [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Sergeant [11] Able Seaman [10] Lieutenant [10] Leading Seaman [8] Rifleman [8] Sapper [8] Boy I [6] Boy II [6] Acting Corporal [5] Major [5] Temporary Captain [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Seaman [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Sergeant [3] Chief Engineer [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Lieutenant [2] Acting Petty Officer [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Boy [2] Bugler [2] Chaplain [2] Engineer Lieutenant [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Leading Mechanic [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Petty Officer [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Sergeant Mechanic [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] VAD Nurse [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [36] Army Service Corps [21] Labour Corps [18] Royal Engineers [17] Royal Field Artillery [15] Hertfordshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Middlesex Regiment [12] Suffolk Regiment [11] British Red Cross Society [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] London Regiment [9] East Kent Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] HMS Pembroke I [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Army Reserve [5] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Training Reserve [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] HMS Pembroke II [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] HMS Pembroke [3] HMS Vernon [3] HMS Victory [3] HMS Victory I [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] City of London Territorial Force [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Agamemnon [2] HMS Asia [2] HMS Boscawen [2]

Service

British Army [263] Royal Navy [44] Other Empire Force [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [41] H [33] C [30] W [28] G [25] M [24] P [24] T [19] S [14] F [13] J [13] R [11] D [9] L [9] K [7] A [6] E [5] O [5] N [4] Y [2] I [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [210] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [229] Canada [4] Australia [2] India [2] Ireland [2] Kenya [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

George Paddock

Born 1872

British Army 20795 Private Royal Defence Corps

British Army 22460 Private The King's Liverpool Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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Ben Trethewey

Born 1880

Royal Navy 289881 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

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Phillip Hugh Osborn

Born 1891

British Army Private Army Reserve

British Army 6035 Private Middlesex Regiment 4/7th Battalion

British Army 35319 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Albert Whiffin

British Army 2534 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 960683 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harry J Whiffin

British Army 4/6738 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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