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Place of birth

Bedford [4]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [3]

Bangalore [2]

Lahore [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Aberdenshire [1]

Ayr [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

Buckden, Huntingdonshire [1]

Cape Colony [1]

Castleton, Derbyshire [1]

Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [1]

Christchurch, Hampshire [1]

Cliffton, Bristol [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Darjeeling [1]

Devynock, Breconshire, Wales [1]

Dilrugahm, Upper Assam [1]

Durham Sunderland [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Eton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Flushing, Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Fordham, Newmarket [1]

Garatchpur [1]

Goa, Portuguese India, British Subject [1]

Grendon, Northamptonshire [1]

Guernsey? [1]

Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Hinwick, Bedfordshire [1]

Hitchin [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Hythe, Kent, England [1]

India [1]

Lancashire [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Llantwit Fardre, Glamorgan [1]

London [1]

Medway, Kent [1]

Mitcham, Merton, Surrey [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Portugese India, British Subject [1]

Redourn, Hertfordshire [1]

Rock Ferry Cheshire, England [1]

Secunderabad [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [50]

Lieutenant [36]

Captain [31]

Private [18]

Major [11]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Sapper [2]

/Temporary Major Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Pilot Officer [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Adjutant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Motor Engineer [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Captain and Brevet Major (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Driver [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (RN) [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Midshipman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrent Officer Class Two [1]

Unit

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

107th Pioneers [1]

127th Baluch Light Infantry [1]

127th Infantry [1]

127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry [1]

1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1]

1st South African Infantry [1]

2nd Royal Irish Regiment [1]

96th Berar Infantry [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Gymnastic Staff [1]

Attached Camel Transport Corps Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Flying Corps [1]

Baluchis [1]

Bedford Modern School Officer Training Corps (OTC) [1]

Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Berar Infantry [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

County of London (Queen Victoria's) Regiment [1]

Cyclist Companies, Divisional Mounted Troops [1]

Dorset Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [83]

Royal Navy [11]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Indian Army [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [10]

W [10]

B [8]

C [8]

D [7]

H [7]

P [7]

R [7]

F [6]

E [4]

G [4]

J [3]

K [3]

L [3]

M [3]

T [3]

A [2]

I [2]

N [2]

O [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [94]

Country

United Kingdom [61]

Canada [2]

India [2]

Australia [1]

Malaysia [1]

South Africa [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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People [102] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bedford [4] Bedford, Bedfordshire [3] Bangalore [2] Lahore [2] Marylebone, London [2] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Aberdenshire [1] Ayr [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Belper, Derbyshire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Buckden, Huntingdonshire [1] Cape Colony [1] Castleton, Derbyshire [1] Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [1] Christchurch, Hampshire [1] Cliffton, Bristol [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Darjeeling [1] Devynock, Breconshire, Wales [1] Dilrugahm, Upper Assam [1] Durham Sunderland [1] Edinburgh [1] Eton, Buckinghamshire [1] Flushing, Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Fordham, Newmarket [1] Garatchpur [1] Goa, Portuguese India, British Subject [1] Grendon, Northamptonshire [1] Guernsey? [1] Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1] Hinwick, Bedfordshire [1] Hitchin [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Hythe, Kent, England [1] India [1] Lancashire [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Liverpool [1] Llantwit Fardre, Glamorgan [1] London [1] Medway, Kent [1] Mitcham, Merton, Surrey [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Portugese India, British Subject [1] Redourn, Hertfordshire [1] Rock Ferry Cheshire, England [1] Secunderabad [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [50] Lieutenant [36] Captain [31] Private [18] Major [11] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Sapper [2] /Temporary Major Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Pilot Officer [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Adjutant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Motor Engineer [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Brigade Major [1] Captain and Brevet Major (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Driver [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (RN) [1] Lieutenant General [1] Midshipman [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant RNVR [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrent Officer Class Two [1]

Unit

Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Army Service Corps [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] 107th Pioneers [1] 127th Baluch Light Infantry [1] 127th Infantry [1] 127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry [1] 1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1] 1st South African Infantry [1] 2nd Royal Irish Regiment [1] 96th Berar Infantry [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Gymnastic Staff [1] Attached Camel Transport Corps Army Service Corps [1] Australian Flying Corps [1] Baluchis [1] Bedford Modern School Officer Training Corps (OTC) [1] Bedford Yeomanry [1] Berar Infantry [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] County of London (Queen Victoria's) Regiment [1] Cyclist Companies, Divisional Mounted Troops [1] Dorset Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [83] Royal Navy [11] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Indian Army [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [10] W [10] B [8] C [8] D [7] H [7] P [7] R [7] F [6] E [4] G [4] J [3] K [3] L [3] M [3] T [3] A [2] I [2] N [2] O [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [94]

Country

United Kingdom [61] Canada [2] India [2] Australia [1] Malaysia [1] South Africa [1] Sri Lanka [1]

Benton Ord Jolly

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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Walter Douglas Aston

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Gerald Harmer

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Gerald Moffatt Stringer

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Robert Ashley Franklin Eminson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Division, 2nd Brigade 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Wallis Everett

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment

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Henry Duncan Ryan Reilly

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army Captain The Queens Regiment attached East Surrey Regiment

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Cecil Harry Edmunds

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

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Ernest Stratford

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Ian Macdonald Brown

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Sydney Garnet Bennett

Died 1916

British Army 3710 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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Guy Harold Corke

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 15th northumberland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Samuel Brammer Wilton

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2757 Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain North Staffordshire Regiment

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Frederick Charles Davies

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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James J Kearney

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2241 Private Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 2241 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 2241 Private Corps of Hussars

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Alexander James Keith

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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Geoffrey Frederick Conyers

Born 1890

Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant

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Harold Dunkerley

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps attached Field Ambulance

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps attached Field Ambulance

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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John George Will

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 29th Squadron and General List

British Army 1635 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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Wilfred Charles Burgess

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

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