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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]

Alfred Henry Dawe

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Ralph Stuart Adams

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy J2403 Able Seaman HMS Inflexible

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Archibald Alderman Chase

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers Attached 8th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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George Theophile Tideswell Liffen

Born 1893

Died 1961

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

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Gerald William Hilliard

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Great Yarmouth Naval Air Station

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Charles William Albert Muller

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Frank Palmer Thomson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 203945 Lance Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3/4th Battalion

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Evelyn Otway Searlett Wiley

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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William Haldane Round

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment)

British Army Captain Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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John Douglas Scott

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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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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Arthur Vincent Howard Gompertz

Born 1895

Died 1929

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Wilfred Sydney Christie

Born 1897

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Assistant Motor Engineer Merchantile Marine

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William Henry Peck

Born 1877

British Army Warrent Officer Class Two Army Gymnastic Staff

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Hector Douglas Fraser

Born 1898

British Army Captain Royal Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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William James Curran

Born 1892

Died 1972

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery 34th Siege Battery

British Army Acting Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter Hyde Stansfield

Born 1891

Died 1991

British Army SM4 Driver Nyasaland Rhodesia Force / Mechanical Transport

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Edward Hooper Philbrick

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 9360 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 395 Battery

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Francis Hugill Dinsley

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion

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Henry James Arthur Watson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 6504 Private London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Battalion (Territorial)

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