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Place of birth

Cambridge [49]

Burnley, Lancashire [35]

Manchester Lancashire [28]

Preston, Lancashire [27]

London [26]

Blackburn, Lancashire [21]

Manchester [20]

Leeds [18]

Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [16]

Bolton, Lancashire [15]

Chorley, Lancashire [14]

Colne, Lancashire [13]

Liverpool [12]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [11]

Bury, Lancashire [10]

Accrington, Lancashire [9]

Sheffield [9]

Barton, Cambridgeshire [8]

Bolton Lancashire [7]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [7]

Stapleford, Cambridgeshire [7]

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [7]

Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [6]

Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [6]

Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire [6]

Linton, Cambridgeshire [6]

Norwich, Norfolk [6]

Oldham Lancashire [6]

Sawston, Cambridgeshire [6]

Bacup, Lancashire [5]

Balsham, Cambs [5]

Blackpool, Lancashire [5]

Cambridgeshire [5]

Darwen, Lancashire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Salford Lancashire [5]

Balsham, Cambridgeshire [4]

Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire [4]

Elsworth, Cambridgeshire [4]

Ickleton, Cambridgeshire [4]

Marylebone, London [4]

Nottingham [4]

Thriplow, Cambridgeshire [4]

Toronto [4]

West Wickham, Cambridgeshire [4]

Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire [4]

Balsham [3]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [3]

Belfast [3]

Boxworth, Cambridgeshire [3]

Rank

Private [4194]

Captain [375]

Second Lieutenant [323]

Lance Corporal [315]

Lieutenant [297]

Corporal [280]

Serjeant [240]

Major [155]

Gunner [116]

Driver [99]

Sapper [69]

Rifleman [49]

Lieutenant Colonel [45]

Acting Corporal [37]

Lance Serjeant [37]

Acting Serjeant [27]

Pioneer [27]

Temporary Captain [23]

Able Seaman [20]

Company Serjeant Major [19]

Ordinary Seaman [17]

Bombardier [16]

Temporary Lieutenant [16]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Temporary Major [14]

Colour Serjeant [12]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [11]

Lance-Corporal [9]

Trimmer [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [8]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [8]

Colonel [8]

Sergeant [8]

Staff Captain [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

ALIAS Private [7]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Acting Major [6]

Brevet Major [6]

Chaplain [6]

Regimental Serjeant Major [6]

Sub Lieutenant [6]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Boy [5]

Brigade Major [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [1307]

Manchester Regiment [421]

West Yorkshire Regiment [328]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [307]

York and Lancaster Regiment [222]

East Lancashire Regiment [199]

Liverpool Regiment [199]

Royal Field Artillery [174]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [169]

Royal Engineers [141]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [136]

Labour Corps [125]

Army Service Corps [111]

Devonshire Regiment [100]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [93]

East Surrey Regiment [92]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [90]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [88]

Royal Fusiliers [88]

London Regiment [84]

Royal Army Medical Corps [82]

Norfolk Regiment [77]

Essex Regiment [75]

Middlesex Regiment [75]

Royal Garrison Artillery [75]

Lancashire Fusiliers [72]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [72]

Royal Flying Corps [69]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [66]

Bedfordshire Regiment [65]

Northamptonshire Regiment [59]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [55]

Royal Air Force [51]

Rifle Brigade [50]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [50]

The Queen's Regiment [50]

Somerset Light Infantry [45]

Cheshire Regiment [42]

South Lancashire Regiment [41]

Royal Defence Corps [39]

Yorkshire Regiment [39]

Machine Gun Corps [38]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [37]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [36]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [35]

East Kent Regiment [33]

Royal Army Service Corps [33]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [31]

South Staffordshire Regiment [30]

Suffolk Regiment Depot [29]

Service

British Army [5770]

Royal Navy [169]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [142]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [66]

Australian Imperial Force [54]

Other Empire Force [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Indian Army [5]

South African Services [5]

Last name first letter

B [801]

C [691]

H [607]

W [447]

S [410]

M [400]

D [347]

G [311]

F [299]

P [296]

A [283]

R [248]

L [208]

T [203]

E [152]

J [134]

K [115]

N [91]

O [75]

I [33]

Y [31]

V [19]

U [15]

Q [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5033]

Conscientious Objector [41]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [1056]

India [8]

Australia [3]

Canada [3]

South Africa [3]

France [2]

Ireland [2]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

United States [1]

Yemen [1]

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Place of birth

Cambridge [49] Burnley, Lancashire [35] Manchester Lancashire [28] Preston, Lancashire [27] London [26] Blackburn, Lancashire [21] Manchester [20] Leeds [18] Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [16] Bolton, Lancashire [15] Chorley, Lancashire [14] Colne, Lancashire [13] Liverpool [12] Sheffield, Yorkshire [11] Bury, Lancashire [10] Accrington, Lancashire [9] Sheffield [9] Barton, Cambridgeshire [8] Bolton Lancashire [7] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [7] Stapleford, Cambridgeshire [7] Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [7] Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [6] Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [6] Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire [6] Linton, Cambridgeshire [6] Norwich, Norfolk [6] Oldham Lancashire [6] Sawston, Cambridgeshire [6] Bacup, Lancashire [5] Balsham, Cambs [5] Blackpool, Lancashire [5] Cambridgeshire [5] Darwen, Lancashire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Salford Lancashire [5] Balsham, Cambridgeshire [4] Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire [4] Elsworth, Cambridgeshire [4] Ickleton, Cambridgeshire [4] Marylebone, London [4] Nottingham [4] Thriplow, Cambridgeshire [4] Toronto [4] West Wickham, Cambridgeshire [4] Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire [4] Balsham [3] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [3] Belfast [3] Boxworth, Cambridgeshire [3]

Rank

Private [4194] Captain [375] Second Lieutenant [323] Lance Corporal [315] Lieutenant [297] Corporal [280] Serjeant [240] Major [155] Gunner [116] Driver [99] Sapper [69] Rifleman [49] Lieutenant Colonel [45] Acting Corporal [37] Lance Serjeant [37] Acting Serjeant [27] Pioneer [27] Temporary Captain [23] Able Seaman [20] Company Serjeant Major [19] Ordinary Seaman [17] Bombardier [16] Temporary Lieutenant [16] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Temporary Major [14] Colour Serjeant [12] Stoker 1st Class [11] Temporary Second Lieutenant [11] Lance-Corporal [9] Trimmer [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Air Mechanic 1st Class [8] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [8] Colonel [8] Sergeant [8] Staff Captain [8] Staff Serjeant [8] ALIAS Private [7] Acting Bombardier [7] Acting Major [6] Brevet Major [6] Chaplain [6] Regimental Serjeant Major [6] Sub Lieutenant [6] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6] Acting Captain [5] Boy [5] Brigade Major [5] Corporal 2nd [5]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [1307] Manchester Regiment [421] West Yorkshire Regiment [328] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [307] York and Lancaster Regiment [222] East Lancashire Regiment [199] Liverpool Regiment [199] Royal Field Artillery [174] Yorkshire Light Infantry [169] Royal Engineers [141] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [136] Labour Corps [125] Army Service Corps [111] Devonshire Regiment [100] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [93] East Surrey Regiment [92] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [90] Cambridgeshire Regiment [88] Royal Fusiliers [88] London Regiment [84] Royal Army Medical Corps [82] Norfolk Regiment [77] Essex Regiment [75] Middlesex Regiment [75] Royal Garrison Artillery [75] Lancashire Fusiliers [72] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [72] Royal Flying Corps [69] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [66] Bedfordshire Regiment [65] Northamptonshire Regiment [59] King's Royal Rifle Corps [55] Royal Air Force [51] Rifle Brigade [50] Royal Berkshire Regiment [50] The Queen's Regiment [50] Somerset Light Infantry [45] Cheshire Regiment [42] South Lancashire Regiment [41] Royal Defence Corps [39] Yorkshire Regiment [39] Machine Gun Corps [38] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [37] Royal Scots Fusiliers [36] Royal Lancaster Regiment [35] East Kent Regiment [33] Royal Army Service Corps [33] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [31] South Staffordshire Regiment [30] Suffolk Regiment Depot [29]

Service

British Army [5770] Royal Navy [169] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [142] Canadian Expeditionary Force [66] Australian Imperial Force [54] Other Empire Force [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9] Indian Army [5] South African Services [5]

Last name first letter

B [801] C [691] H [607] W [447] S [410] M [400] D [347] G [311] F [299] P [296] A [283] R [248] L [208] T [203] E [152] J [134] K [115] N [91] O [75] I [33] Y [31] V [19] U [15] Q [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5033] Conscientious Objector [41] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [1056] India [8] Australia [3] Canada [3] South Africa [3] France [2] Ireland [2] China [1] Egypt [1] Isle of Man [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] Sri Lanka [1] United States [1] Yemen [1]

Rajani Palme Dutt

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army 1539

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Harry Robert Chaston

Born 1883

Died 1961

British Army 18715 Private Suffolk Regiment 2

British Army 18715 Private Suffolk Regiment Depot

British Army 18715 Private Suffolk Regiment 11

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Joseph Runham

Born 1890

Died 1951

British Army Reserve

British Army G/23159 Private East Surrey Regiment 3rd

British Army 27356 Private Somerset Light Infantry Depot

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George Marshall Wilshaw

Born 1870

Died 1920

British Army 31747 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 31747 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Knight

Born 1885

British Army 7500 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1st

British Army 7500 Unpaid Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 1st

British Army 7500 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1st

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Joseph Park

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 13973 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 8th

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John T Clarke

Born 1876

Died 1919

British Army 29821 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Walter Foulger

Born 1884

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139931

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Henry William Brown

Born 1890

Died 1949

British Army 28420 Private Suffolk Regiment 10

British Army 28420 Private Suffolk Regiment 11

British Army Reserve Derby Scheme (attested, awaiting call up)

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William Robert Everard

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 166375 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Reserve

British Army 166375 Sapper Royal Engineers RE No 1 Depot Coy

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Percy Webb

Born 1877

British Army 349061 Private Labour Corps

British Army 21216 Private Army Service Corps

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John Wesley Wootton

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Captain Suffolk 11th Battalion

British Army Captain Suffolk Regiment 11th

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George Caswell

Born 1871

British Army GS/13118 Unpaid Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers 25th

British Army GS/13118 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 25th

British Army GS/13118 Corporal Royal Fusiliers Depot

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Leslie Ivan Barker

Born 1892

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force

British Army London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Flying Corps

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William Bayliss

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army 8126 Private Seaforth Highlanders 8th

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John George Parker

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army 29043 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Edward Makin

Born 1870

Died 1919

British Army 22408 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 299434 Private Labour Corps

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John Edwin Cockshoot

Born 1870

Died 1921

British Army 7212 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 38442 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army WR 208315 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Baynes

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army 645 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st

British Army Reserve

British Army 645 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 7th

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W H Wall

Born 1871

Died 1920

British Army 375250 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 163548 Private Labour Corps 569th Home Service Labour Company

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