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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]

John Henry Turner

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army Reserve (Derby Scheme)

British Army 39957 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 3rd

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James Shepherd

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army R/1681 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th

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John Alfred Christian Bell

Born 1880

Died 1940

British Army 3/9746 Corporal Suffolk Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 3/9746 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 3/9746 Private Suffolk Regiment 8th

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Sidney Alsop

Born 1896

Died 1983

British Army 15887 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Emmanuel Barss

Born 1878

British Army 5427 Private East Kent Regiment 8th east Battalion

British Army 35068 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Frederick John Broom

Born 1886

British Army Private Reserve Cat A

British Army Private Reserve Cat B

British Army 12804 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Thomas George Bovingdon

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 1904 Suffolk Regiment

British Army 43030 Corporal Suffolk Regiment 11th

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Clement Percy Joscelyne

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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Francis Welsford Ward

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment

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Herbert W Driver

Born 1896

Died 1981

British Army 14425 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Sydney Charles Stamp

Born 1889

Died 1935

British Army 15893 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Richard Bowen Roberts

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Border Regiment

British Army Sergeant Denbighshire Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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George R Lucas

Born 1898

Died 1920

British Army 20014 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 66894 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Arthur John Livermore

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 2010 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 473173 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps East Anglian Field Ambulance

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Alfred Collins

Born 1881

British Army 14722 Private Suffolk Regiment 11

British Army 14722 Lance-Corporal Suffolk Regiment 11

British Army 14722 Corporal and Paid Acting Sergeant Suffolk Regiment 11

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William Henry Braybrook

Born 1887

British Army 14434 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 85822 Private Labour Corps 725

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Ralph Septimus Preeston

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 565 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 6890 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Sidney Arthur Knights

Born 1876

Died 1919

British Army 3/11290 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 10290 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th

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John Webb

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 8484 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd

British Army 8484 Private Suffolk Regiment 1st

British Army 8484 Private Suffolk Regiment Depot

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Frederick Littlechild

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 77787 Private Royal Army Medical Corps "T" Coy

British Army 77787 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 103 Field Ambulance

British Army 77787 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Depot

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