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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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People [6219] Stories Communities

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]

Frank A Ainsworth

British Army GS/17515 Private Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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Turner Russell Walker

British Army 17007 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment

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Arthur E Weston

British Army 28974 Private Suffolk Regiment

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William Walker

British Army 3/9713 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick Calvert

British Army 21902 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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John Cracknell

British Army 401 Waggoner Army Service Corps

British Army 29240 Somerset Light Infantry

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Montague Pearson

British Army 10914 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Reginald Pearson

British Army R21315 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Harold E Pedley

British Army 2731 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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David B Percy

British Army 16165 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Percy Perren

British Army S/7490 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Alfred Pettitt

British Army 27119 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 27119 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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J R Huff

British Army 4169 ALIAS Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 3rd

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Percy W Beaumont

British Army 226079 Northamptonshire Regiment 9th

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James Leach

British Army 27162 ALIAS Private Liverpool Regiment

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Maurice Oswald Marshall

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Herbert Edwin Cousins

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Brian W Downs

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Frank Whybro Seeton

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Henry C Kirwin

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