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Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [30]

Kimpton, Hertfordshire [16]

Kimpton, Hitchin, Herts [12]

Dinton, Buckinghamshire [3]

Heston, Middlesex [2]

Ayot St Lawrence, Hatfield, Hertfordshire [1]

Ayot St Peter, Hertfordshire [1]

Billesdon, Leicestershire [1]

Chiltern Green, Hyde, Bedfordshire [1]

Clothall, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Codicote, Hertfordshire [1]

Codicote, Hitchin, Hertfordshie [1]

Codicote, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Codicote, Hitchin, Herts [1]

Dailly, Kirkoswald, Ayrshire [1]

Diamond End, Kingswalden, Hertfordshire [1]

Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Hitchin Road, Clifton, near Biggleswade, Beds. [1]

Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertforshire [1]

Kimpton, Welwyn, Hertfordshire [1]

Kimpton,Hitchin, Herts [1]

Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [1]

Kingswalden Parish, Hertfordshire [1]

Kirkcowan, Wigtown, Scotland [1]

Kirkinner, Wigtownshire [1]

Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland [1]

New Town, Codicote, Hitchin, Herts [1]

Plumstead, Kent [1]

Prestwood, Hughenden, Buckinghamshire [1]

Ramridge, Kimpton, Hertfordshire [1]

Shotley, Suffolk [1]

Someries, near Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

St Pauls Walden, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Staines, Middlesex [1]

Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Uppingham, Rutland [1]

Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Wandon Green, Kingswalden, Hertfordshire [1]

Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Wells, Norfolk [1]

Welwyn, Hertfordshire [1]

West Ham District, Essex [1]

Weston, Hertfordshire [1]

Wheathampstead, St Albans, Hertfordshire [1]

Whitwell, Hertfordshire [1]

Whitwell, Hitchin, Herts [1]

Whitwell, Welwyn, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [74]

Driver [7]

Sapper [6]

Corporal [4]

Serjeant [4]

Gunner [3]

AM3 [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

A Mech 1 [1]

A Mech 2 [1]

AM2 [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Captain [1]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Cpl. Mech [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Mech. [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Ord. Sig. [1]

Private 2 [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [29]

Hertfordshire Regiment [17]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

London Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

12th Lancers [1]

21st Lancers [1]

7th Hussars [1]

ALIAS [1]

Air Service [1]

Army Service Corps (H.T.) [1]

Army Service Corps (MT) [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Lord Nelson [1]

HMS Royal Sovereign [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [1]

Manston [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment attached Trench Mortar Battery [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

RAF [1]

RFC [1]

Reserve of Officers/Staff [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [1]

Service

British Army [97]

Royal Navy [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [16]

H [13]

G [11]

M [11]

B [9]

S [9]

C [5]

L [5]

N [5]

R [5]

P [4]

D [3]

F [3]

A [2]

O [2]

T [2]

E [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [106]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [105]

Bermuda [1]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [107] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [30] Kimpton, Hertfordshire [16] Kimpton, Hitchin, Herts [12] Dinton, Buckinghamshire [3] Heston, Middlesex [2] Ayot St Lawrence, Hatfield, Hertfordshire [1] Ayot St Peter, Hertfordshire [1] Billesdon, Leicestershire [1] Chiltern Green, Hyde, Bedfordshire [1] Clothall, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Codicote, Hertfordshire [1] Codicote, Hitchin, Hertfordshie [1] Codicote, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Codicote, Hitchin, Herts [1] Dailly, Kirkoswald, Ayrshire [1] Diamond End, Kingswalden, Hertfordshire [1] Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1] Hitchin Road, Clifton, near Biggleswade, Beds. [1] Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertforshire [1] Kimpton, Welwyn, Hertfordshire [1] Kimpton,Hitchin, Herts [1] Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [1] Kingswalden Parish, Hertfordshire [1] Kirkcowan, Wigtown, Scotland [1] Kirkinner, Wigtownshire [1] Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland [1] New Town, Codicote, Hitchin, Herts [1] Plumstead, Kent [1] Prestwood, Hughenden, Buckinghamshire [1] Ramridge, Kimpton, Hertfordshire [1] Shotley, Suffolk [1] Someries, near Luton, Bedfordshire [1] St Pauls Walden, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Staines, Middlesex [1] Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Uppingham, Rutland [1] Walthamstow, Essex [1] Wandon Green, Kingswalden, Hertfordshire [1] Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Wells, Norfolk [1] Welwyn, Hertfordshire [1] West Ham District, Essex [1] Weston, Hertfordshire [1] Wheathampstead, St Albans, Hertfordshire [1] Whitwell, Hertfordshire [1] Whitwell, Hitchin, Herts [1] Whitwell, Welwyn, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [74] Driver [7] Sapper [6] Corporal [4] Serjeant [4] Gunner [3] AM3 [2] Lance Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] A Mech 1 [1] A Mech 2 [1] AM2 [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Captain [1] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Cpl. Mech [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Mech. [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Ord. Sig. [1] Private 2 [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [29] Hertfordshire Regiment [17] Labour Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] London Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] 12th Lancers [1] 21st Lancers [1] 7th Hussars [1] ALIAS [1] Air Service [1] Army Service Corps (H.T.) [1] Army Service Corps (MT) [1] Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Lord Nelson [1] HMS Royal Sovereign [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [1] Manston [1] Northamptonshire Regiment attached Trench Mortar Battery [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] RAF [1] RFC [1] Reserve of Officers/Staff [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [1]

Service

British Army [97] Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [16] H [13] G [11] M [11] B [9] S [9] C [5] L [5] N [5] R [5] P [4] D [3] F [3] A [2] O [2] T [2] E [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [106] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [105] Bermuda [1] India [1] South Africa [1]

Percy Oake

Born 1884

Died 1953

Royal Navy 533 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Joseph William Little

Born 1883

Died 1940

British Army 22419 Private East Surrey Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 22419 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 22419 Private East Surrey Regiment 8th Battalion

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Albert Norris

Born 1885

Died 1957

British Army 7904 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion in India

British Army 7904 Private Bedfordshire Regiment Reserve

British Army 7904 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas George Ward

Born 1887

Died 1956

British Army 65659 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 645782 Private Labour Corps 657th (Home Service) Company

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Cecil Albert Ward

Born 1891

Died 1976

British Army G/29010 Private London Regiment 2/11th Battalion

British Army G/29010 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1/20th London Company

British Army 202086 Private London Regiment 20th Training Battalion

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Hector Mead

Born 1897

Died 1954

British Army 123674 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur William Bigg

Born 1899

Died 1955

British Army 49528 Private Northamptonshire Regiment attached Trench Mortar Battery

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Albert Edward Hobbs

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 46008 Private Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion

British Army G/18743 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army G/18743 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Lionel Goldhawk

Born 1890

Died 1974

British Army M2/229940 Private Army Service Corps (MT) 819 Coy

British Army M2/229940 Private Army Service Corps (MT) 373 Coy

British Army M2/229940 Private Army Service Corps (MT)

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James Lawrence

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 58469 Sergeant Labour Corps

British Army 28306 Private The Queen's Regiment 15th Battalion

British Army 58469 Private Labour Corps 98th Company

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Arthur Charles Whittering

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 31497 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Samuel Shadbolt

Born 1888

Died 1968

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302270 Private 2

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James Mumford

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 7092 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Seamont Arch Bigg

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 4838 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 4838 Acting Lance Corporal Hertfordshire Regiment

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Harold Spalding

Born 1886

Died 1951

British Army 5821 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 235253 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frank William G Plain

Born 1896

Died 1958

British Army 265927 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 202940 Private Essex Regiment 4th Battalion

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William Wells

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 45822 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 45822 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Joseph Whitworth

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army G/9804 Private Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Hector Arthur Coleman

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 44017 Private Suffolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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Bertram John Matthews

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 2235 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265353 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265353 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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