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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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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]

Ernest Walter North

Born 1880

Died 1938

British Army 179001 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 422899 Sapper Labour Corps

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Thomas Frederick Quinton Thrussell

Born 1900

Died 1991

Royal Navy J52151 Ord. Sig.

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Richard Gray

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army S 5918 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S 5918 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Bertram Gatward

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 18670 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Leonard James East

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 15619 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 15619 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Percy Edwin Norris

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 25725 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 25725 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Arthur Reginald Kemble Wells

Born 1883

Died 1964

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

Royal Navy Reverend HMS Lord Nelson Acting Chaplain

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Charles John Holland

Born 1899

Died 1943

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104799 AM3 RFC 190 DS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104799 AM2 RAF 190 Squadron

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Walter James Welch

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 23458 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Arthur William Rose

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 12005 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Douglas Williamson

Born 1895

Died 1973

British Army 2924 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265741 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Nathan Cain

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 16524 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 7th Battalion

British Army 16524 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Richard John Hatton

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 203674 Private Norfolk Regiment 8th Battalion

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Andrew James Williamson

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 16511 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Cyril Almond

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 5516 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 3/5th Battalion

British Army 33161 Private Leicestershire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Arthur Cain

Born 1884

Died 1960

British Army 31861 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Bertram Allen Whitworth

Born 1897

Died 1960

British Army 185307 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Horace William Pollington

Born 1896

Died 1933

British Army 3026 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 960804 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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George Edward Gatward

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 4888 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 266578 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 204421 Private Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion

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Bertram North

Born 1886

Died 1960

British Army 33131 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 65851 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 897006 Private London Regiment

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