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Place of birth

Leicester [6]

Camberwell [2]

Chelsea [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Addlestone, Surrey [1]

Bangalore, Karnataka [1]

Barnes [1]

Bath [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bebington, Cheshire [1]

Billesdon, Leicestershire [1]

Blackpool, Lancaster [1]

Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

Brussels [1]

Chester-le-street ,Durham [1]

Darjeeling [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Epsom [1]

Farrington, Hampshire [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Gloucester [1]

Greenwich [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Harrow on the Hill [1]

Johannesburg [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Leatherhead, Surrey [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Longford, near Salisbury [1]

Lutterworth, Leicestershire [1]

Marylebone,London [1]

Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Ottawa [1]

Oxford St Giles Oxford [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Richmond, Surrey [1]

Sandhurst, Gloucestershire [1]

Selly Oak, Birmingham [1]

Shelton, Nottinghamshire [1]

Sneinton Notts [1]

Sneinton, Nottinghamshire [1]

Spilsby, Lincolnshire [1]

St Saviour Southwark [1]

Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

The Grange, Walton-on-Thames [1]

Tolarno Station, River Darling, New South Wales [1]

Wandsworth [1]

Warwick [1]

Rank

Captain [39]

Second Lieutenant [35]

Lieutenant [27]

Private [14]

Major [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Corporal [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Major [2]

Commander [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Captain (TP) [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captian [1]

Chaplain [1]

First Class Air Mechanic [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Officers Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [1]

Second Class Air Mechanic [1]

Second Lieutenant on Probation [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captian [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Test Story B [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

t [1]

test [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [23]

London Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Scots Guards [2]

1/6th Bn Warwickshire Regiment [1]

116 Squadron [1]

19th Divisional Ammunition Park [1]

1st Bn Scots Guards [1]

2nd Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment attached 6th Bn North Lancashire Regiment [1]

41st Infantry Brigade [1]

4th Bn Canadian Infantry [1]

6th Battalion [1]

Army Pay Department [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Acaster [1]

HMS Bonaventure [1]

HMS LABURNAM [1]

HMS Racehorse [1]

HMS Spanker [1]

HMS WILD SWAN [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot [1]

Kings Liverpool Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment/Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

No 2 Aircraft Acceptance Park [1]

Northumberland Hussars [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Political Department [1]

RAF Chingford [1]

Service

British Army [79]

Royal Navy [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [12]

P [8]

A [7]

C [7]

D [7]

M [7]

R [7]

S [6]

B [5]

N [5]

W [5]

G [3]

J [3]

F [2]

L [2]

O [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [85]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

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People [89] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leicester [6] Camberwell [2] Chelsea [2] Marylebone, London [2] Addlestone, Surrey [1] Bangalore, Karnataka [1] Barnes [1] Bath [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bebington, Cheshire [1] Billesdon, Leicestershire [1] Blackpool, Lancaster [1] Bridgend, Glamorgan [1] Brussels [1] Chester-le-street ,Durham [1] Darjeeling [1] Edinburgh [1] Epsom [1] Farrington, Hampshire [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Gloucester [1] Greenwich [1] Greenwich, London [1] Harrow on the Hill [1] Johannesburg [1] Kensington, London [1] Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Leatherhead, Surrey [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Longford, near Salisbury [1] Lutterworth, Leicestershire [1] Marylebone,London [1] Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Ottawa [1] Oxford St Giles Oxford [1] Peckham, London [1] Richmond, Surrey [1] Sandhurst, Gloucestershire [1] Selly Oak, Birmingham [1] Shelton, Nottinghamshire [1] Sneinton Notts [1] Sneinton, Nottinghamshire [1] Spilsby, Lincolnshire [1] St Saviour Southwark [1] Swansea, Glamorgan [1] The Grange, Walton-on-Thames [1] Tolarno Station, River Darling, New South Wales [1] Wandsworth [1] Warwick [1]

Rank

Captain [39] Second Lieutenant [35] Lieutenant [27] Private [14] Major [12] Lieutenant Colonel [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Corporal [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Major [2] Commander [2] Lance Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Major [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Captain (TP) [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captian [1] Chaplain [1] First Class Air Mechanic [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Officers Steward 2nd Class [1] Officers Steward 3rd Class [1] Second Class Air Mechanic [1] Second Lieutenant on Probation [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captian [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Test Story B [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] t [1] test [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [23] London Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [5] Army Service Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Scots Guards [2] 1/6th Bn Warwickshire Regiment [1] 116 Squadron [1] 19th Divisional Ammunition Park [1] 1st Bn Scots Guards [1] 2nd Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment attached 6th Bn North Lancashire Regiment [1] 41st Infantry Brigade [1] 4th Bn Canadian Infantry [1] 6th Battalion [1] Army Pay Department [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Acaster [1] HMS Bonaventure [1] HMS LABURNAM [1] HMS Racehorse [1] HMS Spanker [1] HMS WILD SWAN [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Kent Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot [1] Kings Liverpool Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment/Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] No 2 Aircraft Acceptance Park [1] Northumberland Hussars [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Political Department [1] RAF Chingford [1]

Service

British Army [79] Royal Navy [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [12] P [8] A [7] C [7] D [7] M [7] R [7] S [6] B [5] N [5] W [5] G [3] J [3] F [2] L [2] O [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [85]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

Reginald Philip Edward Richards

Born 1884

Died 1969

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Horace James Ankers Parkinson

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment C Company

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Morton Smith Holden

Born 1896

Died 1936

British Army 2586 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment 1/4th bn leicest Battalion

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Ralph Edward Cadwallader Adams

Born 1893

Died 1937

British Army Captain Staff

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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David Frank Clarke

Born 1895

Died 1933

British Army 201320 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Donald Balfour Fergusson

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army Second Lieutenant Kent Regiment 5th royal west Battalion

British Army Captain Hertfordshire Regiment 1/1st Battalion

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Geoffrey Lulham Lea

Born 1897

Died 1973

British Army Captain Leicestershire Regiment 1/4th bn leicest Battalion

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Denis Grey Wigan

Born 1893

Died 1958

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Edward Francis Disbrowe

Born 1900

Died 1941

Royal Navy Commander HMS Bonaventure

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS LABURNAM

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS WILD SWAN

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Arthur John Wakerley

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment C Company

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment C Company

British Army Captain Leicestershire Regiment D Company

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Cyril Frederick Wright

Born 1892

Died 1942

British Army 2503 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Leicestershire Regiment 1/4th bn leicest Battalion

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John Leslie Johnston

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 3rd bn attached 2nd Battalion

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William Gilbert Houldsworth

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Scots Guards

British Army Lieutenant 1st Bn Scots Guards

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Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley

Born 1894

Died 1938

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards

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Gerald Collard

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63235

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63235 Serjeant 4th Bn Canadian Infantry

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Alastair Graham Menzies

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Scots Guards

British Army Lieutenant Scots Guards

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Douglas Yockney Lane

Born 1886

Died 1943

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant HMS Acaster

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Racehorse

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Percy Harold Holder

Born 1884

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Captian

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain RAF Chingford

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Edward Frederick Chapman

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

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Tankerville Robert Armine Morris

Born 1892

Died 1937

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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