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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]

Robert Eric Pochin

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army 2222 Private Leicestershire Regiment 1/4th bn leicest Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment C Company

British Army Captain Leicestershire Regiment Brigade Grenade Officer

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Oswald Arthur Scott

Born 1893

Died 1960

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

British Army Major Hampshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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George Travers Nugee

Born 1893

Died 1977

British Army Captain Acting Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 88 Battery

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Leonard Charles Hornabrook

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1992 Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

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Cecil Francis Milsom

Born 1881

Died 1963

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

British Army Major Army Service Corps

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Oswald Austin Reid

Born 1893

Died 1920

British Army Captain Liverpool Regiment/Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William Eldridge Yockney

Born 1894

Died 1982

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment

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Harold Dare

Born 1890

Died 1973

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Cedric Lockwood Morris

Born 1890

British Army 1797 Private London Regiment 28 (County of London) Battalion (Artist's Rifles)

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Ladislas Frederick Henri Witold De Szaramowicz

Born 1885

Died 1946

British Army Major Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Leicestershire Regiment

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Walter Perkins

Born 1881

British Army 10930 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

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Eric Belfield

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harold Arthur David Richards

Born 1874

Died 1947

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Army Service Corps

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Albert Henry Holder

Born 1873

Died 1953

Royal Navy CH/6734 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

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George Barry Oliver

British Army Captain Leicestershire Regiment

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John Torrington Morris

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Arthur French

British Army 200391 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 2578 Private Leicestershire Regiment 1/4th bn leicest Battalion

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William Charles F Scutts

British Army C/3630 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot

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C E Bruce

British Army Major Political Department

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Harold Auten

Born 1891

Died 1964

Royal Navy Commander Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 366390 Officers Steward 2nd Class HMS Spanker

Royal Navy 366390 Officers Steward 3rd Class HMS Spanker

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