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Pendleton Salford Lancashire [2]

10 Mount Gardens, St Sepulchre, Northampton [1]

14 North St, Marylebone, Westminster [1]

18 Camera Square , Chelsea, London [1]

2 Upper East St Greenwich London [1]

22 Hawley Rd Kentish Town London [1]

26 All Saints St Islington [1]

56 Guinness Buildings Vauxhall [1]

8 Upper East St Greenwich [1]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Aspenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Auto Texas [1]

Beckenham Kent [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green London [1]

Bradford Yorkshire [1]

Bury At Edmunds Suffolk [1]

Camberwell [1]

Carmarthen, South Wales [1]

Chelsea [1]

Clerkenwell Shoreditch London [1]

Cliffe, Kent [1]

Croydon [1]

Egloskerry, Launceston Cornwall [1]

Enfield [1]

Greenwich [1]

Kennington Lambeth London [1]

Leeds [1]

Leeds, West Yorkshire [1]

Leytonstone [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

North Benfleet, Essex [1]

Northampton [1]

Putney Wandsworth London [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Southminster Essex [1]

Underbank within Holmfirth , Yorkshire [1]

Weston Lane, nr Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [20]

Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Captain [3]

Driver [3]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

ALIAS Corporal [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Cadet [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

MSS,Mechanical Staff Sarjaent [1]

Muleteer [1]

Sapper [1]

Second [1]

Senior Reserve Assistant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Sub lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Hussars [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

15th Hussar's Regiment [1]

15th Hussars [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

ASC [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Cyclists Corp [1]

Army Service Corps MT [1]

Artist's Rifles [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment The Buffs [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

H.M.S. "Victory" [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hospital ship Magic [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Macedonian Mule Corps [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

RAF [1]

RFA and RHA [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps 21st Field Ambulance [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery) [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

The Buffs East Kent Regiment [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [47]

Royal Navy [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [18]

S [6]

H [4]

P [4]

W [3]

C [2]

D [2]

M [2]

R [2]

A [1]

G [1]

I [1]

L [1]

N [1]

O [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [50]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Pendleton Salford Lancashire [2] 10 Mount Gardens, St Sepulchre, Northampton [1] 14 North St, Marylebone, Westminster [1] 18 Camera Square , Chelsea, London [1] 2 Upper East St Greenwich London [1] 22 Hawley Rd Kentish Town London [1] 26 All Saints St Islington [1] 56 Guinness Buildings Vauxhall [1] 8 Upper East St Greenwich [1] Acton, Middlesex [1] Aspenden, Hertfordshire [1] Auto Texas [1] Beckenham Kent [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green London [1] Bradford Yorkshire [1] Bury At Edmunds Suffolk [1] Camberwell [1] Carmarthen, South Wales [1] Chelsea [1] Clerkenwell Shoreditch London [1] Cliffe, Kent [1] Croydon [1] Egloskerry, Launceston Cornwall [1] Enfield [1] Greenwich [1] Kennington Lambeth London [1] Leeds [1] Leeds, West Yorkshire [1] Leytonstone [1] Marylebone, London [1] North Benfleet, Essex [1] Northampton [1] Putney Wandsworth London [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Southminster Essex [1] Underbank within Holmfirth , Yorkshire [1] Weston Lane, nr Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [20] Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Captain [3] Driver [3] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] ALIAS Corporal [1] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy Servant [1] Cadet [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal [1] MSS,Mechanical Staff Sarjaent [1] Muleteer [1] Sapper [1] Second [1] Senior Reserve Assistant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Sub lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Labour Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [2] Hussars [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 15th Hussar's Regiment [1] 15th Hussars [1] 2nd Life Guards [1] ASC [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Cyclists Corp [1] Army Service Corps MT [1] Artist's Rifles [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Coldstream Guards [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment The Buffs [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hospital ship Magic [1] King's African Rifles [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Macedonian Mule Corps [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] RAF [1] RFA and RHA [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps 21st Field Ambulance [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery) [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] The Buffs East Kent Regiment [1] Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [47] Royal Navy [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [18] S [6] H [4] P [4] W [3] C [2] D [2] M [2] R [2] A [1] G [1] I [1] L [1] N [1] O [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [50] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [28] France [1]

George Joseph Powell

Born 1882

Died 1957

British Army 305369 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 4633 Sapper The Queen's Regiment

British Army 28388 Sapper Middlesex Regiment

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Edward Norman Powell

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army GS/8055 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/8055 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 11th Battalion

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Benjamin Brodie Boultwood

Born 1889

Died 1932

British Army 19001 Private 15th Hussars

British Army 19001 Private 15th Hussar's Regiment

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Bertram George Meyer Boultwood

Born 1881

Died 1942

British Army MC/116984 Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army M2 116984 MSS,Mechanical Staff Sarjaent ASC

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David Phillip Hirsch

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Sub lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 11th west Battalion

British Army 1/4 Yorkshire Regiment

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Rupert Samuel Belding

Born 1878

Died 1952

British Army 2617 Corporal Rifle Brigade

British Army G/29226 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/29226 Warrant Officer Class 2 King's African Rifles 4th King's African Rifles

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Charles John Powell

Born 1887

Died 1965

British Army G/23497 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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George Frederick Boultwood

Born 1883

Died 1936

British Army 5023 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 263017 Private Middlesex Regiment 1/8th Battallion

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Thomas George Boultwood

Born 1880

Died 1922

British Army S/494 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 494 Private East Kent Regiment The Buffs Special Reserve

British Army 6639 Private The Buffs East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Oliver Goldsmith

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army T/30771 Driver Army Service Corps 3rd Unit

British Army T/30771 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army Driver Army Service Corps

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Henry Edward Surtees

Born 1874

Died 1940

British Army 9014 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 9014 Army Cyclists Corp Private

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Benjamin Disraeli Margerison

Born 1881

Died 1975

British Army 21535 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Herbert James Bresman

Born 1882

Died 1973

British Army 5965 Acting Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 485649 Acting Serjeant Labour Corps

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Ernest Herbert Bresman

Born 1895

Died 1940

British Army 9492 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 9492 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 7th Brigade

British Army 9492 Lance Bombardier RFA and RHA 7th Brigade

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Harold Wagstaff

Born 1891

Died 1939

British Army M2/221946 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army Acting Sergeant Royal Army Service Corps

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Daniel Oliver Charles Maggs

Born 1898

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Bert Boultwood

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army 24842 Private Royal West Surrey Regiment royal west Battalion

British Army G/24942 Private Royal West Surrey Regiment 3/4 battalion

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Sydney Boultwood

Born 1896

Died 1969

British Army 9735 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards 6th Company

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Percy Belding

Born 1878

Died 1943

British Army 43232 Corporal West Riding Regiment

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Henry Richard Surtees

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 169437 Driver Royal Field Artillery A Battalion

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