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Desborough, Northants [156]

Market Harborough, Leics [39]

Desborough, Northamptonshire [38]

Leicester [16]

Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics [15]

Rothwell, Northants [11]

Little Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics [10]

Kettering, Northants [8]

Market Harborough, Leicestershire [8]

Great Bowden, Leics [6]

Great Bowden, nr Market Harborough, Leics [6]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [6]

Wilbarston, Northants [6]

Hallaton, Leics [5]

Little Bowden, Market Harborough [5]

Kibworth, Leics [3]

Lubenham, nr Market Harborough, Leics [3]

Market Harborough, Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Northampton [3]

Great Bowden, Leicestershire [2]

Great Bowden, nr Market Harborough, Leicestershire [2]

Gumley, Leics [2]

Harrington, Northants [2]

Islington, London [2]

Islington, Middlesex [2]

Kilworth, Leics [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Little Bowden, Northamptonshire [2]

Little Bowden, Northants [2]

Little Bowden, nr Market Harborough, Northants [2]

Medbourne, nr Market Harborough, Leics [2]

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Nottingham [2]

Stoke Albany, Northants [2]

Aldgate, London [1]

Aldwinckle, Northants [1]

Ashby Magna, Nr Lutterworth, Leicestershire [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Aylestone, Leicester [1]

Aylestone, Leicestershire [1]

Bardney, Lincs [1]

Belgrave, Leicester [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Billesden, Leicester [1]

Billesdon, Leics [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blaby,Leicestershire [1]

Bordesley, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [538]

Lance Corporal [53]

Corporal [52]

Gunner [39]

Serjeant [35]

Second Lieutenant [30]

Lieutenant [19]

Able Seaman [13]

Captain [13]

Acting Corporal [12]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Driver [9]

Sapper [8]

Major [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Rifleman [6]

Pioneer [5]

Sergeant [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Midshipman [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

21750 [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

31313 [1]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class II [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Boy First Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [161]

Northamptonshire Regiment [158]

Machine Gun Corps [36]

Royal Field Artillery [34]

HM Submarine "L.10" [30]

Royal Army Medical Corps [26]

Royal Engineers [26]

Labour Corps [24]

Essex Regiment [23]

Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

London Regiment [17]

Bedfordshire Regiment [16]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [12]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

South Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Grenadier Guards [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Coldstream Guards [8]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [706]

Royal Navy [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [94]

B [91]

M [69]

P [69]

W [65]

S [59]

H [44]

T [38]

J [33]

F [30]

G [30]

A [27]

D [26]

L [26]

E [25]

K [16]

R [16]

I [9]

Y [7]

O [6]

N [2]

V [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [763]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [551]

India [5]

Canada [2]

South Africa [2]

Singapore [1]

United States [1]

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People [785] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Desborough, Northants [156] Market Harborough, Leics [39] Desborough, Northamptonshire [38] Leicester [16] Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics [15] Rothwell, Northants [11] Little Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics [10] Kettering, Northants [8] Market Harborough, Leicestershire [8] Great Bowden, Leics [6] Great Bowden, nr Market Harborough, Leics [6] Kettering, Northamptonshire [6] Wilbarston, Northants [6] Hallaton, Leics [5] Little Bowden, Market Harborough [5] Kibworth, Leics [3] Lubenham, nr Market Harborough, Leics [3] Market Harborough, Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Northampton [3] Great Bowden, Leicestershire [2] Great Bowden, nr Market Harborough, Leicestershire [2] Gumley, Leics [2] Harrington, Northants [2] Islington, London [2] Islington, Middlesex [2] Kilworth, Leics [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Little Bowden, Northamptonshire [2] Little Bowden, Northants [2] Little Bowden, nr Market Harborough, Northants [2] Medbourne, nr Market Harborough, Leics [2] Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Nottingham [2] Stoke Albany, Northants [2] Aldgate, London [1] Aldwinckle, Northants [1] Ashby Magna, Nr Lutterworth, Leicestershire [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Aylestone, Leicester [1] Aylestone, Leicestershire [1] Bardney, Lincs [1] Belgrave, Leicester [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Billesden, Leicester [1] Billesdon, Leics [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blaby,Leicestershire [1] Bordesley, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [538] Lance Corporal [53] Corporal [52] Gunner [39] Serjeant [35] Second Lieutenant [30] Lieutenant [19] Able Seaman [13] Captain [13] Acting Corporal [12] Stoker 1st Class [11] Driver [9] Sapper [8] Major [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Rifleman [6] Pioneer [5] Sergeant [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Leading Seaman [3] 2nd Corporal [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Midshipman [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Telegraphist [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 21750 [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 31313 [1] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class II [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Boy First Class [1] Cadet [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [161] Northamptonshire Regiment [158] Machine Gun Corps [36] Royal Field Artillery [34] HM Submarine "L.10" [30] Royal Army Medical Corps [26] Royal Engineers [26] Labour Corps [24] Essex Regiment [23] Army Service Corps [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] London Regiment [17] Bedfordshire Regiment [16] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [12] Royal Fusiliers [12] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] South Staffordshire Regiment [10] Durham Light Infantry [9] Grenadier Guards [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Coldstream Guards [8] East Surrey Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Horse Artillery [6] Corps of Hussars [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [4] West Riding Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [706] Royal Navy [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [94] B [91] M [69] P [69] W [65] S [59] H [44] T [38] J [33] F [30] G [30] A [27] D [26] L [26] E [25] K [16] R [16] I [9] Y [7] O [6] N [2] V [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [763] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [551] India [5] Canada [2] South Africa [2] Singapore [1] United States [1]

Ernest Panter

British Army 43603 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Albert Everton

British Army 35944 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Harry Jones

British Army 97432 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Frank Marsh

British Army 26864 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 63241 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 96270 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Frederick Tuffs

British Army 1542 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 22945 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

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Arnold Coe

British Army 27946 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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William Alfred Page

British Army 70318 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 192835 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Harry Houghton

British Army 10176 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 603354 Private Labour Corps

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John W Loveday

British Army DM2/227928 Private Army Service Corps

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Alfred Laywood

British Army 204358 Private East Kent Regiment

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George Freer

British Army 11006 Private Grenadier Guards

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William Thomas Manning

British Army 4501 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Herbert Edghill

British Army 17092 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Thomas Guy Paget

British Army Captain and Adjutant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Scots Guards

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Harry Josiah Panter

British Army 27424 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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William Panther

British Army M/285883 Private Army Service Corps

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George Featon

British Army 17413 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd leicest Battalion

British Army 17413 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment 2nd leicest Battalion

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Howard J Everton

British Army 16091 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 24199 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Frederick Blissett

British Army 2371 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 830504 Driver Royal Field Artillery 1st South Midland Brigade

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Francis Everton

Born 1878

Died 1949

British Army 53468 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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