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Place of birth

London [14]

Brighton, Sussex [7]

Hartlepool, Durham [7]

Accrington [3]

Great Yarmouth [3]

Southwell, Nottinghamshire [3]

Yorkshire [3]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Castleford, Yorkshire [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Deptford [2]

Hartlepool [2]

Hemsby, Norfolk [2]

Honing Hall, Norfolk [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Lewes, Sussex [2]

Middlesex [2]

Ossett, Yorkshire [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Wicken, Northamptonshire [2]

5 Lygon Place London SW1 [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Allahabad, Bengal, [1]

Alvechurch, Worcestershire [1]

Balmoral Castle [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Barrow in Furness [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Bengal [1]

Biggleswade [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blithfield [1]

Bridgend, Glamorgan,Wales [1]

Burnham,Norfolk [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Caister, Norfolk [1]

Caley Hall, Otley, Yorkshire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Carlton In Lindrick, Nottinghamshire [1]

Carlton, Durham [1]

Cawsand, Cornwall [1]

Charters Towers, Queensland [1]

Cheam, Surrey [1]

Chelsea London [1]

Chicago [1]

Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Curragh Camp [1]

Rank

Private [93]

Lieutenant [80]

Second Lieutenant [80]

Captain [71]

Major [24]

Gunner [17]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Corporal [7]

Driver [7]

Brigadier General [5]

Sapper [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Colonel [3]

Midshipman [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Nurse [2]

Rifleman [2]

Shipwright 2nd Class [2]

VAD Nurse [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieut [1]

2nd-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Nurse [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brigadier-General [1]

Captain (T) [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Battalion Major [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel (Half Pay List) [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Head Cook [1]

Lance Captain [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Lieutenant/Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [25]

Coldstream Guards [20]

Grenadier Guards [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

London Regiment [10]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Royal Engineers [9]

Scots Guards [9]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Irish Guards [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Hussars [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4]

1st Life Guards [3]

2nd Life Guards [3]

Army Service Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Border Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

General Staff [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Indian Army [3]

Lancers [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Life Guards [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [331]

Royal Navy [11]

Other Empire Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [40]

S [31]

C [30]

H [29]

F [24]

W [24]

D [23]

P [21]

M [20]

G [19]

L [18]

A [17]

E [13]

K [11]

T [11]

R [8]

N [5]

J [3]

O [2]

I [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [349]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

London [14] Brighton, Sussex [7] Hartlepool, Durham [7] Accrington [3] Great Yarmouth [3] Southwell, Nottinghamshire [3] Yorkshire [3] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Castleford, Yorkshire [2] Chelsea, London [2] Deptford [2] Hartlepool [2] Hemsby, Norfolk [2] Honing Hall, Norfolk [2] Kensington, London [2] Lewes, Sussex [2] Middlesex [2] Ossett, Yorkshire [2] Paddington, London [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Wicken, Northamptonshire [2] 5 Lygon Place London SW1 [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Allahabad, Bengal, [1] Alvechurch, Worcestershire [1] Balmoral Castle [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Barrow in Furness [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Bengal [1] Biggleswade [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blithfield [1] Bridgend, Glamorgan,Wales [1] Burnham,Norfolk [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Caister, Norfolk [1] Caley Hall, Otley, Yorkshire [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Carlton In Lindrick, Nottinghamshire [1] Carlton, Durham [1] Cawsand, Cornwall [1] Charters Towers, Queensland [1] Cheam, Surrey [1] Chelsea London [1] Chicago [1] Cranbrook, Kent [1] Curragh Camp [1]

Rank

Private [93] Lieutenant [80] Second Lieutenant [80] Captain [71] Major [24] Gunner [17] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Corporal [7] Driver [7] Brigadier General [5] Sapper [5] Lance Corporal [4] Serjeant [4] Bombardier [3] Colonel [3] Midshipman [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal [2] Nurse [2] Rifleman [2] Shipwright 2nd Class [2] VAD Nurse [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieut [1] 2nd-Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Nurse [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brigadier-General [1] Captain (T) [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Battalion Major [1] Captain Major [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel (Half Pay List) [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Head Cook [1] Lance Captain [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Lieutenant/Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [25] Coldstream Guards [20] Grenadier Guards [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] London Regiment [10] Norfolk Regiment [10] Royal Engineers [9] Scots Guards [9] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Irish Guards [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Hussars [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Labour Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4] 1st Life Guards [3] 2nd Life Guards [3] Army Service Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Border Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] General Staff [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Indian Army [3] Lancers [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] South Wales Borderers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Voluntary Aid Detachment [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Life Guards [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [331] Royal Navy [11] Other Empire Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [40] S [31] C [30] H [29] F [24] W [24] D [23] P [21] M [20] G [19] L [18] A [17] E [13] K [11] T [11] R [8] N [5] J [3] O [2] I [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [349]

Country

United Kingdom [54] India [1] Ireland [1]

Samuel Kenyon

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 57102 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 57102 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion.

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Thomas Carlton

Born 1885

Died 1944

British Army 84862 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 84862 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Campbell

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 61090 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alexander Brown.

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 16296 Private Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion

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Cecil Harry Gotts.

Born 1899

Died 1961

British Army 56631 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Lupton

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 22256 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 22256 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

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Isaac Rigby

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 49940 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 49940 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 44940

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Thomas Kenyon

Born 1889

Died 1963

British Army 19638 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 61323 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Samuel Gutteridge Leavold

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 39569 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 40632 Private South Wales Borderers

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James Outhwaite

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 100214 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Joseph Henry Hoddinott

Born 1888

Died 1951

British Army 41478 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 41478 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Victor Charles Douglas Boyd Boyd-Carpenter

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Engineers 89th Field Company

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Harry Harland

Born 1893

Died 1946

British Army 901135 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Bertie Harland

Born 1896

Died 1939

British Army 901134 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Walter William Port

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 42161 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Alfred Henry Forster

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Dragoons

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots Greys 2nd Dragoons

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Walter John Fletcher

Born 1883

Died 1917

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Francis Douglas Farquhar

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

British Army Major Coldstream Guards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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Ambrose Varna George

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 16298 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 16298 Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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James Kenyon

Born 1885

British Army 8153 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 125647 Private Labour Corps

British Army 78373 Private Royal Defence Corps

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