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Place of birth

Wicken, Northamptonshire [11]

All Saints, Peterborough [3]

Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire [2]

Nuneham Courtenay [2]

St Peter's, Northampton [2]

Abingdon [1]

Akeley, Buckinghamshire [1]

All Saints, Grantham [1]

Bangalore [1]

Beachampton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Belleek, County Fermanagh [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bozeat, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Brackley [1]

Bromley, Middlesex [1]

Buckingham [1]

Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Cottesbrook, Northamptonshire [1]

Dallington, Northamptonshire [1]

Deanshanger, Northamptonshire [1]

Deanshanger, Potterspury District, Northamptonshire [1]

Deeping St James, Lincolnshire [1]

Denton, Huntingdonshire [1]

Egleton, Rutland [1]

Evenley, Northamptonshire [1]

Fittleworth, Sussex [1]

Forest Gate, Essex [1]

Great Yarmouth [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex [1]

Harrowden, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Homerton, Middlesex [1]

Irthingboroogh, Northamptonshire [1]

Leckhampstead [1]

Little Ilford, Essex [1]

Meppershall, Shefford, Bedfordshire [1]

Norwich [1]

Old Duston, Northamptonshire [1]

Old Lakenham, Norfolk [1]

Olney, Bucks [1]

Oundle, Northamptonshire [1]

Pattishall, Towcester, Northamptonshire [1]

Paulerspury, Northamptonshire [1]

Potterspury, Northamptonshire [1]

Ramsey, Huntingdonshire [1]

Redditch, Worcestershire [1]

Sapley, Huntindonshire [1]

Saway, Peterborough [1]

St Giles, Northamptonshire [1]

St James's End, Northamptonshire [1]

St Luke's, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [65]

Lance Corporal [7]

Serjeant [7]

Corporal [5]

Able Seaman [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Drum Major [1]

Gunner [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [56]

Royal Engineers [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HM Submarine E10 [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Linconshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Third Dragoon Guards [1]

Service

British Army [81]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [8]

C [8]

H [8]

S [8]

T [7]

P [6]

R [6]

W [6]

D [5]

G [5]

A [3]

F [3]

M [3]

N [3]

K [2]

E [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [82]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Ireland [1]

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People [83] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wicken, Northamptonshire [11] All Saints, Peterborough [3] Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire [2] Nuneham Courtenay [2] St Peter's, Northampton [2] Abingdon [1] Akeley, Buckinghamshire [1] All Saints, Grantham [1] Bangalore [1] Beachampton, Buckinghamshire [1] Belleek, County Fermanagh [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bozeat, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Brackley [1] Bromley, Middlesex [1] Buckingham [1] Camborne, Cornwall [1] Cottesbrook, Northamptonshire [1] Dallington, Northamptonshire [1] Deanshanger, Northamptonshire [1] Deanshanger, Potterspury District, Northamptonshire [1] Deeping St James, Lincolnshire [1] Denton, Huntingdonshire [1] Egleton, Rutland [1] Evenley, Northamptonshire [1] Fittleworth, Sussex [1] Forest Gate, Essex [1] Great Yarmouth [1] Hampstead, Middlesex [1] Harrowden, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Homerton, Middlesex [1] Irthingboroogh, Northamptonshire [1] Leckhampstead [1] Little Ilford, Essex [1] Meppershall, Shefford, Bedfordshire [1] Norwich [1] Old Duston, Northamptonshire [1] Old Lakenham, Norfolk [1] Olney, Bucks [1] Oundle, Northamptonshire [1] Pattishall, Towcester, Northamptonshire [1] Paulerspury, Northamptonshire [1] Potterspury, Northamptonshire [1] Ramsey, Huntingdonshire [1] Redditch, Worcestershire [1] Sapley, Huntindonshire [1] Saway, Peterborough [1] St Giles, Northamptonshire [1] St James's End, Northamptonshire [1] St Luke's, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [65] Lance Corporal [7] Serjeant [7] Corporal [5] Able Seaman [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Drum Major [1] Gunner [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Regiment [56] Royal Engineers [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Army Service Corps [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HM Submarine E10 [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Linconshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Military Foot Police [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Third Dragoon Guards [1]

Service

British Army [81] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [8] C [8] H [8] S [8] T [7] P [6] R [6] W [6] D [5] G [5] A [3] F [3] M [3] N [3] K [2] E [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [82]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Ireland [1]

Arthur John Toombs

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army 1593 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force

British Army 205382 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Richard James Gibbard

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army

British Army 77136 Driver Royal Engineers

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Peter Gibbard

Born 1878

Died 1954

British Army 30564 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Samuel John Pinckard

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 7297 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Walter Samuel Wickham

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 26634 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 9th

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Benjamin Stocks

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 6819 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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James Tansley

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 7769 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Edmund N King

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7219 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Alexander Henry Barby

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy 237567 Able Seaman HM Submarine E10

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Edward Charles Frederick Richardson

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 7709 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 7709 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Thomas Warman

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 6006 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment

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James Ernest Smitheringale

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 7302 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Alfred Britchford

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 7607 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7607 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7607 Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Richard Henry Butteriss

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 7523 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7523 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Charles Drage

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 7192 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Frank Gardner

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 7252 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7252 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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William Corsham

Died 1914

British Army 6979 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6979 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Herbert Henry Clarke

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 6509 East Lancashire Regiment 4th east Battalion

British Army 203224 Private East Lancashire Regiment 4th east Battalion

British Army 203224 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Alfred Freear Brown

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 8096 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8096 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Benjamin Walter Turner

Born 1875

Died 1945

British Army 30475 Sapper Royal Engineers

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