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Kensington, London [3]

Aston, Warwickshire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Dublin [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Hove, Sussex [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Manchester [2]

Medway, Kent [2]

Oxford [2]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

West Derby, Lancashire [2]

Westhampnett, Sussex [2]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Aversham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Axminster, Devon [1]

Balmae Kirkcudbright [1]

Bangor, Caernarvonshire [1]

Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battle, Sussex [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Belgrave Square, London [1]

Berwick, Northumberland [1]

Biggar, Lanarkshire. [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Brackley, Northamptonshire [1]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brockley, London [1]

Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire, Scotland [1]

Burnt Island, County Fife [1]

Calcutta [1]

Calder Vale, Lancashire [1]

Campbellpore, Punjab [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Champion Bay, Western Australia [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chegworth Mill, Ulcombe, Harrietsham, Kent [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [112]

Captain [65]

Second Lieutenant [63]

Lieutenant [48]

Major [23]

Serjeant [22]

Reverend [21]

Lance Corporal [19]

Corporal [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [14]

Chaplain [6]

Sapper [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Driver [4]

Sergeant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

4th Class Chaplain [3]

Acting Major [3]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [3]

Gunner [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Chaplain 4th Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Fitter (A.E.) [2]

Honorary Captain [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Reverend Chaplain [2]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Unpaid Lance Corporal [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic Class 3 [1]

Air Mechanic Third Class [1]

Band Boy [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [21]

Royal Engineers [16]

London Regiment [15]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [14]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Army Chaplain's Department [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Highlanders [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Chaplains Department [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Seaforth Highlanders [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Connaught Rangers [5]

King's Liverpool Regiment [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

Leinster Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Black Watch [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers [2]

12th Lancers [2]

Army Chaplains Department [2]

Service

British Army [315]

Royal Navy [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [44]

B [43]

T [37]

C [30]

D [26]

S [22]

A [19]

P [19]

M [16]

H [15]

G [13]

F [9]

R [9]

K [7]

L [7]

O [7]

J [5]

N [3]

E [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [331]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [165]

Ireland [5]

India [3]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

Malta [1]

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People [337] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kensington, London [3] Aston, Warwickshire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Dublin [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Hampstead, London [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Hove, Sussex [2] Lambeth, London [2] Manchester [2] Medway, Kent [2] Oxford [2] Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] West Derby, Lancashire [2] Westhampnett, Sussex [2] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Aversham, Nottinghamshire [1] Axminster, Devon [1] Balmae Kirkcudbright [1] Bangor, Caernarvonshire [1] Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Battle, Sussex [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Belgrave Square, London [1] Berwick, Northumberland [1] Biggar, Lanarkshire. [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Brackley, Northamptonshire [1] Brighouse, Yorkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brockley, London [1] Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire, Scotland [1] Burnt Island, County Fife [1] Calcutta [1] Calder Vale, Lancashire [1] Campbellpore, Punjab [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Champion Bay, Western Australia [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chegworth Mill, Ulcombe, Harrietsham, Kent [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [112] Captain [65] Second Lieutenant [63] Lieutenant [48] Major [23] Serjeant [22] Reverend [21] Lance Corporal [19] Corporal [16] Lieutenant Colonel [14] Chaplain [6] Sapper [6] Acting Captain [5] Rifleman [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Brigadier General [4] Driver [4] Sergeant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] 4th Class Chaplain [3] Acting Major [3] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [3] Gunner [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Chaplain 4th Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Fitter (A.E.) [2] Honorary Captain [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Petty Officer [2] Reverend Chaplain [2] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Major [2] Unpaid Lance Corporal [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic Class 3 [1] Air Mechanic Third Class [1] Band Boy [1] Band Corporal [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain Adjutant [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [21] Royal Engineers [16] London Regiment [15] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [14] Machine Gun Corps [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] Army Chaplain's Department [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Army Service Corps [9] Royal Highlanders [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Chaplains Department [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Seaforth Highlanders [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] East Kent Regiment [6] Royal Munster Fusiliers [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Connaught Rangers [5] King's Liverpool Regiment [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] Leinster Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Black Watch [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers [2] 12th Lancers [2] Army Chaplains Department [2]

Service

British Army [315] Royal Navy [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Australian Imperial Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [44] B [43] T [37] C [30] D [26] S [22] A [19] P [19] M [16] H [15] G [13] F [9] R [9] K [7] L [7] O [7] J [5] N [3] E [2] Y [2] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [331] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [165] Ireland [5] India [3] Australia [1] Canada [1] Egypt [1] Malta [1]

Louis Lort Rhys Samson

Born 1866

Died 1944

British Army Major Attached French General Staff

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Herbert Edward Trevor

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Northamptonshire Regiment attached Essex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

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John Bernard Gawthorpe

Born 1891

Died 1979

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment west Battalion

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

British Army Major Machine Gun Corps

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Howard Cruttenden Marten

Born 1884

Died 1981

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Guy Jukes Worthington

British Army Lieutenant /Temporary Captain North Staffordshire Regiment

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Henry W Atthews

British Army G/38397 Serjeant Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army 53095 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 2938 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 5th bedfordshire and Battalion

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William N Hendry

British Army 3367 Private London Regiment

British Army 510541 Private London Regiment 2/14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish)

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Stanley George Akroyd Brook

British Army Second Lieutenant 11th Reserve Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant No 143 Squadron Royal Air Force

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C H Fisher

British Army MS/3891 Company Serjeant Major Army Service Corps

British Army MS/3891 Company Serjeant Major New Zealand Force

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George Albert Brett

British Army Captain London Regiment 23rd lond Battalion

British Army Acting Major Hampshire Regiment

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Leonard Sydney Dawe

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army Captain St Paul's School Officer Training Corps

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Benjamin E Todhunter

British Army Driver French Red Cross

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Thomas H Cubbon

British Army 11177 Lance Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 11177 Acting Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

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Charles Cordner

British Army S/1466 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Thomas S P Martin

British Army Lieutenant Connaught Rangers

British Army Captain Connaught Rangers

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Charles W Cranfield

British Army 3288 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 13482 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur Longden

British Army Temporary Chaplain 4th Class Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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