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Holsworthy, Devon [4]

Buckland, Bucks [3]

Bishopstone, Buckinghamshire [2]

Brighton [2]

Burnham, Buckinghamshire [2]

Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire [2]

Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire [2]

Taplow, Buckinghamshire [2]

Tring, Herts [2]

Aldbury, Herts [1]

Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Annan, Dumfriesshire [1]

Aston Clinton [1]

Barony, Lanarkshire [1]

Bath [1]

Bedford [1]

Berkhamstead, Herts [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blaby, Leicester [1]

Borthwick, Midlothian [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brixton, Deverell, Wiltshire [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Cardiff [1]

Cripplegate, London [1]

Dagshie [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dundee [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

Durham Usworth [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Ettrick, Selkirkshire [1]

Galashiels [1]

Glasgow [1]

Great Kimble, Bucks [1]

Gunnislake, Cornwall [1]

Heathfield, Sussex [1]

Helensburgh, Dumbarton, Scotland [1]

Hitcham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Hutton, Dumfriesshire [1]

Inverness [1]

Islington, North London [1]

Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire [1]

Kibworth, Leics [1]

Kilworth, Leics [1]

Kimble, Buckinghamshire [1]

King Street, Tring, Hertfordshire [1]

Kirkhope, Selkirkshire [1]

Landport, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [247]

Gunner [23]

Lance Corporal [21]

Corporal [19]

Serjeant [14]

Sapper [9]

Driver [7]

Captain [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Major [4]

Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Rifleman [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Trooper [2]

21750 [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Reverend [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

Leicestershire Regiment [24]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [18]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

London Regiment [12]

Royal Engineers [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [9]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Scots [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Northumberland Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [331]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Royal Navy [3]

Last name first letter

D [85]

B [48]

A [39]

C [24]

R [23]

M [22]

H [21]

G [14]

W [14]

T [10]

P [9]

S [8]

F [7]

L [5]

Y [5]

J [4]

N [4]

E [2]

Q [2]

V [2]

I [1]

K [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [351]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

India [2]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Holsworthy, Devon [4] Buckland, Bucks [3] Bishopstone, Buckinghamshire [2] Brighton [2] Burnham, Buckinghamshire [2] Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire [2] Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire [2] Taplow, Buckinghamshire [2] Tring, Herts [2] Aldbury, Herts [1] Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1] Annan, Dumfriesshire [1] Aston Clinton [1] Barony, Lanarkshire [1] Bath [1] Bedford [1] Berkhamstead, Herts [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birmingham [1] Blaby, Leicester [1] Borthwick, Midlothian [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brixton, Deverell, Wiltshire [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Cardiff [1] Cripplegate, London [1] Dagshie [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dundee [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Durham Usworth [1] Edinburgh [1] Ettrick, Selkirkshire [1] Galashiels [1] Glasgow [1] Great Kimble, Bucks [1] Gunnislake, Cornwall [1] Heathfield, Sussex [1] Helensburgh, Dumbarton, Scotland [1] Hitcham, Buckinghamshire [1] Hutton, Dumfriesshire [1] Inverness [1] Islington, North London [1] Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire [1] Kibworth, Leics [1] Kilworth, Leics [1] Kimble, Buckinghamshire [1] King Street, Tring, Hertfordshire [1] Kirkhope, Selkirkshire [1] Landport, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [247] Gunner [23] Lance Corporal [21] Corporal [19] Serjeant [14] Sapper [9] Driver [7] Captain [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Major [4] Bombardier [3] Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Rifleman [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Trooper [2] 21750 [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Brigade Major [1] Cadet [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Reverend [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [34] Leicestershire Regiment [24] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [18] Durham Light Infantry [17] Royal Field Artillery [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] London Regiment [12] Royal Engineers [12] Army Service Corps [11] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [9] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Scots [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Labour Corps [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Highlanders [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Gordon Highlanders [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Northumberland Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Scottish Rifles [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Border Regiment [3] Cameron Highlanders [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Manchester Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [331] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Royal Navy [3]

Last name first letter

D [85] B [48] A [39] C [24] R [23] M [22] H [21] G [14] W [14] T [10] P [9] S [8] F [7] L [5] Y [5] J [4] N [4] E [2] Q [2] V [2] I [1] K [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [351]

Country

United Kingdom [38] India [2] Malta [1]

Alfred Churnside

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 240339 Acting Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 235406 Acting Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 235406 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Alfred Aubrey Adnitt

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 3319 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Frederick Thomas James Malyon

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 26713 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Ralph Butteriss

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 2334 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 240513 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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George Ernest Dunkley

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 94460 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Dalgleish

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 203336 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Wilson Glanville

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 5/2586 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 7626 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 267096 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Abraham Wear

Born 1882

Died 1920

British Army 21/214 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Harry Augustus Buffham

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 30487 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 30487 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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James Wilson Daglish

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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Bertie Pell

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 11458 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Arthur Jesson

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 1975 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 6 Bn.

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John William Ernest Woods

Born 1895

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125062

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Tom Brutnell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army M/288795 Private Army Service Corps 1031st M.T. Coy.

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Clifford James Ford

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 33922 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 33922 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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Alfred William Haynes

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 1222 Trooper Household Battalion

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Alfred Edward Neate

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 10298 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Shirley George Riddington

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 99350 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Frederick George Atkinson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 64832 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 57613 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Walter Edward Dalgleish

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 40449 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 7010 Private London Regiment 22nd Battalion

British Army 683885 Private London Regiment 22nd Battalion

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