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London [7]

Bath, Somerset [5]

Bathampton, Somerset [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Maresfield, Sussex [3]

Bath, Somerset, England [2]

Bathampton [2]

Derby, Derbyshire, England [2]

Godstone, Surrey, England [2]

Rochford, Essex, England [2]

Ashford, Kent, England [1]

Bangalore [1]

Bath [1]

Bathampton, Bath, Somerset [1]

Bathampton, Somerset, England [1]

Bethnal Green, London, England [1]

Billericay, Essex, England [1]

Blair Athol, Perthshire, Scotland [1]

Blair Atholl [1]

Box, Wiltshire, England [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Calne, Wiltshire [1]

Cherhill, Wiltshire [1]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [1]

Croydon [1]

Derby [1]

Devizes, Wiltshire, England [1]

Dungarvan, Waterford, Ireland [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex, England [1]

Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland [1]

Enniskillen [1]

Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Hackney, London, England [1]

Highgate, London, England [1]

Hollington, Sussex [1]

Honing Hall, Norfolk [1]

Honing, Norfolk, England [1]

Hoxton, London, England [1]

Islington, London [1]

Larkhall, Somerset [1]

Lennoxville, Quebec [1]

Limehouse, London [1]

Maresfield, East Sussex [1]

Olton, Warwickshire, England [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Pyrton, Oxfordshire [1]

Rivenhall, Essex, England [1]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Saltford, Somerset, England [1]

Rank

Private [42]

Captain [9]

Gunner [6]

Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Major [3]

Sergeant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Driver [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class - Instrument Repairer [1]

Armourer Staff Sergeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Boy II [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Bugler [1]

Clerk 2nd Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quatermaster Sergeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Lord [1]

Orderly [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

2nd Lovat Scouts [1]

8th Hussars [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Army Service Corps. Motor Transport [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment attached South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society 4th Boulogne Unit [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John [1]

British Royal Naval Division [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Central Ontario Regiment [1]

Central Ontarion Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Edinburgh's {Wiltshire} Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Essex Yeomanry [1]

Essex Yeomanry attached Dragoon Guards [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Pembroke II [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

Labour Corps Agicultural Company Labour Corps ex Wiltshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Norfolk Regiment Depot [1]

Norfolk Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [76]

Royal Navy [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [14]

L [11]

J [8]

S [8]

D [7]

C [6]

G [6]

F [5]

H [5]

M [5]

E [4]

R [3]

A [2]

K [1]

T [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [87]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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London [7] Bath, Somerset [5] Bathampton, Somerset [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Maresfield, Sussex [3] Bath, Somerset, England [2] Bathampton [2] Derby, Derbyshire, England [2] Godstone, Surrey, England [2] Rochford, Essex, England [2] Ashford, Kent, England [1] Bangalore [1] Bath [1] Bathampton, Bath, Somerset [1] Bathampton, Somerset, England [1] Bethnal Green, London, England [1] Billericay, Essex, England [1] Blair Athol, Perthshire, Scotland [1] Blair Atholl [1] Box, Wiltshire, England [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Calne, Wiltshire [1] Cherhill, Wiltshire [1] Chippenham, Wiltshire [1] Croydon [1] Derby [1] Devizes, Wiltshire, England [1] Dungarvan, Waterford, Ireland [1] Eastbourne, Sussex, England [1] Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland [1] Enniskillen [1] Glasgow, Scotland [1] Hackney, London, England [1] Highgate, London, England [1] Hollington, Sussex [1] Honing Hall, Norfolk [1] Honing, Norfolk, England [1] Hoxton, London, England [1] Islington, London [1] Larkhall, Somerset [1] Lennoxville, Quebec [1] Limehouse, London [1] Maresfield, East Sussex [1] Olton, Warwickshire, England [1] Paddington, London [1] Pyrton, Oxfordshire [1] Rivenhall, Essex, England [1] Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Saltford, Somerset, England [1]

Rank

Private [42] Captain [9] Gunner [6] Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Lance Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Lieutenant [3] Major [3] Sergeant [3] Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Driver [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class - Instrument Repairer [1] Armourer Staff Sergeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Boy II [1] Brigadier General [1] Bugler [1] Clerk 2nd Class [1] Colonel [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quatermaster Sergeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Lord [1] Orderly [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [10] Royal Field Artillery [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Norfolk Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 2nd Lovat Scouts [1] 8th Hussars [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Army Service Corps. Motor Transport [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Regiment attached South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society 4th Boulogne Unit [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John [1] British Royal Naval Division [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Central Ontario Regiment [1] Central Ontarion Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Duke of Edinburgh's {Wiltshire} Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Essex Yeomanry [1] Essex Yeomanry attached Dragoon Guards [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Pembroke II [1] HMS Powerful [1] Labour Corps Agicultural Company Labour Corps ex Wiltshire Regiment [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Norfolk Regiment Depot [1] Norfolk Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [76] Royal Navy [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [14] L [11] J [8] S [8] D [7] C [6] G [6] F [5] H [5] M [5] E [4] R [3] A [2] K [1] T [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [87]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Arthur William Bence

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 6416 Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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William Owen Dadswell

Born 1888

Died 1948

British Army 31649 Gunner Royal Artillery

British Army 31649 Trumpeter Royal Field Artillery 75th Battery

British Army 31649 Trumpeter Royal Artillery 75th Battery, Royal Field Artillery

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Harold Oliver Johnson

Born 1896

Died 1939

Australian Imperial Force 1849A

Australian Imperial Force 1849A Private 44th Battalion

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Alfred Tom Dolman

Born 1866

Died 1940

British Army T/1956 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army T/200506 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 257 Company Sergeant Major Wiltshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Dick Bence

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 11663 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Sidney Humphries

Born 1898

Died 1983

British Army 62006 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 42326 and 62006 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Reginald John Everett

Born 1899

Died 1988

British Army 170630 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 170630 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 'A' Battery/854 Brigade

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Bertie Edward Johnson

Born 1888

Died 1961

British Army 43947 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 43947 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Arthur Smith

Born 1887

Died 1950

British Army 1208 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 1208 Private Royal Engineers Territorial Force 1st London Division

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William James Thomas

Born 1879

Died 1955

British Army SR279012 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 4012 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry John Eldridge

Born 1889

Died 1970

British Army 9015 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 9015 Private Yorkshire Regiment 1st Batallion

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Thomas Harry Harrop

Born 1893

Died 1965

British Army A/2825 Armourer Staff Sergeant Army Ordnance Corps

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Jacob George Bence

Born 1894

Died 1948

British Army 200298 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Reginald Ealey Bence

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army 689 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 4336 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 495086 and 4336 and 689 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Langridge

Born 1888

Died 1961

British Army 88541 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/500466 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Henry George Bence

Born 1894

Died 1963

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89863 Air Mechanic 3rd Class - Instrument Repairer

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George Stacey Fudge

Born 1885

Died 1960

British Army 5842 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5842 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5842 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Deeks

Born 1891

Died 1976

British Army

British Army 5449 Private The London Regiment 7th City of London Battalion

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William Alexander Bence

Born 1890

Died 1938

British Army 4549 Private 8th Hussars

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Herbert Henry Humphries

Born 1894

Died 1966

British Army 37441 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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