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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]

Albert Edward Langridge

Born 1895

Died 1934

Royal Navy K21060 Leading Stoker HMS Pembroke II

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Maurice Beard

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 27108 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 27108 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 27108 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Albert Victor Jelf

Born 1897

Died 1959

British Army 206141 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 206141 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

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Barclay Beaufort Calcutt

Born 1898

Died 1968

British Army 945713 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 58th Divisional Ammunition Column

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Maurice George Elms

Born 1884

Died 1952

British Army 3802 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 498369 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Sapper Royal Engineers South Midland Field Company

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Charles Henry Bence

Born 1898

Died 1963

British Army 72411 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 72411 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Albert William Joy

Born 1872

Died 1934

British Army 4802 Private London Regiment

British Army 682165 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 24310 Sergeant Royal Engineers 232rd Company

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Hugo Robert William Stonor

Born 1887

Died 1941

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps Motor Transport

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps. Motor Transport

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Arthur Ingram Clark

Born 1896

Died 1975

British Army 457482 Private Essex Regiment royal army medical corps 1st Battalion

British Army Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Wessex Field Ambulance

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Clarence Aldbrough Brise Johnson

Born 1892

Died 1978

British Army 90715 Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Henry Thomas Bullen

Born 1880

Died 1960

British Army 556084 Sapper Royal Engineers royal engineers 20th Company

British Army 556084 Sapper Royal Engineerrs 20th Territorial Force Depot

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George Herbert John Ashed

Born 1898

Died 1984

Royal Navy J36448 Able Seaman

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Spencer Herbert Lee

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army 394847 Private Essex Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 267663 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army M/394847 Private Army Service Corps

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George Clifford Harris

Born 1889

Died 1972

British Army 37768 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army G-21686 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 37768 Lance Corporal Royal Gloucester Regiment

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James Astridge

Born 1886

Died 1955

British Army M2/050031 Lance Corporal Army Service Corps

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Arthur William Hunt

Born 1893

Died 1950

British Army 669522 Private Labour Corps Agicultural Company Labour Corps ex Wiltshire Regiment 6th Corps

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Reginald Harold Stevens

Born 1895

Died 1976

Royal Navy British Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/106 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division

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Albert Edward Langridge

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 155689 Sapper Royal Engineers 72nd Field Company

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Frank Reginald Longley

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army G/12837 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army

British Army G/12837 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Evelyn Coope Ruggles-Brise

Born 1888

Died 1977

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Lovat Scouts

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Yeomanry Household Cavalry

British Army Captain Norfolk Yeomanry Household Cavalry

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