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Desborough, Northants [44]

Aberdeen [31]

London [26]

Glasgow [25]

Elgin, Morayshire [20]

Swindon, Wiltshire [19]

Lossiemouth, Morayshire [14]

Edinburgh [13]

Liverpool [13]

Dublin [12]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [11]

Aberlour, Banffshire [10]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [9]

Desborough, Northamptonshire [9]

Kempston, Bedfordshire [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

Bedford [8]

Port-of-Spain [8]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [7]

Barnsley England [7]

Manchester [7]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [6]

Bradford, Yorkshire [6]

Forres, Morayshire [6]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [6]

Hopeman, Morayshire [6]

Leicester [6]

Barony, Glasgow [5]

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [5]

Belfast [5]

Burghead Morayshire [5]

Burghead, Morayshire [5]

Bury, Lancashire [5]

Craigellachie, Banffshire [5]

Dover, Kent [5]

Dundee [5]

Edinburgh, Scotland [5]

Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics [5]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

Keith, Banffshire [5]

Kingston [5]

Aberdeen, Scotland [4]

Barony, Lanarkshire [4]

Battersea, London [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Cork [4]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4]

Hopeman Morayshire [4]

Kensington, London [4]

Nottingham [4]

Rank

Private [2252]

Second Lieutenant [280]

Serjeant [251]

Corporal [233]

Lieutenant [220]

Lance Corporal [217]

Captain [213]

Gunner [112]

Major [107]

Rifleman [78]

Lieutenant Colonel [74]

Sergeant [72]

Driver [52]

Acting Corporal [47]

Sapper [46]

Lance-Corporal [40]

Able Seaman [34]

2nd Lieutenant [30]

Acting Serjeant [27]

Company Serjeant Major [22]

Brigadier General [21]

Seaman [21]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [21]

Stoker 1st Class [20]

Bombardier [19]

Pioneer [19]

Lance Serjeant [16]

Trooper [16]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [14]

Colonel [14]

Deck Hand [14]

Midshipman [14]

Temporary Captain [13]

Trimmer [13]

Commander [12]

Sub Lieutenant [12]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Fireman [11]

Guardsman [10]

Lance Sergeant [10]

Naval Cadet [10]

Company Sergeant Major [9]

Nursing Sister [9]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Acting Captain [8]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [8]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Cadet [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Major General [8]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [289]

British West Indies Regiment [254]

Gordon Highlanders [216]

London Regiment [157]

Highland Light Infantry [122]

Royal Field Artillery [121]

Royal Engineers [109]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [92]

Royal Scots [81]

Royal Highlanders [79]

Canadian Infantry [74]

Australian Infantry [72]

Northamptonshire Regiment [71]

Royal Army Medical Corps [67]

Royal Garrison Artillery [62]

Machine Gun Corps [61]

Army Service Corps [59]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [59]

Labour Corps [54]

Royal Naval Reserve [53]

Cameron Highlanders [51]

Royal Flying Corps [48]

Wiltshire Regiment [45]

Leicestershire Regiment [44]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [43]

Royal Fusiliers [42]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [40]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [39]

Bedfordshire Regiment [35]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [35]

Royal Naval Division [34]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [33]

Scottish Rifles [33]

Royal Air Force [32]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [30]

Scots Guards [29]

Welsh Regiment [29]

Cheshire Regiment [28]

Lancashire Fusiliers [28]

Rifle Brigade [28]

Middlesex Regiment [26]

Army Cyclist Corps [25]

Jamaica War Contingent [25]

Durham Light Infantry [24]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [24]

East Surrey Regiment [23]

Trinidad Light Infantry Volunteers [23]

York and Lancaster Regiment [23]

Lincolnshire Regiment [22]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [22]

Service

British Army [3172]

Royal Navy [270]

Australian Imperial Force [158]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [151]

Other Empire Force [134]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [87]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [41]

South African Services [40]

Indian Army [11]

Last name first letter

M [492]

B [380]

A [333]

S [326]

C [325]

H [251]

W [249]

G [180]

R [175]

D [172]

T [171]

P [167]

L [147]

F [137]

J [89]

K [80]

E [72]

N [48]

O [32]

Y [23]

I [17]

V [15]

Q [9]

U [3]

Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [3648]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [1765]

Canada [58]

South Africa [55]

Australia [37]

Ireland [30]

India [25]

New Zealand [22]

Trinidad and Tobago [19]

Jamaica [11]

United States [9]

Barbados [8]

France [8]

Germany [6]

Guyana [5]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [5]

Egypt [4]

Grenada [4]

Turkey [3]

Belgium [2]

Malta [2]

Saint Lucia [2]

China [1]

Dominica [1]

Guernsey [1]

Honduras [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Jersey [1]

Malaysia [1]

Montserrat [1]

Nepal [1]

Pakistan [1]

Palestine, State of [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

Singapore [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Place of birth

Desborough, Northants [44] Aberdeen [31] London [26] Glasgow [25] Elgin, Morayshire [20] Swindon, Wiltshire [19] Lossiemouth, Morayshire [14] Edinburgh [13] Liverpool [13] Dublin [12] Birmingham, Warwickshire [11] Aberlour, Banffshire [10] Bedford, Bedfordshire [9] Desborough, Northamptonshire [9] Kempston, Bedfordshire [9] Liverpool, Lancashire [9] Bedford [8] Port-of-Spain [8] Arbroath, Forfarshire [7] Barnsley England [7] Manchester [7] Birkenhead, Cheshire [6] Bradford, Yorkshire [6] Forres, Morayshire [6] Greenock, Renfrewshire [6] Hopeman, Morayshire [6] Leicester [6] Barony, Glasgow [5] Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [5] Belfast [5] Burghead Morayshire [5] Burghead, Morayshire [5] Bury, Lancashire [5] Craigellachie, Banffshire [5] Dover, Kent [5] Dundee [5] Edinburgh, Scotland [5] Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics [5] Hull, Yorkshire [5] Keith, Banffshire [5] Kingston [5] Aberdeen, Scotland [4] Barony, Lanarkshire [4] Battersea, London [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Cork [4] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4] Hopeman Morayshire [4] Kensington, London [4] Nottingham [4]

Rank

Private [2252] Second Lieutenant [280] Serjeant [251] Corporal [233] Lieutenant [220] Lance Corporal [217] Captain [213] Gunner [112] Major [107] Rifleman [78] Lieutenant Colonel [74] Sergeant [72] Driver [52] Acting Corporal [47] Sapper [46] Lance-Corporal [40] Able Seaman [34] 2nd Lieutenant [30] Acting Serjeant [27] Company Serjeant Major [22] Brigadier General [21] Seaman [21] Warrant Officer Class 2 [21] Stoker 1st Class [20] Bombardier [19] Pioneer [19] Lance Serjeant [16] Trooper [16] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [14] Colonel [14] Deck Hand [14] Midshipman [14] Temporary Captain [13] Trimmer [13] Commander [12] Sub Lieutenant [12] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Fireman [11] Guardsman [10] Lance Sergeant [10] Naval Cadet [10] Company Sergeant Major [9] Nursing Sister [9] Ordinary Seaman [9] Acting Captain [8] Air Mechanic 1st Class [8] Boy 1st Class [8] Cadet [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Major General [8]

Unit

Seaforth Highlanders [289] British West Indies Regiment [254] Gordon Highlanders [216] London Regiment [157] Highland Light Infantry [122] Royal Field Artillery [121] Royal Engineers [109] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [92] Royal Scots [81] Royal Highlanders [79] Canadian Infantry [74] Australian Infantry [72] Northamptonshire Regiment [71] Royal Army Medical Corps [67] Royal Garrison Artillery [62] Machine Gun Corps [61] Army Service Corps [59] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [59] Labour Corps [54] Royal Naval Reserve [53] Cameron Highlanders [51] Royal Flying Corps [48] Wiltshire Regiment [45] Leicestershire Regiment [44] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [43] Royal Fusiliers [42] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [40] King's Royal Rifle Corps [39] Bedfordshire Regiment [35] Royal Scots Fusiliers [35] Royal Naval Division [34] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [33] Scottish Rifles [33] Royal Air Force [32] King's Own Scottish Borderers [30] Scots Guards [29] Welsh Regiment [29] Cheshire Regiment [28] Lancashire Fusiliers [28] Rifle Brigade [28] Middlesex Regiment [26] Army Cyclist Corps [25] Jamaica War Contingent [25] Durham Light Infantry [24] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [24] East Surrey Regiment [23] Trinidad Light Infantry Volunteers [23] York and Lancaster Regiment [23] Lincolnshire Regiment [22] Mercantile Marine Reserve [22]

Service

British Army [3172] Royal Navy [270] Australian Imperial Force [158] Canadian Expeditionary Force [151] Other Empire Force [134] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [87] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [41] South African Services [40] Indian Army [11]

Last name first letter

M [492] B [380] A [333] S [326] C [325] H [251] W [249] G [180] R [175] D [172] T [171] P [167] L [147] F [137] J [89] K [80] E [72] N [48] O [32] Y [23] I [17] V [15] Q [9] U [3] Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [3648] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [1765] Canada [58] South Africa [55] Australia [37] Ireland [30] India [25] New Zealand [22] Trinidad and Tobago [19] Jamaica [11] United States [9] Barbados [8] France [8] Germany [6] Guyana [5] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [5] Egypt [4] Grenada [4] Turkey [3] Belgium [2] Malta [2] Saint Lucia [2] China [1] Dominica [1] Guernsey [1] Honduras [1] Isle of Man [1] Jersey [1] Malaysia [1] Montserrat [1] Nepal [1] Pakistan [1] Palestine, State of [1] Sierra Leone [1] Singapore [1] Sri Lanka [1]

William Daley

British Army 306649 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Alfred Swanson.

British Army 2883, 320930 Sergeant London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Leslie Thomas Neck

Born 1894

British Army Temporary 2nd Lieutenant General List

British Army Lieutenant The Border Regiment

British Army Lieutenant General List Railwy Transport Officer (RTO)

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John Perrott Stimson

Born 1890

Died 1978

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant (RN) Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion

British Army 1307 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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Edmond Charles Acton Schreiber

Born 1890

Died 1972

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Won the D.S.O.

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Thomas Henry Painting

Born 1888

Died 1983

British Army 7320 Company Serjeant Major King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Ethel Blundell Radcliffe

Died 1919

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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William George Shedden Dobbie

Born 1879

Died 1964

British Army Captain and Adjutant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

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Reginald Parnaby

Born 1892

British Army P/3954 Private Military Mounted Police

British Army 9763 Private 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own) Hussars

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William Richard Tovani

British Army Cadet Serjeant Officer Training Corps St Andrews University Contingent, Senior Division

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Lieutenant attached to the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Francis Horace Jones

Born 1874

Royal Navy Chaplain Staff of General Officers Commanding (Royal Marine Brigade)

Royal Navy Chaplain

Royal Navy Chaplain

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Francis John Fowler

Born 1865

Died 1939

British Army Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Indian Army Lieutenant Indian Army Staff Corps

Indian Army Major Indian Army Staff Corps

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Alexander John Pott

British Army Captain Royal Lancaster Regiment attached Egyptian Army

Other Empire Force Captain seconded for service with the Egyptian Army 13th Sudanese Infantry Battalion

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William Rose

British Army 8520 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 8520 Corporal Suffolk Regiment 9th Battalion

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Casimir Cartwright Van Straubenzee

Born 1867

British Army Brigadier General Royal Artillery

British Army Major General Machine Gun Royal Artillery and Staff

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Thomas Williams

British Army 40013 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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James William Stokes

Born 1895

British Army 481087 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st East General Hospital

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Thomas William Hague

Born 1894

British Army 9864 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Herbert Evelyn Wood

Born 1883

British Army

British Army T/21610 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T/21610 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

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Frederick Hilder

Born 1882

British Army Army Reserve

British Army G/12037 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 241573 Private Labour Corps 434th Agricultural Coy

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