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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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People [3897] Stories Communities

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]

Harold Frederick Davies

Born 1898

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

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Everard Earle Calthrop

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Temporary Major Royal Engineers

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W A Williams

British Army 683476 Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 1793 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Albert, Or Alfred David De Bell

British Army 7689 Lance Corporal Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army L/7689 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Frederick Charles W. Newman

Born 1896

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers 7th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

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Arthur Ashton

Born 1882

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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William Stuart Dobbie

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 672 Sergeant Pilot Royal Flying Corps

British Army 1680 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 672 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Arthur Gorham

Born 1873

British Army Captain 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment attached 2nd Battalion

British Army Major Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Munster Fusiliers

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John Harold Whitworth Becke

Born 1879

Died 1949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Brigadier General 2 Brigade RFC

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major Royal Flying Corps No.6 Squadron

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Guy Bateson Bond

Born 1895

Died 1955

British Army 1277 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery South Midland Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Volunteer Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Isaac S Howarth

British Army 10115 Serjeant Piper Gordon Highlanders

British Army 265470 Serjeant Piper Gordon Highlanders

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Ernest Amand Santiago Adolphe Denis De Trobriand

Born 1892

Other Empire Force Armée française 509ème Régiment de Chars Blindés

Other Empire Force Caporal 23e bataillon de chasseurs alpins

Other Empire Force Caporal Attached 29th Indian Brigade M.E.F. - 4th Gurkha Rifles 1st Battalion

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Frederick Henry Peterson

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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George Montague Philip Hawthorn

Born 1874

British Army Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Liverpool Regiment

British Army Colonel Inspector-General of the King's African Rifles

British Army Colonel GOC, Nyasaland - Rhodesia Field Force

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Alan Gordon Haig

Born 1878

British Army Major 122nd Heavy Battery Royal Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery 9th Mountain Battery

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Leila Helen Ann Thomson

British Army Sister No. 58 General Hospital

British Army Sister Territorial Force Nursing Service

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George Howard Abernethie

British Army 821128 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 59th Divisional Ammunition Column

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