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Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [81]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [26]

Grantchester, Cambridgeshire [5]

Cambridge [4]

Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [4]

Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire [4]

Arlesey, Bedfordshire [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Backworth, Northumberland [2]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Leytonstone, Essex [2]

Littlebury, Essex [2]

Abbotsley, Huntingdonshire [1]

At Sea [1]

Auckland [1]

Baldock, Hertfordshire [1]

Ballincollig, County Cork [1]

Barley, Hertfordshire [1]

Bartlow, Cambridgeshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birse, Aberdeenshire [1]

Blaxhall, Suffolk [1]

Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire [1]

Bluntisham, Hunts. [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cambridge, Cambs [1]

Caterham, Surrey [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chesterton, Cambridge [1]

Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chippenham, Cambridgeshire [1]

Cottenham, Cambridgeshire [1]

Denham, Suffolk [1]

Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Durweston, Dorset [1]

Duxford, Cambridgeshire [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex, registration district [1]

Eltham, London [1]

Enfield Lock, Middlesex [1]

Felsham, Suffolk [1]

Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire [1]

Rank

Private [126]

Volunteer [28]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Lance Corporal [16]

Corporal [12]

Sergeant [12]

Garment Mender [10]

Gunner [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Captain [6]

Sapper [6]

Serjeant [5]

Acting Sergeant [4]

Driver [4]

Rifleman [4]

Section Leader [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Bombardier [3]

Major [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Second Lieutenant (on probation) [2]

VAD Nurse [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter-Master Sergeant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Quarter-Master Sergeant [1]

Acting Stoker First Class [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic, First Class [1]

Air Mechanic, Second Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Boy cadet [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant-Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Group Captain [1]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [44]

Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps [33]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [23]

British Red Cross [22]

London Regiment [15]

Army Service Corps [13]

Labour Corps [13]

Royal Engineers [13]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Suffolk Yeomanry [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

British Red Cross Society [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Life Guards [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Training Reserve [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

(Queen's Royal) Lancers [1]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

49th Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Alberta Regiment [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [205]

Other Empire Force [24]

Royal Navy [11]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [28]

S [26]

M [24]

C [23]

P [23]

W [20]

B [14]

F [13]

G [12]

A [7]

D [7]

T [7]

I [5]

K [5]

N [5]

R [5]

O [4]

U [4]

J [3]

L [3]

V [3]

E [2]

Contribution

Military Service [175]

Country

United Kingdom [242]

Canada [3]

South Africa [3]

India [1]

Kenya [1]

United States [1]

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People [244] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [81] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [26] Grantchester, Cambridgeshire [5] Cambridge [4] Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [4] Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire [4] Arlesey, Bedfordshire [3] Kensington, London [3] Backworth, Northumberland [2] Bicester, Oxfordshire [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [2] Lambeth, London [2] Leytonstone, Essex [2] Littlebury, Essex [2] Abbotsley, Huntingdonshire [1] At Sea [1] Auckland [1] Baldock, Hertfordshire [1] Ballincollig, County Cork [1] Barley, Hertfordshire [1] Bartlow, Cambridgeshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham [1] Birse, Aberdeenshire [1] Blaxhall, Suffolk [1] Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire [1] Bluntisham, Hunts. [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brixton, London [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cambridge, Cambs [1] Caterham, Surrey [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chesterton, Cambridge [1] Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [1] Chippenham, Cambridgeshire [1] Cottenham, Cambridgeshire [1] Denham, Suffolk [1] Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire [1] Durweston, Dorset [1] Duxford, Cambridgeshire [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Edmonton, Middlesex, registration district [1] Eltham, London [1] Enfield Lock, Middlesex [1] Felsham, Suffolk [1] Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire [1]

Rank

Private [126] Volunteer [28] Second Lieutenant [21] Lance Corporal [16] Corporal [12] Sergeant [12] Garment Mender [10] Gunner [8] Lieutenant [8] Captain [6] Sapper [6] Serjeant [5] Acting Sergeant [4] Driver [4] Rifleman [4] Section Leader [4] Trooper [4] Acting Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Bombardier [3] Major [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Second Lieutenant (on probation) [2] VAD Nurse [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter-Master Sergeant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Quarter-Master Sergeant [1] Acting Stoker First Class [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic, First Class [1] Air Mechanic, Second Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Boy cadet [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Chauffeur [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant-Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flying Officer [1] Group Captain [1]

Unit

Suffolk Regiment [44] Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps [33] Cambridgeshire Regiment [23] British Red Cross [22] London Regiment [15] Army Service Corps [13] Labour Corps [13] Royal Engineers [13] Royal Field Artillery [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [6] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Suffolk Yeomanry [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] British Red Cross Society [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Essex Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Life Guards [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Training Reserve [3] Border Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 49th Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Alberta Regiment [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Reserve [1] Army service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [205] Other Empire Force [24] Royal Navy [11] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [28] S [26] M [24] C [23] P [23] W [20] B [14] F [13] G [12] A [7] D [7] T [7] I [5] K [5] N [5] R [5] O [4] U [4] J [3] L [3] V [3] E [2]

Contribution

Military Service [175]

Country

United Kingdom [242] Canada [3] South Africa [3] India [1] Kenya [1] United States [1]

Helen Vera Mary Hanson

Born 1898

Other Empire Force Nursing Member British Red Cross Society

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Alice Caroline Blackburne Browne

Born 1879

Died 1925

Other Empire Force Masseuse British Red Cross Shelford Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital, Cambs.

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Irene Gertrude Villar

Born 1885

Died 1964

Other Empire Force Nursing member British Red Cross Huntley VAD Hospital, Herschel Road, Cambridge

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Florence Augusta Burnell

Born 1857

Died 1942

Other Empire Force Mender British Red Cross Trumpington Work Party

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Robert John Aves

Born 1882

Died 1927

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35707 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35707 Air Mechanic 1st Class

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Bertha Moore

Born 1852

Died 1931

Other Empire Force Garment Mender British Red Cross Trumpington Work Party

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Bertie Harry Matthews

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 4664 Acting Corporal Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 40291 Acting Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 40291 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Percy John Chamberlain

Born 1882

Died 1952

British Army Rifle Brigade 25th Battalion

British Army London Regiment 5th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army Labour Corps

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Ernest David Benton

Born 1891

Died 1967

British Army 1796 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force

British Army 203277 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 481108 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force

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Frederick George Carter

Born 1885

British Army S/5232 Second Corporal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army S/5232 Sergeant Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 7574207 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Army Ordnance Corps

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Stanley John Hutt

Born 1890

Died 1975

British Army 17359 Private Suffolk Regiment 3rd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 17359 Private Suffolk Regiment 15th Battalion

British Army 17359 Private Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion

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Jessie Forbes

Born 1883

Other Empire Force Garment Mender British Red Cross Trumpington Work Party

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George Arthur Ashmore

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 37524 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Herbert Chapman

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 1360 Serjeant Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 32514 Serjeant Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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William Harry Baker

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 718263 Private London Regiment

British Army 6377 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 373314 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Richard Pettitt

Born 1884

Died 1959

British Army 14418 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th

British Army 14418 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment 11th

British Army 14418 Corporal Suffolk Regiment 11th

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Horace Farmer Peck

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 326886 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 285093 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William James Brown

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/39450 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/39450 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army G/39450 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) 1st Bn.

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Robert Flack

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 16902 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th Bn.

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Frank Stanley Blows

Born 1895

Died 1968

British Army 473453 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st East Anglian Field Ambulance

British Army 2427 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st East Anglian Field Ambulance

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