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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]

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Baldock, Hertfordshire [1]

Ballincollig, County Cork [1]

Barley, Hertfordshire [1]

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Birse, Aberdeenshire [1]

Blaxhall, Suffolk [1]

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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]

William Flack

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 16589 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th Bn.

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Edward Corringham Mannock

Born 1887

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major No. 40 Squadron RFC, No. 74 Squadron RAF, No. 85 Squadron RAF

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers attached to Royal Flying Corps

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George Newns Day

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 9905 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9905 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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John William Peppercorn

Born 1896

Died 1950

British Army L/6452 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Search found 244 results

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William Flack

Edward Corringham Mannock

George Newns Day

John William Peppercorn