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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]

Norman Imrie

Born 1889

Died 1960

Royal Navy T. Z/1667 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Arthur Hugh Bales Chaplin

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 3rd (Cambridgeshire) Volunteer Battalion

British Army Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st/1st Bn.

British Army Major Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Howard Douglas Carter

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army M2/134433 Private Army Service Corps "P" Siege Park attached XV Corps

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Howard Lock Harries

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Trooper Glamorgan Yeomanry "D" Squadron

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Arthur Edward Smith

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 46129 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 46129 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery 'A' Battery, 92nd Brigade

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Rose Mynott

Born 1892

Died 1960

Other Empire Force Cook British Red Cross 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge

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Albert Edward Mayle

Born 1893

Died 1972

British Army 4620 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 36594 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army T/406350 Private Army Service Corps MT

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Augustus Charles Hacon

Born 1867

Died 1956

British Army Volunteer Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

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Harold Scott

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 23759 Private Suffolk Regiment 8th Battalion

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Frank Peters

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 12313 Private Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion

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Charles George Pamplin

Born 1862

Died 1937

British Army Volunteer Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

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Albert Henry Charles William Porter

Born 1888

Died 1963

British Army 71501 Private Middlesex Regiment 29th Battalion

British Army 180426 Private Labour Corps

British Army 180426 Lance Corporal Labour Corps

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Armond Frederick Cannell

Born 1887

Died 1968

British Army 29700 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Harry Perrin Utteridge

Born 1889

Died 1977

British Army 1733 Private RAMC 1st Eastern General Hospital

British Army 481062 Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Eastern General Hospital

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William Robert Iles

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 52649 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 52649 Private Manchester Regiment

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Maurice Gray

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant attached Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

British Army Captain attached Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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Robert Wilson

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 13649 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th Battalion

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Charles Careless

Born 1869

Died 1945

British Army Volunteer Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

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Nathan Thomas Stone

Born 1899

Died 1979

British Army 1898 Private Suffolk Yeomanry 3/1 Battalion

British Army 4452 Trooper Life Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 69454 Private Queen's (Royal West Surreys) Regiment 6th Battalion

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Henry Ashmore

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 12187 Private Border Regiment

British Army

British Army 12187 Private Border Regiment 7th Battalion

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