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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]

William Henry Gathercole

Born 1876

Died 1941

British Army RX4 199723 Private Army Service Corps

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Walter William Dring

Born 1879

Died 1959

British Army 91716 Sapper Royal Engineers 203rd Company

British Army 91716 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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Ernest Bertram Gooda

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 5/5612 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 241335 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Percy Robert Robinson

Born 1878

Died 1943

British Army Sergeant Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

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Harry James Newell

Born 1889

Died 1962

British Army DM2/170642 Private Army Service Corps

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Robert Haslop

Born 1876

Died 1958

British Army Volunteer Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

British Army Royal Engineers

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Harold Skelsey Vinter

Born 1871

Died 1953

British Army Volunteer Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

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Edward Walter Osborne

Born 1898

Died 1974

British Army 252nd Infantry Battalion

British Army 41622 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 41622 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st

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George Herbert Pamplin

Born 1893

Died 1978

British Army 24060 Private Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion

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Ernest Stratford Hay

Born 1892

Died 1966

British Army 56134 Sergeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 3227 Private Suffolk Yeomanry 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 66th Battalion

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Rupert Burrell

Born 1848

Died 1922

British Army Section Leader Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

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Charles Forbes

Born 1850

Died 1926

British Army Volunteer Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

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Irwin Parker

Born 1863

Died 1934

British Army Volunteer Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

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Ernest George Wilson

Born 1885

Died 1971

British Army 47720 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 544258 Private Labour Corps

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George Charles Howard

Born 1876

Died 1960

British Army 250040 Acting Company Quarter-Master Sergeant Cambridgeshire Regiment 62nd Regiment

British Army 250040 Corporal Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 225040 Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Frederick Reginald Webb

Born 1888

Died 1970

British Army 16689 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 16689 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th Battalion

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Thomas Humphrey John Porter

Born 1857

Died 1936

British Army Volunteer Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

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Herbert William Lewin

Born 1879

Died 1947

British Army Temp Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Temp Captain Army service Corps

British Army Captain Acting Major Royal Army Service Corps

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Edwin Imrie

Born 1885

Died 1921

British Army Deal 886 (N) Private Royal Marine Labour Corps

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Arthur Gentle

Born 1855

Died 1929

British Army Volunteer Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

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