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Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire [59]

Cambridgeshire [7]

Sawston, Cambridgeshire [6]

Duxford, Cambridgeshire [3]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Caxton, Cambridgeshire [2]

Linton, Cambridgeshire [2]

Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire [2]

Windsor, Berkshire [2]

Babraham, Cambridgeshire [1]

Bishop Waltham, Droxford, Hampshire [1]

Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire [1]

Cambridge [1]

Charlestown, Natal [1]

Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chrishall, Essex [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Darlington, County Durham [1]

Docking, Norfolk [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire [1]

Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire [1]

Ickleton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Lolworth, Cambridgeshire [1]

Lolworth, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England [1]

London [1]

Long Meadow, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1]

Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

March, North Witchford, Cambridgeshire [1]

Northampton [1]

Northfleet, Kent [1]

Saffron Walden, Essex [1]

Sheffield [1]

Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire [1]

Swaffham Bulbeck, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1]

Takeley, Hertfordshire [1]

Temple, London [1]

West Wratting, Cambridgeshire [1]

Whittlesford Bridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Whittlesford, Cambs [1]

Whittlesford, Linton, Cambridgeshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [84]

Lance Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Serjeant [7]

Corporal [6]

Driver [6]

Captain [3]

Sapper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Airman [2]

Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Commandant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Member [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quartermaster [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Trooper [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Wardmaid [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Cambridgeshire Regiment [21]

Suffolk Regiment [20]

Labour Corps [12]

Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

2nd Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

580th Labour Corp [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment Attached Staff [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS Orion [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [114]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Other Empire Force [5]

Royal Navy [5]

Last name first letter

A [18]

C [16]

R [11]

M [10]

N [10]

S [9]

W [9]

B [7]

D [7]

P [7]

T [7]

G [3]

H [3]

K [3]

L [2]

E [1]

F [1]

J [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [105]

Country

United Kingdom [122]

India [2]

South Africa [2]

Egypt [1]

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People [127] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire [59] Cambridgeshire [7] Sawston, Cambridgeshire [6] Duxford, Cambridgeshire [3] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Caxton, Cambridgeshire [2] Linton, Cambridgeshire [2] Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire [2] Windsor, Berkshire [2] Babraham, Cambridgeshire [1] Bishop Waltham, Droxford, Hampshire [1] Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire [1] Cambridge [1] Charlestown, Natal [1] Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Chrishall, Essex [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Darlington, County Durham [1] Docking, Norfolk [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire [1] Fulham, London [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire [1] Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire [1] Ickleton, Cambridgeshire [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Lolworth, Cambridgeshire [1] Lolworth, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England [1] London [1] Long Meadow, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1] Loughborough, Leicestershire [1] March, North Witchford, Cambridgeshire [1] Northampton [1] Northfleet, Kent [1] Saffron Walden, Essex [1] Sheffield [1] Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire [1] Swaffham Bulbeck, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1] Takeley, Hertfordshire [1] Temple, London [1] West Wratting, Cambridgeshire [1] Whittlesford Bridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Whittlesford, Cambs [1] Whittlesford, Linton, Cambridgeshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [84] Lance Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Serjeant [7] Corporal [6] Driver [6] Captain [3] Sapper [3] Able Seaman [2] Airman [2] Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Commandant [1] Gunner [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Member [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quartermaster [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Surgeon Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Trooper [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Wardmaid [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Cambridgeshire Regiment [21] Suffolk Regiment [20] Labour Corps [12] Army Service Corps [7] Royal Engineers [7] Norfolk Regiment [5] Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [5] Essex Regiment [4] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 2nd Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 580th Labour Corp [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment Attached Staff [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS Orion [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Manchester Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [114] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Other Empire Force [5] Royal Navy [5]

Last name first letter

A [18] C [16] R [11] M [10] N [10] S [9] W [9] B [7] D [7] P [7] T [7] G [3] H [3] K [3] L [2] E [1] F [1] J [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [105]

Country

United Kingdom [122] India [2] South Africa [2] Egypt [1]

Wheatley John Steed

Born 1881

Died 1952

British Army 3534 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 326295 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Harry Hagger

Born 1888

Died 1965

British Army 8967 Private West Riding Regiment

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Archie Turner

Born 1885

Died 1964

British Army 43382 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 43382 Private Sutherland Regiment 3rd

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Jack Nunn

Born 1888

British Army 3/4616 Private Connaught Rangers

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Percy Walter Allen

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 21073 Private Border Regiment

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Albert George Saunders

Born 1895

Died 1967

British Army 2702 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 325891 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Annie Moulton

Born 1885

Died 1970

Other Empire Force V.A.D. 30 Member Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment Red Cross Aux. Hospl. Whittlesford Cambs.

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Alfred Angrave

Born 1875

Died 1952

British Army 243 Private Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 243 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

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Henry John Smith

Born 1870

Died 1953

British Army 20084 Suffolk Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 276326 Sapper 580th Labour Corp

British Army Suffolk Regiment Reserves

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Edwin Charles Peters

Born 1882

Died 1946

British Army 199281 Driver Royal Engineers

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George John Thomas Andrews

Born 1881

Died 1955

British Army 470954 Private Labour Corps

British Army 58874 Private Welsh Horse

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Frederick Timothy Cann

Born 1886

Died 1944

British Army 50097 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 50097 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Robert Nunn

Born 1899

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193046 Airman

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Joseph George Nunn

Born 1886

Died 1954

British Army 39908 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Arthur James Darley

Born 1888

Died 1948

British Army 6166 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 42968 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Edward Thomas Pettit

Born 1890

Died 1958

British Army 41625 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Charles Henry Arnold

Born 1887

Died 1975

British Army 8024 Private 2nd Royal Lancaster Regiment

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William Thomas Rowlinson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 3761 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 326436 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter Ernest Dixon

Born 1870

Died 1931

Royal Navy Surgeon Lieutenant

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Alfred George Cutter

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 31425 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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