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Place of birth

Knaresborough, Yorkshire [2]

Ashton Under Lyme,Lancaster [1]

Bath,Somerset [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Croydon [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Feltham, Middlesex [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Gussage All Saints, Dorset [1]

Hackney [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Hoxton, Middlesex [1]

Islington, London [1]

Manston [1]

Mere, Wiltshire [1]

Poplar, Essex [1]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

St Michael, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

West Ham, Essex,England [1]

Westminster, London [1]

Rank

Private [33]

Serjeant [8]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Captain [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Dorsetshire Regiment [12]

London Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

107th Pioneers [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Dorset Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment Attached East Surrey Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Reserve of Officers/ Connaught Rangers [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [50]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

A [7]

B [7]

H [6]

M [6]

J [5]

W [4]

P [3]

R [3]

D [2]

G [2]

L [2]

S [2]

C [1]

E [1]

F [1]

I [1]

N [1]

T [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [56]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

New Zealand [2]

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People [56] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Knaresborough, Yorkshire [2] Ashton Under Lyme,Lancaster [1] Bath,Somerset [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Croydon [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Feltham, Middlesex [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Gussage All Saints, Dorset [1] Hackney [1] Hackney, London [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1] Hoxton, Middlesex [1] Islington, London [1] Manston [1] Mere, Wiltshire [1] Poplar, Essex [1] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] St Michael, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] West Ham, Essex,England [1] Westminster, London [1]

Rank

Private [33] Serjeant [8] Second Lieutenant [5] Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [4] Captain [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Corporal [1] Driver [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps [13] Dorsetshire Regiment [12] London Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 107th Pioneers [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Dorset Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment Attached East Surrey Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1] Kent Cyclist Battalion [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Reserve of Officers/ Connaught Rangers [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Engineers [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] West Riding Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [50] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

A [7] B [7] H [6] M [6] J [5] W [4] P [3] R [3] D [2] G [2] L [2] S [2] C [1] E [1] F [1] I [1] N [1] T [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [56]

Country

United Kingdom [13] New Zealand [2]

Alfred Schofield

British Army 71208 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Donald Simpson Bell

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 15722 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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William James Allen

Died 1918

British Army 40657 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Aganoor John Aganoor

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1770 Private London Regiment 1/16th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 3/17th lond Battalion

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Frank White

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 7173 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Hurley

Died 1916

British Army 3/5505 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick George Pates

Died 1916

British Army 7220 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 7220 Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Noel Carleton Blakeway

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Francis Jackman

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 12/1775 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Frederick Ingledew

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 6923 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Goodman

Born 1892

Died 1958

British Army 8450 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 19321 Serjeant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Albert Cutler

British Army 212787 Driver Royal Engineers

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Wilfred Percy Nevill

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment Attached East Surrey Regiment

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Harry John Applin

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army SE 3034 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE 3034 Sergeant Army Veterinary Corps

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William Kightley Marks

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 13032 Private Dorset Regiment 1st Battalion

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Tom Brown

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 12807 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 12807 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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