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Place of birth

Brixham [3]

Tring [3]

Apsley End,Hemel Hempstead, Herts [2]

Bermondsey [2]

Boxmoor,Hemel Hempstead,Herts [2]

Watford [2]

Wokingham, Berkshire [2]

Acton London [1]

Apsley End, Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire [1]

Bath [1]

Bath Somerset [1]

Bath,Somerset [1]

Battersea [1]

Berkhampstead [1]

Bishops Lydeard, Somerset [1]

Bovingdon Herts [1]

Buckland Common, Buckinghamshire [1]

Buckland Common, Bucks [1]

Buckland Common,Tring [1]

Buckland Common,Tring, Hertfordshire [1]

Bushey [1]

Cheriton Fitzpaine,Devon [1]

Chiddingstone Sevenoaks kent [1]

Croxley Green [1]

Croxley Green,Rickmansworth [1]

Croxley Green,Rickmansworth,Herts [1]

Devon [1]

Easthampstead [1]

Harrow on the Hill [1]

Hedgerley Dean,Eton,Bucks [1]

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Hemel Hempstead,Herts [1]

Hurst Berkshire [1]

Hurst,Berkshire [1]

Kingston,Surrey [1]

Lambeth London [1]

Lapford Devon [1]

Leighton Buzzard [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Marden Kent [1]

Naughton Suffolk [1]

Newport,Wales [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Potten End, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Sarratt ,Herts [1]

Sarratt, nr Watford, Herts [1]

Sonning ,Berkshire [1]

Sonning,Berkshire [1]

Southall [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [50]

Lance Corporal [7]

Corporal [6]

Sapper [4]

Gunner [3]

Rifleman [3]

Leading Seaman [2]

A/Sergnt [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftsman [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Band Boy [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Bombadier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Mate [1]

Mercantile Marine Mate [1]

Musician [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private-Tailor Jouneyman [1]

Seaman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Skipper [1]

Trooper [1]

private [1]

promoted Lance Corporal in 1917 [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

6th Bedford [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Fishing Fleet - Fishing Vessel "Friendship" (Brixham) [2]

Friendship [2]

Hussars [2]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

11th Hussars [1]

12th Middx [1]

15th (The King's) Hussars [1]

1st Herts 5987717+West Ridings 203448 [1]

1st Household Battalion [1]

2nd Bedford [1]

9th East Anglian [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Bedford [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

City London Royal Fusiliers [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Depot King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

East Anglia Brigade,RA,RFA [1]

East Lancs,Army Service Corps [1]

Herts Regiment RHA [1]

Home Service Employment Company [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

London [1]

Service

British Army [61]

Royal Navy [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

R [43]

B [12]

W [5]

C [4]

H [4]

A [3]

T [3]

G [2]

D [1]

N [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [70]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Greece [1]

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Place of birth

Brixham [3] Tring [3] Apsley End,Hemel Hempstead, Herts [2] Bermondsey [2] Boxmoor,Hemel Hempstead,Herts [2] Watford [2] Wokingham, Berkshire [2] Acton London [1] Apsley End, Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire [1] Bath [1] Bath Somerset [1] Bath,Somerset [1] Battersea [1] Berkhampstead [1] Bishops Lydeard, Somerset [1] Bovingdon Herts [1] Buckland Common, Buckinghamshire [1] Buckland Common, Bucks [1] Buckland Common,Tring [1] Buckland Common,Tring, Hertfordshire [1] Bushey [1] Cheriton Fitzpaine,Devon [1] Chiddingstone Sevenoaks kent [1] Croxley Green [1] Croxley Green,Rickmansworth [1] Croxley Green,Rickmansworth,Herts [1] Devon [1] Easthampstead [1] Harrow on the Hill [1] Hedgerley Dean,Eton,Bucks [1] Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1] Hemel Hempstead,Herts [1] Hurst Berkshire [1] Hurst,Berkshire [1] Kingston,Surrey [1] Lambeth London [1] Lapford Devon [1] Leighton Buzzard [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Marden Kent [1] Naughton Suffolk [1] Newport,Wales [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Potten End, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1] Sarratt ,Herts [1] Sarratt, nr Watford, Herts [1] Sonning ,Berkshire [1] Sonning,Berkshire [1] Southall [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [50] Lance Corporal [7] Corporal [6] Sapper [4] Gunner [3] Rifleman [3] Leading Seaman [2] A/Sergnt [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftsman [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Band Boy [1] Driver [1] Lance Bombadier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Mate [1] Mercantile Marine Mate [1] Musician [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Private-Tailor Jouneyman [1] Seaman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Skipper [1] Trooper [1] private [1] promoted Lance Corporal in 1917 [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [5] Army Service Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] London Regiment [3] 6th Bedford [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Fishing Fleet - Fishing Vessel "Friendship" (Brixham) [2] Friendship [2] Hussars [2] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 11th Hussars [1] 12th Middx [1] 15th (The King's) Hussars [1] 1st Herts 5987717+West Ridings 203448 [1] 1st Household Battalion [1] 2nd Bedford [1] 9th East Anglian [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Bedford [1] Bedfordshire [1] Buckinghamshire Battalion [1] Canadian Infantry [1] City London Royal Fusiliers [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Depot King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Anglia Brigade,RA,RFA [1] East Lancs,Army Service Corps [1] Herts Regiment RHA [1] Home Service Employment Company [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] London [1]

Service

British Army [61] Royal Navy [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

R [43] B [12] W [5] C [4] H [4] A [3] T [3] G [2] D [1] N [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [70] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [33] Greece [1]

Reginald Robert Burrow

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 2363 Trooper 1st Household Battalion

British Army 22557 Private Coldstream Guards

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Edward George Rackley

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 53078 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Abraham Abel

Born 1892

Died 1973

Canadian Expeditionary Force North British Columbians 102nd Comox-Atlin CEF

Canadian Expeditionary Force 703554 Lance Sergeant North British Columbians 11th Infantry Brigade

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Ben Rackley

Born 1895

Died 1973

British Army 10596 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 10596 6th Bedford

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Percy John Lake Hosegood

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army 3704 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army T-40393 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 3704 Private East Kent Regiment 9th Hussars

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Frank Gerald Page

Born 1888

Died 1937

Canadian Expeditionary Force 703555

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Arthur Rackley

Born 1891

Died 1973

British Army 83897 Private Machine Gun Corps 17th battn

British Army 8363 private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 202479 Bedford 5th battn

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Joseph Cooley

Born 1882

British Army 57482 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 16504+57482 Gunner RA+RFA 4th division ammunition column

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Albert Henry Tucker

Born 1875

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Skipper Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Skipper Fishing Fleet - Fishing Vessel "Friendship" (Brixham)

Other Empire Force Skipper Friendship Mercantile Marine

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Alfred Rackley

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 201508 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 201508 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Harry Rackley

Born 1884

Died 1915

Royal Navy B 3128 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3128B Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Europa."

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Bertie Banfield

Born 1891

Died 1960

British Army Private Royal Army Service Corps

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John James Hector Hurley

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army A/1729 Armourer Staff Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps

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George Isaac Abel

Born 1894

British Army M/334889 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport

British Army 14507,M 334889 Corporal East Lancs,Army Service Corps 7th

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Albert George Wicks

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 5088 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 5088

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William Rackley

Born 1886

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 737

Canadian Expeditionary Force 737 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 737 Private Infantry

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James Reuben Randall

Born 1897

British Army 224 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 252914 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 252914 Sapper Royal Engineers 9th Battn

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Reuben Randall

Born 1884

Died 1972

Canadian Expeditionary Force 704117

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William Brant

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111536

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Philip Edward Thomas

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 4229 Corporal London Regiment

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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