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Hull, Yorkshire [8]

Croydon, Surrey [5]

Erith, Kent [5]

Rochester, Kent [4]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Leytonstone, Essex [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Cottered, Buntingford, Hertfordshire [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Durham [2]

Great Wakering, Essex [2]

West Thurrock, Essex, England [2]

Abersychan, Monmouthshire [1]

Addiscombe, Surrey [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Barton le Willows, Yorkshire [1]

Bexhill, Surrey [1]

Bexhill, Sussex [1]

Binstead, Alton, Hampshire [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Buntingford, Hertfordshire [1]

Camberwell, London, [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Chipstead, Surrey [1]

Cornwall [1]

Coulsdon, Surrey [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Durham, Cockfield, Durham [1]

Duxford, Cambridgeshire [1]

East Greenwich, Kent [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Grays, Essex, England [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hessle, Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hessle, Yorkshire [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Hull, East Yorkshire [1]

Ilford, Essex [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Kentish Town, Middlesex [1]

Leytonstone, London [1]

Limehouse, London [1]

Liphook, Sussex [1]

London England [1]

Lower Clapton, Middlesex [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Rank

Private [238]

Gunner [34]

Driver [23]

Serjeant [16]

Corporal [9]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Sapper [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

AM II(e) [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Transport Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Commander (Emergency) [1]

Pioneer [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Royal Mint Artificer [1]

Staff Captain [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Warrant Engineer [1]

Worker [1]

acting Sergeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [41]

Labour Corps [34]

Army Service Corps [32]

London Regiment [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Royal Engineers [17]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Essex Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

East Kent Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

12th Lancers [2]

13th Hussars [2]

9th Lancers [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [355]

Royal Navy [68]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [507]

Contribution

Military Service [494]

Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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Place of birth

Hull, Yorkshire [8] Croydon, Surrey [5] Erith, Kent [5] Rochester, Kent [4] Bermondsey, London [3] Leytonstone, Essex [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Cottered, Buntingford, Hertfordshire [2] Darlington, Durham [2] Durham [2] Great Wakering, Essex [2] West Thurrock, Essex, England [2] Abersychan, Monmouthshire [1] Addiscombe, Surrey [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Barton le Willows, Yorkshire [1] Bexhill, Surrey [1] Bexhill, Sussex [1] Binstead, Alton, Hampshire [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Buntingford, Hertfordshire [1] Camberwell, London, [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Chipstead, Surrey [1] Cornwall [1] Coulsdon, Surrey [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Deptford, London [1] Durham, Cockfield, Durham [1] Duxford, Cambridgeshire [1] East Greenwich, Kent [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Grays, Essex, England [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire, England [1] Hessle, Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hessle, Yorkshire [1] Holloway, London [1] Hull, East Yorkshire [1] Ilford, Essex [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Kentish Town, Middlesex [1] Leytonstone, London [1] Limehouse, London [1] Liphook, Sussex [1] London England [1] Lower Clapton, Middlesex [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Rank

Private [238] Gunner [34] Driver [23] Serjeant [16] Corporal [9] Corporal 2nd [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Sapper [7] Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Lance Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] AM II(e) [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Transport Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Commander (Emergency) [1] Pioneer [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Royal Mint Artificer [1] Staff Captain [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1] Warrant Engineer [1] Worker [1] acting Sergeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [41] Labour Corps [34] Army Service Corps [32] London Regiment [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Royal Engineers [17] Royal Fusiliers [15] Durham Light Infantry [13] Essex Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] East Surrey Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] East Kent Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] 12th Lancers [2] 13th Hussars [2] 9th Lancers [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [355] Royal Navy [68] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] Australian Imperial Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [507]

Contribution

Military Service [494] Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Alexander Francis Beadle

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403308

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Henry Spencer Beadle

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 5/4471 Private Northumberland Regiment 1/5th northumberland Battalion

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Gerald Charles Beadle

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army L/1496 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 14968 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

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Albert H Beadle

Died 1916

British Army 1678 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 43168 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Beadle

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401197

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William James Beadle

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 986

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William Charles Beadle

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44961

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Arthur William Beadle

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43173

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Arthur John Beadle

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy J19967 Able Seaman HMS Strongbow

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Harry Beadle

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS106419 Stoker 1st Class HMS BROKE

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William Beadle

Died 1916

British Army 64355 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred Thomas Beadle

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army L/9935 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/9935 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Arthur Beadle

Died 1917

British Army 39845 Private Durham Light Infantry

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James Percy Beadle

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 27397 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Adam W Beadle

Died 1918

British Army 74012 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Joseph Beadle

Died 1914

British Army 8456 Private South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8456 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Arthur Beadle

Died 1918

British Army 7118 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 203474 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 203474 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Henry Beadle

Born 1881

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 54218

Canadian Expeditionary Force 54218 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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James Frederick Beadle

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 12173 Driver Royal Field Artillery 32rd Brigade

British Army 12173 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 32rd Brigade

British Army 12173 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Stuart Beadle

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25408

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