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Manchester, Middlesex [2]

Chapelton, Clarendon, Middlesex [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

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Lewisham, Kent [1]

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Reading, Berkshire [1]

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Wargrave, Berkshire [1]

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British West Indies Regiment [39]

Royal Engineers [9]

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Labour Corps [4]

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King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

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Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

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Jamaica War Contingent [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Royal Field Artillery Command Depot Ripon [1]

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Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

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British Army [81]

Royal Navy [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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Military Service [96]

Merchant Navy [2]

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United Kingdom [1]

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People [99] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Manchester, Middlesex [2] Chapelton, Clarendon, Middlesex [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Kingston [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Northwood, London [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Silvertown, Essex [1] Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Middlesex [1] St. Elizabeth [1] Wargrave, Berkshire [1]

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Private [61] Sapper [6] Corporal [5] Gunner [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Driver [2] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Gunner [1] Bugler [1] Drummer [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Refugee Child [1] Sapper Lance Corporal [1]

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British West Indies Regiment [39] Royal Engineers [9] West India Regiment [6] Labour Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] 7th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Civilian [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Duke Of Edinburgh [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Jamaica War Contingent [1] Military Foot Police [1] Royal Field Artillery Command Depot Ripon [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Navy [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [81] Royal Navy [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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B [99]

Contribution

Military Service [96] Merchant Navy [2]

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United Kingdom [1]

Walter Beckford

Born 1893

British Army 6525 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Simeon Beckford

Born 1894

Other Empire Force 3777 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 4722 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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Arthur Benjamin Beckford

Died 1919

British Army 15666 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

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Lawrence Benjamin Beckford

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2161 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Norman Beckford

Born 1894

British Army 6487 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Henry Constantine Beckford

Born 1899

Died 1964

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Frederick Charles Beckford

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407821

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Josiah Beckford

Born 1893

British Army 4096 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Henry Beckford

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 9746 Private British West Indies Regiment

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William Thomas Beckford

Born 1886

British Army 5878 Corporal West India Regiment

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F Beckford

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2770 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 2770 Private London Regiment

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Richard Leo Or Lee Beckford

British Army 2160 Private British West Indies Regiment

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James John Beckford

Born 1910

Died 1986

Other Empire Force Refugee Child Civilian

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Nathaniel Beckford

Born 1898

British Army 7792 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Harold Beckford

Born 1897

British Army 4832 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Albert Beckford

Born 1879

Royal Navy 9634 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Charles Beckford

Born 1870

British Army 9769 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Cyril Ewart Beckford

Died 1916

British Army R/14365 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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John Alfred Beckford

Born 1899

Royal Navy 17401 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/17401 Bugler HMS Duke Of Edinburgh

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Sidney Beckford

Born 1893

Royal Navy 16652 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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