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Scone New South Wales [2]

10 Upper Charlton Street, Marylebone, London [1]

14 Richmond Terrace, Gillingham, Kent [1]

15 Crown Terrace, Kentish Town, London [1]

33 Waterloo Road, Hillingdon, Middlesex [1]

33 Waterloo Road, Uxbridge Moor, Middlesex [1]

44 Kingsgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire [1]

49 Leopold Road, Reading, Berkshire [1]

5 Bookbinder's Asylum, Balls Pond Road, Islington, London [1]

6 Cogan Row, Cogan, South Wales [1]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

All Saints, Alton, Hants [1]

Andover, Hampshire [1]

Basingstoke Registration District [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1]

Breach Cottages, Easton Royal, Wiltshire [1]

Breamore, Hampshire [1]

Cardiff Registration District [1]

Coastguard Station, Graves, Helston, Cornwall [1]

Crofton, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire [1]

Croydon Registration District [1]

Devon [1]

East Grafton, Wiltshire [1]

East Meon, Hampshire [1]

Easton Royal, Wiltshire [1]

Epsom Registration District [1]

Exeter Registration District [1]

Fishbourne, Sussex [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Folkestone, Kent, England [1]

Halton, Lancashire [1]

Ham, Kingston, Surrey [1]

Ham, Surrey [1]

Kames, Argyllshire [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Kilnhurst, Yorkshire [1]

London Road, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Lucknow [1]

Manor Road, Moordown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Marlborough, Wiltshire [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire [1]

Montreal, Quebec [1]

Moordown, Hampshire [1]

Narrabri New South Wales [1]

New Ferry, Lower Bebington, Wirral [1]

Odiham, Hampshire [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Pewsey, Wiltshire [1]

Ram Aley, Burbage, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [69]

Driver [7]

Sapper [7]

Gunner [6]

Corporal [5]

Serjeant [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Captain [2]

Pioneer [2]

A/CQMS [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Sergeant [1]

Acting W O class I / Acting S S M [1]

CQMS [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (Seconded) [1]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 / CSM [1]

Wheeler [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [11]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Army Reserve [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Leinster Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

'Z' Reserve [1]

3rd Hussars [1]

51st Garrison Battalion [1]

5th Dragoon Guards [1]

5th Training Battalion [1]

7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

7th QO Hussars [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/Nova Scotia Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Composite [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

Highland Division, Ammunition Column [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

New Zealand Mule Corps [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northern Regiment [1]

Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Oxon & Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Princess Charlotte Of Wales' Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [93]

Royal Navy [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [128]

Contribution

Military Service [124]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

Australia [2]

India [2]

Canada [1]

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People [128] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Scone New South Wales [2] 10 Upper Charlton Street, Marylebone, London [1] 14 Richmond Terrace, Gillingham, Kent [1] 15 Crown Terrace, Kentish Town, London [1] 33 Waterloo Road, Hillingdon, Middlesex [1] 33 Waterloo Road, Uxbridge Moor, Middlesex [1] 44 Kingsgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire [1] 49 Leopold Road, Reading, Berkshire [1] 5 Bookbinder's Asylum, Balls Pond Road, Islington, London [1] 6 Cogan Row, Cogan, South Wales [1] Acton, Middlesex [1] All Saints, Alton, Hants [1] Andover, Hampshire [1] Basingstoke Registration District [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1] Breach Cottages, Easton Royal, Wiltshire [1] Breamore, Hampshire [1] Cardiff Registration District [1] Coastguard Station, Graves, Helston, Cornwall [1] Crofton, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire [1] Croydon Registration District [1] Devon [1] East Grafton, Wiltshire [1] East Meon, Hampshire [1] Easton Royal, Wiltshire [1] Epsom Registration District [1] Exeter Registration District [1] Fishbourne, Sussex [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Folkestone, Kent, England [1] Halton, Lancashire [1] Ham, Kingston, Surrey [1] Ham, Surrey [1] Kames, Argyllshire [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Kilnhurst, Yorkshire [1] London Road, Reigate, Surrey [1] Lucknow [1] Manor Road, Moordown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Marlborough, Wiltshire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire [1] Montreal, Quebec [1] Moordown, Hampshire [1] Narrabri New South Wales [1] New Ferry, Lower Bebington, Wirral [1] Odiham, Hampshire [1] Peckham, London [1] Pewsey, Wiltshire [1] Ram Aley, Burbage, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [69] Driver [7] Sapper [7] Gunner [6] Corporal [5] Serjeant [5] Lance Corporal [4] Acting Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Captain [2] Pioneer [2] A/CQMS [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Sergeant [1] Acting W O class I / Acting S S M [1] CQMS [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (Seconded) [1] Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Signaller [1] Temporary Captain [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 / CSM [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [11] Hampshire Regiment [11] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Army Reserve [4] Labour Corps [4] Leinster Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 'Z' Reserve [1] 3rd Hussars [1] 51st Garrison Battalion [1] 5th Dragoon Guards [1] 5th Training Battalion [1] 7th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] 7th QO Hussars [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion/Nova Scotia Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Composite [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] Highland Division, Ammunition Column [1] Kent Regiment [1] New Zealand Mule Corps [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northern Regiment [1] Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry [1] Oxon & Bucks Light Infantry [1] Princess Charlotte Of Wales' Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [93] Royal Navy [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Australian Imperial Force [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [128]

Contribution

Military Service [124] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [46] Australia [2] India [2] Canada [1]

Percy Alfred Beckingham

Born 1899

Died 1988

British Army 5942527 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 51141 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 4th

British Army 51141 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 4th

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John Charles Beckingham

Born 1873

Died 1936

British Army 2968 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 3/2nd W R Brigade

British Army 781425 Driver Royal Field Artillery 1097 Battery, 216 Bde

British Army 781425 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 1097 Battery, 216 Bde

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Arthur Tom Beckingham

Born 1879

Died 1930

British Army 257468 Private Army Reserve

British Army 257468 Private Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteen

British Army 257468 Acting Staff Sergeant Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteen

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Albert George Beckingham

Born 1898

Died 1956

British Army 306611 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/7th

British Army 3045 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Harry Beckingham

Born 1890

Died 1961

British Army 10127 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Roy Emanuel Beckingham

Born 1897

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4360 Private 5th Training Battalion 5th Training Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 4360 Private 17 Battalion

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William Silas John Beckingham

Born 1895

Died 1959

British Army 18290 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th oxfordshire and Battalion

British Army 18290 Private Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 18290 Private Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry 3rd

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Charles Harry Beckingham

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army E/295 Private Royal Fusiliers 17th Battalion

British Army E/295 Private Royal Fusiliers 17th Battalion

British Army E/295 Private Royal Fusiliers 17th Battalion

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Albert Beckingham

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army B/53 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

British Army B/53 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Rifle Brigade

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Leonard William Beckingham

Born 1885

Died 1952

British Army 7262 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7262 Private Army Reserve

British Army 7262 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Henry Edward Beckingham

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 40589 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 40589 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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George Beckingham

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 23953 Private Princess Charlotte Of Wales' Royal Berkshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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William Henry Beckingham

Born 1879

Died 1944

British Army 240949 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army WR/25290 Pioneer Royal Engineers 337 R.C Coy

British Army 240949 Pioneer Army Reserve

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Henry Beckingham

Born 1899

Died 1952

British Army 62663 Private Suffolk Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Arthur Beckingham

Born 1877

Died 1929

British Army 183630 Sapper Royal Engineers 1st Reserve Battalion

British Army 40483 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 183630 Private Royal Engineers

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Edward Beckingham

Born 1898

Died 1970

British Army 203396 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Herbert Beckingham

Born 1898

Died 1954

British Army 38722 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 25281 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 31st Training Reserve

British Army 38722 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2/8 Battalion

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George Henry Beckingham

Born 1886

Died 1952

British Army 11786 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion

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Richard George Beckingham

Born 1888

Died 1971

British Army M2/137107 Private Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport

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Edward Jack Beckingham

Born 1897

Died 1988

British Army 88024 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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