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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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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]

Clive Walter Beckingham

Born 1878

Died 1954

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Beckingham

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy M4427 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMS BLACK PRINCE

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William Henry Beckingham

Born 1891

British Army 4094 Private London Regiment 19th

British Army 611183 Lance Corporal London Regiment 19th

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Bertie Reginald Beckingham

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 6509 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army GS/63686 Private Royal Fusiliers 11th

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Frederick Thomas Beckingham

Born 1883

Died 1941

Canadian Expeditionary Force Gunner Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 5848

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William Henry Beckingham

Born 1890

Died 1956

British Army 18619 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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George Alfred Beckingham

Born 1894

Died 1963

British Army 13048 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 41769 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Charles James Beckingham

Born 1885

Died 1925

British Army T/201320 Private Composite

British Army T/201320 Private Army Reserve

British Army T/201320 Private The Queen's Regiment 4th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Reg't

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Charles George Beckingham

Born 1885

Died 1953

British Army 2541 Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 2541 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Francis Beckingham

Born 1891

Died 1960

British Army 6475 Private 7th QO Hussars

British Army WR.149087 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 346836 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

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Frederick Beckingham

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299105

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William Ernest Beckingham

Born 1900

Died 1966

Royal Navy Z8764 Signaller RNVR

Royal Navy 128767 Signaller

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John James Beckingham

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 82089 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army TR/5/19516 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 52nd Graduate Battalion

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Frank Beckingham

Born 1891

Died 1972

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Wilfred Theodore Beckingham

Born 1887

Died 1930

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 3rd Reserve Battalion

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Walter Beckingham

Born 1887

Died 1962

British Army 632 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/632 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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Percy Ernest J Beckingham

Born 1888

Died 1966

British Army T/24151 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T/24151 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

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John Beckingham

Born 1894

Died 1978

British Army 116192 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army T4/254019 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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Herbert Jesse Beckingham

Born 1886

Died 1971

British Army 85314 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Horace Gerald Beckingham

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army 22891 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army EMT/43583 Private Army Service Corps

British Army G/20635 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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