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Brisbane Queensland [3]

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Chetwynd England [1]

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Tattingstone, Suffolk, England [1]

Toowoomba Queensland [1]

Warwick, Warwickshire [1]

Worksop, Nottinghamshire [1]

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Private [175]

Gunner [26]

Driver [17]

Corporal [14]

Serjeant [11]

Sapper [9]

Acting Corporal [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Colonel [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Canteener [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

JRA (Sick Berth Rating) [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Aircraftsman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Royal Engineers [21]

Army Service Corps [20]

Labour Corps [19]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

North Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Manchester Regiment [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Shropshire Light Infantry [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

London Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry Territorial Force [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Labour Corps Labour Corps [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [264]

Royal Navy [21]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [330]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [324]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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People [331] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Brisbane Queensland [3] Bendigo Victoria [1] Cheswardine, Shropshire [1] Chetwynd England [1] Deptford, London South East [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Derbyshire [1] Derbyshire England [1] Edmonton, London [1] Edmonton, London, Middlesex [1] Grange Mill, Winster, Derbyshire [1] Hampshire, England [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Harborne, Warwickshire [1] Harpley Norfolk [1] Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire [1] Lancashire England [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [1] Market Drayton, Staffordshire [1] NSW New South Wales [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Newcastle, New South Wales [1] Preston England [1] Retford, Nottinghamshire [1] Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire [1] Rotherick, Hampshire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] South Walk South Australia [1] Stapleford, Derbyshire [1] Stockport, Cheshire [1] Surrey England [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tattingstone, Suffolk, England [1] Toowoomba Queensland [1] Warwick, Warwickshire [1] Worksop, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [175] Gunner [26] Driver [17] Corporal [14] Serjeant [11] Sapper [9] Acting Corporal [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Colonel [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Canteener [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] JRA (Sick Berth Rating) [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Aircraftsman [1] Pioneer [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [24] Royal Engineers [21] Army Service Corps [20] Labour Corps [19] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] North Staffordshire Regiment [12] Manchester Regiment [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Shropshire Light Infantry [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] London Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [5] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry Territorial Force [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Labour Corps Labour Corps [2] Military Foot Police [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [264] Royal Navy [21] Australian Imperial Force [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [330] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [324] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Harry Beeston

British Army 1334 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

British Army ES/58661 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army S/9895 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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George N Beeston

British Army 64081 Private Machine Gun Corps

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George Beeston

British Army 228666 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harold W Beeston

British Army 37316 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 44950 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 50251 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Charles A Beeston

British Army 46955 Corporal South Wales Borderers

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George H Beeston

British Army 96728 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 96728 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

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J L Beeston

British Army Colonel Australian Army Medical Corps

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John Beeston

British Army 43871 Private 17th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Harry E Beeston

British Army 64186 Driver 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

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Hilda Tumaine Scott (nee Beeston)

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Hilda Tremaine Beeston Now Scott

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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