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Canterbury, Kent [3]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Cobham, Surrey [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Elsternwick Victoria [2]

Gloucester [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2]

Leicester [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

West Maitland New South Wales [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

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Barnsley Yorkshire [1]

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Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Burnham Market Norfolk [1]

Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Devonport [1]

Earlestown, Lancashire [1]

Easton on the Hill, Stamford Lincolnshire [1]

Elmsted, Kent [1]

Fakenham, Norfolk [1]

Great Gonerby, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1]

Hull England [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Kilnwick Percy, Pocklington, Yorkshire [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Maitland New South Wales [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Nyngan New South Wales [1]

Pallamallawa New South Wales [1]

Prahran Victoria [1]

Richmond New South Wales [1]

Rippingale, Lincolnshire [1]

Shoreditch, London [1]

St Pancras, London [1]

Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, Kent [1]

Stourbridge England [1]

Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire [1]

Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [141]

Driver [21]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Serjeant [14]

Corporal [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Gunner [10]

Pioneer [6]

Sapper [6]

Bombardier [4]

Captain [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

C [1]

Chaplain to the Force 4th Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Strapper [1]

Sub Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

London Regiment [21]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Engineers [18]

Labour Corps [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Hussars [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Indian Marine [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

12th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

143rd Employment Company Labour Corps [1]

15th Hussars [1]

2/50th Kurrum Rifles [1]

657th Home Service Employment Company [1]

69th Punjabis [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Service

British Army [233]

Royal Navy [34]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [314]

R [5]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [313]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Place of birth

Canterbury, Kent [3] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Cobham, Surrey [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Elsternwick Victoria [2] Gloucester [2] Islington, London [2] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2] Leicester [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] West Maitland New South Wales [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Barbourne, Worcestershire [1] Barnsley Yorkshire [1] Beechhampton, Buckinghamshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Burnham Market Norfolk [1] Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Devonport [1] Earlestown, Lancashire [1] Easton on the Hill, Stamford Lincolnshire [1] Elmsted, Kent [1] Fakenham, Norfolk [1] Great Gonerby, Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1] Hull England [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Kilnwick Percy, Pocklington, Yorkshire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Maitland New South Wales [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Nyngan New South Wales [1] Pallamallawa New South Wales [1] Prahran Victoria [1] Richmond New South Wales [1] Rippingale, Lincolnshire [1] Shoreditch, London [1] St Pancras, London [1] Stelling Minnis, Canterbury, Kent [1] Stourbridge England [1] Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire [1] Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [141] Driver [21] Second Lieutenant [15] Serjeant [14] Corporal [11] Lieutenant [11] Gunner [10] Pioneer [6] Sapper [6] Bombardier [4] Captain [4] Lance Corporal [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] C [1] Chaplain to the Force 4th Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Strapper [1] Sub Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

London Regiment [21] Royal Field Artillery [21] Army Service Corps [18] Royal Engineers [18] Labour Corps [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Irish Fusiliers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Hussars [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Indian Marine [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] 12th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 143rd Employment Company Labour Corps [1] 15th Hussars [1] 2/50th Kurrum Rifles [1] 657th Home Service Employment Company [1] 69th Punjabis [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Service

British Army [233] Royal Navy [34] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Australian Imperial Force [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [314] R [5] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [313] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Edgar Francis Boughton

Born 1895

Died 1978

British Army 2067 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 300290 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Sergeant Lincolnshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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John Boughton

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 16580 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Boughton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263796

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George Boughton

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292807

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Ernest Boughton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199594

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Lucy Kathleen Boughton

Born 1879

Died 1967

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps

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Harry Boughton

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 16579 Private Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Boughton

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82706

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John Herbert Boughton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2497

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Henry Jarvis Boughton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216295

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Colonel E Boughton

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 45530 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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George Stephen Boughton

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226536

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John William Boughton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209876

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Harold Boughton

Born 1896

British Army 2437 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 44211 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Rutland Boughton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187885

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Percy William Boughton

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy RME/1202(S) Private Royal Marine Engineers

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Allesley Edward Boughton

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy J32000 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J32000 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J32000 Able Seaman HMS Ajax

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Albert Henry Boughton

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 7022 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 203575 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 285081 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Boughton

Died 1918

British Army 266111 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Albert Alphonsus Boughton

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 10936 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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