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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]

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]

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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]

Alfred Robert Boughton

Died 1916

British Army 19329 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Edward Boughton

Died 1917

British Army 6017 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 632972 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 632972 Private London Regiment

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Horace J Boughton

Died 1918

British Army 125173 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur Edward Boughton

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 39761 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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T G Boughton

Died 1917

British Army 14755 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Richard Edgar Boughton

Born 1876

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 171035

Canadian Expeditionary Force 171035 Private Canadian Infantry

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Clement Robert Boughton

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 36545 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Gordon V Boughton

Died 1918

British Army 5995 Acting Serjeant Rifle Brigade

British Army 5995 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

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Percy F. Boughton

Died 1917

British Army 25760 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Robert Boughton

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 6066 Serjeant Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Rodney James Boughton

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121253

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Richard Boughton

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233333

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Andrew John Boughton

Born 1888

Died 1942

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/2784 Field Artillery, New Zealand Military Forces, Guards Vital Points

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/2767 Field Artillery, New Zealand Military Forces, Guards Vital Points

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Albert Ernest Boughton

Born 1900

Died 1978

Royal Navy J56568 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Powerful"

Royal Navy J56568 Boy 1st Class HMS "Victory I"

Royal Navy J56568 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Neptune"

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Christopher William Boughton

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244916

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Arthur Reginald Boughton

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249196

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William Boughton

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275991

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Sidney Boughton

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 20413 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Frederick Boughton

Died 1957

British Army 7391 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Robert H Boughton

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 37172 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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