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Place of birth

Jersey, Channel Islands [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Armadale Victoria [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Clermont Queensland [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Kennington, London [1]

London England [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Manningham, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Melbourne, Victoria [1]

Poplar, Middlesex [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Saint Mary, London [1]

Surrey Hills Victoria [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [70]

Sapper [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Gunner [6]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Major [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Staff Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Surgeon Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Labour Corps [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

13th Royal Highlanders [1]

24th Training Battalion [1]

4th South African Infantry [1]

56th Divisional Artillery Column 56th Division [1]

Agricultural Company [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment Depot [1]

Essex Yeomanry [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [112]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Royal Navy [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [152]

Contribution

Military Service [147]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [152] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Jersey, Channel Islands [2] London, Middlesex [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Armadale Victoria [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Clermont Queensland [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Edmonton, London [1] Kennington, London [1] London England [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Manningham, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Melbourne, Victoria [1] Poplar, Middlesex [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Saint Mary, London [1] Surrey Hills Victoria [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Walthamstow, Essex [1] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [70] Sapper [10] Lance Corporal [9] Gunner [6] Pioneer [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Corporal [3] Driver [3] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant [2] Nursing Sister [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Major [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Staff Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Surgeon Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18] Middlesex Regiment [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Army Service Corps [5] Labour Corps [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 13th Royal Highlanders [1] 24th Training Battalion [1] 4th South African Infantry [1] 56th Divisional Artillery Column 56th Division [1] Agricultural Company [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment Depot [1] Essex Yeomanry [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Military Foot Police [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [112] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Australian Imperial Force [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Royal Navy [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [152]

Contribution

Military Service [147] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Charles Fred Boyden

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3061 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Grace Boyden

Born 1888

Died 1944

British Army Nursing Sister British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

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Herbert Edgar Boyden

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24754

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Walter Charles Boyden

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194020

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Alfred Boyden

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305457

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George Alexander Boyden

Died 1915

British Army 4930 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 16th Coy

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Elias Watson Boyden

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 104793 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Hugh Cecil Boyden

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 6095 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Arnold Kingsley Boyden

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Service Corps

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William Frederick Boyden

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 29883 Private Hampshire Regiment

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James Boyden

Died 1918

British Army 14074 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Frederick William Boyden

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168989

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Percy Boyden

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 9288 Acting Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 35441 Acting Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 35441 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Nicholas Lancelot Boyden

Born 1892

Died 1972

Australian Imperial Force 5973

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George Leslie Boyden

Born 1899

Died 1969

Royal Navy J41190 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J41190 Signal Boy HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J41190 Signal Boy HMS Ajax

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Frank Arthur Stewart Boyden

Australian Imperial Force

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George Horace Boyden

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227330

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William Archibald Boyden

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 17668 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 17668 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Stephen Boyden

Died 1918

British Army 25329 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 25329 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Harry Boyden

Died 1918

British Army 355212 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 149374 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 149374 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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