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Aston Clinton [3]

Islington, London [3]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Clipston, Northamptonshire [2]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Battersea, Surrey, England [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Carnbrook, Kent [1]

Caudry, France [1]

Cobourg, Ontario [1]

Cranbrook England [1]

Durham England [1]

East Acton, London [1]

Emerald Queensland [1]

England [1]

Forest Hill Queensland [1]

Gassington, Oxfordshire [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Jersey, Channel Islands [1]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1]

Norton, nr Leek, Staffs [1]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [1]

Plaistow, Essex [1]

Rockhampton Queensland [1]

St Giles, London [1]

St Heliers, Jersey, Channel Islands [1]

Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Sunderland England [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Thornton Heath, Surrey [1]

Tring [1]

Walworth, London South East [1]

Walworth, Surrey [1]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [250]

Gunner [28]

Driver [24]

Sapper [19]

Corporal [15]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Serjeant [13]

Pioneer [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Captain [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Major [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

4th Army Chaplain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bugler [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Filter [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Registrar [1]

Reverend [1]

Sister [1]

Soldat de 2e Classe [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [37]

Army Service Corps [31]

Royal Engineers [31]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [368]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [40]

Royal Navy [31]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [492]

Contribution

Military Service [484]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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Place of birth

Aston Clinton [3] Islington, London [3] Armidale New South Wales [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Clipston, Northamptonshire [2] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Battersea, Surrey, England [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Carnbrook, Kent [1] Caudry, France [1] Cobourg, Ontario [1] Cranbrook England [1] Durham England [1] East Acton, London [1] Emerald Queensland [1] England [1] Forest Hill Queensland [1] Gassington, Oxfordshire [1] Hertfordshire [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Jersey, Channel Islands [1] Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London, Middlesex [1] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1] Norton, nr Leek, Staffs [1] Oxford, Oxfordshire [1] Plaistow, Essex [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1] St Giles, London [1] St Heliers, Jersey, Channel Islands [1] Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Sunderland England [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Thornton Heath, Surrey [1] Tring [1] Walworth, London South East [1] Walworth, Surrey [1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [250] Gunner [28] Driver [24] Sapper [19] Corporal [15] Second Lieutenant [13] Serjeant [13] Pioneer [7] Lance Corporal [6] Captain [5] Lieutenant [4] Bombardier [3] Major [3] Acting Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] 4th Army Chaplain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bugler [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1] Filter [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Nursing Sister [1] Registrar [1] Reverend [1] Sister [1] Soldat de 2e Classe [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [37] Army Service Corps [31] Royal Engineers [31] Royal Field Artillery [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] London Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [13] Machine Gun Corps [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Coldstream Guards [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] West Riding Regiment [3] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [368] Canadian Expeditionary Force [40] Royal Navy [31] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] Australian Imperial Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [492]

Contribution

Military Service [484] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Horace Burnham

Born 1893

British Army Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 63516 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery 192Bn

British Army 63516 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Hedley Burnham

Born 1877

Died 1958

British Army 480527 Private Labour Corp 682nd Agricultural Corp

British Army 19616 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd Bn

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Alfred Burnham

Born 1894

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25293 Corporal Royal Air Force 1st Training Group

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Andrew William Burnham

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 12193 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Frank Burdett Burnham

Born 1879

Died 1958

British Army 336769 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/508327 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Joey Burnham

Born 1881

Died 1920

British Army 24220 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Norman Charles Burnham

Born 1884

Died 1959

British Army M/316552 Private Army Service Corps

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James Burnham

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86133

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Arthur Burnham

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 34672 Private Manchester Regiment

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William Henry Burnham

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36674

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James Arthur Burnham

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95203

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Albert Burnham

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57370

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Harry Edward Burnham

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 553747 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 7388 Private London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 1st/16th Regiment

British Army 7388 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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Wallace Alfred Burnham

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 13282 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 13282 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Harold Burnham

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy PO/647/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Portsmouth Division

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William Burnham

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60938

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George Wilfred Burnham

Born 1897

British Army 13/45752 Private Sherwood Foresters 19th Battalion

British Army

British Army 45752 Private 17th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 17th Battalion

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Ronald Walter Charles Burnham

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 3182 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265878 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Albert Frederick James Burnham

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2821 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

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Alfred Burnham

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1119 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

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