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Salford, Lancashire [2]

Woodborough, Nottinghamshire [2]

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Brixworth, Northamptonshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Clarecastle [1]

Connashquay Wales [1]

Edgeworth, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Elsworth, Cambridgeshire [1]

Finedon. Northants [1]

Glebe Point New South Wales [1]

Kimpton, Hertfordshire [1]

Kingston upon Hull [1]

Kirton, Suffolk, England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Negri Sembilan, Federated Malay States [1]

North Hamptonshire England [1]

Northamptonshire [1]

Paddington New South Wales [1]

Rushden England [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Sheppey, Kent [1]

Streatham, Surrey [1]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [92]

Driver [16]

Gunner [11]

Corporal [10]

Serjeant [9]

Lance Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Colonel Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [18]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Royal Engineers [14]

Army Service Corps [10]

London Regiment [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

39th Garhwal Rifles [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Garhwal Rifles [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HM Submarine E6 [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Labour Corps ex Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Lothian and Border Horse [1]

Service

British Army [150]

Royal Navy [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [177]

Contribution

Military Service [175]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [177] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Salford, Lancashire [2] Woodborough, Nottinghamshire [2] Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Brixworth, Northamptonshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Clarecastle [1] Connashquay Wales [1] Edgeworth, Gloucestershire, England [1] Elsworth, Cambridgeshire [1] Finedon. Northants [1] Glebe Point New South Wales [1] Kimpton, Hertfordshire [1] Kingston upon Hull [1] Kirton, Suffolk, England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Negri Sembilan, Federated Malay States [1] North Hamptonshire England [1] Northamptonshire [1] Paddington New South Wales [1] Rushden England [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Sheppey, Kent [1] Streatham, Surrey [1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [92] Driver [16] Gunner [11] Corporal [10] Serjeant [9] Lance Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Captain [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Colonel Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [18] Royal Field Artillery [18] Royal Engineers [14] Army Service Corps [10] London Regiment [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Corps of Hussars [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 39th Garhwal Rifles [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Garhwal Rifles [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HM Submarine E6 [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Labour Corps ex Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Lothian and Border Horse [1]

Service

British Army [150] Royal Navy [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [177]

Contribution

Military Service [175] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Oswald Percy Desborough

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 16954 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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G Desborough

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 6425 Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 6425 Serjeant East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Harry Desborough

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 60227 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 60227 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Desborough

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 3/10210 Private Suffolk Regiment

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William Alfred Desborough

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57418

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Herbert Desborough

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 14436 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 14436 Acting Corporal Suffolk Regiment 11th

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Stanley Desborough

Born 1899

Died 1915

British Army 3320 Private London Regiment

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Clarence Desborough

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136344

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William George Desborough

Born 1887

Died 1915

Royal Navy 231819 Leading Seaman HM Submarine E6

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Arthur Desborough

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 6113 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 235092 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Edwin Charles Desborough

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246758

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Albert Edward Desborough

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50410

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George Desborough

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy R/3406 Royal Naval Division

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Herbert Desborough

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 48086 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 41347 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Harry Leonard Desborough

Died 1917

British Army 17953 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Frederick Desborough

Died 1918

British Army 10186 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Harold Desborough

Died 1915

British Army 7940 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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John Desborough

Died 1918

British Army 31242 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Allan Desborough

Died 1921

British Army 25154 Private Border Regiment

British Army 47187 Private Labour Corps

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Alfred James Desborough

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 58288 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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