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Nottingham [7]

Leicester, Leicestershire [5]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Liverpool, Nova Scotia [2]

Nottinghamshire [2]

Peterborough [2]

Warmington, Northants [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Benfleet, Essex [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green London [1]

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Corryong Victoria [1]

Crewton, Derby [1]

Croyden England [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Deptford, London [1]

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Devonport, Devon [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Durham [1]

Grantham Lincolnshire [1]

Hampstead England [1]

Haxton, Derbyshire [1]

Hullet Township, Huron County, Ontario [1]

Humberstone England [1]

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Leicestershire England [1]

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Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London [1]

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London, Finchley [1]

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London, Middlesex, England [1]

Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Middle Deal, Deal, Kent [1]

Morcott, Uppingham, Rutland [1]

Navendy England [1]

Rank

Private [241]

Gunner [34]

Driver [23]

Corporal [17]

Serjeant [14]

Sapper [13]

Lieutenant [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [5]

Bombardier [5]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Pioneer [2]

Serjeant Major/Artillery Clerk [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Filter Staff Serjeant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Lance Corporal/Corporal [1]

Major [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Personal Assistant [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Sgt [1]

Staff Member [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant/Temporary Acting Captain [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [35]

Royal Field Artillery [34]

Army Service Corps [33]

Royal Engineers [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Labour Corps [21]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

London Regiment [15]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [2]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [373]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [40]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38]

Royal Navy [33]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [507]

Contribution

Military Service [497]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Canada [1]

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People [507] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Nottingham [7] Leicester, Leicestershire [5] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Liverpool, Nova Scotia [2] Nottinghamshire [2] Peterborough [2] Warmington, Northants [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Benfleet, Essex [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bridgmouth, Shropshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Burton upon Trent [1] Chiswick [1] Corryong Victoria [1] Crewton, Derby [1] Croyden England [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Deptford, London [1] Derby [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Durham [1] Grantham Lincolnshire [1] Hampstead England [1] Haxton, Derbyshire [1] Hullet Township, Huron County, Ontario [1] Humberstone England [1] King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Leicestershire [1] Leicestershire England [1] Lincoln [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London [1] London St Pancras [1] London, Finchley [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Middle Deal, Deal, Kent [1] Morcott, Uppingham, Rutland [1] Navendy England [1]

Rank

Private [241] Gunner [34] Driver [23] Corporal [17] Serjeant [14] Sapper [13] Lieutenant [10] Lance Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [5] Bombardier [5] Rifleman [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Pioneer [2] Serjeant Major/Artillery Clerk [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Filter Staff Serjeant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Forewoman [1] Lance Corporal/Corporal [1] Major [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Munitions Worker [1] Personal Assistant [1] Private Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Serjeant Major [1] Sgt [1] Staff Member [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant/Temporary Acting Captain [1] Transport Corporal [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [35] Royal Field Artillery [34] Army Service Corps [33] Royal Engineers [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Labour Corps [21] Leicestershire Regiment [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [15] London Regiment [15] Machine Gun Corps [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Durham Light Infantry [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Essex Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Manchester Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Leicestershire Yeomanry [2] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [2] Liverpool Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [373] Canadian Expeditionary Force [40] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38] Royal Navy [33] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [507]

Contribution

Military Service [497] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Canada [1]

Herbert Dexter

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78165

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Laurence Dexter

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92605

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John W Dexter

Died 1915

British Army 14017 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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John Roland Dexter

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 30145 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 50635 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Alfred H Dexter

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3784 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 16161 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 3784 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George William Dexter

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 21371 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Frederick William Dexter

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2684 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 265633 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 1/7th Battalion

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George S Dexter

Died 1918

British Army 155414 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Percy John Dexter

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 110222 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Samuel Dexter

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 27208 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Leonard Dexter

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121106

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James Dexter

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1078685

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1078685 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Wilbur Dexter

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 283456

Canadian Expeditionary Force 283456 Private Canadian Infantry

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Charles Ernest Dexter

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264620

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Simeon Dexter

Born 1896

Died 1961

British Army L/34476 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Reuben Daubney Dexter

Australian Imperial Force 1937

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Joseph Henry Dexter

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277632

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Edward Norman Dexter

Born 1892

Died 1984

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Leonard William Dexter

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army G/5662 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/5662 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Charles James William Dexter

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 45080 Acting Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 45080 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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