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London, Middlesex, England [3]

Poplar, London [3]

Ryhall, Rutland [3]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [3]

Ardleigh, Essex [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Burntwood, Staffordshire [2]

Essex [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Nelson Terrace, Manor Road, Tottenham, Middlesex [2]

Shoreditch, London [2]

Wenhaston, Suffolk [2]

Woking, Surrey [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alvechurch,Bromsgrove,Worcestershire. [1]

Ardleigh,Essex [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Berkeley, Herefordshire [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bilborough, Sussex [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

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Camberwell, Surrey [1]

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Canning Town, Essex, England [1]

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Clapham, London [1]

Colchester [1]

Colne, Lancs [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Eastney, Portsmouth, Hants [1]

Finsbury England [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Glensford England [1]

Great Henney, Essex [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1]

Hales, Norfolk, England [1]

Halesworth, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [374]

Driver [41]

Corporal [37]

Gunner [34]

Serjeant [29]

Sapper [24]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lance Corporal [14]

Captain [11]

Acting Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Pioneer [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Chaplain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Reverend [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Acting Wheeler Serjeant [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Band Boy [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (Captain) [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Farrier Quarter-Master Sergeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [48]

Labour Corps [44]

London Regiment [44]

Royal Field Artillery [42]

Army Service Corps [40]

Royal Garrison Artillery [28]

Suffolk Regiment [28]

Royal Fusiliers [27]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Norfolk Regiment [20]

Essex Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Border Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Hertfordshire Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [594]

Royal Navy [65]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

F [782]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [763]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

India [1]

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Place of birth

London, Middlesex, England [3] Poplar, London [3] Ryhall, Rutland [3] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [3] Ardleigh, Essex [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Burntwood, Staffordshire [2] Essex [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Hampstead, London [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] London, Middlesex [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Nelson Terrace, Manor Road, Tottenham, Middlesex [2] Shoreditch, London [2] Wenhaston, Suffolk [2] Woking, Surrey [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alvechurch,Bromsgrove,Worcestershire. [1] Ardleigh,Essex [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Berkeley, Herefordshire [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bilborough, Sussex [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bramfield, Suffolk [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brixton England [1] Broom Green, North Elmham, Norfolk [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Cambridge [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Canning Town, Essex, England [1] Canning Town, London [1] Clapham, London [1] Colchester [1] Colne, Lancs [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Eastney, Portsmouth, Hants [1] Finsbury England [1] Fulham, London [1] Glensford England [1] Great Henney, Essex [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1] Hales, Norfolk, England [1] Halesworth, Suffolk [1]

Rank

Private [374] Driver [41] Corporal [37] Gunner [34] Serjeant [29] Sapper [24] Second Lieutenant [15] Lance Corporal [14] Captain [11] Acting Corporal [7] Lieutenant [6] Pioneer [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Staff Nurse [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Chaplain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Nursing Sister [2] Reverend [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer 2nd Class [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Acting Wheeler Serjeant [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Band Boy [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (Captain) [1] Commissary [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Farrier Quarter-Master Sergeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [48] Labour Corps [44] London Regiment [44] Royal Field Artillery [42] Army Service Corps [40] Royal Garrison Artillery [28] Suffolk Regiment [28] Royal Fusiliers [27] Middlesex Regiment [20] Norfolk Regiment [20] Essex Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] The Queen's Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] East Lancashire Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Horse Artillery [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Border Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Hertfordshire Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Cambridgeshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [594] Royal Navy [65] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] Australian Imperial Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

F [782] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [763] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [26] India [1]

Hamor William Fenn

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd (Herts) Volunteer Battalion

British Army Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd (Herts) Volunteer Battalion

British Army 520 Lance Corporal Hertfordshire Battalion, Territorial Force

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Herbert Fenn

Born 1888

British Army 17231 Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 3609 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 3609 Sergeant Machine Gun Corps 58th Battalion

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Edwin Fenn

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 202106 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Fenn

Born 1891

British Army 23532 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 73716 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Thomas Henry Fenn

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 31942 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Richard John Percy Fenn

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3112 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 40821 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Edward Gerald Palmer Fenn

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 86631 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers royal welsh fusiliers 3rd Garrison Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Robert Henry Fenn

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 27463 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 32629 Private Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Albert Fenn

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 14/317 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 14th (Service) (2nd Barnsley)

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Holly Fenn

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292064

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George Charles Fenn

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85608

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Percy Victor William Fenn

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 846

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Joseph Fenn

Born 1894

Died 1968

Royal Navy M11600 Wireman 2c HMS Agincourt

Royal Navy M11600 Wireman 1c HMS Agincourt

Royal Navy M11600 Armourer's Crew HMS Agincourt

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John Fenn

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135271

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Henry Fenn

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81028

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Herbert Fenn

Died 1917

British Army 27858 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Joseph Fenn

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7385

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Henry C Fenn

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army L/7344 Private 9th Lancers

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John Henry Fenn

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176178

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George Edward Fenn

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121528

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