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Brentford, Middlesex [4]

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [4]

Ramsgate, Kent [4]

Hatfield, Hertfordshire [3]

Edenbridge, Kent [2]

Frithsden, Herts [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Port Adelaide South Australia [2]

Richmond, Surrey [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Abbots Langley, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Barnsbury, Middlesex [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Edgware, London [1]

Frithsden, Great Berkhampstead [1]

Great Gaddesden [1]

Harrow, Middlesex [1]

Helensburgh [1]

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England [1]

Kent England [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

London England [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Newtownards, Down [1]

Northumberland [1]

Plumstead, London [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Redbourn, Hertfordshire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Stepney, London [1]

Tring, Herts [1]

Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Wood Green, Essex [1]

Wood Green, London, Middlesex [1]

brightside bierlow,county of york [1]

waddesdon,bucks [1]

Rank

Private [184]

Driver [15]

Gunner [15]

Serjeant [13]

Corporal [12]

Lance Corporal [12]

Sapper [8]

Captain [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Rifleman [2]

2nd lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Admiral [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chaplain [1]

Civilian [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Mate [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pensioner [1]

Pioneer [1]

Seaman [1]

Second Hand [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Skipper [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

private [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [26]

Bedfordshire Regiment [24]

Labour Corps [24]

Army Service Corps [20]

London Regiment [17]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Hertfordshire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment/ Staff [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2]

Honourable Artillery Company Artillery [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [267]

Royal Navy [36]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [345]

Contribution

Military Service [332]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Australia [1]

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People [345] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Brentford, Middlesex [4] Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [4] Ramsgate, Kent [4] Hatfield, Hertfordshire [3] Edenbridge, Kent [2] Frithsden, Herts [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Port Adelaide South Australia [2] Richmond, Surrey [2] Westminster, London [2] Abbots Langley, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Barnsbury, Middlesex [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Edgware, London [1] Frithsden, Great Berkhampstead [1] Great Gaddesden [1] Harrow, Middlesex [1] Helensburgh [1] Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England [1] Kent England [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] London England [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Newtownards, Down [1] Northumberland [1] Plumstead, London [1] Poplar, London [1] Redbourn, Hertfordshire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Stepney, London [1] Tring, Herts [1] Walthamstow, Essex [1] Wandsworth, London [1] Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Wood Green, Essex [1] Wood Green, London, Middlesex [1] brightside bierlow,county of york [1] waddesdon,bucks [1]

Rank

Private [184] Driver [15] Gunner [15] Serjeant [13] Corporal [12] Lance Corporal [12] Sapper [8] Captain [6] Lieutenant [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Deck Hand [2] Rifleman [2] 2nd lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Admiral [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chaplain [1] Civilian [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Mate [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pensioner [1] Pioneer [1] Seaman [1] Second Hand [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Skipper [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1] private [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [26] Bedfordshire Regiment [24] Labour Corps [24] Army Service Corps [20] London Regiment [17] Royal Field Artillery [13] Hampshire Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Middlesex Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Essex Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Hertfordshire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment/ Staff [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2] Honourable Artillery Company Artillery [2] Military Foot Police [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Training Reserve [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [267] Royal Navy [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Australian Imperial Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [345]

Contribution

Military Service [332] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [11] Australia [1]

Hubert Halsey

Born 1891

Died 1959

British Army 2033 Private Middlesex Regiment 1/9th Battalion

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Horace Halsey

Born 1886

Died 1967

British Army 13724 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 13724 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Sydney Halsey

Born 1897

Died 1954

British Army Private Labour Corps Southern Command

British Army 137755 Private Army Service Corps "Z" Company (attached from Labour Corps)

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William Bernhard Halsey

Born 1899

Died 1973

British Army 170875 Private Sussex Yeomanry 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Samuel Halsey

Born 1891

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Royal Navy WSA 2184 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy A 4401 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

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Harry Halsey

Born 1889

Died 1921

British Army 25212 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Sidney Ethelbert Halsey

Born 1884

Died 1968

Royal Navy DA 17431 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Leonard Halsey

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army T/242918 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army T/242918 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Francis William Halsey

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 68th Siege Battery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Halsey

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 21835 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Reginald C Halsey

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 15610 Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 15610 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment 7 Battalion

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Frederick Halsey

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6756 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Archibald Halsey

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4719 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 4719 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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William Halsey

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34481

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Benjamin Halsey

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy J4100

Royal Navy J.4100. (PO) Leading Seaman HMS Queen Mary

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William Thomas Halsey

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 38386 Private Devonshire Regiment 52 Battalion

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Albert Henry Halsey

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193491

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Frederick Halsey

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64671

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Henry Archer Halsey

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97355

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William Halsey, Alias Jones

Born 1885

Died 1936

Australian Imperial Force 1653A Private Australian Infantry 2nd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1653 Private Australian Infantry 56th Battalion

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