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Coventry, Warwickshire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Adelaide, South Australia [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Bow, London [1]

Bowral New South Wales [1]

Castle Hill New South Wales [1]

Fife [1]

Gretton, Northants [1]

Hinckley, Leicestershire [1]

Hogsthorpe, Alford, Lincolnshire [1]

Hove, Sussex [1]

Hunslet, Yorkshire [1]

Huntingdonshire [1]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

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Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Northampton, Northamptonshire, England [1]

Notting Hill, London, Middlesex [1]

Nuneaton England [1]

Ramsey, Huntingdonshire [1]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [1]

St Lawrence Queensland [1]

St Neots, Huntingdonshire [1]

Staffordshire [1]

Staffordshire, England [1]

Warwick England [1]

Rank

Private [201]

Sapper [16]

Serjeant [13]

Driver [12]

Corporal [11]

Gunner [10]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Captain [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Orderly [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Sailmaker's Mate [1]

Signalman [1]

Sister [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [29]

Army Service Corps [23]

Royal Engineers [23]

Bedfordshire Regiment [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [269]

Royal Navy [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

L [324]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [317]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [325] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Coventry, Warwickshire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Adelaide, South Australia [2] Chelsea, London [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Bow, London [1] Bowral New South Wales [1] Castle Hill New South Wales [1] Fife [1] Gretton, Northants [1] Hinckley, Leicestershire [1] Hogsthorpe, Alford, Lincolnshire [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Hunslet, Yorkshire [1] Huntingdonshire [1] Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Leicester [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Northampton, Northamptonshire, England [1] Notting Hill, London, Middlesex [1] Nuneaton England [1] Ramsey, Huntingdonshire [1] Smethwick, Staffordshire [1] St Lawrence Queensland [1] St Neots, Huntingdonshire [1] Staffordshire [1] Staffordshire, England [1] Warwick England [1]

Rank

Private [201] Sapper [16] Serjeant [13] Driver [12] Corporal [11] Gunner [10] Second Lieutenant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Captain [2] Trooper [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Orderly [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Sailmaker's Mate [1] Signalman [1] Sister [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [29] Army Service Corps [23] Royal Engineers [23] Bedfordshire Regiment [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] London Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Leicestershire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [269] Royal Navy [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Australian Imperial Force [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

L [324] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [317] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

William Archer Lenton

Born 1873

Died 1919

British Army SS/20900 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 349491 Private Labour Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121703 Aircraftman 2nd Class

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Roy Mandeville Lenton

Born 1888

Died 1962

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 10th Infantry Brigade "B" Company

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Thomas Worden Lenton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190712

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May Mandeville Lenton

Born 1883

Died 1964

Australian Imperial Force Sister Australian Army Nursing Service Second Australian General Hospital

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Thomas Lenton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291616

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William Lenton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187284

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Sydney Lenton

Died 1916

British Army 16181 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 16181 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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William J Lenton

Died 1915

British Army 9469 Private Northumberland Regiment

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Lilian Ida Lenton

Born 1891

Died 1972

British Army Orderly French Red Cross

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Charles Lenton

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 87344 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Richard Jonathan Lenton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245724

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Walter Lenton

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 5236 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Ernest Lenton

Died 1918

British Army 14772 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 510318 Private Labour Corps

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Percy Lenton

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 23300 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Ernest A Lenton

Died 1918

British Army 4719 Private London Regiment

British Army 511252 Private London Regiment

British Army 511252 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Harold Bertram Lenton

Died 1917

British Army 22 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Walter Lenton

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 37848 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 51653 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Charles William Lenton

Died 1916

British Army 426 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army T/1029 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 486638 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Horace Lenton

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 5262 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 201611 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Charles Henry Lenton

Died 1917

British Army 11845 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 36315 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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