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Reading, Berkshire [5]

Derby, Derbyshire [3]

Kilburn, London [3]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bramley, Hampshire [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Kentish Town, London [2]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [2]

Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Wantage, Berkshire [2]

Alresford, Hampshire [1]

Ashbury,Wantage,Berkshire. [1]

Aston Clinton, Bucks [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Basingstoke England [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Berkshire [1]

Birmingham, Warkwickshire [1]

Boaz Island [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Canterbury [1]

Carshalton, Surrey [1]

Cheshire England [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Clewer, Berkshire [1]

Crookwell New South Wales [1]

Ealing, London [1]

Ealing, Middlesex [1]

Farringdon, Berkshire [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Graywell England [1]

Grazely, Berkshire [1]

Hackney Wick, Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hackney, Middlesex, England [1]

Hampshire [1]

Henley, Oxfordshire [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

Islington, London [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Longcroft, Berkshire [1]

Menengie South Australia [1]

Mosely, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Nassjo [1]

Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Nottingham [1]

Rank

Private [208]

Gunner [24]

Corporal [19]

Driver [19]

Sapper [18]

Pioneer [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Captain [6]

Serjeant [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier Signaller [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Corporal Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain/ Quarter Master and Honorary Captain Retired Pay [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [35]

Royal Field Artillery [26]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [22]

Army Service Corps [21]

Labour Corps [19]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [18]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

London Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Wiltshire Regiment [9]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Seaforth Highlanders [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Service

British Army [330]

Royal Navy [48]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

L [451]

Contribution

Military Service [441]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Gibraltar [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [451] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Reading, Berkshire [5] Derby, Derbyshire [3] Kilburn, London [3] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Bramley, Hampshire [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Kentish Town, London [2] Maidenhead, Berkshire [2] Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Wantage, Berkshire [2] Alresford, Hampshire [1] Ashbury,Wantage,Berkshire. [1] Aston Clinton, Bucks [1] Barking, Essex [1] Basingstoke England [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Berkshire [1] Birmingham, Warkwickshire [1] Boaz Island [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Canterbury [1] Carshalton, Surrey [1] Cheshire England [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Clewer, Berkshire [1] Crookwell New South Wales [1] Ealing, London [1] Ealing, Middlesex [1] Farringdon, Berkshire [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Graywell England [1] Grazely, Berkshire [1] Hackney Wick, Hackney, Middlesex [1] Hackney, London [1] Hackney, Middlesex, England [1] Hampshire [1] Henley, Oxfordshire [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Islington, London [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex [1] Longcroft, Berkshire [1] Menengie South Australia [1] Mosely, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Nassjo [1] Newbury, Berkshire [1] Nottingham [1]

Rank

Private [208] Gunner [24] Corporal [19] Driver [19] Sapper [18] Pioneer [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Lieutenant [7] Captain [6] Serjeant [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier Signaller [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Corporal Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain/ Quarter Master and Honorary Captain Retired Pay [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [35] Royal Field Artillery [26] Royal Berkshire Regiment [22] Army Service Corps [21] Labour Corps [19] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [18] Middlesex Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] London Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Wiltshire Regiment [9] Royal Horse Artillery [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Seaforth Highlanders [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Military Foot Police [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Air Force [2]

Service

British Army [330] Royal Navy [48] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] Australian Imperial Force [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

L [451]

Contribution

Military Service [441] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11] Gibraltar [1] South Africa [1]

Edward Tyler Lovegrove

Born 1887

Died 1922

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

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George Lovegrove

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 324060 Rifleman London Regiment 1/6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Albert Lovegrove

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 10840 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Charles George Gordon Lovegrove

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 6518 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/43824 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Francis H B Lovegrove

Died 1918

British Army 100641 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 4th Divisional Ammunition Column

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Frank William Lovegrove

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53684

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Thomas Noel Lovegrove

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279865

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Bert Lovegrove

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3012 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Albert Edward Lovegrove

Born 1868

Died 1946

Royal Navy 125721 Petty Officer

Royal Navy 125721 Boy 2nd Class

Royal Navy 125721 Boy 1st Class

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William Edwin Lovegrove

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401810

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William Alfred Lovegrove

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216113

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Frederick Thomas Lovegrove

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279471

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William Charles Lovegrove

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 8442 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 10271 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army TR/10271 Sergeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 53rd Battalion

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George Lovegrove

British Army 9283 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 9283 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Horace Frank Lovegrove

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 22025 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Royal Berkshire Regt. 6th Bn.

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Herbert Lovegrove

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403171

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Walter Ernest Lovegrove

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211600

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Thomas George Lovegrove

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy M12241 HMS Hampshire

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Sidney George Lovegrove

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223610

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Thomas John Lovegrove

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242823

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