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Corporal [12]

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Sapper [8]

Captain [7]

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Lieutenant [6]

Pioneer [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

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Corporal Mechanic [1]

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Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

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Labour Corps [20]

Royal Engineers [20]

Army Service Corps [18]

London Regiment [17]

Suffolk Regiment [15]

Bedfordshire Regiment [14]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Hussars [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

Army Service Corps/Labour Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedford Yeomanry [1]

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British Army [251]

Royal Navy [21]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

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Military Service [307]

Conscientious Objector [1]

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United Kingdom [6]

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Bedfordshire [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Caterham, Surrey [2] Clapton, London [2] Coonamble New South Wales [2] Battersea, London [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bloomsbury, London [1] Brampton [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1] Eltham, Woolwich, Kent [1] Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire [1] Fulham, London [1] Grays, Essex [1] Hartford, Huntingdonshire [1] Hemingford Grey, Hampshire [1] Huntingdon [1] Islington, London [1] Kensington, Middlesex [1] Leytonstone, Essex [1] London, Middlesex [1] Mile End, London [1] Mitcham England [1] Mount Gambier South Australia [1] Norwood South Australia [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Sawston, Cambridgeshire [1] Stepney, London [1] Stoke Gabriel, Devon [1] Stoke Newington, London, Middlesex [1] Stoke Newington, Middlesex [1] Swaffham, Norfolk [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Toft, Cambridgeshire [1] Willingham [1] Wolverhampton [1] Woodstone, Huntingdon [1] Woolwich [1]

Rank

Private [176] Serjeant [16] Corporal [12] Gunner [11] Sapper [8] Captain [7] Driver [7] Lieutenant [6] Pioneer [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Corporal [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Pioneer Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [20] Royal Engineers [20] Army Service Corps [18] London Regiment [17] Suffolk Regiment [15] Bedfordshire Regiment [14] Machine Gun Corps [14] Royal Field Artillery [13] The Queen's Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Cambridgeshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Hussars [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] Army Service Corps/Labour Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [251] Royal Navy [21] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Australian Imperial Force [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [307] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Arthur Papworth

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 3/9633 Private Suffolk Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 330 Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion (Militia)

British Army 3/9633 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Victor Papworth

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 371945 Private London Regiment

British Army 4326 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371945 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles Wesley Papworth

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 9514 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Frank Henry Papworth

Died 1918

British Army 459 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 307671 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Papworth

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36955

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William Papworth

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60601

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William Papworth

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186223

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Alfred Wyatt Papworth

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 129th Field Coy

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Frederick Papworth

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35295

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Charles Papworth

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305408

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Joseph Charles Papworth

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 290087 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 295268 Private London Regiment

British Army 295268 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 4th (City of London) Battalion

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Leonard Papworth

Died 1918

British Army 2766 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army G/14994 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Ford Papworth

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 9123 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Leslie Charles Papworth

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220908

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Frank Guy Papworth

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83963

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Philip Papworth

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109704

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Arthur Edward Papworth

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405954

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Thomas Archibald Papworth

Born 1895

Died 1956

British Army 267272 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/270946 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Papworth

Died 1918

British Army 26604 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Fred Papworth

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army G/14466 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/14466 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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