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Salisbury, Wiltshire [3]

Canterbury England [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Whitchurch, Hampshire [2]

Winchester Hants [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Bramsbury, Hampshire [1]

Bushey, Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Essex, England [1]

Finchley, London, Middlesex [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Folkstone England [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kent England [1]

King's Somborne, Hampshire [1]

Middlesex [1]

Ramsden, Oxfordshire [1]

Salisbury, Wiltshire, England [1]

Stockbridge, Hampshire [1]

Tunbridge Wells [1]

Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [70]

Driver [12]

Gunner [8]

Serjeant [8]

Corporal [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Captain [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Sapper [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Commissary and Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Midshipman [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Rifle Brigade [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Supply and Transport Corps [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

15th (The King's) Hussars [1]

8th Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Band Corps Royal Military College [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment attached Norfolk Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Service

British Army [133]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Royal Navy [10]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

R [161]

Contribution

Military Service [156]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Malta [1]

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People [161] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Salisbury, Wiltshire [3] Canterbury England [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Whitchurch, Hampshire [2] Winchester Hants [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Bramsbury, Hampshire [1] Bushey, Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Essex, England [1] Finchley, London, Middlesex [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Folkstone England [1] Islington, London [1] Kent England [1] King's Somborne, Hampshire [1] Middlesex [1] Ramsden, Oxfordshire [1] Salisbury, Wiltshire, England [1] Stockbridge, Hampshire [1] Tunbridge Wells [1] Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [70] Driver [12] Gunner [8] Serjeant [8] Corporal [5] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Captain [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Sapper [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Commissary and Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Midshipman [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] London Regiment [8] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Labour Corps [6] Rifle Brigade [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Supply and Transport Corps [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 15th (The King's) Hussars [1] 8th Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Band Corps Royal Military College [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment attached Norfolk Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1]

Service

British Army [133] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Royal Navy [10] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

R [161]

Contribution

Military Service [156] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11] Malta [1]

William Philip Rumbold

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army B/23800 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Samuel Rumbold

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 371417 Private London Regiment

British Army 371417 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3614 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Edward Charles Rumbold

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 283981 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Fortune

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Sydney Douglas Rumbold

Born 1889

Died 1934

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel 8th Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment

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Henry Rumbold

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 13639 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

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Henry Edward Rumbold

Born 1873

Died 1949

British Army 04658 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 04658 Acting Sergeant Army Ordnance Corps

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Ernest Edward Rumbold

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101757

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Sydney James Rumbold

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27345

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Thomas Charles Rumbold

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97826

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Percy Bernard Rumbold

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 18260 Acting Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 18260 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred Rumbold

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 3/4508 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Charles Rumbold

Died 1918

British Army 26607 Private London Regiment

British Army 26607 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Harry Rumbold

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 26545 Private Hussars

British Army 26545 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Arthur Edmund Rumbold

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 7630 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Fred Rumbold

Born 1883

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 431114

Canadian Expeditionary Force 431114 Private Canadian Infantry

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Ernest Frederick Rumbold

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army T2/017304 Driver Army Service Corps Attached to 40th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

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Harold Rumbold

Died 1918

British Army 41027 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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George William Rumbold

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 17594 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Youth Horace Rumbold

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7099

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Leslie William Rumbold

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310790

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