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London [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Stagsden, Bedfordshire [2]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkdale, Lancashire [1]

Brampton, Huntingdonshire [1]

Buckhurst Hill Essex [1]

Bushey Heath Hertfordshire [1]

Bygrave Hertfordshire [1]

Cheadle [1]

Doolittle Cottages, Nash Mills, Apsly, Herts [1]

Eccles Lancashire [1]

Enfield, Middlesex [1]

Ford End, Great Waltham, Essex [1]

Gaddesden Row, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire [1]

Grimsbury, Banbury [1]

Harpenden, Herts [1]

Hethersett Norfolk [1]

Heydon, Essex [1]

Holkham Norfolk [1]

Horley, Surrey [1]

Hove,Steyning,Sussex. [1]

Ipswich [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Itchen, Hants [1]

Kempston, Bedfordshire [1]

King's Cliffe, Northants [1]

King's Lynn [1]

Kings Walden, Hertfordshire [1]

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [1]

Linton, Cambs [1]

Long Marston, Tring, Herts [1]

Loose, Kent [1]

Marlborough Pewsey Wiltshire [1]

Middleton Cheney, Banbury [1]

Mile End, London [1]

New Cross, London [1]

Northampton [1]

Olney [1]

Olney, Bucks [1]

Ossett, Yorkshire [1]

Pirbright, Surrey [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Polegate [1]

Port Vale, Hertfordshire [1]

Sheering Essex [1]

St Austell Reg. District, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [2744]

Serjeant [148]

Corporal [132]

Second Lieutenant [73]

Lance Corporal [72]

Lieutenant [62]

Acting Corporal [46]

Captain [37]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Driver [20]

Gunner [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Major [14]

Sapper [14]

Acting Lance Corporal [12]

Colour Serjeant [12]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Drummer [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Regimental Serjeant Major [6]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Private /Lance Corporal [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Private Acting Serjeant [4]

Transport Corporal [4]

Acting Lance Serjeant [3]

Captain and Quarter Master [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master and Captain [3]

Sergeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major /Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private /Acting Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Unit

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [3295]

Hertfordshire Regiment [508]

Bedfordshire Regiment [475]

Essex Regiment [411]

Northamptonshire Regiment [289]

Norfolk Regiment [255]

Labour Corps [130]

The Queen's Regiment [101]

London Regiment [82]

East Surrey Regiment [76]

Suffolk Regiment [76]

North Staffordshire Regiment [68]

Royal Fusiliers [64]

Middlesex Regiment [57]

South Staffordshire Regiment [53]

Royal Sussex Regiment [47]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [39]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29]

Rifle Brigade [29]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [27]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Worcestershire Regiment [27]

East Kent Regiment [26]

Royal Engineers [26]

Royal West Kent Regiment [25]

Leicestershire Regiment [22]

West Riding Regiment [22]

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Somerset Light Infantry [15]

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Wiltshire Regiment [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [10]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Household Battalion [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Service

British Army [3338]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [386]

S [324]

C [318]

W [306]

H [295]

M [219]

G [172]

P [165]

D [159]

R [159]

F [141]

T [137]

L [131]

A [92]

E [78]

J [71]

K [69]

N [43]

O [27]

Y [17]

V [16]

I [10]

U [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3334]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

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London [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Stagsden, Bedfordshire [2] Acton, Middlesex [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkdale, Lancashire [1] Brampton, Huntingdonshire [1] Buckhurst Hill Essex [1] Bushey Heath Hertfordshire [1] Bygrave Hertfordshire [1] Cheadle [1] Doolittle Cottages, Nash Mills, Apsly, Herts [1] Eccles Lancashire [1] Enfield, Middlesex [1] Ford End, Great Waltham, Essex [1] Gaddesden Row, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire [1] Grimsbury, Banbury [1] Harpenden, Herts [1] Hethersett Norfolk [1] Heydon, Essex [1] Holkham Norfolk [1] Horley, Surrey [1] Hove,Steyning,Sussex. [1] Ipswich [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Itchen, Hants [1] Kempston, Bedfordshire [1] King's Cliffe, Northants [1] King's Lynn [1] Kings Walden, Hertfordshire [1] Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [1] Linton, Cambs [1] Long Marston, Tring, Herts [1] Loose, Kent [1] Marlborough Pewsey Wiltshire [1] Middleton Cheney, Banbury [1] Mile End, London [1] New Cross, London [1] Northampton [1] Olney [1] Olney, Bucks [1] Ossett, Yorkshire [1] Pirbright, Surrey [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Polegate [1] Port Vale, Hertfordshire [1] Sheering Essex [1] St Austell Reg. District, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [2744] Serjeant [148] Corporal [132] Second Lieutenant [73] Lance Corporal [72] Lieutenant [62] Acting Corporal [46] Captain [37] Acting Serjeant [33] Driver [20] Gunner [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Major [14] Sapper [14] Acting Lance Corporal [12] Colour Serjeant [12] Company Serjeant Major [11] Drummer [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Acting Captain [6] Regimental Serjeant Major [6] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Private /Lance Corporal [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Private Acting Serjeant [4] Transport Corporal [4] Acting Lance Serjeant [3] Captain and Quarter Master [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Quarter Master and Captain [3] Sergeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major /Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Pioneer [2] Private /Acting Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Serjeant [2]

Unit

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [3295] Hertfordshire Regiment [508] Bedfordshire Regiment [475] Essex Regiment [411] Northamptonshire Regiment [289] Norfolk Regiment [255] Labour Corps [130] The Queen's Regiment [101] London Regiment [82] East Surrey Regiment [76] Suffolk Regiment [76] North Staffordshire Regiment [68] Royal Fusiliers [64] Middlesex Regiment [57] South Staffordshire Regiment [53] Royal Sussex Regiment [47] King's Royal Rifle Corps [39] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29] Rifle Brigade [29] Cambridgeshire Regiment [27] Hampshire Regiment [27] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Worcestershire Regiment [27] East Kent Regiment [26] Royal Engineers [26] Royal West Kent Regiment [25] Leicestershire Regiment [22] West Riding Regiment [22] Army Service Corps [20] Royal Field Artillery [20] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Liverpool Regiment [17] Machine Gun Corps [17] Somerset Light Infantry [15] Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Wiltshire Regiment [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] Royal Air Force [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] Royal Lancaster Regiment [10] Royal Irish Fusiliers [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Coldstream Guards [7] Household Battalion [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Service

British Army [3338] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [386] S [324] C [318] W [306] H [295] M [219] G [172] P [165] D [159] R [159] F [141] T [137] L [131] A [92] E [78] J [71] K [69] N [43] O [27] Y [17] V [16] I [10] U [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3334]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

Tom Edwin Adlam

Born 1893

Died 1975

British Army 1842 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

British Army Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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George Leonard Sherwood

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2127 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265294 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265294 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st/1st Battalion attached 8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment

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George Vine Veriod

Born 1900

Died 1920

British Army 65679 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Albert Kerr Lawrence

Born 1890

Died 1957

British Army 33647 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Franklin Thomas How

Born 1873

Died 1936

British Army 267478 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 8625 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 12675 Private Training Battalion

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Arthur Francis Woodford

Died 1921

British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Frederick Williams

Died 1915

British Army 1842 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 1842 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Reginald Charles Vince

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2137 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 2137 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Harold Albert George Collins

Born 1899

Died 1965

British Army D/27594 Private Hertfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 42405 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 51999 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Edmund Numa Man Butterworth

Born 1896

Died 1953

British Army Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Acting Captain Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army acting Lieutenant Training Reserve

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George Ault

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 9805 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9805 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Bertram Arthur Henry Amos

Died 1920

British Army 65804 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 65804 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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John Hollingshead

Born 1891

Died 1969

British Army 13114 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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George Shepherd Tattersall

Born 1897

Died 1980

British Army 35405 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 35405 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Horace Lewin

Died 1916

British Army 18411 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 18411 Acting Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 18411 Acting Serjeant Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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John Clutton

Born 1877

British Army Major Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Harry Gordon Garrod

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1773 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 1773 Serjeant Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265126 Serjeant Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Victor Henry W Suter

Born 1898

British Army 526 Private Army Cyclist Corps Huntingdonshire Reserve Cyclist Battalion

British Army 43001 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Forward LT. R Training School, 2/1st Huntingdonshire Battalion

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Frederick Golden

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 2595 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 265537 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265537 Corporal Hertfordshire Regiment

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Harold Wood

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 9730 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 269736 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 269736 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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