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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]

Walter Frederick Ellis

Died 1914

British Army 10380 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 10390 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Isaac Fox

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 33157 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 33157 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Albert Hawkes

Died 1915

British Army 13777 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 13777 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Herbert George Robinson

Born 1891

Died 1920

British Army 18570 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 18570 Serjeant Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Walter Turner

Died 1921

British Army 5943231 Lance Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 5943231 Lance Serjeant Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Harry Eaglestone

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 12933 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 12933 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Herbert Poutney

Born 1880

Died 1920

British Army 24628 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 24628 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Ernest Frederick Warder

Born 1899

British Army 18749 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 18749 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Ernest Francis B. Heathorn

Born 1896

Died 1921

British Army 1786 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 206432 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 206432 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 5th bedford Battalion

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Richard Curd

Born 1894

British Army 9554 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 269569 Private Bedfordshire Regiment and Hertfordshire Regiment

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Gilbert Callow

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1125 Lance Corporal Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265058 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265058 Serjeant Hertfordshire Regiment

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Joseph Wallis

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2410 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265436 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265436 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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George Glenister

Died 1918

British Army 9582 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 269594 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 269594 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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John C Frost

Died 1918

British Army 2622 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 265556 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265556 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Arthur J Grimes

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 10309 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 270208 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 270208 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Henry C R Bruce

Died 1915

British Army 2040 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1/1st Battalion

British Army 2040 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 2040 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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William Butts

Died 1914

British Army 2504 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 2504 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 2504 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Walter J. Duke

Died 1917

British Army 2721 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265629 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265629 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Robert William Hall

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 1841 Private Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 265163 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 265163 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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William English

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 9566 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 269580 Private Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 269580 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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