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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [64]

Cambridge [20]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [19]

Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [18]

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [13]

Wisbech, Cambridgeshire [13]

March, Cambridgeshire [12]

Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire [12]

Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire [10]

Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [9]

Cambridgeshire [5]

Haddenham, Cambridgeshire [5]

Ipswich, Suffolk [4]

Leytonstone, Essex [4]

Walsoken, Norfolk [4]

Bottisham, Cambridgeshire [3]

Ickleton, Cambridgeshire [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Sheringham, Norfolk [3]

Babraham, Cambridgeshire [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Bozeat, Northamptonshire [2]

Cambridge, Cambs [2]

Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [2]

Chesterton [2]

Chettisham, Cambridgeshire [2]

Coates, Cambridgeshire [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Coton, Cambridgeshire [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Eastrea, Cambridgeshire [2]

Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Elm, Cambridgeshire [2]

Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire [2]

Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire [2]

Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire [2]

Heydon, Cambridgeshire [2]

Histon, Cambridgeshire [2]

Kentish Town, London [2]

Kings Lynn, Norfolk [2]

Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire [2]

Littleport, Cambridgeshire [2]

Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

Manea, Cambridgeshire [2]

Melbourn, Cambridgeshire [2]

Newton Abbot, Devon [2]

Old Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [2]

Pancras, London [2]

Sawston, Cambridgeshire [2]

Snailwell, Cambridgeshire [2]

Rank

Private [5097]

Serjeant [268]

Corporal [250]

Second Lieutenant [215]

Lance Corporal [164]

Lieutenant [148]

Captain [94]

Sapper [71]

Pioneer [48]

Acting Corporal [32]

Lance Serjeant [25]

Acting Serjeant [21]

Major [17]

Company Serjeant Major [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Acting Captain [9]

Colour Serjeant [9]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Rifleman [9]

Driver [8]

Private Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Lance Corporal [7]

Private /Lance Corporal [6]

Pte [5]

Sergeant [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Gunner [4]

Private Corporal [4]

Acting Major [3]

Bugler [3]

Cadet [3]

Colonel [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [2]

Corporal Private [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lance corporal [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Unit

Cambridgeshire Regiment [5970]

Suffolk Regiment [758]

Labour Corps [391]

Royal Engineers [270]

London Regiment [262]

Lincolnshire Regiment [189]

Royal Fusiliers [175]

Gloucestershire Regiment [173]

Bedfordshire Regiment [169]

Machine Gun Corps [150]

Northamptonshire Regiment [147]

Norfolk Regiment [131]

Royal Sussex Regiment [129]

Essex Regiment [109]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [92]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [92]

Army Service Corps [85]

Worcestershire Regiment [63]

South Staffordshire Regiment [51]

Royal Defence Corps [43]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [43]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [36]

Hertfordshire Regiment [32]

Middlesex Regiment [31]

Royal Air Force [31]

Leicestershire Regiment [29]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [29]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [27]

Tank Corps [27]

Royal West Kent Regiment [25]

The Queen's Regiment [25]

Hampshire Regiment [23]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [17]

North Staffordshire Regiment [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Welsh Regiment [16]

Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force [15]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [15]

Military Foot Police [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Devonshire Regiment [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [12]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

King's African Rifles [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [6069]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

South African Services [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [635]

S [611]

C [602]

H [516]

W [461]

M [410]

P [365]

G [316]

D [277]

L [269]

R [252]

F [236]

T [214]

A [182]

K [151]

J [140]

N [136]

E [135]

O [76]

Y [27]

V [25]

U [16]

I [11]

Q [6]

Contribution

Military Service [6037]

Country

United Kingdom [182]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Singapore [1]

South Africa [1]

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [64] Cambridge [20] Ely, Cambridgeshire [19] Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [18] Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [13] Wisbech, Cambridgeshire [13] March, Cambridgeshire [12] Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire [12] Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire [10] Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [9] Cambridgeshire [5] Haddenham, Cambridgeshire [5] Ipswich, Suffolk [4] Leytonstone, Essex [4] Walsoken, Norfolk [4] Bottisham, Cambridgeshire [3] Ickleton, Cambridgeshire [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Sheringham, Norfolk [3] Babraham, Cambridgeshire [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Bozeat, Northamptonshire [2] Cambridge, Cambs [2] Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [2] Chesterton [2] Chettisham, Cambridgeshire [2] Coates, Cambridgeshire [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Coton, Cambridgeshire [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Eastrea, Cambridgeshire [2] Edmonton, Middlesex [2] Elm, Cambridgeshire [2] Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire [2] Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire [2] Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire [2] Heydon, Cambridgeshire [2] Histon, Cambridgeshire [2] Kentish Town, London [2] Kings Lynn, Norfolk [2] Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire [2] Littleport, Cambridgeshire [2] Luton, Bedfordshire [2] Manea, Cambridgeshire [2] Melbourn, Cambridgeshire [2] Newton Abbot, Devon [2] Old Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [2] Pancras, London [2] Sawston, Cambridgeshire [2] Snailwell, Cambridgeshire [2]

Rank

Private [5097] Serjeant [268] Corporal [250] Second Lieutenant [215] Lance Corporal [164] Lieutenant [148] Captain [94] Sapper [71] Pioneer [48] Acting Corporal [32] Lance Serjeant [25] Acting Serjeant [21] Major [17] Company Serjeant Major [15] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Acting Captain [9] Colour Serjeant [9] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Rifleman [9] Driver [8] Private Acting Corporal [8] Acting Lance Corporal [7] Private /Lance Corporal [6] Pte [5] Sergeant [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Gunner [4] Private Corporal [4] Acting Major [3] Bugler [3] Cadet [3] Colonel [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Honorary Second Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Corporal Lance Serjeant [2] Corporal Private [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lance corporal [2] Lance-Corporal [2]

Unit

Cambridgeshire Regiment [5970] Suffolk Regiment [758] Labour Corps [391] Royal Engineers [270] London Regiment [262] Lincolnshire Regiment [189] Royal Fusiliers [175] Gloucestershire Regiment [173] Bedfordshire Regiment [169] Machine Gun Corps [150] Northamptonshire Regiment [147] Norfolk Regiment [131] Royal Sussex Regiment [129] Essex Regiment [109] King's Royal Rifle Corps [92] Royal Berkshire Regiment [92] Army Service Corps [85] Worcestershire Regiment [63] South Staffordshire Regiment [51] Royal Defence Corps [43] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [43] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [36] Hertfordshire Regiment [32] Middlesex Regiment [31] Royal Air Force [31] Leicestershire Regiment [29] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [29] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [27] Tank Corps [27] Royal West Kent Regiment [25] The Queen's Regiment [25] Hampshire Regiment [23] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [17] North Staffordshire Regiment [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Welsh Regiment [16] Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force [15] Liverpool Regiment [15] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [15] Military Foot Police [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Devonshire Regiment [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [12] East Surrey Regiment [11] King's African Rifles [11] Manchester Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [6069] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] South African Services [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [635] S [611] C [602] H [516] W [461] M [410] P [365] G [316] D [277] L [269] R [252] F [236] T [214] A [182] K [151] J [140] N [136] E [135] O [76] Y [27] V [25] U [16] I [11] Q [6]

Contribution

Military Service [6037]

Country

United Kingdom [182] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1] Singapore [1] South Africa [1]

Edward Cox

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 1000 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 1000 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Christie Webb

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3946 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 326541 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1/1st Battalion

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Leonard Sidney Wilderspin

Born 1895

Died 1980

British Army 4615 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 326840 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Horace W Adams

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 1710 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 325324 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 325324 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Cyril Charles Chapman

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 3540 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 326300 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 326300 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1/1st Battalion

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Arthur J Bendall

Died 1918

British Army 4658 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 326855 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st/1st Battalion

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Alfred Royal Bradford

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 1326 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Christopher Robert C. Gowland

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 12450 Private Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 12450 Lance Corporal Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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James Creek

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2683 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Reginald James Runham

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 2735 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Thomas Butten

Born 1898

Died 1972

British Army 331158 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment cambridgeshire regiment 1st Battalion

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William Ralph Chamberlain

Born 1878

Died 1954

British Army 3773 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter Douglas Aston

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Hugh Anthony Rupert Crookham

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment cambridgeshire regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Harry Cox

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 3907 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 326517 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 1st

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George Rose Fox

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2337 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army Cambridgeshire Regiment 325659

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Harry Betts

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 325753 Serjeant Company Serjeant Major Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 325753 Company Sergeant Major Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Harold Bertram Toller

Born 1893

Died 1983

British Army 1688 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 325308 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Thomas Goodley

Died 1918

British Army 4838 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 326965 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Gilder

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 2236 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 2236 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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