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Liverpool [4]

London [4]

Aberayron [1]

Aberayron, Cardiganshire [1]

Aberdare, Glamorgan [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Alsager, Cheshire [1]

Aston Manor, Warks [1]

Astwood Bank, Worcestershire [1]

BRIXTON SURREY [1]

Balham, Surrey [1]

Bath Somerset [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Beer, Devon [1]

Birchington Kent [1]

Birkenshaw, Yorkshire [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcs [1]

Camberwell [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Chorley Lancashire [1]

Chorlton, Lancashire [1]

Clapham Wandsworth London [1]

Co. Donegal [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Dundee [1]

East Grinstead, Sussex [1]

East Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Farnham, Surrey [1]

Flaxley, Gloucestershire [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Glasgow,Lanarkshire [1]

Gwaelod-y-Garth, Glamorganshire [1]

HACKNEY [1]

Hamilton, Ontario [1]

Hampstead [1]

Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Heywood, Lancashire [1]

Highgate, London [1]

Highgate, North London [1]

Hiogo [1]

Hitchin, Herts [1]

Hoddesdon [1]

Huddersfield [1]

Kobe, Hyogo [1]

Rank

Private [553]

Second Lieutenant [436]

Lieutenant [152]

Captain [68]

Lance Corporal [65]

Corporal [20]

Gunner [18]

Serjeant [18]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [12]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Major [8]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Corporal [4]

Cadet [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2. Lt. [1]

2nd Lt. [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Gunner Gunner Gunner [1]

LT [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Late Captain/ Temporary Major [1]

Lieut [1]

Lieutenant Paymaster [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Midshipman [1]

Orderly [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Probationary Second Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Unit

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [735]

London Regiment [68]

Royal Garrison Artillery [35]

Royal Field Artillery [30]

Royal Engineers [26]

Royal Air Force [25]

Royal Flying Corps [23]

General List [22]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Royal Sussex Regiment [13]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

East Kent Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Border Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [752]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Royal Navy [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [77]

B [71]

S [65]

H [63]

C [58]

M [53]

T [45]

G [41]

P [41]

F [38]

L [36]

R [34]

D [33]

J [20]

A [16]

E [15]

K [15]

O [10]

N [8]

V [5]

I [3]

U [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [752]

Country

United Kingdom [83]

Argentina [1]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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People [752] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool [4] London [4] Aberayron [1] Aberayron, Cardiganshire [1] Aberdare, Glamorgan [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Alsager, Cheshire [1] Aston Manor, Warks [1] Astwood Bank, Worcestershire [1] BRIXTON SURREY [1] Balham, Surrey [1] Bath Somerset [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Beer, Devon [1] Birchington Kent [1] Birkenshaw, Yorkshire [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Bromsgrove, Worcs [1] Camberwell [1] Cambridge [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Chorley Lancashire [1] Chorlton, Lancashire [1] Clapham Wandsworth London [1] Co. Donegal [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Dundee [1] East Grinstead, Sussex [1] East Stonehouse, Devon [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Fareham, Hampshire [1] Farnham, Surrey [1] Flaxley, Gloucestershire [1] Fulham, London [1] Glasgow,Lanarkshire [1] Gwaelod-y-Garth, Glamorganshire [1] HACKNEY [1] Hamilton, Ontario [1] Hampstead [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1] Heywood, Lancashire [1] Highgate, London [1] Highgate, North London [1] Hiogo [1] Hitchin, Herts [1] Hoddesdon [1] Huddersfield [1] Kobe, Hyogo [1]

Rank

Private [553] Second Lieutenant [436] Lieutenant [152] Captain [68] Lance Corporal [65] Corporal [20] Gunner [18] Serjeant [18] Temporary Second Lieutenant [12] Lance Serjeant [8] Major [8] Acting Serjeant [5] Acting Captain [4] Acting Corporal [4] Cadet [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Pioneer [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2. Lt. [1] 2nd Lt. [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Bandsman [1] Bombardier [1] Captain Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Officer [1] Flying Officer [1] Gunner Gunner Gunner [1] LT [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Late Captain/ Temporary Major [1] Lieut [1] Lieutenant Paymaster [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Midshipman [1] Orderly [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Probationary Second Lieutenant [1] Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Reverend [1]

Unit

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [735] London Regiment [68] Royal Garrison Artillery [35] Royal Field Artillery [30] Royal Engineers [26] Royal Air Force [25] Royal Flying Corps [23] General List [22] Machine Gun Corps [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Manchester Regiment [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Royal Sussex Regiment [13] Liverpool Regiment [12] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] East Kent Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Seaforth Highlanders [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Border Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Welsh Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal West Surrey Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [752] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Royal Navy [3] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [77] B [71] S [65] H [63] C [58] M [53] T [45] G [41] P [41] F [38] L [36] R [34] D [33] J [20] A [16] E [15] K [15] O [10] N [8] V [5] I [3] U [2] Y [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [752]

Country

United Kingdom [83] Argentina [1] Canada [1] Egypt [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Archibald Keltie Gilmour

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1050 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Captain King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Leonard Gordon Stretch

Born 1883

Died 1947

British Army 14261 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

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Eric Victor Hammersley

Born 1894

Died 1977

British Army Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army 10663 Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Hubert William Madden

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 10615 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

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Frederic George Thompson

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 7703 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion attached 6th Battalion

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Osmond Whitlock Nicholl-Carne

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 9487 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Idris Gwyndur Davies

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 8017 Private Officers' Training Corps

British Army 8017 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

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Frederick J Allan

Born 1887

British Army 12009 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

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Arthur Stanley Uren

British Army 7887 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

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Richard Hamilton Carrick

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 5402 Private Inns Of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Harry Ben Williams

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 3248 Serjeant Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 5th Battalion (Territorial)

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Ernest Brooke Boothby

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 15th Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army 1035 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

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Gerald Arthur Hervey

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ernest Stanley Collins

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8743 Private Inns Of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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James Wyndham Tomson

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Leicestershire Regiment 5th Battalion (Territorial)

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John William Hood

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 8693 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ben Holt Mills

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 5759 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 6th Battalion (Territorial)

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion

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John Carlton Manning

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 7267 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion attached 10th Battalion

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John Douglas Henderson Radcliffe

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 943 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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John Harold Tudor Mathias

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 7932 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 5th Battalion attached 17th Battalion

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