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Place of birth

Tottenham, Middlesex [7]

Holloway, Middlesex [6]

Islington, Middlesex [6]

Marylebone, Middlesex [6]

St. Pancras, Middlesex [5]

Camberwell, Surrey [4]

Hendon, Middlesex [4]

London [4]

Willesden, Middlesex [4]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [3]

Edmonton, Middlesex [3]

Hackney, Middlesex [3]

Homerton, Middlesex [3]

Islington, London [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Walthamstow, Essex [3]

Westminster, Middlesex [3]

Acton, Middlesex [2]

Bedford [2]

Bermondsey [2]

Bermondsey, Surrey [2]

Bow, Middlesex [2]

Brentford, Middlesex [2]

Cowley Middlesex [2]

Ealing, Middlesex [2]

Hammersmith, Middlesex [2]

Kilburn, Middlesex [2]

Paddington, Middlesex [2]

St. George's, Middlesex [2]

Stoke Newington, Middlesex [2]

Uxbridge [2]

Wood Green, Middlesex [2]

Aldbury, Herts [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire. [1]

Alfriston [1]

Apia former German Samoa [1]

Ashton-Under-Lyne [1]

Barnet, Herts [1]

Barnsbury, Middlesex [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Beckenham Kent [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Belfast, Co. Antrim [1]

Bexley, Kent, England [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Born at sea [1]

Bridgtown, Staffs [1]

Brightlingsea, Essex [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [288]

Lance Corporal [49]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Serjeant [24]

Lieutenant [21]

Corporal [17]

Captain [10]

Major [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Sergeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting corporal [1]

Aircraftman [1]

Captain (Acting Major) [1]

Captain (temporary Major) [1]

Cyclist [1]

Gunner [1]

L/CPL [1]

L/Cpl [1]

LCpl [1]

Lance corporal [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) [1]

Lieutenant Honorary Captain [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private (previously Lance Corporal) [1]

Rifleman [1]

Seargeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

private [1]

Unit

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [190]

Middlesex Regiment [106]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [94]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [23]

Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [14]

The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [14]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment [10]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [4]

Duke of Cambridge's Own, Middlesex Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment - Duke of Cambridge's Own [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Duke of Cambridge's Own [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

The Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [2]

(Duke Of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment [1]

1/9th Gurkha Rifles [1]

29th Lancers (Deccan Horse) [1]

2nd Natal Light Horse [1]

63rd (Royal Naval) Division [1]

9th Gurkha Rifles [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Attached Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bhopal Infantry attached Brahmans [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own ( Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own - Middlesex Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General Staff [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Hussars Of The Line [1]

Indian Staff Corps [1]

Inns of Court [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancers [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment and the Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [366]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Indian Army [3]

Royal Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [41]

H [40]

S [37]

P [28]

B [27]

L [27]

W [27]

C [25]

R [19]

D [16]

K [13]

T [13]

G [11]

F [10]

N [6]

Y [5]

A [4]

I [4]

V [4]

J [3]

E [2]

O [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [340]

Country

United Kingdom [126]

Ireland [3]

India [2]

Malaysia [1]

South Africa [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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People [366] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Tottenham, Middlesex [7] Holloway, Middlesex [6] Islington, Middlesex [6] Marylebone, Middlesex [6] St. Pancras, Middlesex [5] Camberwell, Surrey [4] Hendon, Middlesex [4] London [4] Willesden, Middlesex [4] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [3] Edmonton, Middlesex [3] Hackney, Middlesex [3] Homerton, Middlesex [3] Islington, London [3] Kensington, London [3] Walthamstow, Essex [3] Westminster, Middlesex [3] Acton, Middlesex [2] Bedford [2] Bermondsey [2] Bermondsey, Surrey [2] Bow, Middlesex [2] Brentford, Middlesex [2] Cowley Middlesex [2] Ealing, Middlesex [2] Hammersmith, Middlesex [2] Kilburn, Middlesex [2] Paddington, Middlesex [2] St. George's, Middlesex [2] Stoke Newington, Middlesex [2] Uxbridge [2] Wood Green, Middlesex [2] Aldbury, Herts [1] Aldershot, Hampshire. [1] Alfriston [1] Apia former German Samoa [1] Ashton-Under-Lyne [1] Barnet, Herts [1] Barnsbury, Middlesex [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Beckenham Kent [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Belfast, Co. Antrim [1] Bexley, Kent, England [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Born at sea [1] Bridgtown, Staffs [1] Brightlingsea, Essex [1] Brighton, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [288] Lance Corporal [49] Second Lieutenant [40] Serjeant [24] Lieutenant [21] Corporal [17] Captain [10] Major [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Sergeant [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting corporal [1] Aircraftman [1] Captain (Acting Major) [1] Captain (temporary Major) [1] Cyclist [1] Gunner [1] L/CPL [1] L/Cpl [1] LCpl [1] Lance corporal [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant (temp. Captain) [1] Lieutenant Honorary Captain [1] Pioneer [1] Private (previously Lance Corporal) [1] Rifleman [1] Seargeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] private [1]

Unit

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [190] Middlesex Regiment [106] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [94] Duke Of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [23] Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [14] The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [14] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment [10] London Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [4] Duke of Cambridge's Own, Middlesex Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment - Duke of Cambridge's Own [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Service Corps [2] Duke of Cambridge's Own [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] The Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [2] (Duke Of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment [1] 1/9th Gurkha Rifles [1] 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse) [1] 2nd Natal Light Horse [1] 63rd (Royal Naval) Division [1] 9th Gurkha Rifles [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Attached Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bhopal Infantry attached Brahmans [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own ( Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own - Middlesex Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] General Staff [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Hussars Of The Line [1] Indian Staff Corps [1] Inns of Court [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancers [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment and the Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [366] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Indian Army [3] Royal Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [41] H [40] S [37] P [28] B [27] L [27] W [27] C [25] R [19] D [16] K [13] T [13] G [11] F [10] N [6] Y [5] A [4] I [4] V [4] J [3] E [2] O [2] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [340]

Country

United Kingdom [126] Ireland [3] India [2] Malaysia [1] South Africa [1] Sri Lanka [1]

Edward Scott

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army G/95919 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) Depot

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Thomas Coxon Lidstone

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army PS/473 Private Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 16th Battalion

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Charles A. Try

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 5/43559 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/43859 L/CPL Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment 17th Battalion

British Army G/43859 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment

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Reginald Genvy Kaynes

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 7667 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 202992 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army TF/202992 Private Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Alfred George Moore

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army F/3097 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army F/3097 Lance Corporal Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 23rd Battalion

British Army F/3097 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 23rd Battalion

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Arthur Alexander Hodgson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army L/13773 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army L/13773 Corporal Middlesex Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army L/13773 Corporal Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 13th Battalion

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Edmund William Stamper

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2168 Private Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)

British Army G/40550 Lance Corporal Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 4th Battalion

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William Steven Cox

Born 1883

British Army G/5452 Private Duke of Cambridge's Own, Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/5452 Rifleman Duke of Cambridge's Own, Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion

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Charles George Turner

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army L/11053 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army L/11053 Private (previously Lance Corporal) Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) First Battalion

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Harry Marlow

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 6635 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/44139 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 2nd Bn.

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Wilfred Harold Augusta Curtis

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army L/15939 Private The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 11th Battalion

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Harry Cornwell

Died 1916

British Army TF/6624 Private Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1st/7th Battalion

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Eric Lipton Dicks

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army PS/228 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 16th Battalion

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Robert Edward Eagles

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 2708 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1/8th (T.F.) Battalion.

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Frederick Arthur Hawkins

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 6130 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment 3/10th (T.F.) Battalion

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John Dewsnap

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army PW/1480 Serjeant Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)

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Harold Bashford Yelverton

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army G/34725 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 21st Battalion

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Robert Richard White

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army S/7015 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Lewis Frank Knell

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2568 Private Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment 1st 10th (T.F.) Battalion

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Albert Williams

Died 1916

British Army G/36770 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 29th Battalion

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