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Northampton [6]

Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire [2]

London [2]

Towcester [2]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brooksby, Melton Mowbray [1]

Daventry Northamptonshire [1]

Desborough, Northamptonshire [1]

East Grinstead [1]

Grear Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Great Hockham, Norfolk [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hancow [1]

Harrold, Bedfordshire [1]

Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire [1]

Huddersfield,Yorkshire [1]

Irthlingborough, Northants, UK [1]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

Litcham Norfolk [1]

Loddon, Norfolk [1]

Lyveden, Northants [1]

Markyate, Hertfordshire [1]

Minsterworth, Gloucestershire [1]

Morcott Rutland [1]

Newchurch, Lancashire [1]

Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Paulerspury, Northamptonshire [1]

Puxley, Northamptonshire [1]

Roade [1]

South Creake Norfolk [1]

St Neots, Huntingdonshire [1]

St Peter Port [1]

Swavesey [1]

Warmington, Northants [1]

Warwick [1]

Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk [1]

Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire [1]

Woolwich, Kent [1]

Worcester [1]

welbourne,norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [1717]

Serjeant [191]

Corporal [145]

Second Lieutenant [132]

Lieutenant [74]

Lance Corporal [54]

Captain [45]

Major [22]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [22]

Trooper [19]

Shoeing Smith [16]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [16]

Gunner [12]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Sapper [11]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Squadron Serjeant Major [8]

Staff Serjeant Major [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Farrier Serjeant [6]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Trumpeter [5]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Interpreter [3]

Pioneer [3]

Private /Lance Corporal [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [2]

Flying Officer [2]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Saddler [2]

Saddler Serjeant [2]

Squadron Master Serjeant [2]

1944 [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brevet Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Captain Lieutenant [1]

Captain Quartermaster [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [2099]

Corps of Hussars [348]

Northamptonshire Regiment [218]

Northumberland Hussars [113]

Northumberland Fusiliers [112]

Labour Corps [71]

Norfolk Yeomanry [70]

Cheshire Regiment [69]

Military Mounted Police [46]

Corps of Dragoons [39]

Machine Gun Corps [38]

Royal Engineers [33]

Army Service Corps [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

Lancashire Fusiliers [18]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Military Foot Police [15]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [14]

Company of Dragoons [13]

Tank Corps [11]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [10]

Hussars [9]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Dragoon Guards [8]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Essex Yeomanry [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Bedford Yeomanry [6]

County of London Yeomanry [6]

Northumberland Regiment [6]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [5]

City of London Yeomanry [5]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [5]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [5]

Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry [4]

Yorkshire Dragoons [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

1st Dragoon Guards [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [2245]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [230]

H [193]

S [190]

W [186]

C [181]

M [154]

P [130]

R [128]

T [115]

L [113]

G [110]

D [89]

F [83]

A [77]

J [62]

E [52]

N [46]

K [35]

O [29]

I [18]

V [9]

Y [9]

U [6]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2242]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

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Place of birth

Northampton [6] Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire [2] London [2] Towcester [2] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brooksby, Melton Mowbray [1] Daventry Northamptonshire [1] Desborough, Northamptonshire [1] East Grinstead [1] Grear Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Great Hockham, Norfolk [1] Hackney, London [1] Hancow [1] Harrold, Bedfordshire [1] Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire [1] Huddersfield,Yorkshire [1] Irthlingborough, Northants, UK [1] Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Lincolnshire [1] Litcham Norfolk [1] Loddon, Norfolk [1] Lyveden, Northants [1] Markyate, Hertfordshire [1] Minsterworth, Gloucestershire [1] Morcott Rutland [1] Newchurch, Lancashire [1] Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Paulerspury, Northamptonshire [1] Puxley, Northamptonshire [1] Roade [1] South Creake Norfolk [1] St Neots, Huntingdonshire [1] St Peter Port [1] Swavesey [1] Warmington, Northants [1] Warwick [1] Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk [1] Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire [1] Woolwich, Kent [1] Worcester [1] welbourne,norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [1717] Serjeant [191] Corporal [145] Second Lieutenant [132] Lieutenant [74] Lance Corporal [54] Captain [45] Major [22] Warrant Officer Class 2 [22] Trooper [19] Shoeing Smith [16] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [16] Gunner [12] Lance Serjeant [11] Sapper [11] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Squadron Serjeant Major [8] Staff Serjeant Major [7] Acting Corporal [6] Farrier Serjeant [6] Corporal 2nd [5] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Trumpeter [5] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Temporary Captain [4] Interpreter [3] Pioneer [3] Private /Lance Corporal [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal Shoeing Smith [2] Flying Officer [2] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Saddler [2] Saddler Serjeant [2] Squadron Master Serjeant [2] 1944 [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brevet Captain /Temporary Major [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Captain Lieutenant [1] Captain Quartermaster [1]

Unit

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [2099] Corps of Hussars [348] Northamptonshire Regiment [218] Northumberland Hussars [113] Northumberland Fusiliers [112] Labour Corps [71] Norfolk Yeomanry [70] Cheshire Regiment [69] Military Mounted Police [46] Corps of Dragoons [39] Machine Gun Corps [38] Royal Engineers [33] Army Service Corps [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Liverpool Regiment [20] Lancashire Fusiliers [18] Royal Field Artillery [16] Military Foot Police [15] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [14] Company of Dragoons [13] Tank Corps [11] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [10] Hussars [9] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Dragoon Guards [8] Durham Light Infantry [8] Essex Yeomanry [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Bedford Yeomanry [6] County of London Yeomanry [6] Northumberland Regiment [6] Warwickshire Yeomanry [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [5] City of London Yeomanry [5] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [5] Worcestershire Yeomanry [5] Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry [4] Yorkshire Dragoons [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] 1st Dragoon Guards [3] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Border Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [2245] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [230] H [193] S [190] W [186] C [181] M [154] P [130] R [128] T [115] L [113] G [110] D [89] F [83] A [77] J [62] E [52] N [46] K [35] O [29] I [18] V [9] Y [9] U [6] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2242]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

William James Bierton

Born 1895

Died 1964

British Army 1854 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 205058 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Reginald Christopher Felce

Born 1895

Died 1974

British Army 619 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 145051 Serjeant Northamptonshire Yeomanry

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Ralph Andrews Warren

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army 2840 Private Norfolk Yeomanry

British Army 43370 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Tom Horsford

Born 1889

Died 1953

British Army 1125 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 145380 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

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John Henry Stuart Simons

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1238 30364 Corporal Bedford Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

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John Richard William Vince

Born 1891

Died 1960

British Army 1901 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 145969 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

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Frederick George Cox

Born 1893

Died 1975

British Army 145704 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 1565 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

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Douglas Charles Brunning

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 43549 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 2892 Private Norfolk Yeomanry 3rd/1st Battalion

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Hugh Bruce Campbell

Born 1872

Died 1933

British Army Major Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army Major Labour Corps

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Frank Pentelow

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 959 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

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Frederick Arthur Sumner

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 1115 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry "G" Sqdn.

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Franklin E H Carter

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 770 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 770 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

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Joseph Skears

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1919 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 145984 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

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Charles W Mole

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 463 Corporal Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 145021 Corporal Northamptonshire Yeomanry

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Charles Harrison Witty

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 1227 Serjeant Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 145456 Serjeant Northamptonshire Yeomanry

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Alfred Ashby

British Army 1509 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 45429 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Robert Johnson Hill

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1103 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 205042 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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William Gregory Austin

Died 1918

British Army 1944 1944 Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 205031 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Bn.

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William Cotchin

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 135 Serjeant Northamptonshire Yeomanry

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John Hunter

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 1179 Serjeant Northamptonshire Yeomanry

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