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London [5]

Hampstead, London [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Dublin [2]

Leicester [2]

Liverpool [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Loughborough, Leicestershire [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

Abbey, Renfrewshire [1]

Adddlestone Surrey [1]

Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1]

Ashridge, Great Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire [1]

Atcham, Shropshire [1]

Bagnes de Bigorre [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Barrington, Cambridgeshire [1]

Battle, Sussex [1]

Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Blithfield [1]

Bolsover, Derbyshire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire, England [1]

Bombay [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bryanston Square, London [1]

Bulawayo, Rhodesia [1]

Bushey Hertfordshire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Carmarthen, Wales [1]

Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Clapham, South London [1]

Corfu [1]

Cork [1]

Crossgates, Yorkshire [1]

Croydon [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Cupar, Fife [1]

Darliston, Elgin [1]

Denham, Norfolk [1]

Duffield, Derbyshire [1]

Dunfermline [1]

Dunfermline, Fife [1]

Rank

Private [567]

Second Lieutenant [504]

Lieutenant [256]

Captain [157]

Cadet [72]

Lance Corporal [54]

Serjeant [33]

Major [29]

Corporal [28]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [17]

2nd Lieutenant [11]

Temporary Lieutenant [11]

Acting Captain [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Officer Cadet [9]

Temporary Captain [9]

Cadet Serjeant [7]

Sapper [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Gunner [5]

Flying Officer [4]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Flight Lieutenant [3]

Flight Officer [3]

Reverend [3]

Sergeant [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Major [2]

Cadet-Corporal [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Honorary Captain [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Lieutenant and Captain [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Probationary Flight Officer [2]

Squadron Leader [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

2 Lieut [1]

2nd Lieutenant, Flying Officer [1]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal C.A.M.C. [1]

Acting Flight Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Pilot Officer [1]

Unit

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [405]

Officer Training Corps [359]

London Regiment [74]

Royal Air Force [49]

Royal Field Artillery [40]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [34]

Officer Training Corps Infantry Corps [33]

Royal Flying Corps [31]

Inns Of Court Officer Training Corps [30]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Royal Engineers [21]

General List [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

Artists Rifles Officer Training Corps [16]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Manchester Regiment [13]

London Regiment Officer Training Corps [12]

Officer Training Corps Inns of Court [12]

Suffolk Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Innis Of Court Officer Training Corps [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

Royal Highlanders [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

Border Regiment [9]

East Kent Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Seaforth Highlanders [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Innis of Court Officer Training Corps [7]

Inns of Court Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [7]

Norfolk Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1010]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

Other Empire Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

Royal Navy [2]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

H [111]

B [108]

M [81]

W [76]

S [72]

C [71]

P [52]

R [49]

F [44]

G [44]

T [44]

D [43]

L [39]

K [33]

A [32]

N [30]

J [27]

E [20]

O [17]

V [8]

I [3]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [977]

Country

United Kingdom [127]

Canada [2]

Greece [2]

Ireland [2]

Argentina [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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London [5] Hampstead, London [3] Kensington, London [3] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Dublin [2] Leicester [2] Liverpool [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Loughborough, Leicestershire [2] Paddington, London [2] Wandsworth, London [2] Abbey, Renfrewshire [1] Adddlestone Surrey [1] Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1] Ashridge, Great Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire [1] Atcham, Shropshire [1] Bagnes de Bigorre [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Barrington, Cambridgeshire [1] Battle, Sussex [1] Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Blithfield [1] Bolsover, Derbyshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire, England [1] Bombay [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bryanston Square, London [1] Bulawayo, Rhodesia [1] Bushey Hertfordshire [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Carmarthen, Wales [1] Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Clapham, South London [1] Corfu [1] Cork [1] Crossgates, Yorkshire [1] Croydon [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Cupar, Fife [1] Darliston, Elgin [1] Denham, Norfolk [1] Duffield, Derbyshire [1] Dunfermline [1] Dunfermline, Fife [1]

Rank

Private [567] Second Lieutenant [504] Lieutenant [256] Captain [157] Cadet [72] Lance Corporal [54] Serjeant [33] Major [29] Corporal [28] Temporary Second Lieutenant [17] 2nd Lieutenant [11] Temporary Lieutenant [11] Acting Captain [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Officer Cadet [9] Temporary Captain [9] Cadet Serjeant [7] Sapper [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Gunner [5] Flying Officer [4] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Flight Lieutenant [3] Flight Officer [3] Reverend [3] Sergeant [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Major [2] Cadet-Corporal [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Honorary Captain [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Lieutenant and Captain [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Probationary Flight Officer [2] Squadron Leader [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] 2 Lieut [1] 2nd Lieutenant, Flying Officer [1] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal C.A.M.C. [1] Acting Flight Lieutenant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Pilot Officer [1]

Unit

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [405] Officer Training Corps [359] London Regiment [74] Royal Air Force [49] Royal Field Artillery [40] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [34] Officer Training Corps Infantry Corps [33] Royal Flying Corps [31] Inns Of Court Officer Training Corps [30] Machine Gun Corps [22] Royal Engineers [21] General List [18] Royal Army Service Corps [17] Royal Fusiliers [17] Artists Rifles Officer Training Corps [16] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Manchester Regiment [13] London Regiment Officer Training Corps [12] Officer Training Corps Inns of Court [12] Suffolk Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] Innis Of Court Officer Training Corps [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] Royal Highlanders [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] Border Regiment [9] East Kent Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Seaforth Highlanders [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal West Surrey Regiment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Innis of Court Officer Training Corps [7] Inns of Court Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [7] Norfolk Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1010] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24] Other Empire Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [2] Royal Navy [2] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

H [111] B [108] M [81] W [76] S [72] C [71] P [52] R [49] F [44] G [44] T [44] D [43] L [39] K [33] A [32] N [30] J [27] E [20] O [17] V [8] I [3] Y [3] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [977]

Country

United Kingdom [127] Canada [2] Greece [2] Ireland [2] Argentina [1] Egypt [1] France [1] India [1] South Africa [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

George Henry Heighway

Born 1878

Died 1962

British Army Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion

British Army Serjeant The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion

British Army 9955 Private Army Reserve

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Pelham Francis Warner

Born 1873

Died 1963

British Army Captain Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

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Ronald Lee Pyman

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 966 Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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George Bede Hornby Plant

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Lance Corporal Officer Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

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Charles Thomas Anderdon Pollock

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Captain Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

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Gilbert Pitcher Green

Died 1916

British Army 7260 Corporal Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

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James Niven

Died 1917

British Army 9120 Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Edward Albert Newland

Died 1918

British Army 11774 Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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John Harvey Juniper

Died 1917

British Army Lance Serjeant Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Cyril Herbert Charles Pakenham Black

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army G.1568 Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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William David Owen

Died 1918

British Army 10515 Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment Att. 15th Battalion

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Bernard Harold Hartley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2846 Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Basil Frank Nell

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 3703 Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Major Royal Engineers 519th Field Coy

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Arthur Blakeway Phillips

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 4679 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant The London Regiment 1/12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers)

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Bernard Samuel Davis

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 7228 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Captain Border Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Border Regiment 5th Battalion

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Robert Edward Adeney

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 48 Squadron

British Army Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment 3 Battalion

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Willie Newstead

Born 1885

British Army 11287 Private Officer Training Corps Inns of Court

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James Skelton Anderson

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Battalion

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Frederick Herbert Baker

Died 1918

British Army 7196 Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps 58th Bn.

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Raffael Abramo Besso

Born 1881

Died 1962

British Army Private (Officer Cadet) Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Yeomanry 1/1st

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Yeomanry 1/1st

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