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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]

Sidney Charles Nunn

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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John Chandler

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 14407 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 24th (Service) Battalion (Oldham)

British Army 14407 Private Manchester Regiment 24th (Service) Battalion (Oldham)

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Walter Williamson Park

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army Cadet-Corporal Officer Training Corps Haileybury College Contingent

British Army Second Lieutenant Hertfordshire Regiment

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John Greenshields Scoular

Born 1885

British Army Cadet Serjeant Officer Training Corps St Andrews University Contingent, Senior Division

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Geoffrey Bache Smith

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Private Oxford University Officer Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 19th Battalion

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Reginald John Wrathall

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 8447 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

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Ernest Guthrie Watson

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Officer Training Corps attached South Lancashire Regiment

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Gerald Maitland Clark

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army Captain/Temporary Major Officer Training Corps/Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Major Northamptonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Montague Beavan Tench

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army Officer Training Corps Haileybury College detachment

British Army PS/959 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

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Anthony William Tuke

Born 1897

Died 1975

British Army Cadet Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Scottish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Scottish Rifles

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Brian Perry

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1937 Sergeant Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

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Arthur Moorhouse

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 9725 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

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John Bertram Partington

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Officer Training Corps

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment 4th Battalion (Territorial)

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John Cawood

Born 1878

Died 1960

British Army Officer Cadet Officer Training Corps

British Army 108530 Sapper Royal Engineers 233rd (Ripon) Field Company

British Army 108530 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 233rd (Ripon) Field Company

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David Glen

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 7175/6 Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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Charles Whitham

Died 1918

British Army 1418 Cadet Officer Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

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John Clegg Munro

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 10590 Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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Gordon Miles

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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George Cecil Henry

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 10255 Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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Reginald John Bayley

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army R/37209 Private Officer Training Corps

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