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Acton, Middlesex [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Belfast, County Antrim [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Bombay, British Subject [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Clapton, East London [1]

Cuffnells Lodge, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England [1]

Foleshill, Warwickshire [1]

Georgetown [1]

Glamorganshire [1]

Highbury, Middlesex [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

Musselburgh, Scotland [1]

Nailsworth, Gloucestershire [1]

Newington, London [1]

Newmarket, Cambs [1]

Newton Abbott, Deon [1]

Putney, Surrey [1]

Smethwick [1]

St Mildred's, Kent [1]

St Thomas, Exeter, Devon [1]

Stafford, Staffordshire [1]

Stockwell, London [1]

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [1]

Waterloo Gardens, Alderbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Sapper [194]

Private [85]

Second Lieutenant [68]

Lieutenant [58]

Corporal [48]

Driver [41]

Serjeant [35]

Captain [32]

Major [23]

Gunner [16]

Lance Corporal [14]

Pioneer [11]

Corporal 2nd [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Signaller [3]

Signalman [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant-Colonel [2]

Shoeing and Carriage Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

4th Chaplain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Bombardier (Paid) [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier/Acting/Paid [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain (War Subs. Major) [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers Territorial Force [319]

Royal Engineers [264]

Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [18]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [13]

Essex Regiment Territorial Force [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [6]

Royal Engineers Transport [6]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [5]

Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) [5]

20th Territorial Force Depot [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Engineers Territorial Force Reserve [4]

Territorial Force [4]

20th Territorial Force Department [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [3]

Lowland Divisional Royal Engineers Territorial Force [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment Territorial Force [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment Territorial Force [3]

Territorial Force Depot [3]

Territorial Force Reserve [3]

5th Liverpool Regiment [2]

5th Liverpool Regiment Territorial Force [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment Territorial Force [2]

Denbigh Yeomanry [2]

General List [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Lowland Division Royal Engineers Territorial Force [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers Territorial Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Corps of Signals Territorial Force [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [481]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [130]

C [97]

G [83]

A [46]

F [41]

D [28]

H [26]

E [9]

R [4]

K [3]

M [3]

P [3]

T [3]

W [3]

I [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [479]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

India [1]

Singapore [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [481] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Acton, Middlesex [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Belfast, County Antrim [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Bombay, British Subject [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Clapton, East London [1] Cuffnells Lodge, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England [1] Foleshill, Warwickshire [1] Georgetown [1] Glamorganshire [1] Highbury, Middlesex [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] Musselburgh, Scotland [1] Nailsworth, Gloucestershire [1] Newington, London [1] Newmarket, Cambs [1] Newton Abbott, Deon [1] Putney, Surrey [1] Smethwick [1] St Mildred's, Kent [1] St Thomas, Exeter, Devon [1] Stafford, Staffordshire [1] Stockwell, London [1] Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [1] Waterloo Gardens, Alderbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Weymouth, Dorset [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Sapper [194] Private [85] Second Lieutenant [68] Lieutenant [58] Corporal [48] Driver [41] Serjeant [35] Captain [32] Major [23] Gunner [16] Lance Corporal [14] Pioneer [11] Corporal 2nd [10] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Captain [3] Signaller [3] Signalman [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant-Colonel [2] Shoeing and Carriage Smith [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Major [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 4th Chaplain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Bombardier (Paid) [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier/Acting/Paid [1] Bugler [1] Captain (War Subs. Major) [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers Territorial Force [319] Royal Engineers [264] Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [18] Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [13] Essex Regiment Territorial Force [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal Field Artillery [8] Army Service Corps [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [6] Royal Engineers Transport [6] London Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [5] Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) [5] 20th Territorial Force Depot [4] Essex Regiment [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Engineers Territorial Force Reserve [4] Territorial Force [4] 20th Territorial Force Department [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment Territorial Force [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [3] Lowland Divisional Royal Engineers Territorial Force [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment Territorial Force [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment Territorial Force [3] Territorial Force Depot [3] Territorial Force Reserve [3] 5th Liverpool Regiment [2] 5th Liverpool Regiment Territorial Force [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment Territorial Force [2] Denbigh Yeomanry [2] General List [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Lowland Division Royal Engineers Territorial Force [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers Territorial Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Corps of Signals Territorial Force [2] Royal Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [481] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [130] C [97] G [83] A [46] F [41] D [28] H [26] E [9] R [4] K [3] M [3] P [3] T [3] W [3] I [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [479]

Country

United Kingdom [24] India [1] Singapore [1] South Africa [1]

Frederick William Puddicombe

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 75996 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Private Territorial Force Wessex Division, Royal Engineers

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Harry Ernest Case

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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Alfred James Froom

Born 1891

Died 1931

British Army 6371 Private Connaught Rangers 5th (Service) Battalion

British Army 282 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 20772 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

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Douglas Edward Gosling

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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Arthur Smith

Born 1887

Died 1950

British Army 1208 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 1208 Private Royal Engineers Territorial Force 1st London Division

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Sydney Froom

Born 1896

Died 1985

British Army 1344 Sapper Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) London District Signalling Headquarters

British Army 70262 Sapper Royal Engineers 3rd Army Signalling Headquarters

British Army 70262 Sapper Royal Engineers 33rd Cable Section

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George Walter Mearns

Born 1896

Died 1951

British Army 502 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 406124 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Cyril Arthur Charles Aitkens

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 661 Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Corporal Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Bernard George Grattidge

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 948 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 78565 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Henry Clissold

Born 1871

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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George Townshend Brooke

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Captain Royal Engineers 1st (North Midland) Field Company

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Arthur Turner, T.d.

Born 1856

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant-Colonel Territorial Force Reserve

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers North Midland Division

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Henry Pettit Chiswell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Herbert Rowse Armstrong

Born 1869

Died 1922

British Army Major Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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Edward George Fiegehen

Born 1875

Died 1950

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers East Anglian Divisional Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers Territorial Force Reserve East Anglian RE (T)

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C V Bellamy

Died 1938

British Army Temporary Major Royal Engineers Territorial Force Reserve

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James Gordon Goodfellow

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Major Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Harold Alfred Edwin Bly

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 305 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army 530148 Sapper Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force

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Cyril Edward Franklin

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 483 Field Company (1st East Anglian) Royal Engineers

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Humphrey Manley Hamilton Ashwin

Born 1898

Died 1974

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Territorial Force

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