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Appledore, Kent [1]

Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Chevening [1]

Drewsteignton, Devonshire [1]

Edgbaston, Birmingham [1]

Exeter [1]

Hampstead [1]

Islington [1]

Longwood, Derbyshire [1]

Moseley, Worcs [1]

Neath, Glamorganshire [1]

Southampton [1]

Stockbridge [1]

Tanworth [1]

Tottenham, Edmonton, London [1]

Tunbridge Wells [1]

Tynemouth, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Wallington, Surrey [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

West Bromwich, Staffs [1]

Rank

Sapper [225]

Private [141]

Corporal [108]

Serjeant [92]

Signalman [83]

Pioneer [73]

Driver [71]

Second Lieutenant [63]

Lieutenant [56]

Signaller [55]

Captain [42]

Lance Corporal [37]

Gunner [27]

Major [17]

Acting Corporal [14]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Transport Serjeant [6]

Transport Corporal [5]

Acting Captain [3]

Bombardier [3]

Boy [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Sapper/ Signalman [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Second Corporal [2]

Brigadier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Corporal/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant Gunner [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bearer [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [586]

Royal Corps of Signals [303]

Royal Signals [176]

Indian Unattached List [71]

Royal Engineers Signals [53]

Royal Field Artillery [40]

Royal Engineers Bedford Signals Depot [23]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Corps Of Signals [13]

Royal Engineers Transport [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Light Signals Company Royal Engineers [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Corps of Signals Transport [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Royal Company of Signals [6]

Royal Engineers/ Royal Signals [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers Bedfordshire Signals Depot [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Corps of Signals [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Corps of Signals Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Signals Royal Engineers [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Royal Corp of Signals [3]

Royal Engineers Bedfordshire Signals [3]

Training Reserve Battalion [3]

Army Signals [2]

Attached Royal Engineers Signals [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Derby Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [733]

Indian Army [8]

Other Empire Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [99]

C [82]

S [67]

H [54]

W [51]

G [48]

D [44]

M [44]

A [39]

P [36]

L [28]

R [25]

F [23]

T [23]

J [18]

K [14]

E [13]

O [11]

N [6]

I [3]

Y [3]

V [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [731]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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People [734] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Appledore, Kent [1] Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Chevening [1] Drewsteignton, Devonshire [1] Edgbaston, Birmingham [1] Exeter [1] Hampstead [1] Islington [1] Longwood, Derbyshire [1] Moseley, Worcs [1] Neath, Glamorganshire [1] Southampton [1] Stockbridge [1] Tanworth [1] Tottenham, Edmonton, London [1] Tunbridge Wells [1] Tynemouth, Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Wallington, Surrey [1] Wandsworth, London [1] West Bromwich, Staffs [1]

Rank

Sapper [225] Private [141] Corporal [108] Serjeant [92] Signalman [83] Pioneer [73] Driver [71] Second Lieutenant [63] Lieutenant [56] Signaller [55] Captain [42] Lance Corporal [37] Gunner [27] Major [17] Acting Corporal [14] Acting Serjeant [13] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Transport Serjeant [6] Transport Corporal [5] Acting Captain [3] Bombardier [3] Boy [3] Colonel [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Sapper/ Signalman [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Second Corporal [2] Brigadier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Corporal/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant Gunner [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bearer [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [586] Royal Corps of Signals [303] Royal Signals [176] Indian Unattached List [71] Royal Engineers Signals [53] Royal Field Artillery [40] Royal Engineers Bedford Signals Depot [23] London Regiment [14] Royal Corps Of Signals [13] Royal Engineers Transport [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Army Service Corps [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Labour Corps [7] Light Signals Company Royal Engineers [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Corps of Signals Transport [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Royal Company of Signals [6] Royal Engineers/ Royal Signals [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Engineers Bedfordshire Signals Depot [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Corps of Signals [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Corps of Signals Royal Engineers [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Signals Royal Engineers [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Royal Corp of Signals [3] Royal Engineers Bedfordshire Signals [3] Training Reserve Battalion [3] Army Signals [2] Attached Royal Engineers Signals [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Derby Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [733] Indian Army [8] Other Empire Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [99] C [82] S [67] H [54] W [51] G [48] D [44] M [44] A [39] P [36] L [28] R [25] F [23] T [23] J [18] K [14] E [13] O [11] N [6] I [3] Y [3] V [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [731]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Philip John Shepherd

Born 1880

Died 1959

British Army 259824 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 259824 Royal Engineers Signals

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Thomas Ewart Mitton

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant GHQ Signals, Royal Engineers

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Henry Courtenay Hawtrey

Born 1882

Died 1961

British Army Captain Army Signals

British Army Major Royal Engineers

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

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William Samuel Day

Born 1887

Died 1959

British Army 31810 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Lce Cpl Royal Engineers 30th Coy

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Bedford "a" Signals

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Neville Baldwin Chichester

Born 1879

Died 1957

British Army Lieutenant 13th Corps of Signals

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Frederick Graeme Avery

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Division Signals Company 101st Infantry Brigade

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Geoffrey Ernest Mansergh

Born 1893

Died 1940

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Brigadier Royal Corps of Signals

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Ernest Marr Vickery

Born 1887

Died 1972

British Army 11499 Boy Royal Engineers

British Army 2306094 Serjeant Royal Corps of Signals

British Army 11499 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Claude Soutter Smith

Born 1891

Died 1979

British Army Lieutenant Royal Corps of Signals

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Stanley Monk Newell

Born 1878

Died 1945

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Corps of Signals

British Army Major Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers Western Signal Companies

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Charles Ernest Brooking

Born 1897

Died 1985

British Army 2304253 Signaller Royal Engineers Signals

British Army 312670 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 74950 Driver Royal Field Artillery Attached 116 Field Battery R.G.A.

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A C Clarke

Other Empire Force Signals Royal Engineers

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John William Freeman

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Corps of Signals

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Joseph Henry Davies

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 78167 Driver Royal Engineers Bedford Signals Depot

British Army 78167 Driver Royal Engineers

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Walter Frederick Abbott

British Army 123 Sapper Royal Engineers Signals

British Army 123 Transport Serjeant Royal Engineers Signals

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S A Ord

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Signals

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Signals

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George Augustus Blackwell

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Signals

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Signals

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Signals

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Leonard Paul Pacey

Born 1888

Died 1978

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Serjeant Royal Engineers East Anglian Divisional Signal Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers East Anglian Divisional Signal Company

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Louis Charles Carus-Wilson

Born 1897

Died 1922

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Motor Airline Section

British Army Captain Royal Corps of Signals

British Army Captain Royal Engineers 9th Division Signal Company

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G D Elms

British Army 560001/ 2554271/ 2554271 Serjeant/ Company Quarter Master Serjeant/ Serjeant Royal Engineers/ Royal Signals/ Royal Signals

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