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Maidstone, Kent [7]

Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire [2]

Aldbury, Herts [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Harrietsham, Kent [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Horley, Surrey [1]

Kobe [1]

Langley Buckinghamshire [1]

Petworth, Sussex [1]

St Austell Reg. District, Cornwall [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Waterloo Gardens, Alderbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [253]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Serjeant [8]

Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Captain [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant Private [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain (War Subs. Major) [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Major [1]

P [1]

Priv [1]

Sergeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

r [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [247]

Bedfordshire Regiment [177]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [102]

Labour Corps [71]

Royal Engineers [18]

London Regiment [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

The Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [3]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

The Essex Regiment [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

7th Battalion Canadian Infantry [1]

Army Educational Corps [1]

Attached Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment. [1]

Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfo [1]

Bhopal Infantry attached Brahmans [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Corps of Royal Engineers [1]

County Of London Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Gordons attached from Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [279]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [39]

C [25]

B [23]

H [22]

W [21]

M [20]

D [18]

L [17]

P [13]

R [13]

T [10]

A [9]

F [9]

G [9]

E [7]

K [7]

J [6]

N [5]

O [4]

I [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [279]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Ireland [1]

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People [279] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [7] Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire [2] Aldbury, Herts [1] Battersea, London [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Harrietsham, Kent [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Horley, Surrey [1] Kobe [1] Langley Buckinghamshire [1] Petworth, Sussex [1] St Austell Reg. District, Cornwall [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Waterloo Gardens, Alderbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [253] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Serjeant [8] Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Captain [3] Lance Corporal [3] Acting Corporal [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant Private [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain (War Subs. Major) [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Major [1] P [1] Priv [1] Sergeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] r [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [247] Bedfordshire Regiment [177] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [102] Labour Corps [71] Royal Engineers [18] London Regiment [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Defence Corps [6] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [6] Army Service Corps [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] The Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [3] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] The Essex Regiment [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] 7th Battalion Canadian Infantry [1] Army Educational Corps [1] Attached Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Regiment. [1] Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfo [1] Bhopal Infantry attached Brahmans [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Corps of Royal Engineers [1] County Of London Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Gordons attached from Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [279] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [39] C [25] B [23] H [22] W [21] M [20] D [18] L [17] P [13] R [13] T [10] A [9] F [9] G [9] E [7] K [7] J [6] N [5] O [4] I [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [279]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Ireland [1]

F Parsons

British Army 11074 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 59534 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Thomas Pearce

British Army 22743 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army G/38272 Private The Queen's Regiment

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George W Legood

British Army G/5033 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 48545 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Thomas Lewis

British Army 8483 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army TR/9/12815 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

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William H Lightfoot

British Army 8416 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 156634 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Sydney C Holmes

British Army 7690 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army S/7111 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Leslie G Howard

British Army 3/6686 Serjeant Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 24813 Serjeant Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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C Howell

British Army 8347 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 156621 Company Quarter Master Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

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William Frederick Pittman

British Army 15711 The Queen's Regiment

British Army 17812 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

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Sydney G Stroud

British Army 5189 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 59423 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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William A Summers

British Army 18214 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army TR/9/12843 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Herbert Sutherland

British Army 12318 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army TR/9112838 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Frederick G Topple

British Army 41844 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army G/86110 Private The Queen's Regiment

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John Waite

British Army 3290 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 60032 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Eli Walker

British Army 661 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 59791 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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David L Fessey

British Army T-5763 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army T-206905 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Charles H Buckley

British Army 17088 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 34934 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Alfred Clarke

British Army 17484 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army TR/9/12695 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Joseph W Corpe

British Army 3/4646 Private The Queen's Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 38944 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Reginald Caress

British Army 4922 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1/5th bedford Battalion

British Army 206903 Private The Queen's Regiment

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