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Barnet, Middlesex [53]

Friern Barnet, Middlesex [21]

High Barnet, Middlesex [13]

New Barnet, Middlesex [5]

High Barnet, Middlesex, England [4]

Friern Barnet, London, Middlesex [3]

Barnet London Middlesex [2]

BARNET, Middlesex [1]

Barnet Middlesex [1]

Barnet Middlesex [1]

District of Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Friar Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Friern Barnet, Middlesex, England [1]

Friern Barnet, Southgate, Middlesex [1]

Green Barnet, Middlesex [1]

New Southgate, Friern Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [14]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Rifleman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Air Mechanic Class 3rd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Captain [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Nurse [1]

Pensioner [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

12th Lancers [1]

2nd Regiment South African Infantry [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1]

City of London Rifles [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

HM Submarine E49 [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Cressy [1]

HMS Foresight [1]

HMS Ganges II [1]

HMS Pactolus [1]

HMS President [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King Edwards Horse [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Royal Army Chaplains' Department [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Hospital Chelsea [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Tank Corps [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Wiltshire Yeomanry [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [60]

British Army [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [16]

S [13]

H [11]

W [10]

B [9]

T [9]

P [8]

G [6]

E [4]

L [4]

D [3]

F [3]

K [3]

M [3]

A [2]

N [2]

R [2]

I [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [102]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

South Africa [2]

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People [110] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Barnet, Middlesex [53] Friern Barnet, Middlesex [21] High Barnet, Middlesex [13] New Barnet, Middlesex [5] High Barnet, Middlesex, England [4] Friern Barnet, London, Middlesex [3] Barnet London Middlesex [2] BARNET, Middlesex [1] Barnet Middlesex [1] Barnet Middlesex [1] District of Barnet, Middlesex [1] Friar Barnet, Middlesex [1] Friern Barnet, Middlesex, England [1] Friern Barnet, Southgate, Middlesex [1] Green Barnet, Middlesex [1] New Southgate, Friern Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [14] Second Lieutenant [4] Ordinary Seaman [3] Rifleman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Air Mechanic Class 3rd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Servant [1] Captain [1] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Nurse [1] Pensioner [1] Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Devonshire Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] 12th Lancers [1] 2nd Regiment South African Infantry [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1] City of London Rifles [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] HM Submarine E49 [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Cressy [1] HMS Foresight [1] HMS Ganges II [1] HMS Pactolus [1] HMS President [1] HMS Victory II [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King Edwards Horse [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Chaplains' Department [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Hospital Chelsea [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Tank Corps [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Wiltshire Yeomanry [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [60] British Army [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [16] S [13] H [11] W [10] B [9] T [9] P [8] G [6] E [4] L [4] D [3] F [3] K [3] M [3] A [2] N [2] R [2] I [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [102] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [16] South Africa [2]

John Beauchamp Waterlow

Born 1880

Died 1916

Royal Navy Commander HMS Black Prince

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Cyril Percy Maddox

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 104823 Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment attd.2nd/4th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Maurice G Neal

Born 1890

Died 1971

British Army 7229 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 7229 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Hugh Montague Gye

Born 1887

Died 1963

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 1/1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant 12th Lancers

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James Dorrofield Wade

Born 1898

Died 1993

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers 11th (Service) Battalion

British Army Pensioner Royal Hospital Chelsea

British Army 5825073 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Suffolk Regiment 5th Battalion

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Francis Cartland

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy 366403 Boy Servant HMS President

Royal Navy 366403 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy 366403 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

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Bert Smith

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133771

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Robert Alban Blofeld

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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Gerald Ferguson Peacocke

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 202773 Private East Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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Arthur Harry Spencer

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217847

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William Spencer Madden

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2621

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James George Hope

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211427

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Stephen Taverner

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58774

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Claude Edgar Hoy

Born 1889

Royal Navy 238787

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Alfred George Stelling

Born 1897

Royal Navy F3466

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Cecil Thomas Sketchley

Born 1896

Royal Navy F4155

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Henry Garrett

Born 1870

Royal Navy F10674

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James Plowden Baughen

Born 1887

Royal Navy F32468

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Frederick George Carter

Born 1893

Royal Navy J5177

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Thomas Talbot Luckett

Born 1895

Royal Navy J12401

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