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Battersea, Surrey [664]

Battersea, Surrey, England [114]

Battersea Surrey [6]

Battersea, Wandsworth, Surrey [4]

Battersea,Surrey [4]

Battersea, London, Surrey [3]

Battersea Surrey [2]

Wandsworth, Battersea, Surrey [2]

10 Moat Street, Battersea, Surrey [1]

37 lockington Road, Battersea, London, Surrey, England [1]

Battersea East, Surrey [1]

Battersea London, Surrey [1]

Battersea Surrey England [1]

Battersea, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Battersea, Surrey, England [1]

Battersea, Vauxhall, Surrey [1]

Battersea, Wandsworth, London, Surrey [1]

Battersea,Surrey. [1]

Battersea,Wandsworth,Surrey. [1]

East Battersea, Surrey [1]

Nine Elms, Battersea, Surrey [1]

Wandsworth Common, Battersea, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [51]

Corporal [9]

Sapper [7]

Driver [6]

Gunner [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Pioneer [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mech III Elec [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Captain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Disciplinarian [1]

Filter [1]

Fitter [1]

L/Cpl [1]

LAC [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Nurse [1]

Promoted to temporary Captain in the field [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Labour Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

1st Battalion Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HM Submarine K13 [1]

HMS Egmont [1]

HMS HERCULES [1]

HMS ORION [1]

HMS President [1]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Lady Sykes Hospital Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Lancers [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [557]

British Army [78]

Royal Navy [67]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [94]

H [73]

S [69]

W [63]

C [61]

G [53]

M [50]

F [46]

T [43]

P [41]

L [38]

R [30]

A [27]

D [27]

J [22]

E [21]

K [15]

N [15]

O [8]

I [6]

V [4]

Y [4]

U [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [698]

Merchant Navy [114]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

India [3]

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Battersea, Surrey [664] Battersea, Surrey, England [114] Battersea Surrey [6] Battersea, Wandsworth, Surrey [4] Battersea,Surrey [4] Battersea, London, Surrey [3] Battersea Surrey [2] Wandsworth, Battersea, Surrey [2] 10 Moat Street, Battersea, Surrey [1] 37 lockington Road, Battersea, London, Surrey, England [1] Battersea East, Surrey [1] Battersea London, Surrey [1] Battersea Surrey England [1] Battersea, Lambeth, Surrey [1] Battersea, Surrey, England [1] Battersea, Vauxhall, Surrey [1] Battersea, Wandsworth, London, Surrey [1] Battersea,Surrey. [1] Battersea,Wandsworth,Surrey. [1] East Battersea, Surrey [1] Nine Elms, Battersea, Surrey [1] Wandsworth Common, Battersea, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [51] Corporal [9] Sapper [7] Driver [6] Gunner [4] Lance Corporal [4] Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [3] Pioneer [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mech III Elec [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Captain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Disciplinarian [1] Filter [1] Fitter [1] L/Cpl [1] LAC [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Nurse [1] Promoted to temporary Captain in the field [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [10] Royal Field Artillery [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] Labour Corps [6] London Regiment [6] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 1st Battalion Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] French Red Cross [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HM Submarine K13 [1] HMS Egmont [1] HMS HERCULES [1] HMS ORION [1] HMS President [1] Kent Cyclist Battalion [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Lady Sykes Hospital Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Lancers [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [557] British Army [78] Royal Navy [67] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [94] H [73] S [69] W [63] C [61] G [53] M [50] F [46] T [43] P [41] L [38] R [30] A [27] D [27] J [22] E [21] K [15] N [15] O [8] I [6] V [4] Y [4] U [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [698] Merchant Navy [114]

Country

United Kingdom [34] India [3]

Benjamin Hutton

Born 1875

Died 1926

British Army 4123 Company Serjeant Major Border Regiment

British Army Captain Border Regiment

British Army 4123 Promoted to temporary Captain in the field Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Herbert George Somers

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 34082 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/34082 Gunner Royal Field Artillery C/174 Brigade

British Army 34082 Gunner Royal Field Artillery C Battery, 174 Brigade

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Harold Gould Dixon-Gough

Born 1900

Died 1928

British Army 236112 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1027828 Lance Serjeant Royal Artillery

British Army 1027828 Sergeant Royal Artillery 67th Field Battery

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Malcolm Kenneth Kay

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 1947 Lance Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 1947 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

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James Ernest Beaney

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2857 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 2857 East Surrey Regiment

British Army 15463 Private The Queen's Regiment (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 6th Battalion

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John Isaac

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 8172 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Daniel Mayzes

Born 1892

British Army 52960 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 97th Battery

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Walter Ford Tadd

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army GS/26308 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William David Corse

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1595

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Henry Anstey

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 6370 Private London Regiment 4/3rd Battalion

British Army 253044 Private London Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 160 Private Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment D

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Albert Edward Johnson

Born 1876

British Army 3148 Private Royal Sussex Regiment Depot

British Army 3148 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 3148 Private Royal Sussex Regiment Depot

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Charles Albert Ansty

Born 1893

Died 1965

British Army 65116 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 65116 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1006201 Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Charles Gussin

Born 1895

Died 1978

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231943 Air Mech III Elec

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Charles Henry Pritchard

Born 1887

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6075 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Alfred Briggs

Died 1916

British Army 9768 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Herbert Edward Parfitt

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 725 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Derek Erroll Webb

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Thomas Henry Brown

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45173

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James Edward Waghorn

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army L/7239 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/7239 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Albert Frederick Wright

Died 1918

British Army G/3828 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army G/3828 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 75917 Private Tank Corps

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