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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]

Sidney Ernest Saunders

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209457

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Charles William Field

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 12076 Serjeant East Surrey Regiment 12th Bn.

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Walter Hills

Died 1914

British Army 7663 Private Essex Regiment

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Arthur Ernest Meader

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army G/27131 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army M/270516 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport

British Army G/27131 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Ernest Imison

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 87432 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frank Cornell

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45175

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Herbert Cornelius Stevens

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 14941 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 14941 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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William Dobinson

Born 1890

Died 1973

British Army 8834 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

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James Mcmahon

Died 1915

British Army L/5713 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 5793 L/Cpl East Surrey Regiment 1st Battaliom

British Army 5793 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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George David Bread

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285325

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Herbert Henry William Champ

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203778

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Albert Edward Thomas

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7316

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Frank George Parr

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291097

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Sidney Hudson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116080

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Walter Stuart Edwards

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24646

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Henry Robert Tilbury

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3207

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James Theodore Anscombe

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283986

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George Lyne

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107354

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Frederick John Blundun

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284085

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Arthur Partridge

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167477

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