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Battersea, London [2466]

Battersea, Surrey [664]

Battersea, Surrey, England [114]

Battersea [95]

Battersea England [49]

East Battersea, London [36]

West Battersea, London [36]

Battersea London [16]

Battersea, South West London [11]

Battersea, South London [9]

Battersea, Wandsworth, London [7]

Battersea Surrey [6]

Battersea, Middlesex [6]

Battersea, [5]

Battersea, London, England [5]

Battersea London [4]

Battersea, Wandsworth, Surrey [4]

Battersea,Surrey [4]

Battersea, London, Surrey [3]

Battersea,Wandsworth,London. [3]

Salvin Street, Battersea, London [3]

BATTERSEA LONDON [2]

Battersea Surrey [2]

Battersea Park England [2]

Battersea, England [2]

Battersea, Wandsworth [2]

Battersea, Wandsworth. London [2]

Battersea,Wandsworth,Middlesex. [2]

North West Battersea, London [2]

Wandsworth, Battersea, Surrey [2]

10 Moat Street, Battersea, Surrey [1]

14 Ashton Buildings, Battersea [1]

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

62 Shillinton Street, Battersea, London [1]

BATTERSEA [1]

Battersea London [1]

Battersea East, Surrey [1]

Battersea London England [1]

Battersea London, Surrey [1]

Battersea Park, London [1]

Battersea Roscommon [1]

Battersea Surrey England [1]

Battersea or Bermondsey [1]

Battersea, Kent, England [1]

Battersea, LND [1]

Battersea, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Battersea, Lomdon [1]

Battersea, London South [1]

Battersea, London South East [1]

Battersea, London South West [1]

Rank

Private [275]

Able Seaman [56]

Rifleman [45]

Serjeant [34]

Stoker 1st Class [34]

Corporal [31]

Lance Corporal [31]

Gunner [30]

Ordinary Seaman [28]

Boy 1st Class [22]

Sapper [22]

Lieutenant [17]

Driver [16]

Leading Stoker [13]

Pioneer [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Boy 2nd Class [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Deck Hand [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Captain [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Sergeant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Stoker [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Petty Officer Stoker [3]

Signal Boy [3]

Wireman 2nd Class [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

CERA 2c [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Chaplain [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Mechanician [2]

Musician [2]

Pte [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

300667 [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [97]

Royal Engineers [35]

Royal Field Artillery [27]

East Surrey Regiment [22]

South Wales Borderers [21]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

Labour Corps [14]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [14]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

HMS INDOMITABLE [8]

HMS INVINCIBLE [8]

HMS IRON DUKE [8]

HMS QUEEN MARY [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Royal Marine Artillery [6]

Royal Naval Air Service [6]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

HMS NEPTUNE [5]

HMS Vanguard [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [4]

HMS Erin [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Training Reserve [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2461]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [565]

British Army [419]

Australian Imperial Force [53]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

B [425]

C [318]

S [316]

H [305]

W [290]

M [250]

P [216]

G [191]

R [173]

L [162]

T [156]

D [151]

F [146]

A [100]

E [86]

J [83]

K [77]

N [67]

O [36]

V [19]

Y [17]

I [13]

U [11]

Q [4]

Contribution

Military Service [3467]

Merchant Navy [115]

Country

United Kingdom [239]

Canada [7]

India [5]

Turkey [2]

Australia [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Battersea, London [2466] Battersea, Surrey [664] Battersea, Surrey, England [114] Battersea [95] Battersea England [49] East Battersea, London [36] West Battersea, London [36] Battersea London [16] Battersea, South West London [11] Battersea, South London [9] Battersea, Wandsworth, London [7] Battersea Surrey [6] Battersea, Middlesex [6] Battersea, [5] Battersea, London, England [5] Battersea London [4] Battersea, Wandsworth, Surrey [4] Battersea,Surrey [4] Battersea, London, Surrey [3] Battersea,Wandsworth,London. [3] Salvin Street, Battersea, London [3] BATTERSEA LONDON [2] Battersea Surrey [2] Battersea Park England [2] Battersea, England [2] Battersea, Wandsworth [2] Battersea, Wandsworth. London [2] Battersea,Wandsworth,Middlesex. [2] North West Battersea, London [2] Wandsworth, Battersea, Surrey [2] 10 Moat Street, Battersea, Surrey [1] 14 Ashton Buildings, Battersea [1] 37 lockington Road, Battersea, London, Surrey, England [1] 62 Shillinton Street, Battersea, London [1] BATTERSEA [1] Battersea London [1] Battersea East, Surrey [1] Battersea London England [1] Battersea London, Surrey [1] Battersea Park, London [1] Battersea Roscommon [1] Battersea Surrey England [1] Battersea or Bermondsey [1] Battersea, Kent, England [1] Battersea, LND [1] Battersea, Lambeth, Surrey [1] Battersea, Lomdon [1] Battersea, London South [1] Battersea, London South East [1] Battersea, London South West [1]

Rank

Private [275] Able Seaman [56] Rifleman [45] Serjeant [34] Stoker 1st Class [34] Corporal [31] Lance Corporal [31] Gunner [30] Ordinary Seaman [28] Boy 1st Class [22] Sapper [22] Lieutenant [17] Driver [16] Leading Stoker [13] Pioneer [9] Acting Corporal [8] Boy 2nd Class [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Deck Hand [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Captain [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Leading Seaman [5] Petty Officer [5] Sergeant [5] Bombardier [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Stoker [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Petty Officer Stoker [3] Signal Boy [3] Wireman 2nd Class [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] CERA 2c [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Chaplain [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Mechanician [2] Musician [2] Pte [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 300667 [1] 3rd Writer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [97] Royal Engineers [35] Royal Field Artillery [27] East Surrey Regiment [22] South Wales Borderers [21] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Army Service Corps [14] Labour Corps [14] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [14] Machine Gun Corps [13] Middlesex Regiment [11] HMS INFLEXIBLE [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Hampshire Regiment [9] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] HMS INDOMITABLE [8] HMS INVINCIBLE [8] HMS IRON DUKE [8] HMS QUEEN MARY [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Royal Marine Artillery [6] Royal Naval Air Service [6] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] East Kent Regiment [5] HMS NEPTUNE [5] HMS Vanguard [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5] H.M.S. "Formidable." [4] HMS Erin [4] HMS Good Hope [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Training Reserve [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [3] HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2461] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [565] British Army [419] Australian Imperial Force [53] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

B [425] C [318] S [316] H [305] W [290] M [250] P [216] G [191] R [173] L [162] T [156] D [151] F [146] A [100] E [86] J [83] K [77] N [67] O [36] V [19] Y [17] I [13] U [11] Q [4]

Contribution

Military Service [3467] Merchant Navy [115]

Country

United Kingdom [239] Canada [7] India [5] Turkey [2] Australia [1] Egypt [1] France [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] Sri Lanka [1]

Augustus Stevenson

Born 1888

British Army 81621 Private Machine Gun Corps 162nd Company

British Army 81621 Private Machine Gun Corps 160th Company

British Army 81621 Private Machine Gun Corps 53rd Division

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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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Cecil S Field

Born 1891

Died 1932

British Army 53304 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 17454 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 64421 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Harry Newell

Born 1883

Died 1954

British Army B262 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army Private Rifle Brigade

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James Henry Rattle

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 23660 Private Royal Scots

British Army 95803 Driver Royal Field Artillery 32 Reserve Battalion

British Army 23660 Private Royal Scots Depot

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Harry Tee

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army L/8715 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army L/8715 Lance Corporal The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army L/8715 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Maurice Clarke

Born 1893

Died 1970

British Army 776155 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 882 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Fred Brazier

Born 1886

Royal Navy 220491 Boy 2nd Class

Royal Navy 220491 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 220491 Ordinary Seaman

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Henry Gilbert Town

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 3393 Private London Regiment 5th Battalion London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

British Army 302136 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) 3rd/5th Battalion, "D" Company

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Frederick Stephen Patrick Webb

Born 1880

Died 1952

British Army L/7907 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 7907 Private Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 7907 Private Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Charles Robert William Howes

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army 472026 Rifleman London Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 4990 Rifleman London Regiment 2/12 Battalion

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James Henry Youell

Born 1892

Died 1969

Canadian Expeditionary Force 201721

Canadian Expeditionary Force 201721 Private 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion

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Frederick Ernest Mayston

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army 10886 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10866 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10866 Private South Wales Borderers 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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William Pook

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 5249 Private London Regiment 15th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 532483 Private London Regiment 15th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 532483 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15 battalion lond Battalion

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Frederick G Coxen

Born 1887

Died 1960

British Army L/6353 Private The Queen's Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Ernest Alexander French

Born 1887

British Army 1483 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

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Edward George Simmonds

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 1435 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Frederick Perry Barchard

Born 1875

Died 1933

British Army 18084 Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army 18084 Warrant Officer Class 2 Instructional Staff Australian Military Forces

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Ernest Lucas

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 8866 Lance Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8866 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 7th Battalion

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