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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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Place of birth

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]

John Wells

Born 1888

British Army 80392 Drummer South Wales Borderers

British Army 9694 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9694 Drummer South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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David Henry Bullett

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army G/52899 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 50417 Training Reserve 10th battallion

British Army G/52899 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Francis Walter Alexander Uppington

Born 1899

Died 1975

British Army 50202 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 103454 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Alfred Edward Thomas Gable

Born 1886

Died 1981

British Army 67688 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 67688 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Edward George Rackley

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 53078 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Benjamin Adcock

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 547751 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 4694 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372193 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur George Tupper

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/52819 Private Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

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Albert Edward Bright

Born 1893

Died 1917

Royal Navy K15459

Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class HMS Mary Rose

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William Doubledee

Born 1889

Died 1959

British Army L/9221 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army L/9221 Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

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Herbert Bertie Anstey

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army R4/095883 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 42465 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 42465 Lance Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 2

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Harry Allen

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 10166 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10166 Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10166 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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James Dobinson

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 6304 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Ernest Chesney Allen

Born 1894

Died 1982

British Army 23120 Acting Serjeant 21st Lancers

British Army 9th Lancers

British Army G/19773 Acting Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment 10th Battalion

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Arthur Pearse Dicksee

Born 1889

Died 1931

British Army 562015 Sergeant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Frederick Alfred Arnold

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 30199 Pioneer Royal Engineers Postal Section

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William Frederick Dobinson

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 385130 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 594596 Rifleman London Regiment 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

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Edward Ernest John Dunklin

Born 1898

Died 1958

British Army C3430 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 19th Battalion

British Army TR13/73515 Rifleman 109th Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 35949 Private County of London Yeomanry 2/3rd Battalion

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William George Bedwin

Born 1884

Died 1952

Royal Navy F21957

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Thomas William Chick

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 13737 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 13737 Corporal Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 10th Battalion

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John Isaac

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 8172 Private East Surrey Regiment

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