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Blackheath, Kent [75]

Blackheath, London [56]

Blackheath, Staffordshire [49]

Blackheath New South Wales [26]

Blackheath [17]

Blackheath England [10]

Blackheath Victoria [4]

Blackheath, Kent, England [4]

Blackheath, Greenwich, London [2]

Blackheath, Lewisham, London [2]

Blackheath, Staffs [2]

Blackheath, Worcestershire [2]

Lee, Blackheath, Kent [2]

Rowley Regis, Blackheath, Staffordshire [2]

Blackheath , Kent [1]

Blackheath Greenwich London [1]

Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London. [1]

Blackheath Kent [1]

Blackheath London [1]

Blackheath SE [1]

Blackheath Woolwich London [1]

Blackheath, Birmingham [1]

Blackheath, Greenwich, Kent [1]

Blackheath, Hertfordshire [1]

Blackheath, Lewisham, Kent [1]

Blackheath, London, England [1]

Blackheath, London, Middlesex [1]

Blackheath, Middlesex [1]

Blackheath, New South Wales [1]

Blackheath, Rowley Regis, Staffs [1]

Blackheath, Staffshire [1]

Blackheath, Surrey [1]

Blackheath, Warwickshire [1]

Blackheath, Worcester [1]

Blackheath,Greenwich,London. [1]

Blackheath,Staffordshire [1]

Blackheath,Stourbridge,Worcestershire. [1]

Blackheath,Woolwich,London. [1]

Blackheath. [1]

Eliot Park, Blackheath, Kent [1]

Kidbrooke, Blackheath, Kent [1]

Lewisham, Blackheath, Kent [1]

London, Blackheath [1]

Westcombe Park, Blackheath, Kent [1]

blackheath,london [1]

Rank

Private [30]

Captain [13]

Lieutenant [13]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Gunner [4]

Corporal [3]

Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st Class (Telegraphist) [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Cadet [1]

Commander [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Hon Major [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Mechanic Driver [1]

Midshipman [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Pioneer [1]

Probationary Nurse [1]

Sick Berth Steward 2nd Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Midshipman [1]

Wireless Telegraph Operator [1]

Unit

London Regiment [10]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

General List [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Tank Corps [2]

1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

5th Division, 14th Infantry Brigade [1]

American Expeditionary Force [1]

American Red Cross - Base Hospital No 2 [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Canadian Chaplain Services [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry and General Staff [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

GOC 25th Infantry Brigade [1]

General Staff [1]

HAC [1]

HMS Acteon [1]

HMS Alecto [1]

HMS Blake [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS LEVIATHAN [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS ST VINCENT [1]

HMS Southampton [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [110]

British Army [68]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62]

Australian Imperial Force [41]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [42]

S [36]

H [29]

W [24]

C [19]

P [17]

M [15]

T [14]

R [11]

D [10]

K [10]

F [9]

G [9]

L [9]

J [8]

A [7]

N [6]

Y [3]

E [2]

I [1]

O [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [273]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

India [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Blackheath, Kent [75] Blackheath, London [56] Blackheath, Staffordshire [49] Blackheath New South Wales [26] Blackheath [17] Blackheath England [10] Blackheath Victoria [4] Blackheath, Kent, England [4] Blackheath, Greenwich, London [2] Blackheath, Lewisham, London [2] Blackheath, Staffs [2] Blackheath, Worcestershire [2] Lee, Blackheath, Kent [2] Rowley Regis, Blackheath, Staffordshire [2] Blackheath , Kent [1] Blackheath Greenwich London [1] Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London. [1] Blackheath Kent [1] Blackheath London [1] Blackheath SE [1] Blackheath Woolwich London [1] Blackheath, Birmingham [1] Blackheath, Greenwich, Kent [1] Blackheath, Hertfordshire [1] Blackheath, Lewisham, Kent [1] Blackheath, London, England [1] Blackheath, London, Middlesex [1] Blackheath, Middlesex [1] Blackheath, New South Wales [1] Blackheath, Rowley Regis, Staffs [1] Blackheath, Staffshire [1] Blackheath, Surrey [1] Blackheath, Warwickshire [1] Blackheath, Worcester [1] Blackheath,Greenwich,London. [1] Blackheath,Staffordshire [1] Blackheath,Stourbridge,Worcestershire. [1] Blackheath,Woolwich,London. [1] Blackheath. [1] Eliot Park, Blackheath, Kent [1] Kidbrooke, Blackheath, Kent [1] Lewisham, Blackheath, Kent [1] London, Blackheath [1] Westcombe Park, Blackheath, Kent [1] blackheath,london [1]

Rank

Private [30] Captain [13] Lieutenant [13] Second Lieutenant [13] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Gunner [4] Corporal [3] Major [3] Rifleman [3] Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Brigadier General [2] Lance Corporal [2] Leading Stoker [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boy 1st Class (Telegraphist) [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Cadet [1] Commander [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Officer [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Hon Major [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Mechanic Driver [1] Midshipman [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Pioneer [1] Probationary Nurse [1] Sick Berth Steward 2nd Class [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Midshipman [1] Wireless Telegraph Operator [1]

Unit

London Regiment [10] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] General List [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Tank Corps [2] 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 5th Division, 14th Infantry Brigade [1] American Expeditionary Force [1] American Red Cross - Base Hospital No 2 [1] Army Service Corps [1] British Red Cross [1] Canadian Chaplain Services [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry and General Staff [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] GOC 25th Infantry Brigade [1] General Staff [1] HAC [1] HMS Acteon [1] HMS Alecto [1] HMS Blake [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS LEVIATHAN [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS ST VINCENT [1] HMS Southampton [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Kent Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [110] British Army [68] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62] Australian Imperial Force [41] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [42] S [36] H [29] W [24] C [19] P [17] M [15] T [14] R [11] D [10] K [10] F [9] G [9] L [9] J [8] A [7] N [6] Y [3] E [2] I [1] O [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [273] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [38] India [1] United States [1]

Douglas Braund Kent

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 2068 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Garnet Wolseley Muir

Born 1876

Died 1954

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Princess Louise’s (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders)

British Army Lieutenant Princess Louise’s (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders)

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Joseph Weston Bateman

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 3531 Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 3007 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 241072 Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd/5th Battalion

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Clive Burrell

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 621899 Driver HAC 126th Bde (HAC)

British Army 625899 Driver Honourable Artillery Company 2/A Battery

British Army 621899 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

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Robert Bradford Flint

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 59 Field Company

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James Howie Fraser

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

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Claud Harry Stokes

Born 1884

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain

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Robert Henry Hart

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4547 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 631942 Private London Regiment 20th Battalion

British Army 631942 Private London Regiment 2/20th Battalion

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Cecil Barnaby Cook

Born 1898

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy

Royal Navy Flight Sub-Lieutenant

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John Newington

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Lieutenant 5th Division, 14th Infantry Brigade 3rd Batallion East Surrey Regt

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Randle Barnett-Barker

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Fusiliers

British Army Brigadier General Royal Welsh Fusiliers command Battalion

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Clifford Coffin

Born 1870

Died 1959

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

British Army Brigadier General GOC 25th Infantry Brigade

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George Arnold

Died 1918

British Army S/31005 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 13th Battalion

British Army S/31005 Private Rifle Brigade 9th Battalion

British Army S/31005 Private Rifle Brigade 13th Battalion

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Spencer Thomas Bassett

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery 18th Company

British Army Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 140th Siege Battery

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery 140th Siege Battery

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Montague Dalston Turnbull

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army G/11647 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Henry James Muncey

Born 1864

Died 1915

British Army 2122 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Charles Edwin Goodyear

Born 1888

Died 1925

British Army Spr/3943 Private Royal Fusiliers

Royal Navy 1734 Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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William Henry Parker

Died 1915

British Army 2987 Private London Regiment 20th (County of London) Battalion

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Aylmer Louis Elliot Fleet

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Temporary Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery "B" Bty. 56th Bde.

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Kenneth Buist

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Lieutenant 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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