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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]

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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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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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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Archibald Mcneill Martin

Born 1870

British Army Captain Devonshire 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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Frederick Hingley

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 8997 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Victor Gerald Godfrey

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277860

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Ernest Knowles

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127485

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John Henry Rymer

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Manchester Regiment

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment 11th Battalion

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Norman Stewart Peacock

Born 1891

Died 1960

Royal Navy M6172 Electrical Artificer 3rd Class HMS ST VINCENT

Royal Navy M6172 Electrical Artificer 3rd Class HMS LEVIATHAN

Royal Navy M6172 Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMS ST VINCENT

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Percy William Jones

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 22208 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 22208 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Joseph Henry Rose

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290736

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Charles Burton Blenheim Cockman

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 624793 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Officer

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Arthur Lees

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285201

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Stewart Wright

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27709

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Alfred Adams

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193869

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Thomas Edward Robinson

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307945

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Harold Karslake

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1423

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Harry Ross

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189217

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