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Bloomsbury, London [174]

Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex [50]

Bloomsbury,St.Giles,London. [2]

Bloomsbury, London W.C. [1]

Bloomsbury, North West London [1]

Bloomsbury, St Giles, London [1]

Bloomsbury, Western Central London [1]

St George's, Bloomsbury, London [1]

St Giles Bloomsbury London [1]

St Giles Bloomsbury, London [1]

St Giles Workhouse Endell Street Bloomsbury London [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Commander [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Major [1]

Major/Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private - Company Runner [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Rear-Admiral [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Corporal [1]

Ship’s Corporal 1st Class [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [5]

South Wales Borderers [4]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

7th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Dreadnought [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS TURBULENT [1]

Labour Corps Eastern Command [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

MFA Engadine [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force Police [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [157]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

British Army [28]

Last name first letter

S [28]

B [25]

H [25]

M [24]

W [19]

C [18]

D [14]

P [14]

L [13]

R [9]

A [8]

K [8]

G [7]

E [4]

F [4]

J [4]

T [4]

V [2]

I [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [232]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

India [1]

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People [234] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bloomsbury, London [174] Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex [50] Bloomsbury,St.Giles,London. [2] Bloomsbury, London W.C. [1] Bloomsbury, North West London [1] Bloomsbury, St Giles, London [1] Bloomsbury, Western Central London [1] St George's, Bloomsbury, London [1] St Giles Bloomsbury London [1] St Giles Bloomsbury, London [1] St Giles Workhouse Endell Street Bloomsbury London [1]

Rank

Private [15] Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Commander [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Captain [1] Major [1] Major/Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private - Company Runner [1] Rear Admiral [1] Rear-Admiral [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Corporal [1] Ship’s Corporal 1st Class [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [5] South Wales Borderers [4] London Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] Labour Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] 7th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Dreadnought [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS NEW ZEALAND [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS TURBULENT [1] Labour Corps Eastern Command [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] MFA Engadine [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force Police [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [157] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] British Army [28]

Last name first letter

S [28] B [25] H [25] M [24] W [19] C [18] D [14] P [14] L [13] R [9] A [8] K [8] G [7] E [4] F [4] J [4] T [4] V [2] I [1] N [1] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [232]

Country

United Kingdom [18] India [1]

Ernest Wachter

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 76842 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Clarence Victor Southey

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232082

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William Speller

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240477

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Frederick George Howard

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278215

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George Isaac Michaels

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63537

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Charles James Adams

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310802

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Thomas Joseph Bates

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279118

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Percy William Bennett

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49230

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Henry Francis Dyer

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213407

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Bertie Jonathon Harrison

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214537

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Edward William Snode

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218144

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Arthur Herbert Kilroy

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230554

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George Thomas Davis

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232460

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Charles Reginald Mills

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237177

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John William Ward

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206432

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Alfred John Clements

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6246

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George Dowie

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407293

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Horace Henry Mouatt

Born 1890

Died 1917

Royal Navy 347154

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Harry Sale

Born 1891

British Army 10007 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 10007 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 10007 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Henry George Thursfield

Born 1882

Royal Navy Rear Admiral

Royal Navy Rear-Admiral

Royal Navy Commander

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