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Brentford, Middlesex [420]

Brentford, Middlesex, England [23]

Brentford, London, Middlesex [16]

Brentford Middlesex [7]

Brentford,Middlesex. [5]

Isleworth, Brentford, Middlesex [5]

Chiswick, Brentford, Middlesex [4]

Brentford,Middlesex [3]

Old Brentford, Middlesex [3]

Acton, Brentford, Middlesex [2]

Hanwell, Brentford, Middlesex [2]

Hounslow, Brentford, Middlesex [2]

Twickenham,Brentford,Middlesex. [2]

Brentford Middlesex [1]

Brentford End, Isleworth, Middlesex [1]

Brentford district, Middlesex [1]

Brentford, Isleworth, Middlesex [1]

Brentford, Middlesex. [1]

Brentford, Middlesex. London [1]

Chiswick, London (Brentford Registration District, Middlesex) [1]

Ealing, Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Gunnersbury, Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Hazelworth,Brentford,Middlesex. [1]

Homerton, Brentford, Middlesex [1]

London, Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Southall, Brentford, Middlesex [1]

St Margaret's, Isleworth, Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Strawberry Hill, Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Twickenham Brentford Middlesex [1]

Twickenham, Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [53]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Lieutenant [9]

Captain [8]

Corporal [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Rifleman [7]

Gunner [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Serjeant [4]

Driver [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Midshipman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Commander [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sapper [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Honorable Colonel [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Grenadier-Sergeant [1]

Lance Corporal and Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Serjeant /Farrier Serjeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Soldat de 2e Classe [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

T/ Captain [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [17]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Engineers [9]

Army Service Corps [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Air Force [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

19th Hussars [1]

2/2nd Lovat's Scouts [1]

285th Area Employment Company [1]

2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

French Foreign Legion [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M.S. 'Columbine' [1]

HM Submarine E16 [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BOADICEA [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Hawke [1]

Service

Royal Navy [262]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [125]

British Army [100]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [66]

H [52]

S [52]

W [45]

P [40]

C [38]

M [31]

D [26]

L [24]

T [21]

R [20]

G [19]

J [18]

A [17]

F [16]

K [11]

N [5]

E [4]

U [3]

I [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [481]

Merchant Navy [23]

Country

United Kingdom [56]

India [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

Pakistan [1]

Singapore [1]

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Place of birth

Brentford, Middlesex [420] Brentford, Middlesex, England [23] Brentford, London, Middlesex [16] Brentford Middlesex [7] Brentford,Middlesex. [5] Isleworth, Brentford, Middlesex [5] Chiswick, Brentford, Middlesex [4] Brentford,Middlesex [3] Old Brentford, Middlesex [3] Acton, Brentford, Middlesex [2] Hanwell, Brentford, Middlesex [2] Hounslow, Brentford, Middlesex [2] Twickenham,Brentford,Middlesex. [2] Brentford Middlesex [1] Brentford End, Isleworth, Middlesex [1] Brentford district, Middlesex [1] Brentford, Isleworth, Middlesex [1] Brentford, Middlesex. [1] Brentford, Middlesex. London [1] Chiswick, London (Brentford Registration District, Middlesex) [1] Ealing, Brentford, Middlesex [1] Gunnersbury, Brentford, Middlesex [1] Hazelworth,Brentford,Middlesex. [1] Homerton, Brentford, Middlesex [1] London, Brentford, Middlesex [1] Southall, Brentford, Middlesex [1] St Margaret's, Isleworth, Brentford, Middlesex [1] Strawberry Hill, Brentford, Middlesex [1] Twickenham Brentford Middlesex [1] Twickenham, Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [53] Second Lieutenant [17] Lieutenant [9] Captain [8] Corporal [8] Able Seaman [7] Rifleman [7] Gunner [6] Lance Corporal [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Serjeant [4] Driver [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Midshipman [3] Sergeant [3] Commander [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Sapper [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Honorable Colonel [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Grenadier-Sergeant [1] Lance Corporal and Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Petty Officer [1] Serjeant /Farrier Serjeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Soldat de 2e Classe [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] T/ Captain [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [17] London Regiment [14] Royal Engineers [9] Army Service Corps [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Air Force [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Hampshire Regiment [3] Labour Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 19th Hussars [1] 2/2nd Lovat's Scouts [1] 285th Area Employment Company [1] 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] French Foreign Legion [1] French Red Cross [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. 'Columbine' [1] HM Submarine E16 [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BOADICEA [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Hawke [1]

Service

Royal Navy [262] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [125] British Army [100] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [66] H [52] S [52] W [45] P [40] C [38] M [31] D [26] L [24] T [21] R [20] G [19] J [18] A [17] F [16] K [11] N [5] E [4] U [3] I [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [481] Merchant Navy [23]

Country

United Kingdom [56] India [2] Australia [1] Canada [1] New Zealand [1] Pakistan [1] Singapore [1]

Cyril Percy Hierons

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army 62378 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 41st Company

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William Joseph Handrahan

Born 1897

Died 1970

British Army 9628 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 10704 Corporal South Wales Borderers

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George H Goozee

Born 1882

Died 1957

British Army 2720 Private London Regiment 22nd Battalion

British Army 681057 Private London Regiment 22nd Battalion

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Norman Donaldson

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Hubert Barnett Downie

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 390697 Private London Regiment

British Army 3040 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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George Edward Luckett

Died 1915

British Army 2633 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Arthur Henry Mallett

Born 1897

Died 1988

British Army 209836 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Henry Pither

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227151

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Robert Sidney Henry Mcewan

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 371485 Lance Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3704 Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371485 Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles Brown

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261878

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Frederick Brown

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army PS/2249 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army PS/2245 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th (Service) Battalion

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Sidney Herbert Steer

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army G/8442 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Oscar Clinch

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139895

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John Frank Crouch

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 44908 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 44908 Rifleman Rifle Brigade Posted to London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 44908 Rifleman 1/8th Battalion, London Regiment

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Garnet Norman

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Theodore Hierons Smith

Born 1900

Died 1971

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179243

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Clarence Ralph Bicknell

Born 1894

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/356 Lance Corporal New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion 3rd

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Charles William Jordan

Born 1893

Died 1934

British Army 1851 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

British Army 1851 Corporal Middlesex Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 1851 Private Middlesex Regiment 8th Battalion

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John Henry Baker

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 616760 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 245760 Private London Regiment 2th lond Battalion

British Army 245760 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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William Kates Furness

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46988

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