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Brixton, London [784]

Brixton, Lambeth, London [7]

Brixton, South West London [6]

Brixton Hill, London [3]

Brixton London [3]

Brixton London [2]

Brixton, London SW [2]

Brixton, London, England [2]

Brixton, London, Middlesex [2]

Brixton,London [2]

9 Solon New Road, West Brixton, Lambeth, London [1]

Barodene Rd, Brixton, London [1]

Brixton London England [1]

Brixton, London S W [1]

Brixton, London South East [1]

Brixton, London South West [1]

Brixton, London, South West [1]

Brixton, London, Sussex [1]

Brixton,Lambeth,London [1]

Brixton,Wandsworth,London. [1]

Brixton. London [1]

East Brixton, London [1]

Lambeth Brixton, London [1]

North Brixton, London [1]

Waterlane, Brixton, London [1]

West Brixton, London [1]

Rank

Private [62]

Able Seaman [15]

Rifleman [13]

Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Gunner [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Able Bodied Seaman [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Musician [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st. Class [1]

Boy II [1]

Cadet [1]

Clerk 1st Class [1]

Clerk 2nd Class [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1]

Cooper [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Garment Mender [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

London Regiment [35]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [4]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

H.M.S. Pembroke [2]

HMS Barham [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

2nd Quebec Regiment [1]

44 Wing (Camp Borden, north of Toronto, Canada) [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Cadet Wing, Long Branch, Toronto, Canada [1]

City of London Imperial Volunteers [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [725]

British Army [89]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [87]

B [86]

S [82]

H [75]

M [68]

C [61]

G [58]

P [55]

D [34]

J [31]

L [28]

A [27]

T [26]

F [22]

E [21]

R [21]

K [12]

N [11]

O [9]

I [5]

V [5]

Y [5]

Contribution

Military Service [820]

Country

United Kingdom [63]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

France [1]

Mozambique [1]

Pakistan [1]

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Brixton, London [784] Brixton, Lambeth, London [7] Brixton, South West London [6] Brixton Hill, London [3] Brixton London [3] Brixton London [2] Brixton, London SW [2] Brixton, London, England [2] Brixton, London, Middlesex [2] Brixton,London [2] 9 Solon New Road, West Brixton, Lambeth, London [1] Barodene Rd, Brixton, London [1] Brixton London England [1] Brixton, London S W [1] Brixton, London South East [1] Brixton, London South West [1] Brixton, London, South West [1] Brixton, London, Sussex [1] Brixton,Lambeth,London [1] Brixton,Wandsworth,London. [1] Brixton. London [1] East Brixton, London [1] Lambeth Brixton, London [1] North Brixton, London [1] Waterlane, Brixton, London [1] West Brixton, London [1]

Rank

Private [62] Able Seaman [15] Rifleman [13] Corporal [9] Lieutenant [9] Ordinary Seaman [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Gunner [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Acting Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [4] Leading Seaman [4] Able Bodied Seaman [3] Leading Stoker [3] Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Musician [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Leading Cook's Mate [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st. Class [1] Boy II [1] Cadet [1] Clerk 1st Class [1] Clerk 2nd Class [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1] Cooper [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Garment Mender [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

London Regiment [35] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [4] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Army Service Corps [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [2] H.M.S. Pembroke [2] HMS Barham [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS TIGER [2] London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] 2nd Quebec Regiment [1] 44 Wing (Camp Borden, north of Toronto, Canada) [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross [1] Cadet Wing, Long Branch, Toronto, Canada [1] City of London Imperial Volunteers [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [725] British Army [89] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [87] B [86] S [82] H [75] M [68] C [61] G [58] P [55] D [34] J [31] L [28] A [27] T [26] F [22] E [21] R [21] K [12] N [11] O [9] I [5] V [5] Y [5]

Contribution

Military Service [820]

Country

United Kingdom [63] Australia [1] Canada [1] France [1] Mozambique [1] Pakistan [1]

Francis Rye

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 4233 Private London Regiment

British Army 531720 Private London Regiment

British Army 531720 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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William Welsh Salmond

Born 1895

British Army S/6995 Acting Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army S/6995 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Douglas Robbins

Born 1882

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 26919 Private Auckland Infantry Regiment

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John Arthur Golledge

Born 1898

Died 1982

British Army 122206 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas William Copeman

Born 1868

Died 1924

British Army SE/5952 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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Christopher Gatward

Born 1884

Died 1930

British Army 90544 Wheeler Royal Field Artillery

British Army 15612 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Ernest Clement

Born 1888

Died 1974

British Army 305547 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 608564 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

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Henry George Hamilton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 268515 Private Royal Field Artillery

British Army 268515 Private Royal Field Artillery 6th Trench Mortar Battery

British Army 30400 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Arthur James Sanger

Born 1898

Died 1956

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59466

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Henry Herbert Chapman

Born 1895

Died 1947

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39157 Lieutenant Royal Air Force (Dental branch) SE Area,33 TDS, 21 Wing, RAF Witney-SW Area, Flower Down

Royal Navy PI 39157 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Barrow (Watch keeping)

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Thomas Harold Albert Sidery

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2898 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370939 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Albert Langford Mitchell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 374880 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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David Edward Francis Coe

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137204 Lieutenant 5th Squadron

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Harold Owen Bagust

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1666 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370251 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Walter Edward Barber

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army Master Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Herbert Frederick Hugh Bowditch

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 535280 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 535280 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Claude Reginald Winter

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2485 Private London Regiment

British Army 2485 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd (City of London) Battalion

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Charles Oscar Reginald Wyatt

Born 1888

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 160762

Canadian Expeditionary Force 160762 Private Canadian Infantry

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C A Richardson

Born 1898

Died 1920

British Army G/10699 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William George Edward Wright

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3689 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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