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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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Place of birth

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]

Marian Vinter

Born 1872

Died 1966

Other Empire Force Garment Mender British Red Cross Trumpington Working Party

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Edward Robert Santinella

Born 1897

Died 1988

Royal Navy F54467

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Charles John Logan Surridge

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 6492 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3653 Rifleman East Surrey Regiment 6th

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Samuel George Fearey

Born 1897

Died 1940

Royal Navy J24448 Ordinary Seaman

Royal Navy J24448 Able Bodied Seaman

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Stanley William King

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/21163 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Wallace Cadman Delgaty

Died 1916

British Army 4221 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

British Army 4221 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 4th (City of London) Battalion

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Henry Dawes

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army L6486 Serjeant The Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment

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Henry Charles Beale

Born 1891

Died 1957

British Army 9921 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Charles Edward Cornish

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 7065 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army GS/63147 Private Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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Reginald Astill

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2010 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 2010 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Charles George Weller

Born 1897

Died 2016

British Army 550174 Private London Regiment

British Army 1660 Private London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 16th (County of London) Battalion

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George Williams

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 28702 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 28702 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Albert Edward Mann

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 16069 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Leonard Archibald Goddard

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 35945 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 35945 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Edward William Smith

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 535206 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Herbert Ivie Wykes

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Ernest Charles Cummings

Born 1894

Died 1914

Royal Navy J8662 Able Seaman HMS "Patrol"

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Frederick Geoffrey Cox

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 969 Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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William Herbert Stokes

Died 1916

British Army 16491 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Thomas Jones

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 271140 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS QUEEN MARY

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