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Camberwell, London [2322]

Camberwell, South London [23]

Peckham, Camberwell, London [21]

Camberwell London [18]

Camberwell,London. [8]

Camberwell, London, England [5]

Camberwell Green, London [3]

Camberwell, London, Middlesex [3]

Dulwich, Camberwell, London [3]

East Dulwich, Camberwell, London [3]

North Camberwell, London [3]

Nunhead, Camberwell, London [3]

Peckham Camberwell London [3]

Camberwell London [2]

Camberwell South London [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Camberwell, London, Surrey [2]

Camberwell, South East London [2]

Camberwell,London [2]

22 Wyndham Road, Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell London England [1]

Camberwell Middlesex London [1]

Camberwell South East London [1]

Camberwell Southwark South London [1]

Camberwell Surrey London [1]

Camberwell, Lambeth, London [1]

Camberwell, London South East [1]

Camberwell, London, [1]

Camberwell, London, Middx. [1]

Camberwell, London. [1]

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Camberwell. County: Greater London, London, Surrey [1]

Camberwell. London [1]

Dulwich Camberwell London [1]

Dulwich,Camberwell, London [1]

East Dulwich Camberwell London [1]

Forest Hill, Camberwell, London [1]

Grummant Rd, Camberwell, SE London [1]

Honor Oak, Camberwell, London [1]

London, (Camberwell) [1]

North Camberwell, South London [1]

Peckham, Camberwell, London. [1]

Peckham,Camberwell,London. [1]

Peckham. Camberwell, London [1]

Saint Giles, Camberwell, London [1]

Upper Norwood,Camberwell,London. [1]

camberwell London [1]

camberwell, london [1]

Rank

Private [221]

Rifleman [57]

Able Seaman [37]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Gunner [26]

Corporal [25]

Ordinary Seaman [21]

Lance Corporal [18]

Stoker 1st Class [18]

Serjeant [16]

Boy 1st Class [14]

Lieutenant [14]

Leading Seaman [13]

Boy 2nd Class [11]

Driver [11]

Deck Hand [10]

Captain [8]

Petty Officer [8]

Sapper [7]

Leading Stoker [5]

Musician [5]

Sergeant [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Major [3]

Signal Boy [3]

Signalman [3]

AB [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Cadet [2]

Chief Motor Mechanic [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Junior Reserve Attendant [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Pioneer [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2]

Ship's Steward Assistant [2]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [2]

Sick Berth Steward [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombadier [1]

Unit

London Regiment [97]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Air Force [17]

South Wales Borderers [14]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Naval Reserve [12]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [12]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [6]

HMS Impregnable [6]

HMS NEPTUNE [6]

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

HMS Pembroke I [5]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS BENBOW [3]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

HMS Victory I [3]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2099]

British Army [333]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [9]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

South African Services [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [286]

S [236]

H [228]

C [224]

W [193]

M [157]

P [141]

G [113]

R [113]

F [109]

D [106]

L [104]

A [90]

T [90]

K [54]

J [52]

N [49]

E [44]

O [25]

Y [19]

V [13]

I [7]

Q [3]

U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2423]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [246]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Camberwell, London [2322] Camberwell, South London [23] Peckham, Camberwell, London [21] Camberwell London [18] Camberwell,London. [8] Camberwell, London, England [5] Camberwell Green, London [3] Camberwell, London, Middlesex [3] Dulwich, Camberwell, London [3] East Dulwich, Camberwell, London [3] North Camberwell, London [3] Nunhead, Camberwell, London [3] Peckham Camberwell London [3] Camberwell London [2] Camberwell South London [2] Camberwell, London [2] Camberwell, London, Surrey [2] Camberwell, South East London [2] Camberwell,London [2] 22 Wyndham Road, Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell London England [1] Camberwell Middlesex London [1] Camberwell South East London [1] Camberwell Southwark South London [1] Camberwell Surrey London [1] Camberwell, Lambeth, London [1] Camberwell, London South East [1] Camberwell, London, [1] Camberwell, London, Middx. [1] Camberwell, London. [1] Camberwell, Middlesex, London [1] Camberwell. County: Greater London, London, Surrey [1] Camberwell. London [1] Dulwich Camberwell London [1] Dulwich,Camberwell, London [1] East Dulwich Camberwell London [1] Forest Hill, Camberwell, London [1] Grummant Rd, Camberwell, SE London [1] Honor Oak, Camberwell, London [1] London, (Camberwell) [1] North Camberwell, South London [1] Peckham, Camberwell, London. [1] Peckham,Camberwell,London. [1] Peckham. Camberwell, London [1] Saint Giles, Camberwell, London [1] Upper Norwood,Camberwell,London. [1] camberwell London [1] camberwell, london [1]

Rank

Private [221] Rifleman [57] Able Seaman [37] Second Lieutenant [28] Gunner [26] Corporal [25] Ordinary Seaman [21] Lance Corporal [18] Stoker 1st Class [18] Serjeant [16] Boy 1st Class [14] Lieutenant [14] Leading Seaman [13] Boy 2nd Class [11] Driver [11] Deck Hand [10] Captain [8] Petty Officer [8] Sapper [7] Leading Stoker [5] Musician [5] Sergeant [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Bombardier [3] Major [3] Signal Boy [3] Signalman [3] AB [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Cadet [2] Chief Motor Mechanic [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Junior Reserve Attendant [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Pioneer [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2] Ship's Steward Assistant [2] Ship's Steward's Assistant [2] Sick Berth Steward [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombadier [1]

Unit

London Regiment [97] Royal Field Artillery [28] Army Service Corps [20] Royal Air Force [17] South Wales Borderers [14] Labour Corps [12] Royal Engineers [12] Royal Naval Reserve [12] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [12] Middlesex Regiment [11] East Surrey Regiment [10] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] HMS INFLEXIBLE [6] HMS Impregnable [6] HMS NEPTUNE [6] London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [5] HMS Pembroke I [5] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Canadian Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] H.M.S. "Formidable." [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS BENBOW [3] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [3] HMS Vanguard [3] HMS Victory I [3] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2099] British Army [333] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [9] Australian Imperial Force [5] South African Services [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [286] S [236] H [228] C [224] W [193] M [157] P [141] G [113] R [113] F [109] D [106] L [104] A [90] T [90] K [54] J [52] N [49] E [44] O [25] Y [19] V [13] I [7] Q [3] U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2423] Conscientious Objector [1] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [246] Canada [1] India [1]

William Hutchins

Born 1884

British Army 7563 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 7563 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7563 Private Army Reserve

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Frederick Froom

Born 1893

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17518 Aircraftman 2 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17518 Aircraftman 1 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17518 Corporal Royal Flying Corps

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John W Phillips

Born 1868

Died 1955

British Army T4/085412 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 85421 Private Army Service Corps

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Charles Goodwin

Born 1876

Died 1949

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps 3rd Company

British Army Prior to Commission - DM2/179626 2nd Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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William George Woolfitt

Born 1887

Died 1960

British Army 49064 Private Labour Corps 57th Company

British Army 73346 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th (Service) Battalion

British Army 49064 Private Labour Corps 82nd Company

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George William James Rampton

Died 1961

British Army 70786 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 70786 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 70786 Gunner Royal field Artillery 78 Brigade

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John Percival Edwards

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army B/19418 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Fusiliers

British Army B/19418 Company Serjeant Major Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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Charles Edward Cockshull

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 6431 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Charles Lawrence Alger

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army 6384 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 44486 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 15th Battalion

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Gustav Alfred Maybaum

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 24230 Private London Regiment

British Army 721631 Private London Regiment 1st/24th Battalion

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Sydney Froom

Born 1896

Died 1985

British Army 1344 Sapper Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) London District Signalling Headquarters

British Army 70262 Sapper Royal Engineers 3rd Army Signalling Headquarters

British Army 70262 Sapper Royal Engineers 33rd Cable Section

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George Frome Winter

Born 1887

Died 1949

Royal Navy M41 Cook's Mate

Royal Navy M41 Leading Cook's Mate

Royal Navy M41 Ship's Cook

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Timothy Mcauliffe

Born 1891

Died 1920

British Army 179196 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 364591 Pioneer Royal Engineers Tyne Electrical Engineers

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Thomas Terry

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 6274 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Frederick Howard

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 930 Rifleman Irish Regiment

British Army 930 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) 3rd/18th Battalion

British Army 930 Rifleman London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

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Reginald Josiah Thomas Evans

Born 1888

Died 1943

British Army 207623 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 2170 Lance Corporal Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Nelson Alfred C Box

Born 1885

Died 1973

British Army DM2-208523 Private Army Service Corps

British Army DM2-208523 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army DM2-208523 Driver 1st Class Army Service Corps

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Edward John Robert Abraham

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 16652 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Frank William Hepburn

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army G/8411 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 11th Lewisham Battalion

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James Presland

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 47683 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 292964 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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