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Camberwell, Surrey [745]

Camberwell, Surrey, England [90]

Camberwell Surrey [7]

Dulwich, Camberwell, Surrey [3]

Peckham, Camberwell, Surrey [3]

Camberwell, Dulwich, Surrey [2]

Camberwell, London, Surrey [2]

Camberwell,Surrey [2]

Peckham,Camberwell,Surrey. [2]

Walworth, Camberwell, Surrey [2]

3 Beatrice Villas, Ossory Rd, Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Camberwell , Surrey [1]

Camberwell Surrey London [1]

Camberwell, Peckham, Surrey [1]

Camberwell, Southwark, Surrey [1]

Camberwell, Surrey, [1]

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

East Dulwich, Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Forest Hill, Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Highclere, Grove Park, Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Honor Oak,Camberwell,Surrey [1]

North Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Nunhead, Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Nunhead,Camberwell,Surrey. [1]

Peckham Rye, Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Southwark, Camberwell, Surrey [1]

St George Camberwell, Surrey [1]

The Baker and Basket, 41, Ormside Street, Camberwell, Surrey [1]

camberwell, surrey. [1]

Rank

Private [83]

Lance Corporal [12]

Rifleman [7]

Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Gunner [4]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Musician [2]

A Mech 1 [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Major [1]

PRIVATE [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

R3033 [1]

Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Surgeon [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [14]

East Kent Regiment [8]

London Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Army Service Corps [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

13th Hussars [1]

14th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

15/19th Hussars [1]

15th Hussars [1]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars [1]

3rd Australian Pioneers [1]

573rd Agricultural Company, Labour Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Draft Conducting Officer [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Queen [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [605]

British Army [120]

Royal Navy [64]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [101]

S [96]

C [74]

H [71]

M [63]

W [60]

P [58]

G [45]

D [44]

R [40]

F [38]

T [37]

L [33]

A [27]

N [21]

K [16]

O [13]

E [12]

J [9]

V [7]

Y [5]

I [2]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [779]

Merchant Navy [89]

Country

United Kingdom [58]

India [2]

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Place of birth

Camberwell, Surrey [745] Camberwell, Surrey, England [90] Camberwell Surrey [7] Dulwich, Camberwell, Surrey [3] Peckham, Camberwell, Surrey [3] Camberwell, Dulwich, Surrey [2] Camberwell, London, Surrey [2] Camberwell,Surrey [2] Peckham,Camberwell,Surrey. [2] Walworth, Camberwell, Surrey [2] 3 Beatrice Villas, Ossory Rd, Camberwell, Surrey [1] Camberwell , Surrey [1] Camberwell Surrey London [1] Camberwell, Peckham, Surrey [1] Camberwell, Southwark, Surrey [1] Camberwell, Surrey, [1] Camberwell. County: Greater London, London, Surrey [1] East Dulwich, Camberwell, Surrey [1] Forest Hill, Camberwell, Surrey [1] Highclere, Grove Park, Camberwell, Surrey [1] Honor Oak,Camberwell,Surrey [1] North Camberwell, Surrey [1] Nunhead, Camberwell, Surrey [1] Nunhead,Camberwell,Surrey. [1] Peckham Rye, Camberwell, Surrey [1] Southwark, Camberwell, Surrey [1] St George Camberwell, Surrey [1] The Baker and Basket, 41, Ormside Street, Camberwell, Surrey [1] camberwell, surrey. [1]

Rank

Private [83] Lance Corporal [12] Rifleman [7] Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Serjeant [6] Lieutenant [5] Gunner [4] Company Sergeant Major [3] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Musician [2] A Mech 1 [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Cadet [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Seaman [1] Major [1] PRIVATE [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] R3033 [1] Sergeant Mechanic [1] Surgeon [1] Temporary Captain [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [14] East Kent Regiment [8] London Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Engineers [7] Army Service Corps [5] Labour Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 13th Hussars [1] 14th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 15/19th Hussars [1] 15th Hussars [1] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars [1] 3rd Australian Pioneers [1] 573rd Agricultural Company, Labour Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Draft Conducting Officer [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Queen [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line [1] Hussars [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [605] British Army [120] Royal Navy [64] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [101] S [96] C [74] H [71] M [63] W [60] P [58] G [45] D [44] R [40] F [38] T [37] L [33] A [27] N [21] K [16] O [13] E [12] J [9] V [7] Y [5] I [2] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [779] Merchant Navy [89]

Country

United Kingdom [58] India [2]

Arthur Ernest Packer

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army G/555 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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John Mitchell

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2730 Private Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line 16 Lancers

British Army 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Richard Ernest Page

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 12105 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion.

British Army 12105 PRIVATE Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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John Rudolf Wissmann

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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John Alick Rhodes

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 9371 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9371 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Charles Walter Ransom

Born 1889

Died 1959

British Army 1545 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 955510 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Ernest Harris

Born 1879

Died 1959

British Army B240 Company Sergeant Major School of Musketry Bisley Camp

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Cyril Stanley Rattigan

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Charles Frederick Greenfield

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 12979 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter Edwin Allen

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army R/17885 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

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George Rowland Ludlow

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 10535 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Edward Peagam

Born 1888

Died 1953

British Army 296 Lance Corporal London Regiment 6th

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Henry Robinson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5952

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Arthur Richard Lodge

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26878

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Frederick William Coldwell

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162618

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Walter Oliver

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237780

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William Hayman Roberts

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28193

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William Bernard Buckton

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285408

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George Boyles

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197630

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William Charles Whittaker

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224157

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