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Camberwell, London [2322]

Camberwell, Surrey [745]

Camberwell Victoria [224]

Camberwell [151]

Camberwell, Surrey, England [90]

Camberwell England [34]

Camberwell, South London [23]

Peckham, Camberwell, London [21]

Camberwell London [18]

Camberwell,London. [8]

Camberwell Surrey [7]

Camberwell, Middlesex [6]

East Camberwell Victoria [6]

Camberwell New South Wales [5]

Camberwell, London, England [5]

Camberwell Green, London [3]

Camberwell, London, Middlesex [3]

Camberwell, Victoria [3]

Dulwich, Camberwell, London [3]

Dulwich, Camberwell, Surrey [3]

East Dulwich, Camberwell, London [3]

North Camberwell, London [3]

Nunhead, Camberwell, London [3]

Peckham Camberwell London [3]

Peckham, Camberwell [3]

Peckham, Camberwell, Surrey [3]

CAMBERWELL [2]

Camberwell London [2]

Camberwell East Victoria [2]

Camberwell South London [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Camberwell, Dulwich, Surrey [2]

Camberwell, London, Surrey [2]

Camberwell, South East London [2]

Camberwell,London [2]

Camberwell,Surrey [2]

Peckham,Camberwell,Surrey. [2]

Walworth, Camberwell, Surrey [2]

camberwell [2]

22 Wyndham Road, Camberwell, London [1]

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

76 Denmark Street, Camberwell [1]

Camberwell , Surrey [1]

Camberwell London England [1]

Camberwell Middlesex London [1]

Camberwell RD [1]

Camberwell Registration District [1]

Camberwell South East London [1]

Camberwell Southwark South London [1]

Camberwell Surrey London [1]

Rank

Private [396]

Rifleman [81]

Corporal [46]

Serjeant [41]

Gunner [40]

Lance Corporal [39]

Able Seaman [37]

Second Lieutenant [37]

Lieutenant [29]

Ordinary Seaman [23]

Driver [18]

Stoker 1st Class [18]

Captain [16]

Leading Seaman [15]

Boy 1st Class [14]

Sergeant [14]

Sapper [13]

Boy 2nd Class [12]

Deck Hand [11]

Petty Officer [8]

Major [6]

Musician [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Cadet [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

PRIVATE [3]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [3]

Signal Boy [3]

AB [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Lance Sergeant [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Acting Staff Sergeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Chief Motor Mechanic [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Junior Reserve Attendant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Munitions Worker [2]

Unit

London Regiment [154]

Royal Field Artillery [49]

Army Service Corps [31]

Middlesex Regiment [29]

Labour Corps [22]

Royal Engineers [22]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

Royal Air Force [20]

East Surrey Regiment [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [17]

South Wales Borderers [17]

East Kent Regiment [15]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Naval Reserve [13]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [11]

Essex Regiment [10]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [10]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

HMS Impregnable [7]

Honourable Artillery Company [7]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [6]

HMS NEPTUNE [6]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

HMS Pembroke I [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

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

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

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

Service

Royal Navy [2181]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [625]

British Army [607]

Australian Imperial Force [281]

Other Empire Force [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

South African Services [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [423]

S [374]

C [338]

H [326]

W [282]

M [258]

P [216]

R [184]

G [183]

F [174]

D [173]

T [158]

L [154]

A [126]

N [79]

K [76]

J [73]

E [72]

O [45]

Y [26]

V [24]

I [13]

Q [6]

U [6]

Contribution

Military Service [3640]

Merchant Navy [90]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [377]

India [3]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Camberwell, London [2322] Camberwell, Surrey [745] Camberwell Victoria [224] Camberwell [151] Camberwell, Surrey, England [90] Camberwell England [34] Camberwell, South London [23] Peckham, Camberwell, London [21] Camberwell London [18] Camberwell,London. [8] Camberwell Surrey [7] Camberwell, Middlesex [6] East Camberwell Victoria [6] Camberwell New South Wales [5] Camberwell, London, England [5] Camberwell Green, London [3] Camberwell, London, Middlesex [3] Camberwell, Victoria [3] Dulwich, Camberwell, London [3] Dulwich, Camberwell, Surrey [3] East Dulwich, Camberwell, London [3] North Camberwell, London [3] Nunhead, Camberwell, London [3] Peckham Camberwell London [3] Peckham, Camberwell [3] Peckham, Camberwell, Surrey [3] CAMBERWELL [2] Camberwell London [2] Camberwell East Victoria [2] Camberwell South London [2] Camberwell, London [2] Camberwell, Dulwich, Surrey [2] Camberwell, London, Surrey [2] Camberwell, South East London [2] Camberwell,London [2] Camberwell,Surrey [2] Peckham,Camberwell,Surrey. [2] Walworth, Camberwell, Surrey [2] camberwell [2] 22 Wyndham Road, Camberwell, London [1] 3 Beatrice Villas, Ossory Rd, Camberwell, Surrey [1] 76 Denmark Street, Camberwell [1] Camberwell , Surrey [1] Camberwell London England [1] Camberwell Middlesex London [1] Camberwell RD [1] Camberwell Registration District [1] Camberwell South East London [1] Camberwell Southwark South London [1] Camberwell Surrey London [1]

Rank

Private [396] Rifleman [81] Corporal [46] Serjeant [41] Gunner [40] Lance Corporal [39] Able Seaman [37] Second Lieutenant [37] Lieutenant [29] Ordinary Seaman [23] Driver [18] Stoker 1st Class [18] Captain [16] Leading Seaman [15] Boy 1st Class [14] Sergeant [14] Sapper [13] Boy 2nd Class [12] Deck Hand [11] Petty Officer [8] Major [6] Musician [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Corporal [5] Leading Stoker [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Bombardier [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Cadet [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] PRIVATE [3] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [3] Signal Boy [3] AB [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Lance Sergeant [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Acting Staff Sergeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Chief Motor Mechanic [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Junior Reserve Attendant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Munitions Worker [2]

Unit

London Regiment [154] Royal Field Artillery [49] Army Service Corps [31] Middlesex Regiment [29] Labour Corps [22] Royal Engineers [22] Royal Fusiliers [22] Royal Air Force [20] East Surrey Regiment [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [17] South Wales Borderers [17] East Kent Regiment [15] Machine Gun Corps [14] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Naval Reserve [13] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [11] Essex Regiment [10] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [10] Royal Naval Division [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] HMS Impregnable [7] Honourable Artillery Company [7] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Devonshire Regiment [6] HMS INFLEXIBLE [6] HMS NEPTUNE [6] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] HMS Pembroke I [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] H.M.S. "Formidable." [4]

Service

Royal Navy [2181] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [625] British Army [607] Australian Imperial Force [281] Other Empire Force [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] South African Services [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [423] S [374] C [338] H [326] W [282] M [258] P [216] R [184] G [183] F [174] D [173] T [158] L [154] A [126] N [79] K [76] J [73] E [72] O [45] Y [26] V [24] I [13] Q [6] U [6]

Contribution

Military Service [3640] Merchant Navy [90] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [377] India [3] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Alfred Phipps Austin

Born 1877

Died 1933

British Army 527011 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps 1st London Sanitary Company

British Army 876 Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Royal Fusiliers 2nd Volunteer Battalion

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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 Simmons

Born 1884

Died 1949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185145

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185145 Company Sergeant Major

British Army R3033 East Surrey Regiment 3rd Battalion

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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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Hewett Trevelyn Whiting

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army Stk/2376 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th (Stockbrokers) Battalion

British Army 2376 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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Alfred John Gawan

Born 1895

Died 1983

British Army L/22589 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/22589 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 22589 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 162nd Camberwell Howitzer Brigade

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Ernest Henry Blizard Kimber

Born 1886

Died 1950

British Army 5587, 322736 Sergeant London Regiment 6th (City Of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Edward Ernest Holder

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 841194 Private London Regiment

British Army 841194 Private London Regiment 32nd London Battalion

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Alfred Overy

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 473117 Rifleman London Regiment 1st Battalion 'QVR'/12th Battalion 'Rangers'

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Arthur John Young

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 31700 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 31700 Acting Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion attached 1st/7th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Henry William Deeks

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 241435 Private London Regiment 23rd lond Battalion

British Army GS/64297 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 241435 Private 23 London Regiment

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Harry Arthur Smith

Born 1893

Died 1943

British Army L/6354 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Captain Royal Air Force

British Army 6354 Royal Field Artillery C Battery

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Albert Victor George Barrett

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 341 Serjeant London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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