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Camden Town, London [338]

Camden Town, London, Middlesex [103]

Camden Town, London. [2]

Camden Town, North West London [2]

Camden Town Pancras London [1]

Camden Town, North London [1]

Camden Town, St Pancras district, London [1]

Kentish Town, Camden Borough, London [1]

Kentish Town, Camden, London [1]

London, Camden Town, Middlesex [1]

camden town,london [1]

Rank

Private [16]

Able Seaman [6]

Corporal [5]

Serjeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

2nd Cooper [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 1 [1]

Aircraftman 2 [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Cooper [1]

Cooper's Crew [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Master At Arms [1]

Master Mechanic [1]

Master at Arms [1]

Musician [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic (E) [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant Major 2nd Class [1]

Serjeant Clerk [1]

Ship's Corporal [1]

Shipwright [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

London Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

HMS Hindustan [2]

HMS Victory [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Canada [1]

HMS Cressy [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington II [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Hero [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS King Alfred [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Prince George [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS SOUTHAMPTON [1]

HMS Superb [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party [1]

HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [319]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [107]

British Army [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [54]

B [53]

S [40]

W [39]

C [37]

P [31]

M [30]

D [21]

A [20]

F [19]

L [19]

G [17]

T [17]

R [16]

E [9]

K [9]

J [8]

N [6]

V [2]

Y [2]

O [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [451]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Camden Town, London [338] Camden Town, London, Middlesex [103] Camden Town, London. [2] Camden Town, North West London [2] Camden Town Pancras London [1] Camden Town, North London [1] Camden Town, St Pancras district, London [1] Kentish Town, Camden Borough, London [1] Kentish Town, Camden, London [1] London, Camden Town, Middlesex [1] camden town,london [1]

Rank

Private [16] Able Seaman [6] Corporal [5] Serjeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] 2nd Cooper [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 1 [1] Aircraftman 2 [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Cooper [1] Cooper's Crew [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Master At Arms [1] Master Mechanic [1] Master at Arms [1] Musician [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Petty Officer Mechanic (E) [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant Major 2nd Class [1] Serjeant Clerk [1] Ship's Corporal [1] Shipwright [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

London Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] HMS Hindustan [2] HMS Victory [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Coldstream Guards [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Canada [1] HMS Cressy [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Duke of Wellington II [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Hero [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS King Alfred [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Prince George [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS SOUTHAMPTON [1] HMS Superb [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Victory II [1] HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party [1] HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [1] Labour Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [319] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [107] British Army [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [54] B [53] S [40] W [39] C [37] P [31] M [30] D [21] A [20] F [19] L [19] G [17] T [17] R [16] E [9] K [9] J [8] N [6] V [2] Y [2] O [1] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [451]

Country

United Kingdom [14] France [1]

Edgar Joshua De Gruchy

Born 1880

Died 1939

British Army 244049 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks Company

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Augustus Arkell

Born 1868

Died 1958

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29578 Aircraftman 2 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29578 Aircraftman 1 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29578 Corporal Royal Flying Corps

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Henry Robert Maddren

Born 1885

Died 1943

Royal Navy F8744 Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208744 Corporal Mechanic

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Henry George Head

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 1978 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1978 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1978 Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Ross

Born 1889

Died 1967

British Army 23534 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 23534 Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant Royal Engineers

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Edward John Stevens

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 10582 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Adolphe Anthony Goossens

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3392 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army 3392

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

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Launcelot Edward Carter

Born 1885

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 782087

Canadian Expeditionary Force 782087 Private Canadian Infantry

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Cecil Hamersley Waldron

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

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Henry Grey Hughes

Born 1888

Died 1915

Royal Navy F3180 Air Mechanic 1st Class RNAS HMS "Ben-my-Chree"

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Frederick Robert Arthur Piears

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281506

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James Murray

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145020

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James Garry Scott

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20168

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William John Tillyer

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1423 Lance Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion ( Rifles)

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William George Northway

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404302

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George William Cox

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301973

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Herbert Frederick French

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27779

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Alfred Brown

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260399

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William John Crawford

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 7791 Serjeant Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Ernest Charles Dillingham

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27596

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