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Camden Town, London [338]

Camden New South Wales [268]

Camden Town, London, Middlesex [103]

Camden Town, Middlesex [72]

Camden Haven New South Wales [12]

Camden Town, Middlesex, England [12]

Camden, London [8]

Camden Town [5]

Camden Town England [4]

Camden England [3]

Camden [2]

Camden London [2]

Camden Town, London. [2]

Camden Town, North West London [2]

Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire [2]

Camden Bay, Aberdeenshire [1]

Camden East, Ontario [1]

Camden Middlesex [1]

Camden Park New South Wales [1]

Camden Park, New South Wales [1]

Camden Square, London, Middlesex [1]

Camden St, Bethnal Green, London [1]

Camden Towm, London [1]

Camden Town Pancras London [1]

Camden Town Middlesex England [1]

Camden Town, North London [1]

Camden Town, North Wales [1]

Camden Town, St Pancras district, London [1]

Camden Town, St Pancras, Middlesex [1]

Camden Twp., Kent Co., Ontario [1]

Camden, Cork [1]

Camden, East Ontario [1]

Camden, Kent, England [1]

Camden, Ontario [1]

Chipping Camden [1]

Kendall Camden New South Wales [1]

Kentish Town, Camden Borough, London [1]

Kentish Town, Camden, London [1]

London, Camden Town, Middlesex [1]

POE Camden New South Wales [1]

St. George Hanover Square, Camden, London [1]

camden [1]

camden town,london [1]

Rank

Private [37]

Able Seaman [6]

Corporal [6]

Serjeant [5]

Driver [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Captain [2]

Gunner [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Cooper [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant [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 /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major General [1]

Master At Arms [1]

Master Mechanic [1]

Master at Arms [1]

Musician [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic (E) [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper [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 [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS Hindustan [2]

HMS Victory [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

(RFR/B/2857) H.M.S. "Stephen Furness." [1]

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

7th Bn Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1]

ASC [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Div. Cyclist Company [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry, Central Ontario Regiment [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex 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]

Service

Royal Navy [335]

Australian Imperial Force [290]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169]

British Army [53]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

B [93]

H [92]

S [74]

M [73]

C [70]

W [64]

D [56]

P [51]

G [41]

F [39]

R [38]

A [37]

L [30]

T [24]

K [20]

N [15]

E [14]

J [12]

O [4]

Q [4]

V [4]

Y [3]

U [2]

Z [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [846]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

France [1]

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Camden Town, London [338] Camden New South Wales [268] Camden Town, London, Middlesex [103] Camden Town, Middlesex [72] Camden Haven New South Wales [12] Camden Town, Middlesex, England [12] Camden, London [8] Camden Town [5] Camden Town England [4] Camden England [3] Camden [2] Camden London [2] Camden Town, London. [2] Camden Town, North West London [2] Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire [2] Camden Bay, Aberdeenshire [1] Camden East, Ontario [1] Camden Middlesex [1] Camden Park New South Wales [1] Camden Park, New South Wales [1] Camden Square, London, Middlesex [1] Camden St, Bethnal Green, London [1] Camden Towm, London [1] Camden Town Pancras London [1] Camden Town Middlesex England [1] Camden Town, North London [1] Camden Town, North Wales [1] Camden Town, St Pancras district, London [1] Camden Town, St Pancras, Middlesex [1] Camden Twp., Kent Co., Ontario [1] Camden, Cork [1] Camden, East Ontario [1] Camden, Kent, England [1] Camden, Ontario [1] Chipping Camden [1] Kendall Camden New South Wales [1] Kentish Town, Camden Borough, London [1] Kentish Town, Camden, London [1] London, Camden Town, Middlesex [1] POE Camden New South Wales [1] St. George Hanover Square, Camden, London [1] camden [1] camden town,london [1]

Rank

Private [37] Able Seaman [6] Corporal [6] Serjeant [5] Driver [3] Lieutenant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Captain [2] Gunner [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Rifleman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Cooper [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant [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 /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major General [1] Master At Arms [1] Master Mechanic [1] Master at Arms [1] Musician [1] Nursing Sister [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Petty Officer Mechanic (E) [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper [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 [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS Hindustan [2] HMS Victory [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] (RFR/B/2857) H.M.S. "Stephen Furness." [1] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 7th Bn Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] 7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1] ASC [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Army Service Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Div. Cyclist Company [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry, Central Ontario Regiment [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex 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]

Service

Royal Navy [335] Australian Imperial Force [290] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169] British Army [53] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

B [93] H [92] S [74] M [73] C [70] W [64] D [56] P [51] G [41] F [39] R [38] A [37] L [30] T [24] K [20] N [15] E [14] J [12] O [4] Q [4] V [4] Y [3] U [2] Z [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [846] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [22] France [1]

George Frederick Budd

Born 1894

Died 1959

British Army T/240774 ASC

British Army 1500 Driver RAMC

British Army 324892 Private 6 London Regiment

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Thomas William Ames

Born 1885

Died 1973

British Army 7375 Private Border Regiment

British Army

British Army 7375 Private Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles Oliver Roberts Albon

Born 1901

Died 1979

British Army 35391 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 19334 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light infantry 3rd battalion

British Army 35391 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Robert George T Carrodus

Born 1871

Died 1966

British Army 31874 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/4th

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Francis Lee

Born 1878

Died 1957

British Army 424 Private Royal Fusiliers

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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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Frederick George Parker

Born 1879

British Army 15371 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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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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Arthur William Macarthur-Onslow

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army Captain 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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James William Macarthur Onslow

Born 1867

Died 1946

Australian Imperial Force Major General

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Ibri Burton Alkenbrack

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 219104 Lieutenant Canadian Infantry, Central Ontario Regiment 75th Battalion

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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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Harry John Hone

Born 1879

Died 1915

Royal Navy CH.B.2857 Petty Officer 1st Class Royal Fleet Reserve

Royal Navy 186791 (CH) Petty Officer 1st Class (RFR/B/2857) H.M.S. "Stephen Furness."

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Ernest Arthur George Cope

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 1286 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 30246 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Harold Edgar Curzon

Born 1889

Died 1971

British Army 79333 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Charles Eastes Hasker

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 4223 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 321745 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 321745 Serjeant London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Vincent Allen Pockett

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1528 Private London Regiment

British Army 3rd City of London Battalion Royal Fusiliers

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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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