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Cape Town [331]

Cape Town, South Africa [69]

Cape Town, Cape Colony [3]

Mowbray, Cape Town [2]

Newlands, Cape Town [2]

Cape Province, Cape Town [1]

Cape Town Colony [1]

Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA [1]

Cape Town, Cape Of Good Hope [1]

Cape Town, Cape Tawon [1]

Cape Town, Mowbray [1]

Cape Town. [1]

Cape-Town, Cape Provence [1]

Castle, Cape Town [1]

Claremont, Cape Town [1]

Graham's Town, Cape Province [1]

Green Paint, Cape Town [1]

Kenilworth, Cape Town [1]

King William's Town Cape Colony, South Africa [1]

King Williams Town, Cape Province [1]

Maitland, Cape Town [1]

Muizenberg, Cape Town [1]

Muizenburg, Cape Town [1]

Obserratory, Cape Town [1]

Observatory Cape Town, South Africa [1]

Parre, Cape Town [1]

Probably Cape Town [1]

Queenstown, Cape Town [1]

Robertson, Cape Town [1]

Rondebosch, Cape Town [1]

Rosebank, Cape Town [1]

Salt River, Cape Town [1]

Sea Point, Cape Town [1]

Shellenbosch, Cape Town [1]

Simon's Town, Cape Colony [1]

Simons Town, Cape Province [1]

South Africa, Cape Town [1]

St Mary's, Cape Town [1]

Woodstock, Cape Town, Western Cape [1]

Wynberg, Cape Town [1]

Wynburg, Cape Town [1]

probably Cape Town [1]

Rank

Private [16]

Lieutenant [15]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Captain [10]

Able Seaman [4]

Serjeant [4]

Assistant Steward [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Gunner [2]

Major [2]

Major General [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Admiral (Retd) [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd class [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Boy [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Carpenters Crew [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commander [1]

Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1]

Corporal [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) and Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman (Temporary) [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Private 2nd class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant (on probation) [1]

Second Lieutenant/Flying Officer [1]

Serjeang [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Unit

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

1st South African Infantry [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marines [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

12th Regiment [1]

1st Regiment South African Infantry [1]

23 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1]

2nd Regiment South African Infantry [1]

36th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F [1]

4th South African Infantry [1]

58th Rifles [1]

58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force) [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Cape Corps [1]

CoGS, Egyptian Expeditionary Force [1]

CoGS, Third Army [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Africa Unattached and Miscellaneous List [1]

H.M.S. "Victory I" [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Blenheim [1]

HMS Caledonia [1]

HMS Dido [1]

HMS Encounter [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Hawke [1]

HMS Hercules (St Vincent) [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Indomitable [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Mildura [1]

HMS Minotaur [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Pekin (Badminton) [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS Pembroke VII [1]

HMS Psyche [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [94]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92]

Royal Navy [82]

British Army [32]

South African Services [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [52]

H [43]

S [41]

W [38]

M [33]

C [29]

G [24]

P [24]

D [20]

R [20]

A [19]

F [16]

T [15]

J [13]

L [12]

V [9]

K [8]

N [8]

E [7]

O [6]

I [3]

Y [2]

U [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [297]

Merchant Navy [136]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

South Africa [9]

France [2]

Australia [1]

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People [444] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cape Town [331] Cape Town, South Africa [69] Cape Town, Cape Colony [3] Mowbray, Cape Town [2] Newlands, Cape Town [2] Cape Province, Cape Town [1] Cape Town Colony [1] Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA [1] Cape Town, Cape Of Good Hope [1] Cape Town, Cape Tawon [1] Cape Town, Mowbray [1] Cape Town. [1] Cape-Town, Cape Provence [1] Castle, Cape Town [1] Claremont, Cape Town [1] Graham's Town, Cape Province [1] Green Paint, Cape Town [1] Kenilworth, Cape Town [1] King William's Town Cape Colony, South Africa [1] King Williams Town, Cape Province [1] Maitland, Cape Town [1] Muizenberg, Cape Town [1] Muizenburg, Cape Town [1] Obserratory, Cape Town [1] Observatory Cape Town, South Africa [1] Parre, Cape Town [1] Probably Cape Town [1] Queenstown, Cape Town [1] Robertson, Cape Town [1] Rondebosch, Cape Town [1] Rosebank, Cape Town [1] Salt River, Cape Town [1] Sea Point, Cape Town [1] Shellenbosch, Cape Town [1] Simon's Town, Cape Colony [1] Simons Town, Cape Province [1] South Africa, Cape Town [1] St Mary's, Cape Town [1] Woodstock, Cape Town, Western Cape [1] Wynberg, Cape Town [1] Wynburg, Cape Town [1] probably Cape Town [1]

Rank

Private [16] Lieutenant [15] Second Lieutenant [13] Captain [10] Able Seaman [4] Serjeant [4] Assistant Steward [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Gunner [2] Major [2] Major General [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Admiral (Retd) [1] Air Mechanic 3rd class [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Boy [1] Brigadier General [1] Carpenters Crew [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commander [1] Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1] Corporal [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) and Adjutant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman (Temporary) [1] Officer Cadet [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Private 2nd class [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant (on probation) [1] Second Lieutenant/Flying Officer [1] Serjeang [1] Squadron Leader [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Corporal [1] Trumpeter [1]

Unit

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] 1st South African Infantry [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] HMS Ajax [2] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marines [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 12th Regiment [1] 1st Regiment South African Infantry [1] 23 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1] 2nd Regiment South African Infantry [1] 36th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F [1] 4th South African Infantry [1] 58th Rifles [1] 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force) [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Cape Corps [1] CoGS, Egyptian Expeditionary Force [1] CoGS, Third Army [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Africa Unattached and Miscellaneous List [1] H.M.S. "Victory I" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Blenheim [1] HMS Caledonia [1] HMS Dido [1] HMS Encounter [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Hawke [1] HMS Hercules (St Vincent) [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Indomitable [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Mildura [1] HMS Minotaur [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Pekin (Badminton) [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS Pembroke VII [1] HMS Psyche [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [94] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92] Royal Navy [82] British Army [32] South African Services [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [52] H [43] S [41] W [38] M [33] C [29] G [24] P [24] D [20] R [20] A [19] F [16] T [15] J [13] L [12] V [9] K [8] N [8] E [7] O [6] I [3] Y [2] U [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [297] Merchant Navy [136]

Country

United Kingdom [14] South Africa [9] France [2] Australia [1]

Aubin Ewald De Gruchy

Born 1889

South African Services 42 Lance Corporal South African Field and Telegraph and Postal Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137832 Officer Cadet

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137832 Second Lieutenant

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Louis De Villiers Wiener

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 13327 Second Lieutenant (on probation) Royal Flying Corps General List

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 13327 Second Lieutenant/Flying Officer Royal Flying Corps General List

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 13327 Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 57 Squadron (France) as Pilot

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Arnold Klosser Van Niekerk

Born 1898

Died 1976

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182203

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Cecil Herbert Andrew Duk

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175984

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Peter Christian Oxenboll

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85324

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John Henry Darroll

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181860

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Claude Wilson

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286786

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Arthur Frank Hine

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290685

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John Redvers Hosking

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291779

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Arthur Herbert Hayes

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36124

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Victor Charles Laing

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156470

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Leonard Gordon Crowder

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176466

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Victor Owen Reid

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176605

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Eden Hodgson

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176895

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Maurice Segal

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176611

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James Edward Knaggs

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176556

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Reginald Vincent Loty

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178187

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Robert Frederick Bairdow

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178150

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George Plaff

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178205

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Andrew John Eddington Desmidt

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181858

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