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Caterham, Surrey [112]

Caterham, Surrey, England [7]

Caterham, Croydon, Surrey [2]

Bridle Path Cottage, Tupwood, Caterham Valley, Surrey [1]

Caterham Valley, Surrey [1]

Caterham, Godstone, Surrey [1]

Caterham, surrey, England [1]

Rank

Private [8]

Able Seaman [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Chief Stoker [1]

Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Officer's Chief Cook [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Surgeon Probationer [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [2]

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

19th Hussars [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Crystal Palace Depot (HMS Victory VI) [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M. Submarine E47 [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Pelican [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment Attached Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

The London Regiment [1]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [72]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

British Army [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [18]

S [18]

M [14]

H [13]

D [8]

W [8]

C [7]

L [7]

P [7]

R [6]

T [5]

G [4]

O [3]

F [2]

J [2]

A [1]

E [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [114]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Malta [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [125] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Caterham, Surrey [112] Caterham, Surrey, England [7] Caterham, Croydon, Surrey [2] Bridle Path Cottage, Tupwood, Caterham Valley, Surrey [1] Caterham Valley, Surrey [1] Caterham, Godstone, Surrey [1] Caterham, surrey, England [1]

Rank

Private [8] Able Seaman [2] Lieutenant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Chief Stoker [1] Corporal [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Officer's Chief Cook [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Surgeon Probationer [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [2] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 19th Hussars [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Crystal Palace Depot (HMS Victory VI) [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M. Submarine E47 [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Pelican [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] Kent Cyclist Battalion [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment Attached Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] The London Regiment [1] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [72] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] British Army [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [18] S [18] M [14] H [13] D [8] W [8] C [7] L [7] P [7] R [6] T [5] G [4] O [3] F [2] J [2] A [1] E [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [114] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Malta [1] Turkey [1]

Alban Henry Francis Donnelly

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251504

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Hamilton Mann

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26259

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Douglas Robert Mann

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 34295 Serjeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Walter Charles Gosling

Born 1889

Died 1968

British Army TF/1977 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army 266093 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Charles Robert Michell

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7892

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Oscar Griggs

Born 1888

British Army 3016 Private 19th Hussars

British Army 531723 Private 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

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William Cyril Simpson

Died 1916

British Army 2/10610 Private The Queen's Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Albert Charles Stacey Bush

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160998

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Valentine Cummings Gates

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157252

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George Couling

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219930

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Reginald Benade Glendower Ottley

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment Attached Royal Flying Corps 59th Squadron

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Charles Stripp

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228861

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Reginald Leslie Hobson

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219727

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John William Smith

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213114

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Frederick Godfrey Howard Elliff

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4047

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James Walter Wentworth Pearce

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92019

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Frank Potter

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93771

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Allan Osborne

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46736

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Frederick William Sadler

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 4875 Private The Queen's Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Savage West

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249120

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