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Chelsea, London [1231]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [291]

Chelsea, South West London [18]

Chelsea London [13]

Chelsea,London [7]

South Chelsea, London [7]

Chelsea North, London [4]

Chelsea , London [3]

Chelsea. London [3]

Chelsea London [2]

Chelsea London [2]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex, England [2]

16 Pond Place, Chelsea, London, England [1]

18 Camera Square , Chelsea, London [1]

19 D'oyley Street, Chelsea, London, England [1]

27 Leader Street Chelsea, South West London [1]

37 Caroline Place, Chelsea, London [1]

86 Sloane Street, Chelsea, London [1]

Cadogan Place, Chelsea, London, [1]

Chelsea Kensal Town, London [1]

Chelsea Kensal Town, London, England [1]

Chelsea London England [1]

Chelsea London, Middlesex [1]

Chelsea North East, London [1]

Chelsea Registration District, London [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chelsea, LONDON [1]

Chelsea, London, [1]

Chelsea,London. [1]

Edith Grove, Chelsea, London [1]

Kensal Town Chelsea, London [1]

Lancefield Street, QueensPark, Chelsea, London [1]

London (Chelsea) [1]

London Chelsea [1]

London, Chelsea [1]

London, Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

North Chelsea, London [1]

Probably Chelsea, London [1]

St George, Hanover Square, Chelsea, London [1]

Towndes Square, Chelsea, London [1]

West Chelsea, London [1]

chelsea,london [1]

Rank

Private [106]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Lieutenant [21]

Able Seaman [20]

Captain [20]

Rifleman [20]

Corporal [18]

Lance Corporal [11]

Serjeant [11]

Major [10]

Gunner [9]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Sapper [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Leading Seaman [5]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Commander [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Driver [3]

Flight Lieutenant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Leading Signalman [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Midshipman [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Electrical Artificer 3c [2]

Electrical Artificer 4c [2]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Flying Officer [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Munitions Worker [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Squadron Leader [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Vice Admiral [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

1st Writer [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

6446 [1]

AIR MECHANIC 1ST CLASS [1]

Acting Armourer [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [41]

Royal Engineers [13]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Naval Air Service [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

Lancers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

HMS Caroline [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

General List [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

HMS Barham [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Hyacinth [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS Lucia [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS TIPPERARY [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Life Guards [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1105]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [303]

British Army [197]

Other Empire Force [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [170]

S [164]

H [163]

C [133]

W [112]

M [111]

D [92]

P [90]

T [84]

L [78]

G [74]

R [65]

F [63]

A [46]

E [37]

K [35]

J [32]

N [23]

O [15]

V [10]

I [6]

Y [5]

Q [3]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1586]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [115]

Canada [2]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [1613] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chelsea, London [1231] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [291] Chelsea, South West London [18] Chelsea London [13] Chelsea,London [7] South Chelsea, London [7] Chelsea North, London [4] Chelsea , London [3] Chelsea. London [3] Chelsea London [2] Chelsea London [2] Chelsea, London, Middlesex, England [2] 16 Pond Place, Chelsea, London, England [1] 18 Camera Square , Chelsea, London [1] 19 D'oyley Street, Chelsea, London, England [1] 27 Leader Street Chelsea, South West London [1] 37 Caroline Place, Chelsea, London [1] 86 Sloane Street, Chelsea, London [1] Cadogan Place, Chelsea, London, [1] Chelsea Kensal Town, London [1] Chelsea Kensal Town, London, England [1] Chelsea London England [1] Chelsea London, Middlesex [1] Chelsea North East, London [1] Chelsea Registration District, London [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chelsea, LONDON [1] Chelsea, London, [1] Chelsea,London. [1] Edith Grove, Chelsea, London [1] Kensal Town Chelsea, London [1] Lancefield Street, QueensPark, Chelsea, London [1] London (Chelsea) [1] London Chelsea [1] London, Chelsea [1] London, Chelsea, Middlesex [1] North Chelsea, London [1] Probably Chelsea, London [1] St George, Hanover Square, Chelsea, London [1] Towndes Square, Chelsea, London [1] West Chelsea, London [1] chelsea,london [1]

Rank

Private [106] Second Lieutenant [32] Lieutenant [21] Able Seaman [20] Captain [20] Rifleman [20] Corporal [18] Lance Corporal [11] Serjeant [11] Major [10] Gunner [9] Stoker 1st Class [8] Sapper [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Petty Officer [6] Leading Seaman [5] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Commander [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Driver [3] Flight Lieutenant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Leading Signalman [3] Leading Stoker [3] Midshipman [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Electrical Artificer 3c [2] Electrical Artificer 4c [2] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2] Flying Officer [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Munitions Worker [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Squadron Leader [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Vice Admiral [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] 1st Writer [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 6446 [1] AIR MECHANIC 1ST CLASS [1] Acting Armourer [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [41] Royal Engineers [13] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Army Service Corps [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Naval Air Service [6] Labour Corps [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] HMS MALAYA [4] Lancers [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] HMS BLACK PRINCE [3] HMS Caroline [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] General List [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] HMS Barham [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Hyacinth [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS Lucia [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS TIPPERARY [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Life Guards [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1105] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [303] British Army [197] Other Empire Force [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [170] S [164] H [163] C [133] W [112] M [111] D [92] P [90] T [84] L [78] G [74] R [65] F [63] A [46] E [37] K [35] J [32] N [23] O [15] V [10] I [6] Y [5] Q [3] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1586] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [115] Canada [2] Egypt [1] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Edwin Wright

Born 1886

Royal Navy 227315

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Arthur Moore

Born 1886

Royal Navy 228919

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Arthur Frank Mellows

Born 1884

Royal Navy 206321

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Ethel Harriet Dunbar Perkins

Born 1886

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Helen Frances Murley

Born 1896

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Elizabeth Violet Pointer

Born 1898

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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John Bracken

Born 1899

Royal Navy J43361 Boy 1st Class HMS INDOMITABLE

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Alfred Edward Hanlon

Born 1886

Royal Navy 217991 Leading Signalman HMS ONSLAUGHT

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William Robert Lester

Born 1887

Royal Navy SS104978 Stoker 1st Class HMS BROKE

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Harry Perman

Born 1893

Royal Navy K12886 Leading Stoker HMS INFLEXIBLE

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George David Lloyd

Born 1887

Royal Navy 220940 Petty Officer HMS SUPERB

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George Harry Collier

Born 1894

Royal Navy M11015 Ship's Steward's Assistant HMS NEPTUNE

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John Stanley Manly

Born 1888

Royal Navy 230161 Yeoman of Signals HMS OPAL

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Charles Herbert Todhunter

Born 1885

Royal Navy 218696 Yeoman of Signals HMS MALAYA

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Walter Cooper

Born 1889

Royal Navy 234277 Leading Seaman HMS MALAYA

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Henry Lewis

Born 1899

Royal Navy J32448 Boy 1st Class HMS WARSPITE

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Thomas Childs

Born 1871

British Army 10549 Private Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion att 19th Field Ambulanmce

British Army 222293 Private Labour Corps

British Army 3452 Durham Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Ernest Albert Hartwell

Born 1885

Royal Navy 214666 Leading Seaman HMS Princess Royal

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George William Metcalfe

Born 1895

Royal Navy J16981 Able Seaman HMS IRON DUKE

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Arthur Robert Turner

Born 1898

Royal Navy J32199 Boy Telegraphist HMS TIPPERARY

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