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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]

Mark Augustus Dormon

Born 1896

Royal Navy J16614 Able Seaman HMS MALAYA

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Henry Thomas Herring

Born 1891

Royal Navy K12075 Stoker 1st Class HMS INDOMITABLE

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Aaron Ditch

Born 1883

Royal Navy 200610 Petty Officer HMS Acheron

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Cyril Pocock

Born 1896

Royal Navy J16581 Leading Telegraphist HMS Agincourt

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Harry George Cubitt

Born 1885

Royal Navy 227282 Able Seaman HMS INFLEXIBLE

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Thomas William Booley

Born 1881

Royal Navy M14242 Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMS Caroline

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Henry James Stevenart

Born 1881

Royal Navy M12388 Wireman 1st Class HMS Calliope

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Harold Walter St John

Born 1885

Royal Navy Warrant Telegraphist (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy F19720 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy F19720 Petty Officer (M) Royal Naval Air Service

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Frederick J Curnow

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2784 Private London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

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William H Tilbury

Born 1888

British Army 30175 Sapper Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army 30175 Corporal Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Ernest George Hewland

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 338094

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Joseph Edward Blakeley

Born 1893

Royal Navy 12663 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEW ZEALAND

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Phyllis Katheren Wake

Born 1887

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment/British Red Cross

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Arthur Edward Radwell

Born 1877

British Army 28606 Driver Royal Engineers 84th Field Company

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William James Sime

Born 1897

Royal Navy J31211

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Sidney Fisher Mitchell

Born 1899

Royal Navy J32330

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Stanley James Poole

Born 1899

Royal Navy J49241

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Samuel William Harris

Born 1893

Royal Navy K12235

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Charles Thomas Waters

Born 1888

Royal Navy L2336

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Herbert Edward Hunt

Born 1898

Royal Navy L5890

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