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Chelsea, London [1231]

Chelsea, Middlesex [301]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [291]

Chelsea [93]

Chelsea, Middlesex, England [71]

Chelsea England [56]

Chelsea, South West London [18]

Chelsea London [13]

Chelsea,London [7]

South Chelsea, London [7]

Chelsea North, London [4]

Chelsea , London [3]

Chelsea Barracks [3]

Chelsea Middlesex [3]

Chelsea. London [3]

Chelsea London [2]

Chelsea London [2]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex, England [2]

107 Flood Street, South Chelsea, Middlesex, England [1]

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]

3 Lydon Gardens, Cheyne Row, Chelsea [1]

37 Caroline Place, Chelsea, London [1]

86 Sloane Street, Chelsea, London [1]

Boughtonmon-Chelsea, Kent [1]

Cadogan Place, Chelsea, London, [1]

Chelsea Longon [1]

Chelsea Middlesex [1]

Chelsea Barracks England [1]

Chelsea ENGLAND [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 Victoria [1]

Chelsea Workhouse [1]

Chelsea district [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chelsea, Buckinghamshire [1]

Chelsea, Cheshire [1]

Chelsea, Kensignton, Middlesex [1]

Chelsea, LONDON [1]

Chelsea, Lnodon [1]

Chelsea, London, [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex. [1]

Chelsea, Middx [1]

Rank

Private [176]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Lieutenant [36]

Captain [35]

Corporal [27]

Rifleman [26]

Able Seaman [21]

Lance Corporal [19]

Gunner [18]

Major [17]

Serjeant [14]

Sapper [13]

Petty Officer [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Commander [5]

Driver [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Flight Lieutenant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Major [3]

Leading Signalman [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Midshipman [3]

Munitions Worker [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd 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]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Musician [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Squadron Leader [2]

Unit

London Regiment [54]

Royal Engineers [22]

Middlesex Regiment [21]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [12]

Army Service Corps [10]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Labour Corps [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

East Kent Regiment [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Naval Air Service [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Army Pay Corps [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

Lancers [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

General List [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

HMS Barham [2]

HMS Caroline [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1147]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [544]

British Army [330]

Australian Imperial Force [63]

Other Empire Force [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [236]

H [228]

S [204]

C [180]

W [156]

M [135]

D [121]

P [111]

T [109]

L [101]

R [98]

G [94]

F [84]

A [63]

E [54]

J [51]

K [45]

N [32]

O [21]

V [14]

Y [9]

I [8]

Q [5]

U [2]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2046]

Merchant Navy [74]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [162]

Canada [2]

Egypt [2]

New Zealand [2]

Australia [1]

Belgium [1]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Chelsea, London [1231] Chelsea, Middlesex [301] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [291] Chelsea [93] Chelsea, Middlesex, England [71] Chelsea England [56] Chelsea, South West London [18] Chelsea London [13] Chelsea,London [7] South Chelsea, London [7] Chelsea North, London [4] Chelsea , London [3] Chelsea Barracks [3] Chelsea Middlesex [3] Chelsea. London [3] Chelsea London [2] Chelsea London [2] Chelsea, London, Middlesex, England [2] 107 Flood Street, South Chelsea, Middlesex, England [1] 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] 3 Lydon Gardens, Cheyne Row, Chelsea [1] 37 Caroline Place, Chelsea, London [1] 86 Sloane Street, Chelsea, London [1] Boughtonmon-Chelsea, Kent [1] Cadogan Place, Chelsea, London, [1] Chelsea Longon [1] Chelsea Middlesex [1] Chelsea Barracks England [1] Chelsea ENGLAND [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 Victoria [1] Chelsea Workhouse [1] Chelsea district [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chelsea, Buckinghamshire [1] Chelsea, Cheshire [1] Chelsea, Kensignton, Middlesex [1] Chelsea, LONDON [1] Chelsea, Lnodon [1] Chelsea, London, [1] Chelsea, Middlesex. [1] Chelsea, Middx [1]

Rank

Private [176] Second Lieutenant [45] Lieutenant [36] Captain [35] Corporal [27] Rifleman [26] Able Seaman [21] Lance Corporal [19] Gunner [18] Major [17] Serjeant [14] Sapper [13] Petty Officer [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Boy 1st Class [6] Commander [5] Driver [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Leading Seaman [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Flight Lieutenant [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Major [3] Leading Signalman [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Midshipman [3] Munitions Worker [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Air Mechanic 2nd 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] Lance Bombardier [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Musician [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Squadron Leader [2]

Unit

London Regiment [54] Royal Engineers [22] Middlesex Regiment [21] Royal Field Artillery [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [12] Army Service Corps [10] East Surrey Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Labour Corps [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Air Force [8] South Wales Borderers [8] East Kent Regiment [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Naval Air Service [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Army Pay Corps [4] Essex Regiment [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] HMS MALAYA [4] Lancers [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] HMS BLACK PRINCE [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] General List [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] HMS Barham [2] HMS Caroline [2] HMS Good Hope [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1147] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [544] British Army [330] Australian Imperial Force [63] Other Empire Force [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [236] H [228] S [204] C [180] W [156] M [135] D [121] P [111] T [109] L [101] R [98] G [94] F [84] A [63] E [54] J [51] K [45] N [32] O [21] V [14] Y [9] I [8] Q [5] U [2] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2046] Merchant Navy [74] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [162] Canada [2] Egypt [2] New Zealand [2] Australia [1] Belgium [1] India [1] South Africa [1]

Edward Robert Francis Compton

Born 1891

Died 1977

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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William Condon

Born 1896

Died 1975

British Army 174315 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 612752 Gunner Labour Corps

British Army 174315 Private Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Froome Dew

Born 1879

Died 1968

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443236 Private Canadian Infantry 54th Battalion (Kootenay)

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443236 Sapper Canadian Military Engineers 2nd Canadian Tunnelling Company

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443236 Sapper Canadian Military Engineers 2nd Field Company

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John Albert Humberstone

Born 1885

Died 1959

British Army M2/100801 Private Army Service Corps 343 Company

British Army M2/100801 Private Army Service Corps 621 Company

British Army M2/100801 Private Army Service Corps Attached to 58th Divisional Signalling Company Royal Engineers

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James Rayner

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army L/6786 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army L/6786 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Arthur James Bews

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy 20203 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy Royal Marines Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

British Army 13285 Private Machine Gun Corps

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John Allford Cheston

Born 1889

Died 1930

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 24th Battalion

British Army corporal Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Royal Fusiliers 17 Battalion, UPS

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Frank Mason Sharpin

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 5070 Private London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles)

British Army 391892 Private London Regiment (Civil Service Rifles)

British Army 391892 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (county of lond Battalion

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Hermione Edith Agnes Pelham-Clinton

Born 1890

Died 1991

Other Empire Force Member The British Red Cross High Beach Hospital, Westgate on Sea, Kent

Other Empire Force Member The British Red Cross St John Ambulance Brigade Hospital, Etaples, France

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Francis George Davis

Born 1894

Died 1927

British Army 115727 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 231849 Private Corps of Hussars

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James Murray Round

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army Captain Essex Regiment

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Tammy Leigh H Atkins

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army

British Army t t t t

British Army

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John Howlett

Born 1879

Died 1964

British Army 58766 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 5th Garrison Battalion

British Army 6298 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 6298 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

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Charles James Dumbleton

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army G/9752 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Cyril Holland

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 86857 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Rupert Samuel Belding

Born 1878

Died 1952

British Army 2617 Corporal Rifle Brigade

British Army G/29226 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/29226 Warrant Officer Class 2 King's African Rifles 4th King's African Rifles

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William Albert Baby

Born 1884

British Army G/8811 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Herbert Chase

Born 1881

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1427 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles Rastall

Born 1865

Died 1917

British Army 19572 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Garrison Bn

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Claude Nicholson

Born 1898

Died 1943

British Army Lieutenant Lancers

British Army Captain Lancers

British Army Second Lieutenant 16th Lancers

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