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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]

George Fagence

Born 1886

Died 1964

British Army 12367 Private Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 12367 Private Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 12367 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alexander John Guy

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army SE/303 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 46817 Private 17th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 46817 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Anthony Henry Evelyn Ashley

Born 1894

Died 1921

British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

British Army Captain Coldstream Guards

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Robert John Lane

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy 14092 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 14732 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/14732 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: SS Ethel Hilda

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Alexander John Rothwell

Born 1882

British Army 926 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 926 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment

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Frank Herbert Bonas

Born 1895

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106870 Air Mechanic 2nd Class 7th Wing

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Alfred Theodore Chivers

Born 1886

Died 2017

British Army 5398 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 392108 Rifleman London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Lionel Leonard Gilson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 40221 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 40221 Private Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 8th (Service) Battalion

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Charles Alfred Coton

Born 1894

Died 1973

British Army 18998 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Francis Walter Freeman

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 28904 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 35th Brigade

British Army 28904 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William John Biss

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army G/15474 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Eric Henri Kennington

Born 1888

Died 1960

British Army 1799 Private London Regiment 13th Battalion (Kensington Battalion)

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Robert William Hubbard

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army G/903 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army F/903 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th Battalion

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Joseph Ball

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 6859 Private Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army L/14232 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Arthur Silvester

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 6308 Corporal Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Harry Sebley

Born 1880

Died 1939

British Army 6487 493289 Private London Regiment

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Percy Coe

Born 1894

British Army 10523 East Surrey Regiment 3 Battalion

British Army 18903 East Kent Regiment 3/5 Battalion

British Army

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Edward Herbert Morris

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army B/2955 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army B.2955 Private Rifle Brigade

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Cecil James Bisshopp

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 3573 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3573 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371387 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Albert Ernest Chappell

Born 1994

Died 1917

British Army 5271 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 392031 Lance Corporal London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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