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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]

James George Heath

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1388 Private London Regiment

British Army 45135 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Frank William Bentley

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17273 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17273 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Cecil Harold Verdin Crichton-Browne

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Captain King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army Acting Major KOSB Special Reserve Ist Bn.

British Army Major King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Auriol Francis Hay Round

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment Reserve of Officers

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment

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James Grant Brandon Thomas

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Alfred Edward Dovaston

Born 1888

Died 1967

British Army 10130 Acting Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 10130 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edmund George Martin Morris

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/765 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/765 Serjeant Otago Regiment

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Walter James Hudson

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy 15450 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/15450 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Wilfred William Ashley

Born 1867

Died 1939

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 20th Liverpool Regiment

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Michael Henry Ride

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army A 394 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army KRRC 7th Batallion

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Neill Fraser-Tytler

Born 1889

Died 1937

British Army Captain Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Major Royal Horse Artillery

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William Head

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 1290 Private East Surrey Regiment 7th Bn

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Lionel Frederick Arthur Mitchell

Born 1887

Died 1971

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38131 Air Mechanic 1st Class 10 Balloon Company

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James Shrubb

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 7027 Private London Regiment

British Army 203390 Private London Regiment

British Army

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Charles William Wingrove

Born 1889

Died 1976

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Major King's Own Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Walter Stanley

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 27753 Pioneer Postal Section Royal Engineers

British Army 27753 Corporal Postal Section Royal Engineers

British Army 27753 Corporal Royal Engineers Postal Section

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William Leonard York

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 2482 Acting Corporal London Regiment

British Army 2482 Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2482 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas Hanson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 26198 Private Welsh Regiment 17th Battalion

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Robert James Blunt

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 10385 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 10385 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

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George James Bowe

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army G/13628 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/13628 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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