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Chiswick, Middlesex [156]

Chiswick, London, Middlesex [75]

Chiswick, Middlesex, England [31]

Chiswick, Brentford, Middlesex [4]

Chiswick London, Middlesex [3]

London, Chiswick, Middlesex [2]

3 Bond Terrace, Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

87 Windmill Place. Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

Bedford Park, Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

Bedford Park,Chiswick,Middlesex. [1]

CHISWICK, MIDDLESEX [1]

Chiswick Middlesex [1]

Chiswick Middlesex England [1]

Chiswick, London (Brentford Registration District, Middlesex) [1]

Chiswick, Middlesex, london [1]

Chiswick,Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [26]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Captain [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Lt. Col. [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Member [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

H.M.S. Aboukir [1]

HM Submarine H6 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS CAMBRIAN [1]

HMS COURAGEOUS [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS DEFIANCE [1]

HMS GANGES [1]

HMS IMPREGNABLE [1]

HMS Indus [1]

HMS POWERFUL [1]

HMS VIVID I [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

L55 [1]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps. [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery attached Royal Engineerss [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Hampshire [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Natal [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [145]

Royal Navy [55]

British Army [49]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [32]

H [29]

W [28]

C [26]

S [25]

M [19]

D [18]

G [17]

P [15]

L [13]

T [11]

F [9]

J [9]

E [7]

N [6]

R [5]

I [4]

A [3]

K [2]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [246]

Merchant Navy [31]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Chiswick, Middlesex [156] Chiswick, London, Middlesex [75] Chiswick, Middlesex, England [31] Chiswick, Brentford, Middlesex [4] Chiswick London, Middlesex [3] London, Chiswick, Middlesex [2] 3 Bond Terrace, Chiswick, Middlesex [1] 87 Windmill Place. Chiswick, Middlesex [1] Bedford Park, Chiswick, Middlesex [1] Bedford Park,Chiswick,Middlesex. [1] CHISWICK, MIDDLESEX [1] Chiswick Middlesex [1] Chiswick Middlesex England [1] Chiswick, London (Brentford Registration District, Middlesex) [1] Chiswick, Middlesex, london [1] Chiswick,Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [26] Second Lieutenant [7] Lieutenant [6] Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [3] Captain [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Artificer [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brigadier General [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lt. Col. [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Member [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Pioneer [1] Private 1st Class [1] Rifleman [1] Signal Boy [1] Staff Nurse [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [13] Royal Field Artillery [5] London Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [3] Army Service Corps [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] H.M.S. Aboukir [1] HM Submarine H6 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS CAMBRIAN [1] HMS COURAGEOUS [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS DEFIANCE [1] HMS GANGES [1] HMS IMPREGNABLE [1] HMS Indus [1] HMS POWERFUL [1] HMS VIVID I [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] L55 [1] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps. [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery attached Royal Engineerss [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Hampshire [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Natal [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [145] Royal Navy [55] British Army [49] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [32] H [29] W [28] C [26] S [25] M [19] D [18] G [17] P [15] L [13] T [11] F [9] J [9] E [7] N [6] R [5] I [4] A [3] K [2] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [246] Merchant Navy [31]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Canada [1] India [1]

Frederick Joseph Wiseman

Born 1875

Died 1931

British Army 17795 Private Army Service Corps 13 Labour Company

British Army 17795 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 303752 Private Labour Corps 723 Labour Company

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Walter Spraggon

Born 1889

Died 1964

British Army GS/7406 Corporal Dragoon Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army 53202 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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John Hollis

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 4172 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/42315 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Arthur Roslyn Spearman

Born 1900

Died 1982

British Army 24096 Private Essex Regiment 12th Reserve Battalion

British Army Royal Flying Corps.

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Anthony William Hall

Born 1898

Died 1947

British Army 88595 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick George Draper

Born 1892

Died 1971

British Army 510 Sapper Royal Engineers 3rd Field Company, 47th Division Engineers TF

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Cyril Robert Dumsday

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment

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Allen F Barrington

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 20469 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 11th Bn

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Ormonde De L'epee Winter

Born 1875

Died 1962

British Army Major Royal Artillery

British Army Brigadier General Royal Artillery

British Army Lt. Col. Royal Field Artillery 58 Brigade

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Lea Ewart Barnes Wimbush

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy PI 38177 Temporary Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Eastbourne

Royal Navy PI 38177 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Eastbourne-Eastchurch (Gunnery School)-Eastchurch (War Flight)-Dover-Chingford

Royal Navy PI 38177 Flight Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Chingford (Assistant Instructor)

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Charles George Allam

Born 1882

Died 1945

British Army 96815 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Joseph Handrahan

Born 1897

Died 1970

British Army 9628 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 10704 Corporal South Wales Borderers

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Thomas Whelan

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 7476 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edwin Ernest Smith

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207252 Sergeant

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Ernest Percy Walter Strutt

Born 1896

British Army R/18459 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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George Gilbertson

Died 1915

British Army 13/1063 Sergeant York and Lancaster Regiment 13th Battalion (1st Barnsley Pals)

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Norman Donaldson

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Richard Collins

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 10769 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 10769 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Frederick William Dadds

Born 1888

Died 1944

British Army 9371 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 522990 Private Labour Corps

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William James Hendy

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39515

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