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Clapham, London [740]

Clapham Junction, London [17]

Clapham, South London [7]

Clapham Common, London [3]

Clapham, Wandsworth, London [3]

Clapham London [2]

Clapham Park, London [2]

Clapham, Lambeth, London [2]

Clapham, London S W [2]

Clapham, London, Middlesex [2]

Clapham, London, Surrey [2]

Clapham. London [2]

Adstock Woodfield Avenue Clapham London [1]

Clapham Inn, London [1]

Clapham Junction, South London [1]

Clapham Junction, South West London [1]

Clapham Wandsworth London [1]

Clapham in the London Borough of Lambeth [1]

Clapham, London South West [1]

Clapham, London, England [1]

Clapham, London, S.W. [1]

Clapham, Wandsworth, London. [1]

Clapham,Wandsworth,London. [1]

London, Clapham [1]

North Street, Clapham, South London [1]

Saint Marys Clapham, London [1]

Salvin Street, Clapham, Battersea, London [1]

Wandsworth,Clapham,London. [1]

Rank

Private [53]

Able Seaman [13]

Rifleman [11]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Corporal [6]

Serjeant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Gunner [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Nurse [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Signal Boy [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Captain [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A/Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

C.S.M [1]

Cardinal [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain (4th Class) [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Corporal RMLI [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Cook [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Plumber's Mate [1]

Private RMLI [1]

Unit

London Regiment [25]

Royal Engineers [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [4]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Falmouth [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Vindictive [2]

HMS Warspite [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

(RFR/CH/B/10647).M.F.A. "Eleanor." [1]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

British Naval Siege Guns [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

General Headquarters Intelligence [1]

General List [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M.S, Pembroke II [1]

H.M.S. "Blake." [1]

H.M.S. "Castor." [1]

H.M.S. "Dido" [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable" [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

H.M.S. "Warspite." [1]

HM Motor Launch ML 314 [1]

HMS "Q36" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [713]

British Army [78]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [91]

S [78]

H [74]

M [69]

W [67]

C [51]

P [43]

L [36]

G [35]

D [34]

R [32]

A [29]

E [27]

F [27]

J [25]

T [24]

O [16]

K [15]

N [12]

I [4]

V [4]

Y [4]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [789]

Country

United Kingdom [58]

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Place of birth

Clapham, London [740] Clapham Junction, London [17] Clapham, South London [7] Clapham Common, London [3] Clapham, Wandsworth, London [3] Clapham London [2] Clapham Park, London [2] Clapham, Lambeth, London [2] Clapham, London S W [2] Clapham, London, Middlesex [2] Clapham, London, Surrey [2] Clapham. London [2] Adstock Woodfield Avenue Clapham London [1] Clapham Inn, London [1] Clapham Junction, South London [1] Clapham Junction, South West London [1] Clapham Wandsworth London [1] Clapham in the London Borough of Lambeth [1] Clapham, London South West [1] Clapham, London, England [1] Clapham, London, S.W. [1] Clapham, Wandsworth, London. [1] Clapham,Wandsworth,London. [1] London, Clapham [1] North Street, Clapham, South London [1] Saint Marys Clapham, London [1] Salvin Street, Clapham, Battersea, London [1] Wandsworth,Clapham,London. [1]

Rank

Private [53] Able Seaman [13] Rifleman [11] Second Lieutenant [9] Corporal [6] Serjeant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Gunner [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Nurse [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Signal Boy [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Captain [2] Cook's Mate [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A/Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] C.S.M [1] Cardinal [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain (4th Class) [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Corporal RMLI [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Cook [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Officers Steward 3rd Class [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Plumber's Mate [1] Private RMLI [1]

Unit

London Regiment [25] Royal Engineers [5] Army Service Corps [4] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [4] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Falmouth [3] HMS Good Hope [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Vindictive [2] HMS Warspite [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] West Riding Regiment [2] (RFR/CH/B/10647).M.F.A. "Eleanor." [1] 3rd South African Infantry [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] British Naval Siege Guns [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] General Headquarters Intelligence [1] General List [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S, Pembroke II [1] H.M.S. "Blake." [1] H.M.S. "Castor." [1] H.M.S. "Dido" [1] H.M.S. "Formidable" [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] H.M.S. "Warspite." [1] HM Motor Launch ML 314 [1] HMS "Q36" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [713] British Army [78] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [91] S [78] H [74] M [69] W [67] C [51] P [43] L [36] G [35] D [34] R [32] A [29] E [27] F [27] J [25] T [24] O [16] K [15] N [12] I [4] V [4] Y [4] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [789]

Country

United Kingdom [58]

Douglas Stuart Esdon

Born 1887

Died 1972

British Army S/357 Serjeant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army S/3573 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 11th argyll and Battalion

British Army S/3573 Lance Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 11th argyll and Battalion

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William George Edward Stevens

Born 1893

British Army 65857 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 65857 Sergeant Royal Horse Artillery E Battery

British Army 65857 Royal Field Artillery B/181st Brigade, 80th (Reserve) Battery

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Ralph Septimus Preeston

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 565 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 6890 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Cyril Edward Cook

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battn

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Norman Everard Kipling

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5770 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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Arthur Clifford Day

Born 1895

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443232

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443232 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frederick James Collett

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy J46313

Royal Navy J.46313. (Ch.) Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

Royal Navy J.46313. (Ch) Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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Carl Ludwig Henrik Loeffler

Born 1876

Died 1963

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Bernard Logan Wakefield

Born 1896

Died 1926

British Army SE/15259 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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John Batten

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 6549 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Hampshire Regiment

British Army 6549 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 6549 Sergeant The Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Harris

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 9125 Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 9125 Lance Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9125 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Francis Hartley Newton

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army TR/5/113149 Private Training Reserve 86th Battalion

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Frederick Leslie Hammond Burton

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 614886 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 701749 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 614886 Private London Regiment 2nd/19th Battalion

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Thomas Smith

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 4686 Private London Regiment

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Arthur C Marsh

Born 1891

Died 1950

British Army 355406 Acting Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

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Ernest Fielding Willcox

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy K12550 Stoker 2nd Class HMSs Pembroke II, Commonwealth

Royal Navy K12550 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Commonwealth, Pembroke II, Bonaventure, Maidstone

Royal Navy K12550 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Adamant, Maidstone

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Frederick J Benton

Born 1888

Died 1950

British Army 8937 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army

British Army 8937 Private Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment 1st

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William George Holmes

Born 1895

British Army 473660 Rifleman London Regiment 12 Battalion

British Army 7495 Private London Regiment

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Frederick Davis

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy 9828 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO9828 Private HMS Queen Mary RMLI

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Alfred William Davies

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 25920 Private Norfolk Regiment

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