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Clapham, London [740]

Clapham, Surrey [167]

Clapham [51]

Clapham England [26]

Clapham Junction, London [17]

Clapham, Surrey, England [10]

Clapham, South London [7]

Clapham, Middlesex [6]

Clapham Junction, Surrey [5]

Clapham, Bedfordshire [5]

Clapham, Sussex [5]

Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [4]

Clapham Common, London [3]

Clapham, Bedford [3]

Clapham, Wandsworth, London [3]

Clapham, Wandsworth, Surrey [3]

Clapham Common [2]

Clapham Common, Surrey [2]

Clapham Junction, Surrey, England [2]

Clapham London [2]

Clapham Park, London [2]

Clapham Park, Surrey [2]

Clapham Sussex [2]

Clapham, Kent [2]

Clapham, Lambeth, London [2]

Clapham, London S W [2]

Clapham, London, Middlesex [2]

Clapham, London, Surrey [2]

Clapham, Yorkshire, England [2]

Clapham. London [2]

57a langton road clapham [1]

Adstock Woodfield Avenue Clapham London [1]

Clapham Common England [1]

Clapham Inn, London [1]

Clapham Junction England [1]

Clapham Junction, South London [1]

Clapham Junction, South West London [1]

Clapham Junction, Wandsworth, Surrey [1]

Clapham Middlesex [1]

Clapham Park [1]

Clapham Surrey [1]

Clapham Surrey, England [1]

Clapham Wandsworth London [1]

Clapham Warden, Hertfordshire [1]

Clapham in the London Borough of Lambeth [1]

Clapham near Bedford [1]

Clapham near Waltham, Surrey [1]

Clapham, Bedford [1]

Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [1]

Clapham, Bedfordshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [122]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Rifleman [20]

Able Seaman [13]

Serjeant [13]

Lance Corporal [12]

Lieutenant [10]

Corporal [9]

Gunner [9]

Sapper [7]

Captain [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Driver [3]

Nurse [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Signal Boy [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Chaplain [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Reverend [2]

Sergeant [2]

Trooper [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A/Corporal [1]

ALIAS Chaplain [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Crew [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Band Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

C.S.M [1]

Cardinal [1]

Chaplain (4th Class) [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Corporal RMLI [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver (A Mech 3) [1]

First Mate [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Unit

London Regiment [43]

Royal Engineers [11]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [4]

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

Royal Fusiliers [4]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Falmouth [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Vindictive [2]

HMS Warspite [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment (London Scottish) [2]

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Marines [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [755]

British Army [187]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [138]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

Other Empire Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [137]

S [102]

W [99]

H [98]

M [96]

C [85]

P [61]

G [53]

D [50]

L [48]

R [44]

A [42]

F [39]

J [35]

E [34]

T [34]

O [21]

K [16]

N [15]

V [6]

I [5]

Y [5]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1093]

Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [119]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Clapham, London [740] Clapham, Surrey [167] Clapham [51] Clapham England [26] Clapham Junction, London [17] Clapham, Surrey, England [10] Clapham, South London [7] Clapham, Middlesex [6] Clapham Junction, Surrey [5] Clapham, Bedfordshire [5] Clapham, Sussex [5] Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire [4] Clapham Common, London [3] Clapham, Bedford [3] Clapham, Wandsworth, London [3] Clapham, Wandsworth, Surrey [3] Clapham Common [2] Clapham Common, Surrey [2] Clapham Junction, Surrey, England [2] Clapham London [2] Clapham Park, London [2] Clapham Park, Surrey [2] Clapham Sussex [2] Clapham, Kent [2] Clapham, Lambeth, London [2] Clapham, London S W [2] Clapham, London, Middlesex [2] Clapham, London, Surrey [2] Clapham, Yorkshire, England [2] Clapham. London [2] 57a langton road clapham [1] Adstock Woodfield Avenue Clapham London [1] Clapham Common England [1] Clapham Inn, London [1] Clapham Junction England [1] Clapham Junction, South London [1] Clapham Junction, South West London [1] Clapham Junction, Wandsworth, Surrey [1] Clapham Middlesex [1] Clapham Park [1] Clapham Surrey [1] Clapham Surrey, England [1] Clapham Wandsworth London [1] Clapham Warden, Hertfordshire [1] Clapham in the London Borough of Lambeth [1] Clapham near Bedford [1] Clapham near Waltham, Surrey [1] Clapham, Bedford [1] Clapham, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [1] Clapham, Bedfordshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [122] Second Lieutenant [21] Rifleman [20] Able Seaman [13] Serjeant [13] Lance Corporal [12] Lieutenant [10] Corporal [9] Gunner [9] Sapper [7] Captain [5] Acting Corporal [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Driver [3] Nurse [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Signal Boy [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Chaplain [2] Cook's Mate [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Reverend [2] Sergeant [2] Trooper [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A/Corporal [1] ALIAS Chaplain [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Crew [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Band Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] C.S.M [1] Cardinal [1] Chaplain (4th Class) [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Colonel [1] Corporal RMLI [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver (A Mech 3) [1] First Mate [1] Flight Cadet [1]

Unit

London Regiment [43] Royal Engineers [11] Royal Field Artillery [11] Army Service Corps [10] East Surrey Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [4] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4] Essex Regiment [3] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Falmouth [3] HMS Good Hope [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Chaplain's Department [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Vindictive [2] HMS Warspite [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment (London Scottish) [2] London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [2] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Marines [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] The Queen's Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [755] British Army [187] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [138] Australian Imperial Force [28] Other Empire Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [137] S [102] W [99] H [98] M [96] C [85] P [61] G [53] D [50] L [48] R [44] A [42] F [39] J [35] E [34] T [34] O [21] K [16] N [15] V [6] I [5] Y [5] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1093] Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [119] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1]

Bertie Charles Risley

Born 1895

Died 1957

British Army 36843 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 10160 Private East Surrey Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Henry John Ernest Harwar

Born 1886

Died 1968

British Army 36158 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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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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Thomas Charles Gibbs

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant The Cheshire Regiment Territorial Force 7th Battalion (attached to 9th)

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Sidney Albert Stretch

Born 1892

Died 1951

British Army 1238 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370109 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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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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William Wellings Locke

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1820 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd London Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance

British Army 88584 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 133rd Field Ambulance

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Edward Farrow

Born 1894

Died 1961

British Army 210 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 510161 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force

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Noel Harvey

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 5302 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 532514 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 532514 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Charles William Walter Lyons

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army SR/6584 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 6584 Private "D" Coy 4th E.S.R

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Harry Lyons

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army 122778 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 5998727 Private Essex Regiment

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Donald Campbell Wood

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 5182 Private London Regiment

British Army 5182 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Reginald Herbert Constant Hurst

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2462 Private London Regiment

British Army 2462 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Harold William Medlicott

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Thomas Alexander

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1516 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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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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