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Clerkenwell, London [793]

Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [215]

Clerkenwell, North London [7]

Clerkenwell London [4]

3 Haywards Place, St. John's St., Clerkenwell, London [1]

51 Myddleton Square, Clerkenwell, London [1]

Clerkenwell Shoreditch London [1]

Clerkenwell in London [1]

Clerkenwell, Central London [1]

Clerkenwell, Holborn, London [1]

Clerkenwell, Islington, London [1]

Clerkenwell, London N [1]

Clerkenwell, London. [1]

Clerkenwell, Middlesex, London [1]

Clerkenwell. London [1]

Finsbury, Clerkenwell, London [1]

Finsbury, Clerkenwell, North London [1]

Henry Street, Clerkenwell, Islington, London [1]

Holborn,Clerkenwell,London. [1]

London, Holburn (Clerkenwell) [1]

Norway Street, Clerkenwell, London [1]

St James, Clerkenwell, Central London [1]

Ten, Pine Street, Clerkenwell, London [1]

Rank

Private [58]

Rifleman [17]

Able Seaman [16]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Corporal [7]

Serjeant [7]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Leading Stoker [4]

Deck Hand [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

1/am [1]

2/am [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic I [1]

Air Mechanic II [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2c [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Member [1]

Musician [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Pilot Cadet [1]

Pioneer Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Stoker II [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [24]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Labour Corps [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS Chester [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

4th Royal Canadian Regiment [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

City of London Territorial Force [1]

County of London Regiment [1]

County of London Regiment (Prince of Wales Own, Civil Service) [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Europs II - M 33 [1]

H.M. Submarine E5 [1]

H.M.S. "Queen Mary." [1]

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

H.M.S. Hood [1]

H.M.S. Victory II [1]

HM Submarine E20 [1]

HM Submarine E37 [1]

Service

Royal Navy [740]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [221]

British Army [83]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [110]

S [101]

H [95]

W [81]

C [71]

M [69]

T [63]

G [57]

P [54]

R [50]

L [47]

D [44]

A [36]

F [33]

E [26]

K [24]

J [23]

N [18]

O [14]

I [7]

V [7]

U [3]

Y [3]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1033]

Country

United Kingdom [52]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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Clerkenwell, London [793] Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [215] Clerkenwell, North London [7] Clerkenwell London [4] 3 Haywards Place, St. John's St., Clerkenwell, London [1] 51 Myddleton Square, Clerkenwell, London [1] Clerkenwell Shoreditch London [1] Clerkenwell in London [1] Clerkenwell, Central London [1] Clerkenwell, Holborn, London [1] Clerkenwell, Islington, London [1] Clerkenwell, London N [1] Clerkenwell, London. [1] Clerkenwell, Middlesex, London [1] Clerkenwell. London [1] Finsbury, Clerkenwell, London [1] Finsbury, Clerkenwell, North London [1] Henry Street, Clerkenwell, Islington, London [1] Holborn,Clerkenwell,London. [1] London, Holburn (Clerkenwell) [1] Norway Street, Clerkenwell, London [1] St James, Clerkenwell, Central London [1] Ten, Pine Street, Clerkenwell, London [1]

Rank

Private [58] Rifleman [17] Able Seaman [16] Ordinary Seaman [8] Corporal [7] Serjeant [7] Stoker 1st Class [6] Leading Stoker [4] Deck Hand [3] Lance Corporal [3] Petty Officer [3] Sapper [3] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Private 2nd Class [2] 1/am [1] 2/am [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic I [1] Air Mechanic II [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2c [1] Captain [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Chief Sick Berth Steward [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Seaman [1] Member [1] Musician [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Pilot Cadet [1] Pioneer Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Stoker II [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [24] South Wales Borderers [9] Labour Corps [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Engineers [6] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [5] Rifle Brigade [5] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Essex Regiment [3] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS Chester [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] 4th Royal Canadian Regiment [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] City of London Territorial Force [1] County of London Regiment [1] County of London Regiment (Prince of Wales Own, Civil Service) [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Europs II - M 33 [1] H.M. Submarine E5 [1] H.M.S. "Queen Mary." [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] H.M.S. Hood [1] H.M.S. Victory II [1] HM Submarine E20 [1] HM Submarine E37 [1]

Service

Royal Navy [740] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [221] British Army [83] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [110] S [101] H [95] W [81] C [71] M [69] T [63] G [57] P [54] R [50] L [47] D [44] A [36] F [33] E [26] K [24] J [23] N [18] O [14] I [7] V [7] U [3] Y [3] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1033]

Country

United Kingdom [52] India [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

Sidney John Warwick

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1425 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 1425 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1425 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frank Edwin Faulkner

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 6065 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

British Army 323063 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

British Army 385018 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Walter Edward Young

Born 1889

Died 1957

British Army 1360 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370124 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur Reid

Died 1918

British Army 375723 Private London Regiment

British Army 375723 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Albert Evans

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39482

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John Akers Robertson

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 371613 Private London Regiment 1st/8th Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371613 Rifleman London Regiment 1st/8th Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles James Tanner

Died 1918

British Army 372960 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5887 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5887 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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James Richard Wood

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy K20055 Stoker 1st Class HMS Racoon

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William Edward Hanley

Died 1916

British Army 10101 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 10101 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William John Rest

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 5936 Private London Regiment

British Army 392417 Private London Regiment

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Edward James Sladden

Born 1888

British Army 9663 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 82474 South Wales Borderers

British Army 9663 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Robert William Venner

Died 1916

British Army 4928 Private London Regiment

British Army 701838 Private London Regiment ?/23rd (County of London) Battalion

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Frederick Leonard Purvey

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 9804 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Henry Julius

Born 1882

Royal Navy 722 Acting Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 127137 Royal Engineers

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Percival Ernest Drain

Born 1896

Died 1965

Royal Navy J22512 Able Seaman HMS Valiant

Royal Navy J22512 Able Seaman Europs II - M 33

Royal Navy J22512 Boy 2c HMS Impregnable

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William James Amis

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 41166 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 9351 Corporal 4th Royal Canadian Regiment

British Army 41166 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps 9th Battalion

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Frederick Barber Fox

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army S/63 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army Lanc/5029 Private Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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John H Mann

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 87112 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 87112 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Samuel Henry Dovey

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1333 Private London Regiment

British Army 1333 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Herbert Sydney Darch

Born 1872

Died 1919

Royal Navy 150397 Chief Sick Berth Steward HMS Vivid

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