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Deptford, London [1190]

Deptford, London South East [10]

Deptford London [6]

Deptford London England [6]

Deptford, Greenwich, London [4]

Deptford,Greenwich,London. [3]

Deptford Central, London [2]

Deptford North, London [2]

Deptford, South East London [2]

Deptford, South London [2]

44 Blockhouse St., Deptford, London, England [1]

53 Barwin St, Deptford, London [1]

97 Woodpecker Road, Deptford, London [1]

Deptford London [1]

Deptford SE London [1]

Deptford South, London [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Deptford, County of London [1]

Deptford, Lewisham, London [1]

Deptford, London, [1]

Deptford, London, Kent [1]

Deptford, S E London [1]

Deptford, london [1]

Deptford,Grenwich,London. [1]

Deptford. London [1]

Greenwich,Deptford,Poplar,London. [1]

London, Deptford [1]

New Cross, Greenwich, Deptford, London [1]

North Deptford, London [1]

Saint Pauls, Deptford, London [1]

South Deptford, London [1]

St Pauls, Deptford, London [1]

St. Paul's Deptford, Lewisham, London [1]

deptford london middlesex [1]

deptford,london [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Able Seaman [20]

Ordinary Seaman [17]

Stoker 1st Class [16]

Corporal [9]

Rifleman [9]

Serjeant [8]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Deck Hand [5]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Driver [4]

Boy [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Sapper [2]

Signalman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

AC2 [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3 [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class (Carpenter) [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engineer Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

ERA 2nd Class [1]

ERA 3rd Class [1]

ERA 4th Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Lance Bombadier [1]

Lance Corporal. [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Unit

London Regiment [17]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

HMS Pembroke I [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

HMS BENBOW [4]

HMS Hindustan [4]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

HMS CAROLINE [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

HMS Vindictive [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

3rd (King’s Own) Hussars [1]

7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars [1]

9th (Reserve) Hussars [1]

9th Lancers [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

H.M. Submarine E.13. [1]

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

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

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

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

Service

Royal Navy [1173]

British Army [74]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [120]

H [119]

S [119]

C [116]

W [106]

M [88]

P [74]

D [61]

R [58]

L [53]

G [52]

F [47]

T [47]

A [38]

E [37]

K [32]

J [27]

N [21]

O [18]

I [9]

Y [5]

V [4]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1242]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [59]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Deptford, London [1190] Deptford, London South East [10] Deptford London [6] Deptford London England [6] Deptford, Greenwich, London [4] Deptford,Greenwich,London. [3] Deptford Central, London [2] Deptford North, London [2] Deptford, South East London [2] Deptford, South London [2] 44 Blockhouse St., Deptford, London, England [1] 53 Barwin St, Deptford, London [1] 97 Woodpecker Road, Deptford, London [1] Deptford London [1] Deptford SE London [1] Deptford South, London [1] Deptford, London [1] Deptford, County of London [1] Deptford, Lewisham, London [1] Deptford, London, [1] Deptford, London, Kent [1] Deptford, S E London [1] Deptford, london [1] Deptford,Grenwich,London. [1] Deptford. London [1] Greenwich,Deptford,Poplar,London. [1] London, Deptford [1] New Cross, Greenwich, Deptford, London [1] North Deptford, London [1] Saint Pauls, Deptford, London [1] South Deptford, London [1] St Pauls, Deptford, London [1] St. Paul's Deptford, Lewisham, London [1] deptford london middlesex [1] deptford,london [1]

Rank

Private [46] Able Seaman [20] Ordinary Seaman [17] Stoker 1st Class [16] Corporal [9] Rifleman [9] Serjeant [8] Boy 1st Class [7] Deck Hand [5] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [5] Petty Officer [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Driver [4] Boy [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Leading Telegraphist [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Sapper [2] Signalman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] AC2 [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3 [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class (Carpenter) [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bandsman [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captain [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Engineer Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1] ERA 2nd Class [1] ERA 3rd Class [1] ERA 4th Class [1] Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Lance Bombadier [1] Lance Corporal. [1] Lance-Corporal [1]

Unit

London Regiment [17] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Naval Reserve [6] HMS Pembroke I [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] HMS BENBOW [4] HMS Hindustan [4] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [4] Royal Engineers [4] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS CAROLINE [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS LION [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] HMS Vindictive [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars [1] 7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars [1] 9th (Reserve) Hussars [1] 9th Lancers [1] Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] H.M. Submarine E.13. [1] H.M.S. "Calypso." [1] H.M.S. "Formidable" [1] H.M.S. "Lilac." [1] H.M.S. "Otranto." [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1173] British Army [74] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [120] H [119] S [119] C [116] W [106] M [88] P [74] D [61] R [58] L [53] G [52] F [47] T [47] A [38] E [37] K [32] J [27] N [21] O [18] I [9] Y [5] V [4] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1242] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [59] India [1] South Africa [1]

Henry Robert Tite

Born 1898

Died 1955

British Army 41375 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 1409997 Royal Artillery 532 Battery

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Harold William Youngs

Born 1885

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54048 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Air Force 14th Balloon Section

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William John Beresford

Born 1891

Died 1973

British Army G/2012 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army G/2012 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment Depot

British Army G/2012 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John William Humberstone

Born 1881

Died 1938

British Army 6384 Private 7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars

British Army 6384 Private 7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars

British Army 6384 Private 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars

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James William Hardesty

Born 1887

Died 1948

British Army 62113 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 8915 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Royal West Kent Regiment Militia

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Henry Joseph Esser

Born 1892

Died 1960

British Army 3/16587 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 12575 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army G/44920 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Percival Harry Lindridge

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 3775 Private London Regiment

British Army 3775 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Archibald Baden Lay

Born 1900

Died 1967

Royal Navy J83655

Royal Navy J83655 Ordinary Seaman Pembroke

Royal Navy J83655 Ordinary Seaman HMS Duke

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Edward Alfred Putt

Born 1901

Died 1968

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156754

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Boy

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Aircraftman 2nd Class (Carpenter)

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Roderick Niven Mctaggart

Born 1897

Died 1933

British Army S/30665 Private Rifle Brigade

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Benjamin James Place Leary

Born 1899

Died 1974

British Army 8273 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/75071 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 8273 GS75071 Private Royal Fusiliers/Royal West Kent Regiment 1/11th Lewisham

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Lawrence Guy Nottingham

Born 1895

Died 1964

British Army 5996 Private London Regiment 2/7th (City of London) Battalion

British Army 5996 Lance Corporal London Regiment 2/7th (City of London) Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133681 Air Mechanic 3 Royal Flying Corps

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John Adam Cathersides

Born 1890

Died 1951

British Army T3/022412 Lance Corporal Royal Army Service Corps

British Army T3/022412 Serjeant Royal Army Service Corps

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Douglas Monk

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2068 Private London Regiment

British Army 630550 Private London Regiment

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James Charles Dodds

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 653430 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 21st Battalion

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Thomas Mallett

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army T2/14960 Driver Army Service Corps 8th Division

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William S Porter

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1549 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1549 Serjeant London Regiment

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Alfred Evans

Born 1887

British Army 8163 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Francis Percy Known As Frank Humberstone

Born 1888

Died 1964

Royal Navy J63586 Ordinary Seaman Several Shore Based Establishments

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William Alfred Dandridge

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 385104 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 385104 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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