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Deptford, Kent [481]

Deptford, Kent, England [18]

Deptford Kent [2]

Deptford, Kent and Surrey [2]

St Johns, Deptford, Kent [2]

DEPTFORD, Kent [1]

Deptford Kent [1]

Deptford Central, Kent [1]

Deptford Greenwich, Kent and Surrey [1]

Deptford, Greenwich, Kent [1]

Deptford, London, Kent [1]

Saint Pauls Deptford, Kent [1]

St Pauls, Deptford, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [48]

Corporal [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Serjeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Driver [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Gunner [1]

LAC Fitter Aero Engines [1]

Motor Mechanic [1]

Orderly Room Sergeant [1]

Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Hand [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

London Regiment [5]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5]

Army Service Corps [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

'HMS Russell' [1]

(RFR/CH/A/1402). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

137th Company, Labour Corps [1]

15th Hussars [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

County Yeomanry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

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

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

HMS Chester [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Inflexible [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Research [1]

Service

Royal Navy [275]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [160]

British Army [63]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [54]

B [51]

H [44]

M [42]

W [39]

P [31]

F [30]

S [30]

D [27]

R [26]

A [24]

L [24]

G [22]

T [20]

E [12]

J [12]

K [9]

N [8]

O [5]

Y [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [491]

Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

India [2]

Bermuda [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [513] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Deptford, Kent [481] Deptford, Kent, England [18] Deptford Kent [2] Deptford, Kent and Surrey [2] St Johns, Deptford, Kent [2] DEPTFORD, Kent [1] Deptford Kent [1] Deptford Central, Kent [1] Deptford Greenwich, Kent and Surrey [1] Deptford, Greenwich, Kent [1] Deptford, London, Kent [1] Saint Pauls Deptford, Kent [1] St Pauls, Deptford, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [48] Corporal [7] Able Seaman [6] Lance Corporal [6] Serjeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Driver [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Gunner [1] LAC Fitter Aero Engines [1] Motor Mechanic [1] Orderly Room Sergeant [1] Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Second Hand [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [8] London Regiment [5] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5] Army Service Corps [3] East Kent Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 'HMS Russell' [1] (RFR/CH/A/1402). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] 137th Company, Labour Corps [1] 15th Hussars [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Corps of Hussars [1] County Yeomanry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] H.M.S. "Formidable" [1] H.M.S. "Hermione" [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Inflexible [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Research [1]

Service

Royal Navy [275] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [160] British Army [63] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [54] B [51] H [44] M [42] W [39] P [31] F [30] S [30] D [27] R [26] A [24] L [24] G [22] T [20] E [12] J [12] K [9] N [8] O [5] Y [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [491] Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [28] India [2] Bermuda [1] South Africa [1]

William Roach

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 40400 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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William Charles Mays

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army GS/62128 Private Royal Fusiliers 12th Battalion

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Walter T Oates

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army R/12795 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Alfred Gummer

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106268

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Frederick Woolmore

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190238

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Alfred Peter Robertson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279000

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Isaac John Fox

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65854

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Jeremiah Dee

Born 1866

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298643

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Thomas Davies

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138012

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Arthur Sydney Tickner

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97154

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Alfred John Pinnegar

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265463

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Charles Alexander Fennell

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299918

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Edward Thomas Franklin

Born 1878

Died 1918

Royal Navy 291194 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Vanguard

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Edward Vincent Long

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276650

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Leonard Delamain

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145634

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Arthur Leng

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30180

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Arthur Bailey

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139357

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Frank Goater

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134410

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Louis Arthur Skinner

Born 1878

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 419 Lance Corporal Royal Naval Division: Engineers Deal battalion

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George Moore Abbott

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS111817

Royal Navy SS/111817 Stoker 1st Class 'HMS Russell'

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