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Deptford, London [1190]

Deptford, Kent [481]

Deptford [68]

Deptford England [25]

Deptford, Kent, England [18]

Deptford, London South East [10]

Deptford, Middlesex [7]

Deptford London [6]

Deptford London England [6]

Deptford Victoria [5]

Deptford, Greenwich, London [4]

Deptford, Surrey [4]

Deptford,Greenwich,London. [3]

Deptford Central, London [2]

Deptford Kent [2]

Deptford North, London [2]

Deptford, Devon [2]

Deptford, Kent and Surrey [2]

Deptford, South East London [2]

Deptford, South London [2]

Deptford, Sunderland [2]

St Johns, Deptford, Kent [2]

29 Edale Road, Deptford [1]

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

53 Barwin St, Deptford, London [1]

97 Woodpecker Road, Deptford, London [1]

DEPTFORD [1]

DEPTFORD, Kent [1]

Deptford Kent [1]

Deptford London [1]

Deptford Bridge [1]

Deptford Central, Kent [1]

Deptford Greenwich, Kent and Surrey [1]

Deptford SE London [1]

Deptford South [1]

Deptford South, London [1]

Deptford Surrey [1]

Deptford registration district [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Deptford, County Durham [1]

Deptford, County of London [1]

Deptford, Durham [1]

Deptford, Essex [1]

Deptford, Greenwich, Kent [1]

Deptford, Hampshire [1]

Deptford, Lewisham, London [1]

Deptford, London, [1]

Deptford, London, Kent [1]

Deptford, Middx [1]

Deptford, S E London [1]

Rank

Private [129]

Able Seaman [26]

Corporal [21]

Stoker 1st Class [21]

Ordinary Seaman [18]

Serjeant [17]

Lance Corporal [15]

Rifleman [14]

Driver [10]

Gunner [10]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Deck Hand [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Sapper [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Boy [3]

Captain [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Signalman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

AC2 [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3 [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class (Carpenter) [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [33]

Royal West Kent Regiment [17]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

HMS BELLEROPHON [5]

HMS Pembroke I [5]

HMS Vanguard [5]

Labour Corps [5]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

HMS BENBOW [4]

HMS Hindustan [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Princess Royal [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3]

15th Hussars [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

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

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

HMS CAROLINE [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Chester [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Inflexible [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1489]

British Army [196]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [167]

Australian Imperial Force [31]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [183]

C [181]

H [171]

S [169]

W [155]

M [141]

P [116]

D [98]

R [86]

F [84]

L [84]

G [78]

T [73]

A [65]

E [52]

J [42]

K [41]

N [30]

O [24]

I [9]

Y [7]

V [5]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1855]

Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [119]

India [4]

South Africa [2]

Bermuda [1]

France [1]

Pakistan [1]

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People [1895] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Deptford, London [1190] Deptford, Kent [481] Deptford [68] Deptford England [25] Deptford, Kent, England [18] Deptford, London South East [10] Deptford, Middlesex [7] Deptford London [6] Deptford London England [6] Deptford Victoria [5] Deptford, Greenwich, London [4] Deptford, Surrey [4] Deptford,Greenwich,London. [3] Deptford Central, London [2] Deptford Kent [2] Deptford North, London [2] Deptford, Devon [2] Deptford, Kent and Surrey [2] Deptford, South East London [2] Deptford, South London [2] Deptford, Sunderland [2] St Johns, Deptford, Kent [2] 29 Edale Road, Deptford [1] 44 Blockhouse St., Deptford, London, England [1] 53 Barwin St, Deptford, London [1] 97 Woodpecker Road, Deptford, London [1] DEPTFORD [1] DEPTFORD, Kent [1] Deptford Kent [1] Deptford London [1] Deptford Bridge [1] Deptford Central, Kent [1] Deptford Greenwich, Kent and Surrey [1] Deptford SE London [1] Deptford South [1] Deptford South, London [1] Deptford Surrey [1] Deptford registration district [1] Deptford, London [1] Deptford, County Durham [1] Deptford, County of London [1] Deptford, Durham [1] Deptford, Essex [1] Deptford, Greenwich, Kent [1] Deptford, Hampshire [1] Deptford, Lewisham, London [1] Deptford, London, [1] Deptford, London, Kent [1] Deptford, Middx [1] Deptford, S E London [1]

Rank

Private [129] Able Seaman [26] Corporal [21] Stoker 1st Class [21] Ordinary Seaman [18] Serjeant [17] Lance Corporal [15] Rifleman [14] Driver [10] Gunner [10] Boy 1st Class [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Deck Hand [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Lieutenant [5] Petty Officer [5] Acting Corporal [4] Sapper [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Boy [3] Captain [3] Leading Seaman [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Signalman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] AC2 [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3 [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class (Carpenter) [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bandsman [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [33] Royal West Kent Regiment [17] Royal Field Artillery [14] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Royal Fusiliers [8] Army Service Corps [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Engineers [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [6] East Kent Regiment [5] HMS BELLEROPHON [5] HMS Pembroke I [5] HMS Vanguard [5] Labour Corps [5] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] HMS BENBOW [4] HMS Hindustan [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] South Wales Borderers [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Princess Royal [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3] 15th Hussars [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Formidable" [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS CAROLINE [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Chester [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Inflexible [2] HMS LION [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1489] British Army [196] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [167] Australian Imperial Force [31] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [183] C [181] H [171] S [169] W [155] M [141] P [116] D [98] R [86] F [84] L [84] G [78] T [73] A [65] E [52] J [42] K [41] N [30] O [24] I [9] Y [7] V [5] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1855] Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [119] India [4] South Africa [2] Bermuda [1] France [1] Pakistan [1]

Charles Lewis Freeman

Born 1875

British Army 4028 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 4028 Colour Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 4028 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Firmin

Born 1892

Died 1981

British Army 11447 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army M/410412 Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army 11447 Corporal Hampshire 11th

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Leslie Stuart Rance Slatter

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army GS/62393 Private Royal Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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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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Harry Metcalfe

Born 1893

Died 1965

British Army 3936 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 3936 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 3936 Private Manchester Regiment 12th manchest Battalion

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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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Harry Leslie Winter

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1677 Rifleman London Regiment 1st Battalion

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Rodney Thomas Prickett

Born 1894

Died 1974

British Army TR/3/28008 Serjeant Training Reserve

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William Sandy

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army P/5543 Private Acting Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army P/5543 Acting Lance Corporal Corps of Military Police Mounted Branch

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William Joseph Powell

Born 1887

British Army 9686 Drummer South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9686 Drummer South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9686 Drummer South Wales Borderers Depot Battalion

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Peter Thomas Flight

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army G/5575 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army G/5575 Private East Kent Regiment

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Louise Elizabeth Page

Born 1875

Died 1969

British Army

British Army Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

British Army Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich

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James Richard Spencer

Born 1891

Died 1961

British Army G/10669 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/10669 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 11th & 10th Battalions

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Thomas Richard Spencer

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 77930 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 77930 later 1042170 Driver 27th Division RFA 1914-1919

British Army 77930 later 1042170 Driver RFA

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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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Joseph Charles Ford

Born 1875

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299278 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force No. 7 Stores Depot.

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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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Thomas Anderson

Died 1917

British Army 324308 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

British Army 324308 Rifleman London Regiment 2/6th (city of lond Battalion

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