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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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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]

Francis Charles Shillibeer

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army L/6518 Lance Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Frederick Parker

Born 1894

British Army 5427 Private London Regiment

British Army 7523 Private London Regiment

British Army 653810 Private London Regiment

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Ernest Hilton

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army L/38361 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Henry Martin

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 742410 London Regiment

British Army G/51759 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Edward George Hugoe Luxon

Born 1875

Died 1960

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239208

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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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Colin (charlie) Blythe

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 49296 Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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Hermanns Bertram Rupert Alphonse De Leur

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army G/4661 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/4661 Private Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 4661 Private Royal West Kent 3rd Battalion

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Patrick Dwyer

Born 1872

Died 1938

British Army 155248 Private Royal Army Medical Corps No 154 Field Ambulance

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Frederick John Cleak

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 106th Siege Battery

British Army 52573 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 106th Siege Battery

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Thomas William Henry Bennett

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 46043 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Roderick Niven Mctaggart

Born 1897

Died 1933

British Army S/30665 Private Rifle Brigade

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Arthur George Fleay

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army R6881 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

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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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Thomas Sawyer

Born 1888

British Army 9016 Acting Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 9016 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9016 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Arthur Edward Oliver

Born 1879

British Army 10166 Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant Hussars

British Army 3711 Private 3rd Hussars

British Army 4428 Private 20th Hussars

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