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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]

John Walsh

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 5422 Private London Regiment

British Army 8007 Private London Regiment

British Army 354130 Private London Regiment

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James Thomas Copple

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 856 Private Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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William Lloyd

Died 1917

British Army 8431 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 8431 Private Royal Fusiliers 11 Battalion

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George Alfred Attwell

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 19440 Acting Bombardier 26th Howitzer Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 19440 Bombardier 26th Howitzer Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 19440 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred Stevens Dettmer

Born 1891

Died 1957

Royal Navy

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210860

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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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Harold William Prickett

Born 1892

Died 1946

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84202 LAC Fitter Aero Engines 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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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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Arthur Vaughan Lloyd

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army S/264 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Thomas Mallett

Born 1876

Died 1915

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

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John Avery

Died 1918

British Army 203534 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd/5th Battalion

British Army 482344 Private Labour Corps 68th Company

British Army 1455 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

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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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Alexander George Beechey

Born 1883

British Army 731 Colour Sergeant West Kent Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion

British Army 270546 Company Quarter Master Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 10th Battalion

British Army 731 Private West Kent Yeomanry

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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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Charlie Ward

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41951 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion.

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Herbert Thomas Pethybridge

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 209040 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Hughes

Born 1900

Died 1916

British Army 67929 Gunner Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery, 'a' battery, 67th Brigade

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Albert E Dettmer

Born 1879

Died 1934

British Army M2/077758 Private Army Service Corps

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