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Dorking, Surrey [337]

Dorking, Surrey, England [14]

Dorking Surrey [6]

Capel, Dorking, Surrey [4]

Dorking Surrey [4]

Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey [3]

Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey [3]

Westcott, Dorking, Surrey [3]

Brockham, Dorking, Surrey [2]

Dorking,Surrey [2]

Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey [2]

Mickleham, Dorking, Surrey [2]

Ockley, Dorking, Surrey [2]

Wotton, Dorking, Surrey [2]

Abinger Hammer, Dorking, Surrey [1]

Beare Green, Dorking, Surrey [1]

Gomshall, Dorking, Surrey [1]

Ranmore, Dorking, Surrey [1]

Shere, Dorking, Surrey [1]

Westcote Dorking, Surrey [1]

Westcott,Dorking,Surrey. [1]

Westgate near Dorking, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [26]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Captain [6]

Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Gunner [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Major [2]

Midshipman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic, 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic, 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Commander [1]

Commander (Retd) [1]

Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Major General [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper /Lance Corporal [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker First Class [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Surrey Yeomanry [2]

32nd Division [1]

59th Brigade 20th Division [1]

63rd Naval Division [1]

Armourered Cruisers 'Donegal' and 'Devonshire' [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Ceylon Planters Rifles Corps [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General List [1]

General List attached Royal Scots [1]

General List attd. 15th Bn. Royal Scots [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

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

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

HM Submarine E4 [1]

HM Submarine L11 (HMS Dolphin) [1]

HMS Alert [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Depot Ship 'Thames' [1]

HMS Destroyer 'Foam' [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS SUPERB [1]

HMS Tipperary [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company Artillery [1]

Hussars [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

No 1 Aircraft Acceptance Park [1]

Service

Royal Navy [216]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [121]

British Army [46]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [45]

W [43]

S [39]

B [32]

M [29]

P [29]

H [26]

T [20]

F [19]

A [18]

L [17]

G [16]

D [14]

R [10]

E [8]

J [8]

I [5]

K [4]

Y [4]

N [3]

O [2]

V [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [377]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Canada [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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People [394] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Dorking, Surrey [337] Dorking, Surrey, England [14] Dorking Surrey [6] Capel, Dorking, Surrey [4] Dorking Surrey [4] Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey [3] Newdigate, Dorking, Surrey [3] Westcott, Dorking, Surrey [3] Brockham, Dorking, Surrey [2] Dorking,Surrey [2] Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey [2] Mickleham, Dorking, Surrey [2] Ockley, Dorking, Surrey [2] Wotton, Dorking, Surrey [2] Abinger Hammer, Dorking, Surrey [1] Beare Green, Dorking, Surrey [1] Gomshall, Dorking, Surrey [1] Ranmore, Dorking, Surrey [1] Shere, Dorking, Surrey [1] Westcote Dorking, Surrey [1] Westcott,Dorking,Surrey. [1] Westgate near Dorking, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [26] Second Lieutenant [8] Captain [6] Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [3] Gunner [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Major [2] Midshipman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic, 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic, 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Commander [1] Commander (Retd) [1] Corporal [1] Driver [1] Flight Commander [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant General [1] Major General [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper /Lance Corporal [1] Serjeant [1] Signalman [1] Stoker First Class [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [3] Army Service Corps [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Surrey Yeomanry [2] 32nd Division [1] 59th Brigade 20th Division [1] 63rd Naval Division [1] Armourered Cruisers 'Donegal' and 'Devonshire' [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Ceylon Planters Rifles Corps [1] Coldstream Guards [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] General List [1] General List attached Royal Scots [1] General List attd. 15th Bn. Royal Scots [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Attack." [1] H.M.S. "Cornwallis" [1] HM Submarine E4 [1] HM Submarine L11 (HMS Dolphin) [1] HMS Alert [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Depot Ship 'Thames' [1] HMS Destroyer 'Foam' [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS SUPERB [1] HMS Tipperary [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company Artillery [1] Hussars [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Foot Police [1] No 1 Aircraft Acceptance Park [1]

Service

Royal Navy [216] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [121] British Army [46] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [45] W [43] S [39] B [32] M [29] P [29] H [26] T [20] F [19] A [18] L [17] G [16] D [14] R [10] E [8] J [8] I [5] K [4] Y [4] N [3] O [2] V [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [377] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Canada [1] Sri Lanka [1]

Kenneth Harman Young

Born 1887

Died 1970

British Army 6062 Private London Regiment

British Army 533012 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

British Army 6062 Private London Regiment 3/15th Battalion

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Francis Grissell

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 4172 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

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Walter Jeal

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant General List attached Royal Scots

Other Empire Force 1942 Lance Corporal Ceylon Planters Rifles Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant General List attd. 15th Bn. Royal Scots

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Maurice Alfred Pavey

Born 1890

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166342

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Edwin Lynch

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166483

British Army 2067 Royal Sussex

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Ralph Alexander Broderick

Born 1888

Died 1971

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Leonard Frank Gale

Born 1892

Died 1919

Royal Navy J8830

Royal Navy J/8830 Able Seaman HM Submarine L11 (HMS Dolphin)

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Thomas Frederick Tracy

Born 1880

Died 1963

Royal Navy Z/869 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/869 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/869 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division

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Frederick Pitford Bowen

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1462 S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/1462/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry R M Depot Deal

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Ralph Alexander Broderick

Born 1888

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force

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William James Arthur

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 504601 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army T/610 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army T/1950 Driver Royal Engineers

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Bertram Harold Tracy

Born 1887

Died 1976

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2109983 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps Training Depot #13

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John Allan Pennington Legh

Born 1889

Died 1944

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Valentine Joe Strudwick

Born 1900

Died 1916

British Army 5750 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 8 Battalion

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Frederick Thomas Prickett

Born 1891

Died 1951

British Army M2/053568 Private Army Service Corps

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Arthur Tickner

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army L/8163 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Henry Thomas Mitchell

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282430

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William Francis Eeles

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9896

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James Spooner

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169000

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Albert Harry Walker

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6067

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