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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]

Percy Leonard Clear

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211487

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Jesse James Mitchell

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281837

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Martin Sawyers

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11396

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Albert Edward Baker

Born 1902

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86563

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William Charles Parkhurst

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277262

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Edwin Attfield

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196033

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Henry Harman Young

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 16 (Incomplete) Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Arthur James Curl

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 5946 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 242830 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/4th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Ernest George Whitfield

Born 1877

Died 1916

Royal Navy 182706 Leading Seaman HMS Alert

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Albert George Gale

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy Stoker First Class HMS Queen Mary

Royal Navy K17139 Stoker 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

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Harold Frederick Sayers

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79293

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Albert Hoare

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98144

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Arthur Denyer

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26123

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William Swinyard

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301489

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Leonard Alfred Sparks

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24257

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George Sisley Boorer

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408556

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Francis Ormonde Davey

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233916

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Arthur Albert Enticknap

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221

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Herbert Tugwell

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28901

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Albert Edward West

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46352

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