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Place of birth

Dulwich, London [230]

East Dulwich, London [82]

Dulwich, Camberwell, London [3]

East Dulwich, Camberwell, London [3]

East Dulwich, South London [3]

Dulwich, London South East [2]

Dulwich, South London [2]

12 Ferris Road, East Dulwich, London [1]

49 Archdale Rd, east Dulwich, London [1]

Dulwich Camberwell London [1]

Dulwich East, London [1]

Dulwich London [1]

Dulwich London, Surrey [1]

Dulwich, County of London [1]

Dulwich, London, Middlesex [1]

Dulwich, S E London [1]

Dulwich,Camberwell, London [1]

East Dulwich Camberwell London [1]

East Dulwich Grove, London [1]

Saint Georges Dulwich, London [1]

Thurlow Park Road, West Dulwich, London [1]

West Dulwich, London [1]

the East Dulwich district of London [1]

Rank

Private [24]

Gunner [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Captain [4]

Rifleman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Corporal [2]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Assistant in Photographic Department [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Driver [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Pioneer [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Sanitary Inspector [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [11]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

40th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1]

47th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1]

48th Squadron [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancers [1]

Life Guards [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Ministry of Information [1]

Nigerian Field Forces [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

RFR/CH/B/7665). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Service

Royal Navy [294]

British Army [42]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [38]

H [35]

S [34]

M [31]

C [29]

W [26]

P [19]

R [18]

A [15]

D [15]

T [15]

G [13]

E [12]

F [12]

L [12]

N [5]

K [4]

V [3]

Y [3]

I [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [339]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Dulwich, London [230] East Dulwich, London [82] Dulwich, Camberwell, London [3] East Dulwich, Camberwell, London [3] East Dulwich, South London [3] Dulwich, London South East [2] Dulwich, South London [2] 12 Ferris Road, East Dulwich, London [1] 49 Archdale Rd, east Dulwich, London [1] Dulwich Camberwell London [1] Dulwich East, London [1] Dulwich London [1] Dulwich London, Surrey [1] Dulwich, County of London [1] Dulwich, London, Middlesex [1] Dulwich, S E London [1] Dulwich,Camberwell, London [1] East Dulwich Camberwell London [1] East Dulwich Grove, London [1] Saint Georges Dulwich, London [1] Thurlow Park Road, West Dulwich, London [1] West Dulwich, London [1] the East Dulwich district of London [1]

Rank

Private [24] Gunner [5] Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [4] Captain [4] Rifleman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Corporal [2] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Assistant in Photographic Department [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Driver [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Pioneer [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Sanitary Inspector [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Captain [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [11] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Engineers [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] 40th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 47th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 48th Squadron [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] French Red Cross [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS NEW ZEALAND [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS Victory II [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Lancers [1] Life Guards [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Ministry of Information [1] Nigerian Field Forces [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] RFR/CH/B/7665). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Service

Royal Navy [294] British Army [42] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [38] H [35] S [34] M [31] C [29] W [26] P [19] R [18] A [15] D [15] T [15] G [13] E [12] F [12] L [12] N [5] K [4] V [3] Y [3] I [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [339]

Country

United Kingdom [33] United States [1]

Henry John Sandle

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 818 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Margaret Ethel Chapple

Born 1877

Died 1927

Other Empire Force Sanitary Inspector Scottish Women's Hospitals London Unit

Other Empire Force Sanitary Inspector Serbian Relief Fund Mrs Stobart's Unit

Other Empire Force Sanitary Inspector French Red Cross Scottish Women's Hospitals

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Douglas Alexander Gordon

Born 1900

Died 1975

Royal Navy J56229

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Joseph Huxley Honeysett

Born 1890

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant 40th Battalion, Australian Infantry

Australian Imperial Force Captain 47th Battalion, Australian Infantry

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Arthur Stanley Devis

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 6630 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 200612 Serjeant Tank Corps

British Army 20338 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

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Alfred Joseph Stanhope Bate

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1779 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 538196 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alfred John Grimwood

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 62923 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edward John Harding

Died 1917

British Army 373188 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6232 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Ernest Victor Arrowsmith

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 15207 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 27706 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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Albert William Voice

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 103059 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army G/72956 Private London Regiment

British Army G/72956 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Charles Plimmer

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 5959 Lancers 17th Battalion

British Army L/11050 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Edward Woodley Mason

Born 1865

Died 1948

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

British Army Major Royal Marines

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Frederick Mark Lane

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 17615 Private Grenadier Guards

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Herbert Norris

Born 1886

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS103011

Royal Navy SS/103011 Stoker 1st Class RFR/CH/B/7665). H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Frederick Pearkes

Born 1889

Died 1966

Royal Navy F51463

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Eric Graham Mateer

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 119263 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Hugo Schneider

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army Nigerian Field Forces

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Albert Reginald Knight Aitkens

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 7th (City of London) Battalion

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George Leslie Gray

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 48026 Private Rifle Brigade

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Robert Frederick Dashwood

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 322131 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 385013 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 385013 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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