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Egham, Surrey [197]

Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey [6]

Egham, Surrey, England [5]

Egham Surrey [2]

Egham Windsor, Surrey [2]

9 Post Boys Row, Egham, Surrey [1]

Egham , Surrey [1]

Egham Hythe, Surrey [1]

Egham, Chertsey, Surrey [1]

Egham, Surrey / bapt in Windsor, Berks [1]

Egham, Surrey. [1]

Hythe, Egham, Surrey [1]

Staines, Egham, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [20]

Able Seaman [6]

Gunner [3]

Leading Stoker [2]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Driver [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Victory" [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

2nd South Western Mounted Brigade, Transport and Supply Column [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

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

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BOADICEA [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Pegasus [1]

HMS Petard [1]

HMS Sparrowhawk [1]

HMS Superb [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [1]

Nottinghamshire (South Nottinghamshire) Hussars [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Services Corp. [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

South Notts. Yeomanry [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [123]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [66]

British Army [25]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [40]

S [28]

C [23]

H [19]

G [13]

L [12]

P [12]

W [11]

R [9]

M [8]

A [7]

O [7]

J [6]

T [6]

F [5]

N [5]

K [4]

D [2]

E [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [213]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

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People [220] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Egham, Surrey [197] Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey [6] Egham, Surrey, England [5] Egham Surrey [2] Egham Windsor, Surrey [2] 9 Post Boys Row, Egham, Surrey [1] Egham , Surrey [1] Egham Hythe, Surrey [1] Egham, Chertsey, Surrey [1] Egham, Surrey / bapt in Windsor, Berks [1] Egham, Surrey. [1] Hythe, Egham, Surrey [1] Staines, Egham, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [20] Able Seaman [6] Gunner [3] Leading Stoker [2] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Driver [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Army Service Corps [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Victory" [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade, Transport and Supply Column [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BOADICEA [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Pegasus [1] HMS Petard [1] HMS Sparrowhawk [1] HMS Superb [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [1] Nottinghamshire (South Nottinghamshire) Hussars [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Services Corp. [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] South Notts. Yeomanry [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [123] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [66] British Army [25] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [40] S [28] C [23] H [19] G [13] L [12] P [12] W [11] R [9] M [8] A [7] O [7] J [6] T [6] F [5] N [5] K [4] D [2] E [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [213] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Charles Edward Wood

Born 1897

Royal Navy F20380

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Albert John Adams

Born 1889

Royal Navy F30843

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Alfred Richard Holloway

Born 1885

Royal Navy F32715

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Ernest George Lawrence

Born 1877

Royal Navy F34606

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Frederick Butler

Born 1884

Royal Navy F35580

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Charles Joseph Kent

Born 1894

Royal Navy F35467

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Walter Edward Oliphant

Born 1899

Royal Navy F49440

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Edward Butler

Born 1900

Royal Navy F50707

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Alfred John Bellingham

Born 1893

Royal Navy J7067

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Sydney Thomas Pate

Born 1893

Royal Navy J8783

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Edward Thomas Smith

Born 1893

Royal Navy J9381

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Henry Pither

Born 1894

Royal Navy J13967

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George Edwin Pickett

Born 1894

Royal Navy J14001

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Alfred Victor Newton

Born 1897

Royal Navy J20501

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Frank Edwin Smith

Born 1897

Royal Navy J20128

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Charles Lyne Fowler

Born 1896

Royal Navy J21027

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George Ashley Joyce

Born 1893

Royal Navy K11800

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James Henry Searle

Born 1890

Royal Navy K12627

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John Franklin

Born 1893

Royal Navy K13702

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Harry Cooper

Born 1884

Royal Navy K33374

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