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Epsom, Surrey [276]

Epsom, Surrey, England [14]

Ewell, Epsom, Surrey [6]

Epsom Surrey [4]

Headley, Epsom, Surrey [4]

Cheam, Epsom, Surrey [3]

Epsom,Surrey [3]

Carshalton, Epsom, Surrey [2]

Cobham, Epsom, Surrey [2]

Epsom registration district, Surrey [2]

Horton, Epsom, Surrey [2]

Ashtead, Epsom, Surrey [1]

Belmont, Epsom, Surrey [1]

Chipstead, Epsom, Surrey [1]

Epsom surrey [1]

Epsom, Ashtead, Surrey [1]

Epsom, Oxshott, Surrey [1]

Epsom, Sutton, Surrey [1]

Epsom,Cobham,Surrey. [1]

Epsom. Surrey [1]

Fetcham, Epsom, Surrey [1]

Ham, Epsom, Surrey, England [1]

Leatherhead, Epsom, Surrey [1]

Oxshott, Epsom, Surrey [1]

Surrey Epsom [1]

Sutton, Epsom, Surrey [1]

Tadworth, Epsom, Surrey [1]

The Hermitage, Walton Heath,Epsom, Surrey [1]

Walton on the Hill, Epsom, Surrey [1]

West Ewell, Epsom, Surrey [1]

epsom surrey [1]

Rank

Private [32]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lieutenant [9]

Captain [8]

Major [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Corporal [3]

Gunner [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Leading Stoker [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster (temporary) [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Class 1 [1]

Boy Class 2 [1]

Colonel [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Doctor [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Orderly [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Yeoman Of Signals [1]

Shipwright [1]

Signalman [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Captain Brevet Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

HMS Impregnable [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [1]

11th Hussars [1]

15th Squadron [1]

1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

2/3rd Gurkha Rifles [1]

29th Lancashire Regiment [1]

31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers [1]

6th Dragoons [1]

6th Infantry Brigade [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M. Dockyard Sheerness H.M.S. Princess Irene [1]

HM Submarine E7 [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Dolphin [1]

HMS Edgar [1]

HMS FORTUNE [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Indomitable [1]

HMS Mary Rose [1]

Service

Royal Navy [188]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73]

British Army [62]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [38]

H [30]

S [28]

W [27]

F [25]

C [24]

P [20]

E [18]

L [17]

T [17]

D [14]

G [14]

M [14]

R [14]

K [13]

N [7]

J [6]

A [5]

O [3]

I [2]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [324]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Epsom, Surrey [276] Epsom, Surrey, England [14] Ewell, Epsom, Surrey [6] Epsom Surrey [4] Headley, Epsom, Surrey [4] Cheam, Epsom, Surrey [3] Epsom,Surrey [3] Carshalton, Epsom, Surrey [2] Cobham, Epsom, Surrey [2] Epsom registration district, Surrey [2] Horton, Epsom, Surrey [2] Ashtead, Epsom, Surrey [1] Belmont, Epsom, Surrey [1] Chipstead, Epsom, Surrey [1] Epsom surrey [1] Epsom, Ashtead, Surrey [1] Epsom, Oxshott, Surrey [1] Epsom, Sutton, Surrey [1] Epsom,Cobham,Surrey. [1] Epsom. Surrey [1] Fetcham, Epsom, Surrey [1] Ham, Epsom, Surrey, England [1] Leatherhead, Epsom, Surrey [1] Oxshott, Epsom, Surrey [1] Surrey Epsom [1] Sutton, Epsom, Surrey [1] Tadworth, Epsom, Surrey [1] The Hermitage, Walton Heath,Epsom, Surrey [1] Walton on the Hill, Epsom, Surrey [1] West Ewell, Epsom, Surrey [1] epsom surrey [1]

Rank

Private [32] Second Lieutenant [10] Lieutenant [9] Captain [8] Major [5] Able Seaman [4] Lance Corporal [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Corporal [3] Gunner [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Serjeant [3] Leading Stoker [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Paymaster (temporary) [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Class 1 [1] Boy Class 2 [1] Colonel [1] Deck Hand [1] Doctor [1] Driver [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Orderly [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Second Yeoman Of Signals [1] Shipwright [1] Signalman [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Captain Brevet Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] HMS Impregnable [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [1] 11th Hussars [1] 15th Squadron [1] 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] 2/3rd Gurkha Rifles [1] 29th Lancashire Regiment [1] 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers [1] 6th Dragoons [1] 6th Infantry Brigade [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M. Dockyard Sheerness H.M.S. Princess Irene [1] HM Submarine E7 [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Dolphin [1] HMS Edgar [1] HMS FORTUNE [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Indomitable [1] HMS Mary Rose [1]

Service

Royal Navy [188] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73] British Army [62] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [38] H [30] S [28] W [27] F [25] C [24] P [20] E [18] L [17] T [17] D [14] G [14] M [14] R [14] K [13] N [7] J [6] A [5] O [3] I [2] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [324] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [35] Australia [1] Canada [1] Sri Lanka [1]

James Charman

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192331

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Thomas Green

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47409

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Harry Amos Duplock

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292852

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Frank Brackenbury Brooke

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army MS/706 Private Army Service Corps 4th Unit

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James Collins

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292398

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Thomas Henry Burfitt

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2757 Corporal London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 2757 Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd (City of London) Battalion

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Wilfred Jervis Davis

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 1/7th northumberland Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Captain Northumberland Regiment 1/7th northumberland Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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Charles William Tickner

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28196

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Walter Chalcroft

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 20961 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 17190 Private 6th Dragoons

British Army 32615 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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John Thornton Lodwick

Born 1882

Died 1915

Indian Army Major 2/3rd Gurkha Rifles Awarded an Immediate D.S.O. for Neuve Chapelle March 1915

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Swailes Lawrence

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army A/201261 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Edgar Edwin Taylor

Born 1885

Died 1963

British Army 94220 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frederick Thomas Tyrrell

Born 1891

Died 1965

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1306

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Francis Augustus Erricker

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army 6342 Private London Regiment

British Army 323231 Private London Regiment

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George Frederick Kemp

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212612

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Thomas Pritchard

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216962

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Frank Ernest Roll

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222232

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Albert Ormonde Duplock

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251554

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Maurice Furse

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 3101 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 390726 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 3101 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Edward Chantler Barton

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army PW/369 Private Middlesex Regiment

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