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Finchley, Middlesex [102]

Finchley, London, Middlesex [55]

East Finchley, Middlesex [18]

North Finchley, Middlesex [11]

Finchley, Middlesex, England [9]

East Finchley, London, Middlesex [8]

East Finchley, Middlesex, England [3]

Church End, Finchley, Middlesex [2]

Finchley,Middlesex [2]

North Finchley, Middlesex, England [2]

Finchley, London Middlesex [1]

Finchley, Middlesex. [1]

Finchley, Whetstone, Middlesex [1]

London, Finchley, Middlesex [1]

North Finchley, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [20]

Lieutenant [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Captain [3]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [7]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Company of Dragoons [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Iron Duke [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Racoon [1]

Honorable Artillery Company [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

North Somerset Yeomanry Attached 4th Dragoon Guards [1]

Order of St John and British Red Cross [1]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps. [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [122]

Royal Navy [46]

British Army [35]

Last name first letter

S [25]

R [22]

W [18]

P [15]

T [15]

A [14]

F [14]

H [14]

B [12]

M [12]

C [11]

E [9]

G [9]

D [7]

K [7]

N [4]

J [2]

O [2]

L [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [198]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

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Place of birth

Finchley, Middlesex [102] Finchley, London, Middlesex [55] East Finchley, Middlesex [18] North Finchley, Middlesex [11] Finchley, Middlesex, England [9] East Finchley, London, Middlesex [8] East Finchley, Middlesex, England [3] Church End, Finchley, Middlesex [2] Finchley,Middlesex [2] North Finchley, Middlesex, England [2] Finchley, London Middlesex [1] Finchley, Middlesex. [1] Finchley, Whetstone, Middlesex [1] London, Finchley, Middlesex [1] North Finchley, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [20] Lieutenant [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Captain [3] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Able Seaman [1] Boy Servant [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Petty Officer [1] Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [7] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Royal Engineers [3] Army Service Corps [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Company of Dragoons [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Iron Duke [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Racoon [1] Honorable Artillery Company [1] Manchester Regiment [1] North Somerset Yeomanry Attached 4th Dragoon Guards [1] Order of St John and British Red Cross [1] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps. [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [122] Royal Navy [46] British Army [35]

Last name first letter

S [25] R [22] W [18] P [15] T [15] A [14] F [14] H [14] B [12] M [12] C [11] E [9] G [9] D [7] K [7] N [4] J [2] O [2] L [1] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [198] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Richard Vernon Wimbush

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203214

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Norman Cooper

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7715

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Horace George Alaway

Born 1886

Died 1940

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army Captain Order of St John and British Red Cross

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William Henry Drackett

Born 1889

Died 1952

British Army 53090 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 82328 Private Labour Corps

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George A Field

Born 1893

British Army 93293 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 93293 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Eustace Thomas Turner

Born 1898

Died 1972

British Army 36326 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Bernard Percy Hamilton Askew

Born 1890

Died 1970

British Army 625258 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company

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George Edward Drackett

Born 1891

Died 1957

British Army T31610 Driver Army Service Corps

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George H Field

Born 1884

British Army GS/9917 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army D/13805 Private Company of Dragoons

British Army 13805 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

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Reginald Allan Askew

Born 1896

British Army 3039 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 3039 Second Lieutenant London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Scott

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302776

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Kenneth James Ritchie

Born 1896

British Army Second Lieutenant Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Bedfordshire Regiment

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Frederick Charles Webb

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy L8100 Boy Servant HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Herbert Philip Pettit

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246376

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George Geoffrey Warren

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177237

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Frederick Raymond Rapsey

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210564

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Rawdon D'arcy Swainson

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230673

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George Tunmer Ashby

Born 1895

Royal Navy 13092 Royal Marine Artillery

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Douglas Howard Kinsey

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 318387

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John Douglas Hamilton Crawford

Born 1897

Died 1977

British Army Lieutenant North Somerset Yeomanry Attached 4th Dragoon Guards

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