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Finchley, London [184]

Finchley, Middlesex [102]

Finchley, London, Middlesex [55]

East Finchley, London [24]

East Finchley, Middlesex [18]

North Finchley, Middlesex [11]

Finchley [10]

Finchley, Middlesex, England [9]

North Finchley, London [9]

East Finchley, London, Middlesex [8]

Finchley England [7]

Finchley, North London [5]

East Finchley, Middlesex, England [3]

Church End, Finchley [2]

Church End, Finchley, Middlesex [2]

East Finchley [2]

Finchley,Middlesex [2]

Finchley. London [2]

North Finchley [2]

North Finchley, Middlesex, England [2]

Church End, Finchley, London [1]

East Finchley London [1]

Finchley London [1]

Finchley London England [1]

Finchley, Barnet [1]

Finchley, Barnet Borough, London [1]

Finchley, Barnet, London [1]

Finchley, Borough of Barnet, London [1]

Finchley, England [1]

Finchley, Hertfordshire [1]

Finchley, Leicestershire [1]

Finchley, London Middlesex [1]

Finchley, London North [1]

Finchley, Middlesex. [1]

Finchley, Middx [1]

Finchley, Surrey [1]

Finchley, Whetstone, Middlesex [1]

Finchley,Edmonton,London. [1]

Greta House, Church End, Finchley [1]

Holloway or Finchley, London [1]

London, Finchley [1]

London, Finchley, Middlesex [1]

North Finchley England [1]

North Finchley, London, Middlesex [1]

Regent's Park, Finchley, London [1]

South Finchley, London [1]

Rank

Private [45]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Lieutenant [12]

Rifleman [9]

Captain [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Deck Hand [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Lt & Temp. Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

ER Sergeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Staff Lieutenant [1]

Temp. Captain / Flight Commander [1]

Temporary Captain and Adjutant [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [21]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

1st South Wales Borderers [1]

3rd NZ (Rifle) Brigade [1]

5th Battalion Seaforth Territorial Forces Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Infantry School [1]

Australian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Company of Dragoons [1]

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

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General Staff [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

HMS 'Vehement' [1]

HMS AMBUSCADE [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS DUBLIN [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Iron Duke [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

Service

Royal Navy [249]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [125]

British Army [91]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [40]

W [38]

H [37]

B [36]

P [33]

R [33]

M [32]

C [31]

F [31]

G [30]

A [26]

T [26]

D [23]

E [15]

K [13]

N [13]

L [11]

J [4]

Y [4]

V [3]

O [2]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [464]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [55]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Finchley, London [184] Finchley, Middlesex [102] Finchley, London, Middlesex [55] East Finchley, London [24] East Finchley, Middlesex [18] North Finchley, Middlesex [11] Finchley [10] Finchley, Middlesex, England [9] North Finchley, London [9] East Finchley, London, Middlesex [8] Finchley England [7] Finchley, North London [5] East Finchley, Middlesex, England [3] Church End, Finchley [2] Church End, Finchley, Middlesex [2] East Finchley [2] Finchley,Middlesex [2] Finchley. London [2] North Finchley [2] North Finchley, Middlesex, England [2] Church End, Finchley, London [1] East Finchley London [1] Finchley London [1] Finchley London England [1] Finchley, Barnet [1] Finchley, Barnet Borough, London [1] Finchley, Barnet, London [1] Finchley, Borough of Barnet, London [1] Finchley, England [1] Finchley, Hertfordshire [1] Finchley, Leicestershire [1] Finchley, London Middlesex [1] Finchley, London North [1] Finchley, Middlesex. [1] Finchley, Middx [1] Finchley, Surrey [1] Finchley, Whetstone, Middlesex [1] Finchley,Edmonton,London. [1] Greta House, Church End, Finchley [1] Holloway or Finchley, London [1] London, Finchley [1] London, Finchley, Middlesex [1] North Finchley England [1] North Finchley, London, Middlesex [1] Regent's Park, Finchley, London [1] South Finchley, London [1]

Rank

Private [45] Second Lieutenant [17] Lieutenant [12] Rifleman [9] Captain [7] Lance Corporal [7] Able Seaman [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Deck Hand [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Lt & Temp. Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Artificer [1] Boy Servant [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver [1] ER Sergeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Petty Officer [1] Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Reverend [1] Sergeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Staff Lieutenant [1] Temp. Captain / Flight Commander [1] Temporary Captain and Adjutant [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [21] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Royal Engineers [4] Army Service Corps [3] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] 1st South Wales Borderers [1] 3rd NZ (Rifle) Brigade [1] 5th Battalion Seaforth Territorial Forces Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Infantry School [1] Australian Machine Gun Corps [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Company of Dragoons [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] General Staff [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Fisgard" [1] H.M.S. "Natal." [1] HMS 'Vehement' [1] HMS AMBUSCADE [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS DUBLIN [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Iron Duke [1] HMS MALAYA [1]

Service

Royal Navy [249] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [125] British Army [91] Australian Imperial Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [40] W [38] H [37] B [36] P [33] R [33] M [32] C [31] F [31] G [30] A [26] T [26] D [23] E [15] K [13] N [13] L [11] J [4] Y [4] V [3] O [2] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [464] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [55] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Allan Frederick Green

Born 1896

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 28465 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 28465 Rifleman 3rd NZ (Rifle) Brigade 2nd Battalion "C" Company

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Walter Gordon Cope

Born 1892

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

British Army 2nd Lt & Temp. Captain Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Bn France. Later 3rd Bn.

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temp. Captain / Flight Commander Lakedown Airfield Wiltshire 14th Depot Squadron

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William Reid

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 116031 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 116031 Sergeant Royal Garrison Artillery 260th Seige Battery

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Lawrence Valentine Fitzpatrick

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/19454 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 19454 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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William Leslie Booth

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Captain London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment 6th ( City Of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Oliver Byerley Walters Wills

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army London Regiment 2/13th Battalion

British Army 2468 Private Honourable Artillery Company Reserve Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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John William Henry Penn

Born 1897

Died 1975

Australian Imperial Force 7800 Private 16th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 7800 ER Sergeant 16th Batallion

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Francis Mark Dowlen

Born 1893

Died 1977

British Army GS/47392 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Herbert Batram Mccusker

Born 1889

Died 1928

British Army M2/134538 Private Army Service Corps

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Sidney Walter Froome

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army GS/3662 Private The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 8th (Service) Battalion

British Army G/3662 Lance Corporal The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 8th (Service) Battalion

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William Rich

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 370235 Private London Regiment

British Army 370235 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1623 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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James William Gurney

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 2643 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370788 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370788 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Wansey Smith

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 7080 Rifleman London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Henry Webb

Born 1877

Died 1958

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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Rudolf Ludwig 'eric' Pralle, Afc

Born 1896

Died 1976

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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William Frank Mccloskie

Born 1895

Died 1963

British Army M2/174595 Private Royal Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport

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Leslie Edward Kingham

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 7640 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 5667 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Oswald Lee Buckoke

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 350 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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Mortimer Pawson Hancock

Born 1871

Died 1939

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Army Infantry School

British Army Colonel Army Infantry School

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Gilbert Foster Blight

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 4602 Private London Regiment 5th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 302721 Rifleman London Regiment 5th battalion lond Battalion

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