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Forest Hill, London [107]

Forest Hill, Lewisham, London [7]

2a Wastdale Road, Forest Hill, London [1]

Forest Hill Lewisham London [1]

Forest Hill London [1]

Forest Hill, Camberwell, London [1]

Forest Hill, Lewisham, London, England [1]

Forest Hill, London South East [1]

Forest Hill, London, Middlesex [1]

Forest Hill, London, S.E. [1]

Forest Hill, London, Surrey [1]

Forest Hill, South London [1]

London, Forest Hill [1]

Rank

Private [10]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Able Seaman [5]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Baker [1]

Dental Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Pioneer [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Surgeon Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

36th Jacob's Horse [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

City of London Artillery [1]

Civilian Dentist [1]

Derbyshire Yeomanry [1]

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

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

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

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Laforey [1]

HMS Malaya [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Intelligence Corps [1]

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Chaplains Department [1]

Royal Egineers [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MALAYA [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [1]

The Dragoons [1]

Service

Royal Navy [98]

British Army [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [16]

H [14]

S [14]

M [11]

C [8]

G [8]

P [8]

A [7]

W [7]

D [6]

T [5]

R [4]

E [3]

F [3]

N [3]

J [2]

K [2]

L [2]

I [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [123]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

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People [125] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Forest Hill, London [107] Forest Hill, Lewisham, London [7] 2a Wastdale Road, Forest Hill, London [1] Forest Hill Lewisham London [1] Forest Hill London [1] Forest Hill, Camberwell, London [1] Forest Hill, Lewisham, London, England [1] Forest Hill, London South East [1] Forest Hill, London, Middlesex [1] Forest Hill, London, S.E. [1] Forest Hill, London, Surrey [1] Forest Hill, South London [1] London, Forest Hill [1]

Rank

Private [10] Second Lieutenant [7] Able Seaman [5] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Baker [1] Dental Surgeon Lieutenant [1] Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Pioneer [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Surgeon Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] HMS IRON DUKE [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] 36th Jacob's Horse [1] Army Service Corps [1] City of London Artillery [1] Civilian Dentist [1] Derbyshire Yeomanry [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Cornwallis" [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Laforey [1] HMS Malaya [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Intelligence Corps [1] London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Merchant Navy [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Chaplains Department [1] Royal Egineers [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MALAYA [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [1] The Dragoons [1]

Service

Royal Navy [98] British Army [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [16] H [14] S [14] M [11] C [8] G [8] P [8] A [7] W [7] D [6] T [5] R [4] E [3] F [3] N [3] J [2] K [2] L [2] I [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [123] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Harry Maurice Barnett

Born 1886

Royal Navy F12158

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Arthur Hughes Bavister

Born 1884

Royal Navy F20198

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Percy Frederick Box

Born 1884

Royal Navy F22870

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Sidney Savory

Born 1898

Royal Navy F27374

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Harrie John King

Born 1899

Royal Navy F27245

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Thomas Edwin Gill

Born 1882

Royal Navy F28889

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Ernest Alfred Coster

Born 1882

Royal Navy F37479

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Alexander Carr Russell Moffat

Born 1899

Royal Navy F53650

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Leslie Scarborough Woodward

Born 1892

Royal Navy J3739

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Herbert Thomas Henry Morris

Born 1896

Royal Navy J15561

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Alfred James Acott

Born 1895

Royal Navy J23994

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Sydney Frank Stevens

Born 1898

Royal Navy J38174

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Leonard Keith Roberts

Born 1890

Royal Navy J62423

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Edgar James Haydon

Born 1898

Royal Navy J71152

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Robert William Redvers Goldring

Born 1901

Royal Navy J75159

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Harold Arthur Frederick Barter

Born 1902

Royal Navy J83117

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Victor Edward May

Born 1894

Royal Navy K24209

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Albert John Peters

Born 1896

Royal Navy K31763

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Percy Stewart Ansell

Born 1890

Royal Navy K41782

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Arthur James Batchelor

Born 1899

Royal Navy K44402

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