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Godalming, Surrey [237]

Farncombe, Godalming, Surrey [10]

Godalming, Surrey, England [10]

Godalming, Guildford, Surrey [4]

Busbridge, Godalming, Surrey [3]

Witley, Godalming, Surrey [3]

Chiddingfold, Godalming, Surrey [2]

Elstead, Godalming, Surrey [2]

Godalming, Surrey. [2]

Busbridge, Godalming, Surrey. [1]

Godalming Surrey [1]

Godalming, Witley, Surrey [1]

Hascombe, Godalming, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [9]

Able Seaman [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Captain [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Fourth Engineer Officer [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Cooks Mate [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Midshipman [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant Captain [1]

Sailor [1]

Second Lieutenant (Flying Officer) [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

London Regiment [3]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

19th Hussars [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

H.M.S. Europa [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Mohawk [1]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

HMS Royal Oak [1]

HMS SUPERB [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine, s.s. British Sovereign [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Officer Training Corps [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Artillery Devonshire Yeomanry [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. "Louvain" [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

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

The Queen's Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [168]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83]

British Army [16]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [39]

S [22]

W [22]

H [18]

M [17]

C [16]

E [15]

G [15]

F [13]

L [13]

P [13]

R [12]

T [12]

D [9]

K [9]

N [7]

A [6]

J [6]

V [6]

I [3]

O [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [264]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Godalming, Surrey [237] Farncombe, Godalming, Surrey [10] Godalming, Surrey, England [10] Godalming, Guildford, Surrey [4] Busbridge, Godalming, Surrey [3] Witley, Godalming, Surrey [3] Chiddingfold, Godalming, Surrey [2] Elstead, Godalming, Surrey [2] Godalming, Surrey. [2] Busbridge, Godalming, Surrey. [1] Godalming Surrey [1] Godalming, Witley, Surrey [1] Hascombe, Godalming, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [9] Able Seaman [6] Lieutenant [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Sergeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [3] Captain [2] Lance Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Assistant Paymaster [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Fourth Engineer Officer [1] Gunner [1] Leading Cooks Mate [1] Leading Seaman [1] Midshipman [1] Officer Cadet [1] Paymaster Lieutenant [1] Petty Officer [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant Captain [1] Sailor [1] Second Lieutenant (Flying Officer) [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] London Regiment [3] HMS Queen Mary [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 19th Hussars [1] Army Service Corps [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] H.M.S. Europa [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Mohawk [1] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1] HMS Royal Oak [1] HMS SUPERB [1] HMS Victory I [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine, s.s. British Sovereign [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Officer Training Corps [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Artillery Devonshire Yeomanry [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. "Louvain" [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [168] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83] British Army [16] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [39] S [22] W [22] H [18] M [17] C [16] E [15] G [15] F [13] L [13] P [13] R [12] T [12] D [9] K [9] N [7] A [6] J [6] V [6] I [3] O [2] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [264] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Ireland [1]

Alfred William Boxall

Born 1871

Died 1918

Royal Navy Ply./7565 (R.M.R.A.1072.) (Dev.) Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. "Louvain"

Royal Navy PO/6398 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Archibald Cooper

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267042

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Lewis Archibald Ealing

Born 1886

Died 1979

Royal Navy 351703

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Ernest Edward Larcombe

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409013

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George Coates

Born 1883

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97671

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Harold George Horn

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220138

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Gerard Howard Fairtlough

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 1/28th lond Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Frederick Punter

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army L/6741 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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John Henry O'neill

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy

Royal Navy K19431 Stoker 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

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Percival George Beck Peecock

Born 1890

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 5375 Private Durham Light Infantry 2/6th Battalion

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John Stuart Harvey

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2294 Private Royal Artillery Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 2294 Lance Corporal Royal Artillery Devonshire Yeomanry Ist

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Leonard Righton Burrows

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 94th battalion northumberland Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 94th battalion northumberland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 9th (service) battalion, northumberland Battalion

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William Thomas

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7

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Edwin Eugene Suter

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243678

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Archibald Clarence Bailey

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209082

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Arthur William Elson

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212305

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Albert John Parsons

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5493

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Edmund Brewser

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311857

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William George Church

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army G/1171 Private Royal West Surrey Regiment 7th Battalion.

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Geoffrey George Gore-Browne

Born 1899

Died 1914

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Midshipman

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