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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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People [277] Stories Communities

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]

William Charles Peto

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260403

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Leonard George William Randall

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5674

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William Richard Riddle

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217981

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Harry Attwater

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy M1719 Leading Cooks Mate HMS Queen Mary

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Percy Stevens

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy M/17228 Cook's Mate 2nd Class HMS Mohawk

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Frank Charles Tanner

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211263

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George William Nash

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232952

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Ernest Walter Vincett

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235928

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Edgar George Wakenell

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237496

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Kenneth Colquhoun Colvin

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 1735 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Mark Thomas Johnson

Born 1874

Died 1939

British Army 881769 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery 1st Battery 1 Army Reserve Brigade

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William Moon

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281824

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Ernest Frederick Hughes

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 158424

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Sydney Edwin Wingfield

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167726

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Harvey Frank Trotman

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13543

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Arthur Gorringe

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50402

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Charles Richard Barnett

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6106

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Reginald Miles

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6316

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Arthur George Childs

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161554

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Ernest Wingfield

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166710

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