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Greenwich, London [931]

East Greenwich, London [49]

West Greenwich, London [6]

New Cross, Greenwich, London [5]

Deptford, Greenwich, London [4]

Greenwich London [4]

Greenwich, South London [4]

Deptford,Greenwich,London. [3]

Greenwich East, London [3]

Greenwich West, London [3]

Greenwich, South East London [3]

Blackheath, Greenwich, London [2]

Greenwich South London [2]

Greenwich,London. [2]

London, Greenwich [2]

2 Upper East St Greenwich London [1]

26, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London [1]

60 Kender Street Greenwich London [1]

Blackheath Greenwich London [1]

Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London. [1]

Blackheath,Greenwich,London. [1]

Charlton, Greenwich, London [1]

Greenwich London [1]

Greenwich London England [1]

Greenwich London SE [1]

Greenwich London, Kent [1]

Greenwich S E London. [1]

Greenwich, East London [1]

Greenwich, London South East [1]

Greenwich, London, [1]

Greenwich, London, England [1]

Greenwich, London, England, [1]

Greenwich, London, Middlesex, England [1]

Greenwich, London, S.E. [1]

Greenwich,Deptford,Poplar,London. [1]

Greenwich. London [1]

New Cross Greenwich London [1]

New Cross, Greenwich, Deptford, London [1]

North Greenwich, London [1]

Plumstead, Greenwich, London [1]

Westcombe Park, East Greenwich, London [1]

Woolwich, Borough of Greenwich, London [1]

Rank

Private [81]

Able Seaman [14]

Rifleman [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Serjeant [9]

Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Captain [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Gunner [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Major [4]

Sapper [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Drummer [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Pensioner [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Boy [2]

Driver [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

AM1 [1]

AM1(c) [1]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Acting AM1(C) [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Cook [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Sailor [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver (Cold Shoer) [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Fitter Corporal [1]

Unit

London Regiment [22]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Royal Engineers [11]

South Wales Borderers [10]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Hospital Chelsea [3]

Corps of Hussars [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS TURBULENT [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Kent Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

18th Battalion [1]

3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

9th Lancers [1]

American Expeditionary Force [1]

American Red Cross - Base Hospital No 2 [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [916]

British Army [125]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [118]

B [103]

H [101]

W [95]

C [92]

M [68]

P [62]

T [56]

G [46]

R [44]

L [40]

A [35]

D [35]

F [35]

K [30]

J [25]

E [16]

O [15]

N [13]

V [11]

U [3]

Y [3]

Q [2]

I [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1044]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [93]

Belize [1]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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Greenwich, London [931] East Greenwich, London [49] West Greenwich, London [6] New Cross, Greenwich, London [5] Deptford, Greenwich, London [4] Greenwich London [4] Greenwich, South London [4] Deptford,Greenwich,London. [3] Greenwich East, London [3] Greenwich West, London [3] Greenwich, South East London [3] Blackheath, Greenwich, London [2] Greenwich South London [2] Greenwich,London. [2] London, Greenwich [2] 2 Upper East St Greenwich London [1] 26, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London [1] 60 Kender Street Greenwich London [1] Blackheath Greenwich London [1] Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London. [1] Blackheath,Greenwich,London. [1] Charlton, Greenwich, London [1] Greenwich London [1] Greenwich London England [1] Greenwich London SE [1] Greenwich London, Kent [1] Greenwich S E London. [1] Greenwich, East London [1] Greenwich, London South East [1] Greenwich, London, [1] Greenwich, London, England [1] Greenwich, London, England, [1] Greenwich, London, Middlesex, England [1] Greenwich, London, S.E. [1] Greenwich,Deptford,Poplar,London. [1] Greenwich. London [1] New Cross Greenwich London [1] New Cross, Greenwich, Deptford, London [1] North Greenwich, London [1] Plumstead, Greenwich, London [1] Westcombe Park, East Greenwich, London [1] Woolwich, Borough of Greenwich, London [1]

Rank

Private [81] Able Seaman [14] Rifleman [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Stoker 1st Class [10] Lance Corporal [9] Serjeant [9] Corporal [7] Lieutenant [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Captain [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Gunner [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Major [4] Sapper [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Drummer [3] Leading Stoker [3] Pensioner [3] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Boy [2] Driver [2] Petty Officer [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] AM1 [1] AM1(c) [1] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Acting AM1(C) [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Cook [1] Bandsman [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Sailor [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver (Cold Shoer) [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Fitter Corporal [1]

Unit

London Regiment [22] Royal Field Artillery [13] Royal Engineers [11] South Wales Borderers [10] Royal Air Force [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Army Service Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Hospital Chelsea [3] Corps of Hussars [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS TURBULENT [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Kent Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 18th Battalion [1] 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 9th Lancers [1] American Expeditionary Force [1] American Red Cross - Base Hospital No 2 [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [916] British Army [125] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [118] B [103] H [101] W [95] C [92] M [68] P [62] T [56] G [46] R [44] L [40] A [35] D [35] F [35] K [30] J [25] E [16] O [15] N [13] V [11] U [3] Y [3] Q [2] I [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1044] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [93] Belize [1] Canada [1] Egypt [1] India [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

Morris Harry Algar

Born 1894

Died 1945

British Army 165917 Private Machine Gun Corps 38th Battallion

British Army 22283 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 15th (LW) Battalion

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Walter Thomas Dean

Born 1897

Died 1971

British Army 1834 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 2/2nd London Brigade

British Army 930777 Driver (Cold Shoer) Royal Field Artillery 291 Brigade

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Stephen Ernest Brown

Born 1899

Died 1915

British Army 5/4801 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 5/4801 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 5th, 2nd Battalion

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Albert Edward Storey

Born 1897

Died 1966

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127566

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James Patrick Juby

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8574

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William Edward Goddard

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army L/1896 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 296856 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Samuel George Blakeley

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 5/5006 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 5/5006 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Thomas John King

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy K29184 Stoker 1st Class HMS Mary Rose

Royal Navy K29184

Royal Navy

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Henry Thomas Frooms

Born 1885

Died 1958

British Army S/6485 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Frederick Avey

Born 1894

Died 1970

Royal Navy 112788 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory

Royal Navy 112788 Stoker 2nd Class HMS RENOWN

Royal Navy 112788 Stoker 2nd Class HMS VICTORY

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Louis Spencer Drawbridge

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy J3976

Royal Navy J.3976. (CH) Able Seaman H.M.S. Juno

Royal Navy J3976 Boy Sailor

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Albert Edward Dillnutt

Born 1885

Died 1921

British Army 9196 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 9196 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9196 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Henry Austin

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 1236 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

British Army 13278 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Elihu Wilton Leavis

Born 1880

Died 1961

British Army 030683 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Laurence Walter Lathwood

Born 1890

Died 1944

British Army 1623 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 1623 Sergeant Rifle Brigade

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Leonard James Kotchie

Born 1893

Died 1941

British Army T/1202 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 200111 Private East Surrey Regiment

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William Henry Penney

Born 1874

Died 1914

British Army L/4558 Company Serjeant Major Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army L/4558 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Colour Sergeant The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Walter John Perry

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 8179 Private London Regiment

British Army 323952 Private London Regiment

British Army 323952 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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William Frederick Miles

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2101 Private London Regiment

British Army 2101 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 650418 Serjeant London Regiment

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Edward Payne

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 372631 Acting Corporal London Regiment

British Army 372631 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5290 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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