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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]

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Greenwich London SE [1]

Greenwich London, Kent [1]

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Greenwich, London, Middlesex, England [1]

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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]

Albert William Hake

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 372423 Rifleman London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5044 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Stanley Edward Cecil Lamb

Born 1896

Died 1979

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Charles Forbes Southcott

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 380126 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 4/13 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Henry Arnold

Born 1883

Royal Navy 297700 Stoker 1st Class HMS Hogue

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James Robert Bloomfield

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy SS110769 Leading Stoker HMS Strongbow

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Sidney John Hake

Born 1894

Died 1914

Royal Navy K/19514 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid

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John Stanley Morgan

Born 1892

Died 1968

British Army S/285 Corporal /Acting Serjeant Rifle Brigade attached Trench Mortar Battery

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Ernest John Moxley

Born 1888

Canadian Expeditionary Force 769226 Private 18th Battalion

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Arthur Edwin Pickering

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army L/28644 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 307206 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR/276149 Corporal Royal Engineers

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William Francis Fendom

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army L/7529 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/7529 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Arthur Lionel Benns

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 9148 Lance Corporal London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 5th reserve lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 1/5 lond Battalion

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Percy Walter Darragon Kentrzinsky

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 4625 Private London Regiment

British Army 551809 Private London Regiment

British Army 4625 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 16th (County of London) Battalion

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Leonard John Pay

Born 1894

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Assistant Cook Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Assistant Cook Mercantile Marine: HMHS LLandovery Castle (London)

Royal Navy Assistant Cook H.M.H.S Llandovery Castle

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Lionel Purvis

Born 1873

Died 1914

British Army 17 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 17 Serjeant London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Marjorie Edsall Davis

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15275 Member Women's Royal Air Force

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George Henry Stark

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 10082 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 10082 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry "H" Coy. 1st Bn.

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Arthur A Williams

Born 1898

Died 1969

British Army S/30473 Private Rifle Brigade

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Bernard L Barrett

Born 1897

Died 1967

British Army R/30179 Private King's Royal Rifles

British Army 325777 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 325777 Private London Regiment Kings Royal Rifle Corps

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William James Long

Born 1891

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 7652 Private

Canadian Expeditionary Force 7652 Private Canadian Infantry

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Alfred Walter George

Born 1888

British Army 9370 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9370 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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