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Greenwich, London [931]

Greenwich, Kent [647]

Greenwich [132]

Greenwich England [70]

East Greenwich, London [49]

East Greenwich, Kent [46]

Greenwich, Kent, England [12]

West Greenwich, Kent [10]

Charlton, Greenwich, Kent [7]

Greenwich New South Wales [6]

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]

Devonport Greenwich [2]

East Greenwich [2]

Greenwich South London [2]

Greenwich West, Kent [2]

Greenwich registration district [2]

Greenwich, Renfrewshire [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]

70 Roan Street, Greenwich [1]

8 Upper East St Greenwich [1]

Beckton, North Greenwich, Essex [1]

Blackheath Greenwich London [1]

Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London. [1]

Blackheath, Greenwich, Kent [1]

Blackheath,Greenwich,London. [1]

Brockley, Greenwich, Kent [1]

Charlton, Greenwich, London [1]

Deptford Greenwich, Kent and Surrey [1]

Deptford, Greenwich, Kent [1]

E Greenwich, Middlesex [1]

East Greenwich England [1]

East Greenwich, Surrey [1]

East Stonehouse Greenwich, Devon [1]

Greenwich London [1]

Greenwich East, Kent [1]

Greenwich Kent [1]

Greenwich London England [1]

Rank

Private [153]

Gunner [20]

Able Seaman [19]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Serjeant [17]

Corporal [15]

Rifleman [15]

Captain [13]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Lieutenant [12]

Lance Corporal [11]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Sapper [10]

Driver [8]

Major [7]

Leading Seaman [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Stoker Petty Officer [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Sergeant [4]

Able Bodied Seaman [3]

Bombardier [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Drummer [3]

Musician [3]

Pensioner [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Boy [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Colour Sergeant [2]

Commander [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [2]

Pioneer [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

AM 2 [1]

AM1 [1]

AM1(c) [1]

Acting AM1(C) [1]

Acting Air Mechanic I (C) [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

London Regiment [39]

Royal Engineers [26]

Royal Field Artillery [25]

South Wales Borderers [15]

East Kent Regiment [12]

Royal Air Force [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS Defence [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Hospital Chelsea [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

H.M.S. Pembroke [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS CHESTER [2]

HMS Falmouth [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Natal [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS TURBULENT [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1446]

British Army [250]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [238]

Australian Imperial Force [79]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [7]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [207]

H [199]

S [197]

W [190]

C [166]

M [139]

P [129]

T [109]

G [85]

L [82]

D [79]

R [77]

A [72]

F [59]

K [52]

J [51]

E [38]

N [27]

O [24]

V [20]

Y [7]

U [6]

I [4]

Q [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1979]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [152]

Canada [3]

Belize [1]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Greenwich, London [931] Greenwich, Kent [647] Greenwich [132] Greenwich England [70] East Greenwich, London [49] East Greenwich, Kent [46] Greenwich, Kent, England [12] West Greenwich, Kent [10] Charlton, Greenwich, Kent [7] Greenwich New South Wales [6] 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] Devonport Greenwich [2] East Greenwich [2] Greenwich South London [2] Greenwich West, Kent [2] Greenwich registration district [2] Greenwich, Renfrewshire [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] 70 Roan Street, Greenwich [1] 8 Upper East St Greenwich [1] Beckton, North Greenwich, Essex [1] Blackheath Greenwich London [1] Blackheath Hill, Greenwich, London. [1] Blackheath, Greenwich, Kent [1] Blackheath,Greenwich,London. [1] Brockley, Greenwich, Kent [1] Charlton, Greenwich, London [1] Deptford Greenwich, Kent and Surrey [1] Deptford, Greenwich, Kent [1] E Greenwich, Middlesex [1] East Greenwich England [1] East Greenwich, Surrey [1] East Stonehouse Greenwich, Devon [1] Greenwich London [1] Greenwich East, Kent [1] Greenwich Kent [1] Greenwich London England [1]

Rank

Private [153] Gunner [20] Able Seaman [19] Second Lieutenant [17] Serjeant [17] Corporal [15] Rifleman [15] Captain [13] Stoker 1st Class [13] Lieutenant [12] Lance Corporal [11] Ordinary Seaman [11] Sapper [10] Driver [8] Major [7] Leading Seaman [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Leading Stoker [5] Stoker Petty Officer [5] Acting Corporal [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Petty Officer [4] Sergeant [4] Able Bodied Seaman [3] Bombardier [3] Deck Hand [3] Drummer [3] Musician [3] Pensioner [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Boy [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Stoker [2] Colour Sergeant [2] Commander [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Petty Officer Telegraphist [2] Pioneer [2] 2nd Corporal [1] AM 2 [1] AM1 [1] AM1(c) [1] Acting AM1(C) [1] Acting Air Mechanic I (C) [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

London Regiment [39] Royal Engineers [26] Royal Field Artillery [25] South Wales Borderers [15] East Kent Regiment [12] Royal Air Force [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Army Service Corps [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Labour Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] HMS INFLEXIBLE [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] HMS Defence [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Hospital Chelsea [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Corps of Hussars [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] H.M.S. Pembroke [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS CHESTER [2] HMS Falmouth [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Natal [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS TURBULENT [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1446] British Army [250] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [238] Australian Imperial Force [79] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [7] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [207] H [199] S [197] W [190] C [166] M [139] P [129] T [109] G [85] L [82] D [79] R [77] A [72] F [59] K [52] J [51] E [38] N [27] O [24] V [20] Y [7] U [6] I [4] Q [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1979] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [152] Canada [3] Belize [1] Egypt [1] India [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

James Connor

Died 1915

British Army 10831 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 10831 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Henry Thomas Taken

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army G/2278 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/2278 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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James Thomas Sadgrove

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 9388 Private London Regiment

British Army 300080 Private London Regiment

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Ashley George William Moxham

Born 1892

British Army 10216 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 62898 Private South Lancashire Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army 3903127 Corporal South Wales Borderers

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George Copple

Born 1881

Died 1944

British Army L/7066 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/7066 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 243104 Cheshire Regiment 45th Battalion

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Horace Victor Sadgrove

Born 1898

Died 1986

British Army 747 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 965341 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Bertram Reginald Drawbridge

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 115358 Private Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 115358 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 115358 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Francis George Lightfoot

Born 1880

Died 1940

British Army 42524 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

British Army 69852 Serjeant Labour Corps

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Lily Maud Truphet

Born 1899

Died 1991

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Woolwich Arsenal

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Frank William Peebles

Born 1895

British Army 2116 Private London Regiment

British Army 2116 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 320509 Serjeant London Regiment 6th City of London Rifles

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Norman Hope Vanderlure Mills

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 7204 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Frank George Covell

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1668 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Leonard Stephen Sadgrove

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army GS/87275 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army G/87275 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

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Nicholas Charles Peppercorne

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Sth/1791 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th (Service) Battalion (Bankers)

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Henry William Mends May

Born 1885

Died 1942

Canadian Expeditionary Force 15216

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment

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Edwin Alfred Edwards

Born 1899

Died 1972

British Army 266808 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 739527 Gunner Royal Artillery

British Army 266808 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Francis George Cutter Dawson

Born 1889

Died 1971

British Army 102005 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Cyril Rowton Hefford

Born 1889

Died 1940

British Army Captain London Regiment

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James Brown

Born 1886

Died 1960

British Army 28025 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 252910 Private Royal Engineers

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Benjamin John Deed

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 13047 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

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