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Guildford, Surrey [711]

Guildford, Surrey, England [30]

Stoughton, Guildford, Surrey [11]

Bramley, Guildford, Surrey [9]

Merrow, Guildford, Surrey [6]

Shalford, Guildford, Surrey [6]

Albury, Guildford, Surrey [5]

Godalming, Guildford, Surrey [4]

Guildford Surrey [4]

Shere, Guildford, Surrey [4]

Ewhurst, Guildford, Surrey [3]

Send, Guildford, Surrey [3]

Stoke, Guildford, Surrey [3]

Wonersh, Guildford, Surrey [3]

Bagshot, Guildford, Surrey [2]

Chertsey, Guildford, Surrey [2]

Chilworth, Guildford, Surrey [2]

Cobham, Guildford, Surrey [2]

Compton, Guildford, Surrey [2]

Cranleigh, Guildford, Surrey [2]

East Clandon, Guildford, Surrey [2]

Gomshall, Guildford, Surrey [2]

Guildford,Surrey. [2]

Ripley, Guildford, Surrey [2]

Worplesdon, Guildford, Surrey [2]

Bisley, Guildford, Surrey [1]

Cranleigh Guildford, Surrey [1]

Dunsfold, near Guildford, Surrey [1]

Farncombe, Guildford,Surrey. [1]

Frimley, Guildford, Surrey [1]

Guildford Park, Surrey [1]

Guildford Road, Ash, Surrey [1]

Guildford Surrey England [1]

Guildford surrey [1]

Guildford, Cobham, Surrey [1]

Guildford, Cranleigh, Surrey [1]

Guildford, Surrey. [1]

Maybury,Guildford,Surrey. [1]

Milford, Guildford, Surrey [1]

Near Guildford, Surrey [1]

Normandy, Guildford, Surrey [1]

Shamley Green, Guildford, Surrey [1]

Slyfield Green, Stoke-next-Guildford, Surrey [1]

Stoke Guildford, Surrey [1]

Stoke-next-Guildford, Surrey [1]

Sutton, Guildford, Surrey [1]

Wanborough Guildford Surrey [1]

Windlesham, Guildford, Surrey [1]

Witley, Guildford, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [38]

Able Seaman [10]

Corporal [6]

Gunner [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Serjeant [4]

Signal Boy [4]

Captain [3]

Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Able Seaman (Rigger) [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Capt [1]

Captain and Special Service Officer (attached) [1]

Domestic 3rd Class [1]

Driver [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4c [1]

Engineman [1]

Farrier Quarter-Master Sergeant [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Leading Air Mechanic [1]

Unit

London Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

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

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Caroline [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS TIPPERARY [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

11th Bengal Lancers (Probyn's Horse) [1]

11th Hussars [1]

11th Hussars and Army Veterinary Corps [1]

11th Lancers [1]

18th Lancers, Indian Army, Commanding 27th Infantry Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division [1]

1st Battalion Coldstream Guards [1]

2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards [1]

2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards [1]

3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (1st Central Ontario Regiment) [1]

Army Reserve [enlisted but not yet mobilised] [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

C. Of [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Civilian War death [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [511]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [246]

British Army [61]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [101]

H [83]

S [81]

C [76]

W [57]

D [44]

M [44]

T [44]

L [43]

P [42]

R [39]

F [35]

G [30]

E [29]

J [23]

A [22]

N [19]

K [16]

O [9]

V [4]

Y [3]

I [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [812]

Merchant Navy [29]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

Canada [2]

France [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Guildford, Surrey [711] Guildford, Surrey, England [30] Stoughton, Guildford, Surrey [11] Bramley, Guildford, Surrey [9] Merrow, Guildford, Surrey [6] Shalford, Guildford, Surrey [6] Albury, Guildford, Surrey [5] Godalming, Guildford, Surrey [4] Guildford Surrey [4] Shere, Guildford, Surrey [4] Ewhurst, Guildford, Surrey [3] Send, Guildford, Surrey [3] Stoke, Guildford, Surrey [3] Wonersh, Guildford, Surrey [3] Bagshot, Guildford, Surrey [2] Chertsey, Guildford, Surrey [2] Chilworth, Guildford, Surrey [2] Cobham, Guildford, Surrey [2] Compton, Guildford, Surrey [2] Cranleigh, Guildford, Surrey [2] East Clandon, Guildford, Surrey [2] Gomshall, Guildford, Surrey [2] Guildford,Surrey. [2] Ripley, Guildford, Surrey [2] Worplesdon, Guildford, Surrey [2] Bisley, Guildford, Surrey [1] Cranleigh Guildford, Surrey [1] Dunsfold, near Guildford, Surrey [1] Farncombe, Guildford,Surrey. [1] Frimley, Guildford, Surrey [1] Guildford Park, Surrey [1] Guildford Road, Ash, Surrey [1] Guildford Surrey England [1] Guildford surrey [1] Guildford, Cobham, Surrey [1] Guildford, Cranleigh, Surrey [1] Guildford, Surrey. [1] Maybury,Guildford,Surrey. [1] Milford, Guildford, Surrey [1] Near Guildford, Surrey [1] Normandy, Guildford, Surrey [1] Shamley Green, Guildford, Surrey [1] Slyfield Green, Stoke-next-Guildford, Surrey [1] Stoke Guildford, Surrey [1] Stoke-next-Guildford, Surrey [1] Sutton, Guildford, Surrey [1] Wanborough Guildford Surrey [1] Windlesham, Guildford, Surrey [1] Witley, Guildford, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [38] Able Seaman [10] Corporal [6] Gunner [5] Lieutenant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Lance Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Sergeant [4] Serjeant [4] Signal Boy [4] Captain [3] Major [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Able Seaman (Rigger) [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Capt [1] Captain and Special Service Officer (attached) [1] Domestic 3rd Class [1] Driver [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4c [1] Engineman [1] Farrier Quarter-Master Sergeant [1] Flight Officer [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Leading Air Mechanic [1]

Unit

London Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Engineers [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Caroline [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS TIPPERARY [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] South Wales Borderers [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 11th Bengal Lancers (Probyn's Horse) [1] 11th Hussars [1] 11th Hussars and Army Veterinary Corps [1] 11th Lancers [1] 18th Lancers, Indian Army, Commanding 27th Infantry Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division [1] 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards [1] 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards [1] 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards [1] 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (1st Central Ontario Regiment) [1] Army Reserve [enlisted but not yet mobilised] [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] C. Of [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Civilian War death [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [511] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [246] British Army [61] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [101] H [83] S [81] C [76] W [57] D [44] M [44] T [44] L [43] P [42] R [39] F [35] G [30] E [29] J [23] A [22] N [19] K [16] O [9] V [4] Y [3] I [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [812] Merchant Navy [29]

Country

United Kingdom [41] Canada [2] France [1] India [1]

Percy James Heathorn

Born 1899

British Army L/12281 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 38518 Private Norfolk Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 50351 Private Essex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Frank Mursell

Born 1876

Died 1956

British Army M2/131534 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

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William Alfred Gibbons

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160891 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force

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Walter Max Mcgregor

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3709 Private London Regiment

British Army 371490 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3709 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Robert Alfred Christmas

Born 1874

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305410 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force Recruits Depot

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William John Holden

Born 1885

Royal Navy PLY/11186 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/11186 Private HMS Bristol

Royal Navy PLY/11186 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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George Matlock

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Army Reserve [enlisted but not yet mobilised]

British Army 13188 Private The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 9th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 1010 Private Training Reserve Battalion 21st Battalion

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Harry John Bacon

Born 1895

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 33011

Canadian Expeditionary Force 33011 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Charles Clifford Mant

Died 1917

British Army 15854 Sergeant Worcestershire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Harold Ivor Vincent Hartwright

Died 1917

British Army 5083 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 391903 Private London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's

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Harry Street

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285145

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Frank Povey

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302542

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John Titcombe Ryde

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 12th Battalion

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Albert Edward Austin

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250094

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Frank Edwards

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14

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William George Murrell

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4572

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William Slater

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285927

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Algernon Douglas Percy Simmons

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243160

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John Eastaugh

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29430

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Percy Arthur White

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26718

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