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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]

Joseph Kinggett

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28834

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Ernest Boughton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199594

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A Bickerstaff

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197076

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George William Wanstall

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39392

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Frederick Woods Parker

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25578

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Thomas Heather

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144210

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William Alfred Pursey

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223461

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Herbert Sydney Furlong

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253567

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John Baker

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 9400 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 9400 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Umfreville Percy Swinburne

Born 1869

Died 1931

British Army Captain Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Major Seaforth Highlanders

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Frederick John Kirby

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 145104 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 145104 Gunner The Royal Garrison Artillery 2nd Siege Battery

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John Henry Huntley

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 87361 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 62 Brigade

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Henry William Victor Loveland

Born 1887

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 78th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry 78th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Frank Boniface

Born 1875

Died 1918

Royal Navy ST 2269 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2269/ST Engineman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Vivid."

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John Stanton Browne

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263399

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Ernest Heather

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106432

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Alfred Harris

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30308

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Philip Henry Engall

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65597

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John Percy Holroyd

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267969

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Robert Henry Tricker

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284299

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