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Hampstead, London [636]

Hampstead, London, Middlesex [180]

West Hampstead, London [40]

Hampstead London [16]

West Hampstead, London, Middlesex [13]

Hampstead,London. [5]

Hampstead, North West London [4]

Hampstead, London. [3]

Hampstead,London [3]

Hampstead Heath, London [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Hampstead, LONDON [2]

Hampstead, London N [2]

Hampstead, London, England [2]

Hampstead. London [2]

West Hampstead, North West London [2]

7 Eton Road, Hampstead, London [1]

9 Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead, London [1]

Belsize Park, Hampstead, London [1]

East Hampstead, London [1]

HAMPSTEAD, LONDON [1]

Hampstead London [1]

Hampstead London NW [1]

Hampstead London North West, Middlesex [1]

Hampstead London, Middlesex [1]

Hampstead, London England [1]

Hampstead, London N W [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex, London [1]

Hampstead, north London [1]

Hemel Hampstead, London [1]

Kilburn, Hampstead, London [1]

Kilburn,Hampstead,London. [1]

London, Hampstead [1]

St John's Wood, Hampstead, London [1]

West Hampstead, North London [1]

Willesden or Kilburn, Middlesex. Registered at Hampstead, London [1]

Rank

Private [48]

Second Lieutenant [43]

Lieutenant [33]

Captain [23]

Major [13]

Able Seaman [11]

Corporal [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Rifleman [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Serjeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Commander [3]

Gunner [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Sapper [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Chaplain [2]

Driver [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Reverend [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Assistant Radiographer [1]

Boy 1st class [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [1]

Corporal Air Mechanic [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Unit

London Regiment [26]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Air Service [4]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

"Pembroke III" [1]

1/1st Gurkha Rifles [1]

123rd Outram's Rifles [1]

49th Battalion [1]

4th Divisional Train [1]

6th Lancashire Regiment [1]

Alexandra Princess of Wale's Own (Yorkshire Regiment ) [1]

Attached 9th King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [588]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [199]

British Army [142]

Other Empire Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [100]

W [88]

H [83]

P [75]

S [74]

M [72]

C [71]

R [46]

T [42]

D [41]

G [41]

A [38]

F [35]

L [35]

E [24]

K [22]

N [16]

J [13]

V [7]

O [5]

I [4]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [926]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [94]

India [2]

Malta [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Place of birth

Hampstead, London [636] Hampstead, London, Middlesex [180] West Hampstead, London [40] Hampstead London [16] West Hampstead, London, Middlesex [13] Hampstead,London. [5] Hampstead, North West London [4] Hampstead, London. [3] Hampstead,London [3] Hampstead Heath, London [2] Hampstead, London [2] Hampstead, LONDON [2] Hampstead, London N [2] Hampstead, London, England [2] Hampstead. London [2] West Hampstead, North West London [2] 7 Eton Road, Hampstead, London [1] 9 Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead, London [1] Belsize Park, Hampstead, London [1] East Hampstead, London [1] HAMPSTEAD, LONDON [1] Hampstead London [1] Hampstead London NW [1] Hampstead London North West, Middlesex [1] Hampstead London, Middlesex [1] Hampstead, London England [1] Hampstead, London N W [1] Hampstead, Middlesex, London [1] Hampstead, north London [1] Hemel Hampstead, London [1] Kilburn, Hampstead, London [1] Kilburn,Hampstead,London. [1] London, Hampstead [1] St John's Wood, Hampstead, London [1] West Hampstead, North London [1] Willesden or Kilburn, Middlesex. Registered at Hampstead, London [1]

Rank

Private [48] Second Lieutenant [43] Lieutenant [33] Captain [23] Major [13] Able Seaman [11] Corporal [7] Lance Corporal [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Rifleman [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Serjeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Boy 2nd Class [3] Commander [3] Gunner [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Petty Officer [3] Sapper [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Chaplain [2] Driver [2] Leading Seaman [2] Reverend [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Assistant Radiographer [1] Boy 1st class [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Captain Major [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Chief Sick Berth Steward [1] Corporal Air Mechanic [1] Deck Hand [1]

Unit

London Regiment [26] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Army Service Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Royal Naval Air Service [4] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] French Red Cross [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Powerful [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] "Pembroke III" [1] 1/1st Gurkha Rifles [1] 123rd Outram's Rifles [1] 49th Battalion [1] 4th Divisional Train [1] 6th Lancashire Regiment [1] Alexandra Princess of Wale's Own (Yorkshire Regiment ) [1] Attached 9th King's Liverpool Regiment [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [588] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [199] British Army [142] Other Empire Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [100] W [88] H [83] P [75] S [74] M [72] C [71] R [46] T [42] D [41] G [41] A [38] F [35] L [35] E [24] K [22] N [16] J [13] V [7] O [5] I [4] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [926] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [94] India [2] Malta [2] Australia [1] Canada [1] Germany [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Hugo Beaumont Burnaby

Born 1874

Died 1916

South African Services Captain Imperial Yeomanry 1st Wiltshire

British Army Major Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 11th Battalion

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Kenneth Arthur Layton Bennett

Born 1889

Died 1947

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 2/7th Battalion

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment stated as 7th Battalion later evidence shows 2/7th

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Albert Charles Bonney

Born 1899

Died 1961

British Army 49684 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Harold John Hugh Dicksee

Born 1892

Died 1972

British Army 940 Private London Regt

British Army 6791011 Private /Lance Corporal London Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Herbert King Finch

Born 1870

Died 1947

British Army Driver French Red Cross British Committee

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Ernest Gerard Finch

Born 1869

Died 1945

British Army Captain King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Major Attached 9th King's Liverpool Regiment

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Alan Alexander Milne

Born 1882

Died 1956

British Army 2285 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Percy John Aylett

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 315037 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 317037 Private Middlesex Regiment 63rd Provisional Battalion

British Army 1606 Private Middlesex Regiment 7th Battalion

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Ernest Solomon Rodrigues

Born 1892

British Army 1225 Private London Regiment 3rd county of lond Battalion

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B Blackman

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 12280 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 6th bedford Battalion

British Army 12280 private Bedfordshire Regiment 6 th

British Army 12280 private Bedfordshire Regiment 8th

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Raymond Asquith

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 3rd Bn.

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Alfred Ferdinand Ettlinger

Born 1890

Died 1944

British Army 2710 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 6182 Private H.A.C.

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John Alfred Bonney

Born 1895

Died 1956

Royal Navy J14069 Able Seaman HMS IRON DUKE

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Frederick William Henry Cousins

Born 1886

Died 1921

Royal Navy RMA/10757 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery HMS "Iron Duke"

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Arthur Edward Bonney

Born 1897

Died 1965

Royal Navy Z/1831 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/1831 Acting Leading Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Lewis John Rowley Atterbury

Born 1885

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 5334 Lance Corporal Canadian Engineers 2nd Field Company

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment Royal Fusiliers 4th (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

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Arthur Joshua King Finch

Born 1878

Died 1935

British Army M2/080561 Private (Acting Corporal) Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Reginald Crewdson Day

Born 1898

Died 1974

Royal Navy PI 39143 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell-Sick-Greenwich

Royal Navy PI 39143 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Greenwich-Manston (DH4) for instruction-Dunkirk

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39143 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Dunkirk-205 Squadron-Hospital (wounded)

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Allan Beresford Sevestre

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 24 Gunner Australian Field Artillery

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Gustav Frederick Wolff

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant (probation) Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion Royal Welch Fusilers

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