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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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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]

Herbert Stoney Smith

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army Major Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Leicestershire Regiment

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Charles Weintz

Born 1887

Died 1915

Royal Navy 232619 Able Seaman HMS Natal

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Andrew John Wallis Macdonald

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army 19955 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Herbert Asquith

Born 1881

Died 1947

British Army 1st Lieutenant Royal Marine Force

British Army 1st Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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George Alfred Everett

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy J21596 Petty Officer First Class HM Torpedo Boat 29

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Arthur Sydney Ewart Hobart

Born 1896

Died 1997

Royal Navy J18835

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Albert Edward Buckingham

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 42677 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Herbert Coventry Basset Osborne

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army Major Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 27th Battalion

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Derek Webster

Born 1898

Died 1983

British Army Inns of Court Regiment, Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Evelyn Gladys Brown

Born 1888

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich

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Francis John George Walton

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 5190 London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 18th Battalion

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William Ernest Adams

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 20567 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Herbert Charles Downer

Born 1890

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots

Other Empire Force Malay States Volunteer Rifles

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Richard Edward Bingham

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 21828 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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William Harold Thompson

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 36355 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 27073 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Gerald Maitland Clark

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army Captain/Temporary Major Officer Training Corps/Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Major Northamptonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Walter William Gordon Beatson

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Richard Roy Thomas

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy F1693 Petty Officer Mechanical Engineer "Pembroke III"

Royal Navy F/1693 Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service R.N. Armoured Car Division (Gallipoli)

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Geoffrey Ernest Layton Bennett

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 9914 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Serjeant London Regiment London rifle Brigade

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George Bruno Cayford

Born 1889

Died 1975

British Army TF5687 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army R/366844 Private Army Service Corps

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