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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]

Edwin Rivers-Smith

Born 1867

Died 1918

British Army Honorary Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Argent

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 28623 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Joseph Melville Druce

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army PS/1973 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th (Public Schools) Battalion

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John Edward Davy

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4118 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Harry George Nottingham

Born 1888

Died 1955

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Oswald Halley Watson

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 37473 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Robert William May

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 373714 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6829 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Caughlin

Died 1915

British Army 13931 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 13931 Corporal South Wales Borderers 4th Battalion

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William Ronald Read

Born 1885

Died 1972

British Army Lieutenant King's Dragoon Guards attached Royal Flying Corps

British Army Captain King's Dragoon Guards attached Royal Flying Corps

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Christopher William Duncan.

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant The Tank Corps 'A' Bttn.

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Gilbert William Morris

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Temporary Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Harold Kearley

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2412 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment attached Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Alfred John Anstey

Born 1887

Died 1970

British Army 563031 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army T2001 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Alan Sempill Hinshelwood

Born 1894

Died 1972

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Major Machine Gun Corps

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Stanley Jackson Snowden

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment

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Charles Chadd

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy J59242 Ordinary Seaman HMS Magic

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Horace Walter Brumbridge

Born 1894

Died 1924

Royal Navy K21564

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Philip Squarey Houghton

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Captain London Regiment

British Army Captain London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Geoffrey Holland Thornhill

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Cecil Winterton Smith

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 391064 Private London Regiment

British Army 3707 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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