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Hampstead, London [636]

Hampstead, Middlesex [191]

Hampstead, London, Middlesex [180]

Hampstead [79]

Hampstead, Middlesex, England [54]

West Hampstead, London [40]

Hampstead England [31]

Moreton Hampstead, Devon [17]

West Hampstead, Middlesex [17]

Hampstead London [16]

Hemel Hampstead, Hertfordshire [14]

West Hampstead, London, Middlesex [13]

West Hampstead [6]

Hampstead, England [5]

Hampstead,London. [5]

East Hampstead, Berkshire [4]

Hampstead, North West London [4]

Morton Hampstead, Devon [4]

Hampstead, London. [3]

Hampstead,London [3]

Hampstead,Middlesex. [3]

Hampstead Heath, London [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Hampstead, LONDON [2]

Hampstead, London N [2]

Hampstead, London, England [2]

Hampstead, Middx [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, Buckinghamshire [1]

East Hampstead, London [1]

Finch Hampstead, Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

HAMPSTEAD, LONDON [1]

Hampstead London [1]

Hampstead Middlesex [1]

Hampstead Farm, Oxford [1]

Hampstead Heath England [1]

Hampstead Heath South Australia [1]

Hampstead London NW [1]

Hampstead London North West, Middlesex [1]

Hampstead London, Middlesex [1]

Hampstead Middlesex [1]

Hampstead district [1]

Hampstead registration district [1]

Hampstead, [1]

Hampstead, London England [1]

Hampstead, London N W [1]

Rank

Private [97]

Second Lieutenant [63]

Lieutenant [45]

Captain [36]

Major [20]

Able Seaman [13]

Lance Corporal [12]

Serjeant [10]

Corporal [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Rifleman [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Driver [5]

Gunner [5]

Reverend [4]

Sapper [4]

Sub-Lieutenant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Chaplain [3]

Commander [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Chaplain 4th Class [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Surgeon [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Chief Officer [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [41]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

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

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Service

Royal Navy [676]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [364]

British Army [251]

Australian Imperial Force [37]

Other Empire Force [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Indian Army [5]

South African Services [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [155]

H [130]

W [126]

S [120]

C [99]

M [99]

P [98]

R [72]

A [65]

G [65]

D [64]

T [59]

L [54]

F [47]

K [29]

E [27]

N [25]

J [22]

V [11]

O [8]

U [5]

I [4]

Q [3]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1313]

Merchant Navy [55]

Country

United Kingdom [137]

India [3]

Canada [2]

Malta [2]

Australia [1]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Hampstead, London [636] Hampstead, Middlesex [191] Hampstead, London, Middlesex [180] Hampstead [79] Hampstead, Middlesex, England [54] West Hampstead, London [40] Hampstead England [31] Moreton Hampstead, Devon [17] West Hampstead, Middlesex [17] Hampstead London [16] Hemel Hampstead, Hertfordshire [14] West Hampstead, London, Middlesex [13] West Hampstead [6] Hampstead, England [5] Hampstead,London. [5] East Hampstead, Berkshire [4] Hampstead, North West London [4] Morton Hampstead, Devon [4] Hampstead, London. [3] Hampstead,London [3] Hampstead,Middlesex. [3] Hampstead Heath, London [2] Hampstead, London [2] Hampstead, LONDON [2] Hampstead, London N [2] Hampstead, London, England [2] Hampstead, Middx [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, Buckinghamshire [1] East Hampstead, London [1] Finch Hampstead, Wokingham, Berkshire [1] HAMPSTEAD, LONDON [1] Hampstead London [1] Hampstead Middlesex [1] Hampstead Farm, Oxford [1] Hampstead Heath England [1] Hampstead Heath South Australia [1] Hampstead London NW [1] Hampstead London North West, Middlesex [1] Hampstead London, Middlesex [1] Hampstead Middlesex [1] Hampstead district [1] Hampstead registration district [1] Hampstead, [1] Hampstead, London England [1] Hampstead, London N W [1]

Rank

Private [97] Second Lieutenant [63] Lieutenant [45] Captain [36] Major [20] Able Seaman [13] Lance Corporal [12] Serjeant [10] Corporal [9] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Rifleman [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Boy 1st Class [6] Driver [5] Gunner [5] Reverend [4] Sapper [4] Sub-Lieutenant [4] Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Chaplain [3] Commander [3] Deck Hand [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Petty Officer [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Brigadier General [2] Chaplain 4th Class [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Surgeon [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Chief Officer [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [41] Middlesex Regiment [15] Royal Field Artillery [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Army Service Corps [8] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Naval Reserve [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Cameron Highlanders [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] Grenadier Guards [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS Powerful [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Vanguard [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Service

Royal Navy [676] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [364] British Army [251] Australian Imperial Force [37] Other Empire Force [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Indian Army [5] South African Services [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [155] H [130] W [126] S [120] C [99] M [99] P [98] R [72] A [65] G [65] D [64] T [59] L [54] F [47] K [29] E [27] N [25] J [22] V [11] O [8] U [5] I [4] Q [3] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1313] Merchant Navy [55]

Country

United Kingdom [137] India [3] Canada [2] Malta [2] Australia [1] Germany [1] Ireland [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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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Edwin Read Collisson

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain South Staffordshire Regiment

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Ivor James Challis

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 8348 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army 762361 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Charles Thomas Read

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 4844 Private London Regiment 13 lond Battalion

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Herbert Louis Abraham Keyzor

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army TR/13/21825 Private Training Reserve 108th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Leslie William George James Hayward

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 30787 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Paul Floyd Alfred Ringe

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 2228 Corporal Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Daniel Arthur Shayler

Born 1894

Died 1968

British Army 3642 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army M/324250 Private Army Service Corps

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Charles Gilbert Philo

Born 1891

British Army 2290 Lance Corporal London Regiment

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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson

Born 1889

Died 1946

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem

British Army 1753 Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth

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Roland Percival Garrod

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Thomas Henry Upfill

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 126872 Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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John Kirby

Died 1917

British Army 4700 Private London Regiment

British Army 201987 Private London Regiment

British Army 201987 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1st (City of London) Battalion

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John Dighton Grafton-Wignall

Born 1888

Died 1917

Indian Army Captain 82nd Punjabis

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Reginald George Durrant

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 7316 Private London Regiment

British Army 533925 Private London Regiment

British Army 533925 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Ernest Michael Green

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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George Conway Dobb, O.b.e.

Born 1893

Died 1939

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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