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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]

William George Hobbs

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Guy Maxwell Shipway

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Johann Ludwig H 'percy' Pralle

Born 1893

Died 1949

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

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

Other Empire Force Lieutenant Trinidad Light Infantry Volunteers

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Edward Lawrence Sprunt

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1510 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Norman De Mattos Bentwich

Born 1883

Died 1971

British Army Lance Captain Egypt Camel Transport Corps

British Army Lance Captain Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Lance Captain General and Special List

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Richard Stoddart Benson

Born 1892

Died 1940

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Superb

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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Frederick Charles Abery

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 15713 Lance Corporal The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army 178860 Lance Corporal Labour Corps

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Wilfred Saxby Barham

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1 Battalion

British Army Captain The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3 Battalion attached 1 Battalion

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William Ernest Avery

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 70 Lance Serjeant Northumberland Regiment 18th northumberland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 16th Battalion

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Robert Evelyn Hall

Died 1917

British Army GS/42858 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 8th Battalion

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George Theobald

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army 8091 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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William Malcolm Denham

Born 1899

Died 1918

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

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85254 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant General List

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Edward Finn

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army G/5807 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/5807 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Louis Halle Gluckstein

Born 1897

Died 1979

British Army Second Lieutenant Intelligence Corps

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Orlando George Gunning

Born 1867

Died 1917

British Army Brigadier General Indian Army

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Leslie Graeme Herbert Farmer

Born 1895

Died 1979

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant HMS COLOSSUS

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Arthur Alexander Hodgson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army L/13773 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army L/13773 Corporal Middlesex Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army L/13773 Corporal Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 13th Battalion

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James Theophilus Cayford

Born 1899

Died 1978

Royal Navy J68396 Ordinary Seaman

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James Albert Penn

Born 1883

Died 1956

Australian Imperial Force 904 Driver 4th Divisional Train

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Oscar Royston Rudolf

Born 1889

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 234995 Acting Sergeant Canadian Infantry 203rd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 234995 Sergeant Canadian Infantry 44th Battalion

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