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Hendon, Middlesex [243]

Hendon, London, Middlesex [62]

Hendon Middlesex [9]

Hendon, Middlesex, England [2]

Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex [2]

West Hendon, Hendon, Middlesex [2]

Alperton, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Child's Hill, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Cricklewood, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Edgware, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Harlesden, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Harlesden, Hendon, Middlesex, England [1]

Harlesden,Hendon,Middlesex. [1]

Harrow, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Hendon , Middlesex [1]

Hendon RD, Middlesex [1]

Hendon, Cricklewood, Middlesex [1]

Hendon, Kilburn, Middlesex [1]

Hendon,Kilburn,Middlesex. [1]

Hendon,Middlesex [1]

Hendon. Middlesex [1]

Hornsey, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Kilburn, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Kingsbury, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Little Stanmore, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

London, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Old Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Pinner, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

West Hendon, London, Middlesex [1]

West Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Willesden Hendon,Middlesex. [1]

Willesden, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [43]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Captain [12]

Lieutenant [11]

Lance Corporal [7]

Major [6]

Rifleman [6]

Able Seaman [3]

Corporal [3]

Gunner [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Driver [2]

Midshipman [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Admiral [1]

Bearer [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Commander [1]

Commander (Retired) [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant (acting Captain) [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Quartermaster [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Member [1]

Midshipman (Probationary) [1]

Musician [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private RMLI [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Colonel [1]

Unit

London Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Royal Engineers [5]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [4]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

152nd Infantry [1]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

1st King's African Rifles [1]

21st Punjabis [1]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

36 Bde. R.F.A. [1]

Army Service Corps/Staff [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Duke of Edinburgh Wiltshire [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

General List attached Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Green Howards [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Malaya [1]

HMS Royal Oak [1]

HMS Strongbow [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS Yarmouth [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

King Edward's Horse [1]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

Service

Royal Navy [135]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [126]

British Army [79]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [39]

C [36]

B [35]

H [28]

P [28]

M [23]

W [22]

T [21]

G [19]

A [16]

R [14]

E [11]

L [11]

D [10]

K [8]

J [7]

F [6]

V [4]

N [3]

O [3]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [342]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

Australia [1]

India [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Place of birth

Hendon, Middlesex [243] Hendon, London, Middlesex [62] Hendon Middlesex [9] Hendon, Middlesex, England [2] Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex [2] West Hendon, Hendon, Middlesex [2] Alperton, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Child's Hill, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Cricklewood, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Edgware, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Harlesden, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Harlesden, Hendon, Middlesex, England [1] Harlesden,Hendon,Middlesex. [1] Harrow, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Hendon , Middlesex [1] Hendon RD, Middlesex [1] Hendon, Cricklewood, Middlesex [1] Hendon, Kilburn, Middlesex [1] Hendon,Kilburn,Middlesex. [1] Hendon,Middlesex [1] Hendon. Middlesex [1] Hornsey, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Kilburn, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Kingsbury, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Little Stanmore, Hendon, Middlesex [1] London, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Old Hendon, Middlesex [1] Pinner, Hendon, Middlesex [1] West Hendon, London, Middlesex [1] West Hendon, Middlesex [1] Willesden Hendon,Middlesex. [1] Willesden, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [43] Second Lieutenant [20] Captain [12] Lieutenant [11] Lance Corporal [7] Major [6] Rifleman [6] Able Seaman [3] Corporal [3] Gunner [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Driver [2] Midshipman [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Admiral [1] Bearer [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Commander [1] Commander (Retired) [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Deck Hand [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant (acting Captain) [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Quartermaster [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Member [1] Midshipman (Probationary) [1] Musician [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private RMLI [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Colonel [1]

Unit

London Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [10] Royal Engineers [5] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [4] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Service Corps [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 152nd Infantry [1] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 1st King's African Rifles [1] 21st Punjabis [1] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 36 Bde. R.F.A. [1] Army Service Corps/Staff [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Duke of Edinburgh Wiltshire [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] General List attached Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Green Howards [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS LION [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Malaya [1] HMS Royal Oak [1] HMS Strongbow [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS Yarmouth [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] King Edward's Horse [1] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] King's African Rifles [1]

Service

Royal Navy [135] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [126] British Army [79] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [39] C [36] B [35] H [28] P [28] M [23] W [22] T [21] G [19] A [16] R [14] E [11] L [11] D [10] K [8] J [7] F [6] V [4] N [3] O [3] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [342]

Country

United Kingdom [40] Australia [1] India [1] Sri Lanka [1]

John William Wall

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402273

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Herbert Norman Harrison

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184730

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Basil Elton Tripp

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215455

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Clarence Williams

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81638

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Albert Edward Attew

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 14295 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army GS/14295 Private Royal Fusiliers

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George Halsey

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111091

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Whiston Robert Bristow

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281123

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Walter Arthur Horace Dockree

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10888

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Arthur Alfred Coles

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 158790

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Frank Williams

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178944

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Eric Henry Smith

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181063

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Charles Douglas Lucas Hill

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2896 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Stephen Sudbury

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army S/6850 Lance Corporal Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Stanley Wade Spencer

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 7308 Private East Surrey Regiment

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George James Allen

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy SS/7771 Ordinary Seaman HMS Strongbow

Royal Navy SS 7771 Ordinary Seaman HMS Strongbow

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Albert Victor Eames

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208686

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William James Cooper

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216790

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Sydney Frederick Magnus Salter

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229212

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Cyril Albert Bagnall

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233614

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Walter Lewis Terry

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237344

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