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Hendon, Middlesex [243]

Hendon, London [190]

Hendon, London, Middlesex [62]

Hendon [30]

Hendon, Sunderland, Durham [20]

Hendon England [10]

Hendon, Durham [10]

Hendon Middlesex [9]

Hendon Queensland [4]

Hendon, County Durham [2]

Hendon, Middlesex, England [2]

Hendon,London [2]

Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex [2]

West Hendon, Hendon, Middlesex [2]

Alperton, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Brondesbury, Hendon, London [1]

Child's Hill, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Cricklewood, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Edgware, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

HENDON [1]

Harlesden, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Harlesden, Hendon, Middlesex, England [1]

Harlesden,Hendon,Middlesex. [1]

Harrow, Hendon [1]

Harrow, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Hendon Middx [1]

Hendon , Middlesex [1]

Hendon London [1]

Hendon New South Wales [1]

Hendon RD, Middlesex [1]

Hendon Sunderland, Durham [1]

Hendon district north London [1]

Hendon, Co Durham [1]

Hendon, Cricklewood, Middlesex [1]

Hendon, Essex [1]

Hendon, Harrow, Middleex [1]

Hendon, Kilburn, Middlesex [1]

Hendon, London N W [1]

Hendon, Middx [1]

Hendon, Sunderland [1]

Hendon, Sunderland Durham [1]

Hendon, Sunderland, Co. Durham [1]

Hendon, Willesden [1]

Hendon,Kilburn,Middlesex. [1]

Hendon,Middlesex [1]

Hendon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire [1]

Hendon. Middlesex [1]

Hornsey, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Kilburn, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Kingsbury, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [78]

Second Lieutenant [27]

Lieutenant [19]

Captain [14]

Lance Corporal [10]

Rifleman [10]

Corporal [8]

Able Seaman [6]

Major [6]

Driver [5]

Gunner [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Midshipman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Musician [2]

Naval Cadet [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A/Cpl [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting L/Sergt [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bearer [1]

Boy 2nd 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]

L/Sergt [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1]

Lieutenant (acting Captain) [1]

Unit

London Regiment [24]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

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

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Labour Corps [4]

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

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster 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]

5th Casualty Clearing Station Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Service Corps/Staff [1]

Britannia [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Duke of Edinburgh Wiltshire [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [331]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [150]

British Army [133]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [73]

B [65]

C [57]

W [55]

P [51]

M [50]

H [49]

T [31]

A [27]

G [27]

L [23]

R [23]

D [20]

E [18]

F [18]

K [16]

J [11]

N [8]

V [6]

O [4]

Y [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [628]

Country

United Kingdom [59]

India [2]

Australia [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

United States [1]

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People [636] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hendon, Middlesex [243] Hendon, London [190] Hendon, London, Middlesex [62] Hendon [30] Hendon, Sunderland, Durham [20] Hendon England [10] Hendon, Durham [10] Hendon Middlesex [9] Hendon Queensland [4] Hendon, County Durham [2] Hendon, Middlesex, England [2] Hendon,London [2] Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex [2] West Hendon, Hendon, Middlesex [2] Alperton, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Brondesbury, Hendon, London [1] Child's Hill, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Cricklewood, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Edgware, Hendon, Middlesex [1] HENDON [1] Harlesden, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Harlesden, Hendon, Middlesex, England [1] Harlesden,Hendon,Middlesex. [1] Harrow, Hendon [1] Harrow, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Hendon Middx [1] Hendon , Middlesex [1] Hendon London [1] Hendon New South Wales [1] Hendon RD, Middlesex [1] Hendon Sunderland, Durham [1] Hendon district north London [1] Hendon, Co Durham [1] Hendon, Cricklewood, Middlesex [1] Hendon, Essex [1] Hendon, Harrow, Middleex [1] Hendon, Kilburn, Middlesex [1] Hendon, London N W [1] Hendon, Middx [1] Hendon, Sunderland [1] Hendon, Sunderland Durham [1] Hendon, Sunderland, Co. Durham [1] Hendon, Willesden [1] Hendon,Kilburn,Middlesex. [1] Hendon,Middlesex [1] Hendon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire [1] Hendon. Middlesex [1] Hornsey, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Kilburn, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Kingsbury, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [78] Second Lieutenant [27] Lieutenant [19] Captain [14] Lance Corporal [10] Rifleman [10] Corporal [8] Able Seaman [6] Major [6] Driver [5] Gunner [4] Acting Corporal [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Midshipman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Musician [2] Naval Cadet [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A/Cpl [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting L/Sergt [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bearer [1] Boy 2nd 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] L/Sergt [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1] Lieutenant (acting Captain) [1]

Unit

London Regiment [24] Middlesex Regiment [17] Royal Field Artillery [9] Durham Light Infantry [6] Royal Engineers [6] Army Service Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Labour Corps [4] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] York and Lancaster 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] 5th Casualty Clearing Station Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Service Corps/Staff [1] Britannia [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Duke of Edinburgh Wiltshire [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [331] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [150] British Army [133] Australian Imperial Force [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [73] B [65] C [57] W [55] P [51] M [50] H [49] T [31] A [27] G [27] L [23] R [23] D [20] E [18] F [18] K [16] J [11] N [8] V [6] O [4] Y [2] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [628]

Country

United Kingdom [59] India [2] Australia [1] Sri Lanka [1] United States [1]

Thomas Lynn

Born 1880

British Army 22415 Driver Royal Field Artillery 15th Brigade

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Frederick Percy Back

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 4759 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322086 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 4759, 322086 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion ( Rifles)

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Charles Henry Harold Kenworthy

Born 1885

Died 1973

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Leonard Frederick Findlay

Born 1894

Died 1970

British Army Staff Middlesex Regiment 1/9th Battalion

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 1/9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 1/9th Battalion

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James William Sinclair Grabham

Born 1886

Died 1968

British Army

British Army 42864 Trooper Northumberland Regiment 3/1 northumberland Battalion

British Army 42864 Corporal Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 5th Battalion

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John Ernest Ferrario

Born 1887

Died 1931

British Army 1133 Private King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army Lieutenant King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion (Special Reserve)

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Henry Walter Leach

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army L/14813 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army

British Army L/14813 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

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William Mitchell

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 275160 Private Durham Light Infantry 7th Battalion

British Army 7/1778 Private Durham Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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William Thomas Wiggins

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 5800 Private East Surrey Regiment

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William John Prickett

Born 1897

Died 1973

British Army 40059 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Steer

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy 16666 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 12901 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy CH/16666 Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Joseph Henry Piperno

Born 1897

Died 1976

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Frank Tingey Martin

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army B 2070 Acting Corporal Rifle Brigade

British Army B 2070 Corporal Rifle Brigade

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Maurice Clive Radford

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

British Army Lieutenant Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

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Arthur Simpson

Born 1888

Died 1967

British Army L/10226 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army L/10226 Acting Corporal Army Reserve

British Army 10226 A/Cpl Middlesex 5th Bn

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John George Yuill

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 11710 Private Manchester Regiment 19th (Service) Battalion

British Army Corporal Manchester Regiment 19th (Service) Battalion

British Army 11710 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 19th (Service) Battalion

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Henry Arthur White

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 174734

Canadian Expeditionary Force 174734 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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Cecil Horace Case Keevil

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 18th Battalion (2nd Bradford)

British Army Lieutenant Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Arthur Manning

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 79751 Private Welsh Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 9770 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John Matthew Smallbone

Born 1892

Died 1955

Royal Navy J6906

Royal Navy J6906 Petty Officer

Royal Navy J6906 Leading Seaman

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