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Highbury, London [290]

Highbury, London, Middlesex [81]

Highbury, Islington, London [3]

Highbury, North London [2]

HIghbury London [1]

Highbury (London ?) [1]

Highbury Hill, London [1]

Highbury,London. [1]

Highbury. London [1]

London Highbury [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Able Seaman [8]

Captain [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic I(a) [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Chief Petty Officer Sick Berth [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Conductor [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Mechanic (RL) [1]

Major [1]

Musician [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic (RL) [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Private (1st Class Signaller) [1]

Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Acting Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

County of London Yeomanry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

11th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

H.M.S. "Pembroke." [1]

H.M.S. "Veteran" [1]

HMNZS Diomede [1]

HMS 'Tiger' [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Dublin [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS ONSLAUGHT [1]

HMS Raglan [1]

HMS SUPERB [1]

HMS TURBULENT [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [1]

HMS Yarmouth [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regt [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [270]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [84]

British Army [31]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [43]

C [33]

S [30]

W [29]

H [27]

F [25]

R [25]

G [24]

M [23]

P [22]

D [16]

T [16]

A [15]

L [15]

E [9]

J [7]

K [6]

N [5]

O [5]

I [3]

V [3]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [379]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

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People [382] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Highbury, London [290] Highbury, London, Middlesex [81] Highbury, Islington, London [3] Highbury, North London [2] HIghbury London [1] Highbury (London ?) [1] Highbury Hill, London [1] Highbury,London. [1] Highbury. London [1] London Highbury [1]

Rank

Private [17] Able Seaman [8] Captain [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Lieutenant [3] Rifleman [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic I(a) [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Mechanic [1] Chief Petty Officer Sick Berth [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Conductor [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Mechanic (RL) [1] Major [1] Musician [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Petty Officer Mechanic (RL) [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Private (1st Class Signaller) [1] Sergeant Mechanic [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Acting Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [3] County of London Yeomanry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 11th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Corps of Hussars [1] H.M.S. "Pembroke." [1] H.M.S. "Veteran" [1] HMNZS Diomede [1] HMS 'Tiger' [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Dublin [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS ONSLAUGHT [1] HMS Raglan [1] HMS SUPERB [1] HMS TURBULENT [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [1] HMS Yarmouth [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Middlesex Regt [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [270] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [84] British Army [31] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [43] C [33] S [30] W [29] H [27] F [25] R [25] G [24] M [23] P [22] D [16] T [16] A [15] L [15] E [9] J [7] K [6] N [5] O [5] I [3] V [3] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [379]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Cecil Malpas Tippetts

Born 1883

Died 1972

British Army Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

British Army Captain South Wales Borderers

British Army Major South Wales Borderers

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Harry George Ball

Born 1899

Died 1980

British Army 451153 Private London Regiment 11th lond Battalion

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Albert Leslie Gordon

Born 1897

British Army 9195 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 680695 Private Labour Corps

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Sidney Glanville Smith

Born 1896

Died 1920

Royal Navy J23246

Royal Navy J/23246 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Veteran"

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Arthur Amos Gurney

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy 312314

Royal Navy 312314 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Pembroke."

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Charles Herbert Penniall

Born 1890

Died 1968

British Army 9126 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

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Frederick Reginald Jones

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213285

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Arthur Henry Gill

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219651

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Gordon Lillingston Austin

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228309

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Stanley Baker

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230226

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Mason Bowman

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233617

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David Mitchell Ferguson

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235361

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Reginald Albert Geerts

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235783

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Sydney Everington

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236770

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Norman Finken

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236871

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George John Jesse Sheppard

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237248

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Thomas Frederick Clarke

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241819

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Edmund Baines

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215387

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George Nelson Moore

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290772

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Joseph Arthur Cox

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282941

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