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Highgate, London [241]

Highgate, London, Middlesex [83]

Highgate, North London [3]

Highgate London [2]

Highgate,London [2]

Highgate Hill, London [1]

Highgate, London North [1]

Highgate, London, England [1]

Highgate, N London [1]

Highgate,St Pancras,London. [1]

Highgate,St.Pancras,Middlesex,London. [1]

Rank

Private [19]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Driver [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting L/Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1 Grade [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Sergeant [1]

Civilian [1]

Engineer Artificer 4 Class [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Major [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

99th Deccan Infantry [1]

99th Infantry [1]

99th Infantry Headquarters General Headquarters Troops [1]

9th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

Air Raid Victim [1]

American Expeditionary Force [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Dorset Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HM Submarine E10 [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Daedalus [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS President [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Queen Victoria Rifles [1]

RAF Reserve [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS HAMPSHIRE [1]

Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [219]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83]

British Army [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [42]

H [36]

B [34]

S [28]

W [28]

D [21]

F [20]

G [18]

M [17]

E [14]

P [14]

L [13]

R [13]

A [10]

J [9]

T [8]

N [6]

K [5]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [334]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

India [1]

United States [1]

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People [337] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Highgate, London [241] Highgate, London, Middlesex [83] Highgate, North London [3] Highgate London [2] Highgate,London [2] Highgate Hill, London [1] Highgate, London North [1] Highgate, London, England [1] Highgate, N London [1] Highgate,St Pancras,London. [1] Highgate,St.Pancras,Middlesex,London. [1]

Rank

Private [19] Second Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Driver [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Leading Stoker [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting L/Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 1 Grade [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Sergeant [1] Civilian [1] Engineer Artificer 4 Class [1] Gunner [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Major [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant Mechanic [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [5] Army Ordnance Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Army Service Corps [2] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 99th Deccan Infantry [1] 99th Infantry [1] 99th Infantry Headquarters General Headquarters Troops [1] 9th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] Air Raid Victim [1] American Expeditionary Force [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Dorset Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HM Submarine E10 [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Daedalus [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS President [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Queen Victoria Rifles [1] RAF Reserve [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS HAMPSHIRE [1] Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [219] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83] British Army [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [42] H [36] B [34] S [28] W [28] D [21] F [20] G [18] M [17] E [14] P [14] L [13] R [13] A [10] J [9] T [8] N [6] K [5] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [334]

Country

United Kingdom [17] India [1] United States [1]

George Mitchell

Born 1879

Royal Navy SS101178

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John Robert Brown

Born 1896

Royal Navy SS117155

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Frederick George Polhill

Born 1890

Royal Navy F16607

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Arthur John Manning

Born 1884

Royal Navy 205977

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Leonard Charles Lack

Born 1883

Royal Navy 207883

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Albert Edward Archer

Born 1883

Royal Navy 208319

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William Henry Josiah Coombe

Born 1884

Royal Navy 213063

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Walter Watkin

Born 1887

Royal Navy 226108

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Reginald William Graham

Born 1887

Royal Navy 227991

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Phyllis Mary Burwell

Born 1895

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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John Joseph Wilson

Born 1897

Royal Navy F6750 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Naval Air Service

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Ernest Dovey

Born 1894

Royal Navy J10355 Leading Telegraphist HMS IRON DUKE

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Allan Arthur Warren

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 316093

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Alfred Edward Phillips

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 082123 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 38759 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army G/21522 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

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Welcome Cole

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313364

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Bertram John Gurney

Born 1894

Royal Navy J14869

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William Frederick Trapp

Born 1884

Royal Navy 206249

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