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Holborn, London [727]

Holborn, London, Middlesex [147]

Holborn London [9]

High Holborn, London [4]

Holborn, London, England [4]

Holborn, Central London [3]

Holborn,London. [2]

St Giles, Holborn London [2]

St Luke, Holborn, London [2]

St. Giles, Holborn, London [2]

St. Luke's, Holborn, London [2]

2 Haywards Place, Holborn, London [1]

204A, High Holborn, London [1]

4, Crawford Passage, Holborn, London [1]

Amwell Holborn, London [1]

Arlington Square, Holborn, London [1]

Baltic Street Holborn London [1]

Clerkenwell, Holborn, London [1]

Finsbury, Holborn, London [1]

Finsbury, Holborn, London [1]

Goswell Saint Holborn, London [1]

Holborn Stratford, London [1]

Holborn district of London [1]

Holborn district, London [1]

Holborn, City of London [1]

Holborn, London East Central [1]

Holborn, London, W.C [1]

Holborn, London. [1]

Holborn,Clerkenwell,London. [1]

Holborn,London [1]

Holborn. London [1]

Hoxton,Holborn,London. [1]

Queen Square, Holborn,London [1]

Saint Lukes Holborn, London [1]

Saint Lukes, Holborn, London [1]

St Giles Holborn London [1]

St Luke's, Holborn, London [1]

St Lukes, Holborn, London [1]

St. Giles, Holborn, London, Middlesex [1]

St. Luke, Holborn, London [1]

St. Lukes, Old Street, Holborn, London [1]

Tottenham Court Road Holborn, London [1]

Rank

Private [87]

Rifleman [18]

Serjeant [12]

Corporal [11]

Boy 1st Class [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Gunner [9]

Driver [8]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Sapper [7]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Deck Hand [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Pioneer [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3 [1]

Air Mechanic, 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic, First Class [1]

Aircraftsman 2 [1]

Band Colour Sergeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Boy Signaller [1]

Captain [1]

Chemical Carrier [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Privat [1]

Private /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [30]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Royal Engineers [10]

Army Service Corps [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

HMS Impregnable [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS BROKE [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Middlesex Regiment Depot [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

21st Hussars [1]

2nd West Riding Regiment [1]

Ajax Chemical Company [1]

American Officers' Club [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Ceylon Mounted Rifles [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [638]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [156]

British Army [141]

Other Empire Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [109]

S [102]

C [79]

W [77]

H [72]

M [65]

L [51]

P [50]

T [44]

R [42]

G [38]

D [34]

F [30]

J [29]

A [28]

E [27]

K [15]

O [14]

N [13]

I [5]

U [3]

V [3]

Y [3]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [928]

Country

United Kingdom [71]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Holborn, London [727] Holborn, London, Middlesex [147] Holborn London [9] High Holborn, London [4] Holborn, London, England [4] Holborn, Central London [3] Holborn,London. [2] St Giles, Holborn London [2] St Luke, Holborn, London [2] St. Giles, Holborn, London [2] St. Luke's, Holborn, London [2] 2 Haywards Place, Holborn, London [1] 204A, High Holborn, London [1] 4, Crawford Passage, Holborn, London [1] Amwell Holborn, London [1] Arlington Square, Holborn, London [1] Baltic Street Holborn London [1] Clerkenwell, Holborn, London [1] Finsbury, Holborn, London [1] Finsbury, Holborn, London [1] Goswell Saint Holborn, London [1] Holborn Stratford, London [1] Holborn district of London [1] Holborn district, London [1] Holborn, City of London [1] Holborn, London East Central [1] Holborn, London, W.C [1] Holborn, London. [1] Holborn,Clerkenwell,London. [1] Holborn,London [1] Holborn. London [1] Hoxton,Holborn,London. [1] Queen Square, Holborn,London [1] Saint Lukes Holborn, London [1] Saint Lukes, Holborn, London [1] St Giles Holborn London [1] St Luke's, Holborn, London [1] St Lukes, Holborn, London [1] St. Giles, Holborn, London, Middlesex [1] St. Luke, Holborn, London [1] St. Lukes, Old Street, Holborn, London [1] Tottenham Court Road Holborn, London [1]

Rank

Private [87] Rifleman [18] Serjeant [12] Corporal [11] Boy 1st Class [10] Lance Corporal [10] Able Seaman [9] Gunner [9] Driver [8] Ordinary Seaman [7] Sapper [7] Stoker 1st Class [6] Deck Hand [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] Petty Officer [3] Pioneer [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Gunner [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3 [1] Air Mechanic, 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic, First Class [1] Aircraftsman 2 [1] Band Colour Sergeant [1] Bombardier [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Boy Signaller [1] Captain [1] Chemical Carrier [1] Chief Mechanic [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Munitions Worker [1] Privat [1] Private /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [30] Royal Field Artillery [14] Royal Engineers [10] Army Service Corps [7] Labour Corps [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] South Wales Borderers [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] HMS Impregnable [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Border Regiment [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS BROKE [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Middlesex Regiment Depot [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 21st Hussars [1] 2nd West Riding Regiment [1] Ajax Chemical Company [1] American Officers' Club [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Australian Infantry [1] Ceylon Mounted Rifles [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [638] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [156] British Army [141] Other Empire Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [109] S [102] C [79] W [77] H [72] M [65] L [51] P [50] T [44] R [42] G [38] D [34] F [30] J [29] A [28] E [27] K [15] O [14] N [13] I [5] U [3] V [3] Y [3] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [928]

Country

United Kingdom [71] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Joseph Addis Bartlett

Born 1879

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 5428 Sapper Field Corps Engineers 12th Bn

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William Henry Stevens

Born 1874

Died 1918

British Army 315701 Private Middlesex Regiment 18th Battalion

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Albert Edwin Desaleux

Born 1892

Died 1940

British Army 86941 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George William Gabriel

Born 1875

Died 1952

British Army L/42018 Gunner Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 3rd Brigade

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John William Towey

Born 1881

Died 1942

British Army 6710 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army L/6710 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army L/6710 Private The Royal Fusiliers

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Charles Edmund Trott

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army G/13910 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

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Cecil Frederick Starling

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army K/1071 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 22nd (Kensington) Battalion

British Army GS/50262 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 12th Battalion

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Francis 'frank' Sydney Dove

Born 1897

Died 1957

British Army 91658 Private Tank Corps

British Army 91658 Driver Tank Corps

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Joseph Henry Cobb

Born 1874

Died 1928

British Army T4/093272 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T4/093272 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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James Frederic Meadwell

Born 1891

Died 1969

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123991 Air Mechanic 3 Royal Flying Corps 36 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123991 Aircraftsman 2 Royal Air Force 36 Squadron

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Jeremiah O'brien

Born 1890

British Army 638 Private London Regiment

British Army Lance Corporal London Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Satterthwaite

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1623 Serjeant Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 1623 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 1623 Quartermaster Serjeant Hertfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Hosler

Born 1894

Died 1945

British Army 45657 Private Suffolk Regiment Depot

British Army 45657 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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Matthew Cameron Fowler

Born 1883

Died 1962

British Army 1273 Sapper Royal Engineers West Riding Division (Territorial)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21897 Air Mechanic, 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps 33 Station

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21897 Air Mechanic, First Class Royal Flying Corps 33 Station

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Charles Victor Rowen

Born 1887

Died 1920

British Army

British Army 564875 Private Labour Corps 50 Prisoner of War Company

British Army 6012 Private London Regiment 1/22nd Battalion

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Aaron Cohen

Born 1884

Died 1929

British Army C/4280 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Henry Shankley

Born 1890

Died 1972

British Army 55065 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army

British Army 55065 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Mark Edwards

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 125201 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 125201 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 162nd Brigade

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William Arthur Robert Spicer

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 534493 Private London Regiment

British Army 534493 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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John Julius Groves

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 18381 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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