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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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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]

Walter Rowen

Born 1900

Died 1969

British Army 3775 Rifleman London Regiment 3/6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Henry William Simmonds

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 320293 Private London Regiment

British Army 1685 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

British Army 1685, 320293 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Thomas Charles Joslin

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 10870 Serjeant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Arthur Bird

Born 1898

Died 1957

British Army TR/10/50400 Private Training Reserve

British Army 40780 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 18th (8) Battalion

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Walter Edgar Samuel Weaver

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 374348 Lance Corporal London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8400 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Custance Meadwell

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 10336 Private Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 10336 Private Welsh Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Joseph Fawke

Born 1890

Died 1954

British Army G/24392 Private Middlesex Regiment Depot

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William Benjamin Knibb

Born 1895

Died 1932

British Army 370422 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2017 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Mayer Symons

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army L/13400 Company Serjeant Major Royal Fusiliers attached to British Military Mission 5th Battalion

British Army L/13400 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Francis Robert Aerts

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 2973 Lance Corporal London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 301936 Second Lieutenant London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 13th Battalion

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William Bailey

Born 1887

Died 1969

British Army G/19729 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Joseph Benjamin Beer

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 17826 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Albert Henry Rivron

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army 10835 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Frederick Charles Bird

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Z 1279 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Harry Croft Cornish

Born 1884

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32261

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William Frederick Wastell

Born 1886

Died 1953

British Army R17496 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Peter Brauner

Born 1882

Died 1940

British Army 31863 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 150163 Private Labour Corps

British Army As above Private COY Labour Corps, UK. Transferred April 1917

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Frederick George Fuller

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2977 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 2977 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion ( Rifles)

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Samuel Edmund John Bailey

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 371775 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 371775 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4082 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Edgar Carter

Born 1890

Died 1958

British Army 8788 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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