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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]

Henry Horace Brown

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy J3995 Leading Seaman

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John Thorold Foulger

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army L/10817 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army L/10817 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army L/10817 Lance Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Walter Henry Lygoe

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 19615 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Francis Robert Butler

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2092 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/2092/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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James Clifton Taberman

Born 1899

Died 1960

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136746

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Frederick Charles Shepherd

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 5969 Private London Regiment

British Army 532935 Private London Regiment

British Army 532935 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Ethel Alice Phillips

Born 1889

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20691 Women's Royal Air Force

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Ernest William Slater

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 9219 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9219 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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George Richard Beagen

Born 1874

Died 1918

British Army 69801 Private The King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army 48675 Private Labour Corps

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Charles Henry Somerset

Born 1889

Died 1983

British Army 51898 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Arthur Farlie Mcmullen

Born 1888

Died 1975

British Army 66891 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 66891 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 91st Siege Battery

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Charles Webster

Died 1916

British Army 22963 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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John James Carpenter

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 322970 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 385007 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 385007 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Harry Alfred Thatcher

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 1933 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Mark Henry Maddison

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 2214 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Michael John Crowley

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 372157 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 372157 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4624 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frederick Philip Bridge

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 9707 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Bn

British Army 9707 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 3rd Bn

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Joseph Hofford

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army S/27236 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/27236 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade

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Albert Marsh Anderson

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army GS/87343 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Bernard Robert Williamson

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army M2/032698 Private Army Service Corps

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