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Holborn, London [727]

Holborn, London, Middlesex [147]

Holborn, Middlesex [130]

Holborn [26]

Holborn, Middlesex, England [13]

Holborn London [9]

Clerkenwell, Holborn [4]

High Holborn, London [4]

Holborn, London, England [4]

Holborn, Central London [3]

Holborn England [2]

Holborn,London. [2]

St Giles, Holborn London [2]

St Giles, Holborn, Middlesex [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]

23 Baltic Street, Holborn, Middlesex [1]

34 West Holborn, South Shields, Co Durham [1]

4 Macclesfield St North, Holborn, Middlesex. [1]

4, Crawford Passage, Holborn, London [1]

Amwell Holborn, London [1]

Arlington Square, Holborn, London [1]

Baltic Street Holborn London [1]

Bloomsbury, Holborn, Middlesex [1]

City Rd ,Holborn [1]

Clerkenwell, Holborn [1]

Clerkenwell, Holborn [1]

Clerkenwell, Holborn, London [1]

Clerkenwell, Holborn, Middlesex [1]

Clerkenwell. Holborn [1]

Finsbury, Holborn, London [1]

Finsbury, Holborn, London [1]

Finsbury, Holborn,Middlesex [1]

Goswell Saint Holborn, London [1]

Holborn Middx [1]

Holborn District [1]

Holborn Stratford, London [1]

Holborn district of London [1]

Holborn district, London [1]

Holborn, Aberdeenshire [1]

Holborn, City of London [1]

Holborn, London East Central [1]

Holborn, London, W.C [1]

Holborn, London. [1]

Holborn, Pancras [1]

Holborn,Clerkenwell,London. [1]

Holborn,London [1]

Rank

Private [125]

Rifleman [26]

Corporal [16]

Serjeant [16]

Gunner [12]

Lance Corporal [12]

Driver [11]

Boy 1st Class [10]

Sapper [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Petty Officer [5]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Captain [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Capt (addtl) relinquishing actg Capt rank on ceasing to command a Company [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Major while 2nd in command of a battlion (Temp Capt and Lt Yeo T F) [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]

Chemical Carrier [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Flight Clerk [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

L/Sgt [1]

LMS [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [50]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Royal Engineers [16]

Army Service Corps [10]

Labour Corps [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

HMS Impregnable [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [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]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment Depot [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

21st Hussars [1]

2nd West Riding Regiment [1]

Ajax Chemical Company [1]

American Officers' Club [1]

Service

Royal Navy [648]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [266]

British Army [199]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [125]

S [119]

W [95]

C [92]

H [88]

M [75]

P [65]

L [59]

T [53]

R [52]

G [51]

D [43]

E [36]

J [35]

A [34]

F [32]

K [17]

N [17]

O [16]

I [6]

U [5]

Q [4]

V [4]

Y [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1098]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [102]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

Egypt [1]

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Place of birth

Holborn, London [727] Holborn, London, Middlesex [147] Holborn, Middlesex [130] Holborn [26] Holborn, Middlesex, England [13] Holborn London [9] Clerkenwell, Holborn [4] High Holborn, London [4] Holborn, London, England [4] Holborn, Central London [3] Holborn England [2] Holborn,London. [2] St Giles, Holborn London [2] St Giles, Holborn, Middlesex [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] 23 Baltic Street, Holborn, Middlesex [1] 34 West Holborn, South Shields, Co Durham [1] 4 Macclesfield St North, Holborn, Middlesex. [1] 4, Crawford Passage, Holborn, London [1] Amwell Holborn, London [1] Arlington Square, Holborn, London [1] Baltic Street Holborn London [1] Bloomsbury, Holborn, Middlesex [1] City Rd ,Holborn [1] Clerkenwell, Holborn [1] Clerkenwell, Holborn [1] Clerkenwell, Holborn, London [1] Clerkenwell, Holborn, Middlesex [1] Clerkenwell. Holborn [1] Finsbury, Holborn, London [1] Finsbury, Holborn, London [1] Finsbury, Holborn,Middlesex [1] Goswell Saint Holborn, London [1] Holborn Middx [1] Holborn District [1] Holborn Stratford, London [1] Holborn district of London [1] Holborn district, London [1] Holborn, Aberdeenshire [1] Holborn, City of London [1] Holborn, London East Central [1] Holborn, London, W.C [1] Holborn, London. [1] Holborn, Pancras [1] Holborn,Clerkenwell,London. [1] Holborn,London [1]

Rank

Private [125] Rifleman [26] Corporal [16] Serjeant [16] Gunner [12] Lance Corporal [12] Driver [11] Boy 1st Class [10] Sapper [10] Able Seaman [9] Ordinary Seaman [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Petty Officer [5] Pioneer [5] Acting Corporal [4] Deck Hand [4] Lieutenant [4] Sergeant [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Leading Seaman [3] Captain [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Capt (addtl) relinquishing actg Capt rank on ceasing to command a Company [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Major while 2nd in command of a battlion (Temp Capt and Lt Yeo T F) [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] Chemical Carrier [1] Chief Mechanic [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Flight Clerk [1] Flight Sergeant [1] L/Sgt [1] LMS [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [50] Royal Field Artillery [17] Royal Engineers [16] Army Service Corps [10] Labour Corps [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] HMS Impregnable [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [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] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment Depot [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 21st Hussars [1] 2nd West Riding Regiment [1] Ajax Chemical Company [1] American Officers' Club [1]

Service

Royal Navy [648] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [266] British Army [199] Australian Imperial Force [4] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [125] S [119] W [95] C [92] H [88] M [75] P [65] L [59] T [53] R [52] G [51] D [43] E [36] J [35] A [34] F [32] K [17] N [17] O [16] I [6] U [5] Q [4] V [4] Y [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1098] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [102] Canada [2] Australia [1] Egypt [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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Benjamin Bates

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 5479 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322638 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322638 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion ( Rifles)

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Percy Gladstone Smith

Born 1890

British Army 3584 Private Hussars 7th

British Army 3584 Acting Corporal Hussars 7th

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Walter Henry Gray

Born 1893

British Army T/423878 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 4029, 454451 Lance Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

British Army 321622 London Regiment Labour Corps

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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 Charles Howard

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2785 Private London Regiment

British Army 320880 Private London Regiment

British Army 320880 Lance Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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George Edwards

Died 1915

British Army 2256 Private London Regiment

British Army 2256 Private London Regiment 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

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Augustus Henry Tenten

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 4132 Rifleman London Regiment 1/6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Jesse Albert David Smith

Born 1895

Died 1921

British Army 131797 Sapper Labour Corps

British Army 78474 Sapper Welsh Regiment

British Army 22333 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frank Edward Wrench

Born 1876

British Army M2/034134 Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army M2/034134 Private Army Service Corps

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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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