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Holloway, London [689]

Holloway, London, Middlesex [172]

Upper Holloway, London [110]

Upper Holloway, London, Middlesex [22]

Lower Holloway, London [6]

Holloway, North London [5]

Upper Holloway, Islington, London [4]

Holloway, Islington, London [3]

Holloway, London North [3]

London, Holloway, Middlesex [2]

10 Magdala Rd, Upper Holloway, Islington, London [1]

9 Sussex Road,Holloway,London. [1]

Holloway Hill, London [1]

Holloway Islington London [1]

Holloway London [1]

Holloway London England [1]

Holloway or Finchley, London [1]

Holloway or Islington, London [1]

Lower Holloway, London, Middlesex [1]

St Johns Road Upper Holloway London [1]

Upper Holloway, North London [1]

West Holloway, London [1]

Rank

Private [50]

Stoker 1st Class [16]

Able Seaman [13]

Corporal [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Rifleman [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Serjeant [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Captain [3]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Band Corporal [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Sapper [2]

ALIAS Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Chief Lady Superintendent [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Corporal Wheeler [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

First Mate [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lance corporal [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Major [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Rifleman - Signaller [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

HMS Vanguard [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

HMS BULWARK [3]

HMS MALAYA [3]

HMS QUEEN MARY [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

(R.F.R./CH./B./5028). H.M.S. "India." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/9753). H.M. Motor Lighter "X.138." [1]

48th Pioneers [1]

9th Lancers [1]

British South African Police [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucester Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Blonde." [1]

HM Submarine E26 [1]

HM Submarine H5 [1]

HM Submarine H6 [1]

HM Submarine K4 [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Bittern [1]

HMS Boadicea [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Chester [1]

Service

Royal Navy [759]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [199]

British Army [69]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [107]

S [105]

H [88]

C [85]

W [85]

D [63]

M [63]

L [56]

P [53]

R [50]

G [45]

T [42]

A [37]

E [32]

F [31]

J [23]

K [18]

N [13]

O [11]

V [7]

U [5]

I [4]

Y [4]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1020]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Holloway, London [689] Holloway, London, Middlesex [172] Upper Holloway, London [110] Upper Holloway, London, Middlesex [22] Lower Holloway, London [6] Holloway, North London [5] Upper Holloway, Islington, London [4] Holloway, Islington, London [3] Holloway, London North [3] London, Holloway, Middlesex [2] 10 Magdala Rd, Upper Holloway, Islington, London [1] 9 Sussex Road,Holloway,London. [1] Holloway Hill, London [1] Holloway Islington London [1] Holloway London [1] Holloway London England [1] Holloway or Finchley, London [1] Holloway or Islington, London [1] Lower Holloway, London, Middlesex [1] St Johns Road Upper Holloway London [1] Upper Holloway, North London [1] West Holloway, London [1]

Rank

Private [50] Stoker 1st Class [16] Able Seaman [13] Corporal [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Rifleman [7] Lieutenant [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Serjeant [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Captain [3] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [3] Leading Seaman [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Band Corporal [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Sapper [2] ALIAS Petty Officer Stoker [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Chief Lady Superintendent [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Corporal Wheeler [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineer Commander [1] First Mate [1] Flight Cadet [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lance corporal [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Major [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Paymaster Lieutenant [1] Petty Officer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Rifleman - Signaller [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [9] South Wales Borderers [7] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] HMS Vanguard [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] HMS BULWARK [3] HMS MALAYA [3] HMS QUEEN MARY [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] (R.F.R./CH./B./5028). H.M.S. "India." [1] (RFR/CH/B/9753). H.M. Motor Lighter "X.138." [1] 48th Pioneers [1] 9th Lancers [1] British South African Police [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucester Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Blonde." [1] HM Submarine E26 [1] HM Submarine H5 [1] HM Submarine H6 [1] HM Submarine K4 [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Bittern [1] HMS Boadicea [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Chester [1]

Service

Royal Navy [759] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [199] British Army [69] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [107] S [105] H [88] C [85] W [85] D [63] M [63] L [56] P [53] R [50] G [45] T [42] A [37] E [32] F [31] J [23] K [18] N [13] O [11] V [7] U [5] I [4] Y [4] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1020]

Country

United Kingdom [36] Canada [1]

Ernest George Pendrigh

Born 1900

Died 1974

Royal Navy 20273 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 20273 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division HMS Emperor of India

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Percy Walter Dickerson

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 3129 Private London Regiment

British Army 3129 Private London Regiment 2/3rd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

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Charles Utting

Born 1880

British Army 6790 Private Durham Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 6790 Lance-Corporal Durham Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 10640 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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Eric William Bryan Collin

Born 1893

Died 1973

British Army Private 13 Battalion Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/95508 Private Middlesex Regiment

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William David Whitelaw

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 10th Battalion

British Army GS/46167 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion 'Stockbrokers'

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Arthur Frederick Barnett

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army

British Army 13529 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Wilfred James Dumbleton

Born 1885

British Army 7566 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Thomas George Robinson

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army S/5861 Private Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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Frederick Hill

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 9697 Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 9697 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9697 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Robert Weston Pitman

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 640 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army 640 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 9th Service Battalion

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William John Kelly

Died 1917

British Army 8876 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8876 Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Edward George Hirst

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 7979 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Albert Darvill

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy 236159 Able Seaman HM Submarine H6

Royal Navy 236159 Leading Seaman HM Submarine H5

Royal Navy 236159 Petty Officer HM Submarine H5

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Gilbert Foster Blight

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 4602 Private London Regiment 5th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 302721 Rifleman London Regiment 5th battalion lond Battalion

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Lilian Charlotte Barker

Born 1874

Died 1955

Other Empire Force Chief Lady Superintendent Woolwich Arsenal

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John William Jackson

Born 1890

Died 1973

British Army 291151 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 291151 Private Gloucester Regiment 13th (Forest of Dean) Battalion

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Charles James Elston

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 16345 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Archie Or Arthur James Woodroffe

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 17549 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Stanley Victor Loveday

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 3406 Private London Regiment 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

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Herbert Lionel Young

Died 1917

British Army 5990 Private 9th Lancers

British Army 34203 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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