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Holloway, London [689]

Holloway, London, Middlesex [172]

Upper Holloway, London [110]

Holloway, Middlesex [45]

Upper Holloway, London, Middlesex [22]

Upper Holloway, Middlesex [21]

Holloway [16]

Holloway England [6]

Lower Holloway, London [6]

Holloway, North London [5]

Holloway, Matlock, Derbyshire [4]

Holloway, Middlesex, England [4]

Upper Holloway, Islington, London [4]

Holloway, Islington, London [3]

Holloway, Islington, Middlesex [3]

Holloway, London North [3]

Upper Holloway, Middlesex, England [3]

Holloway, Derbyshire [2]

Holloway, Islington [2]

Holloway,Islington,Middlesex. [2]

London, Holloway, Middlesex [2]

Lower Holloway, Middlesex [2]

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

5 Euston Place, Holloway Road, Islington [1]

9 Sussex Road,Holloway,London. [1]

HOLLOWAY, MIDDLESEX [1]

Holloway (Near Matlock), Derbyshire [1]

Holloway Bath [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]

Holloway, Bath [1]

Holloway, Bath, Somerset [1]

Holloway, Middx [1]

Islington, Upper Holloway, Middlesex [1]

Lower Holloway, London, Middlesex [1]

St Johns Road Upper Holloway London [1]

Upper Holloway [1]

Upper Holloway, Islington [1]

Upper Holloway, North London [1]

West Holloway, London [1]

Rank

Private [81]

Stoker 1st Class [16]

Able Seaman [13]

Corporal [13]

Lance Corporal [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Rifleman [8]

Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Gunner [4]

Captain [3]

Driver [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Sapper [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Band Corporal [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Sergeant [2]

ALIAS Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Chief Lady Superintendent [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Corporal Wheeler [1]

Deck Hand [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]

Member [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]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Unit

London Regiment [15]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

HMS Vanguard [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

HMS BULWARK [3]

HMS MALAYA [3]

HMS QUEEN MARY [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

(RFR/CH/B/9753). H.M. Motor Lighter "X.138." [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Tank Corps [2]

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

48th Pioneers [1]

9th Lancers [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British South African Police [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [772]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [248]

British Army [115]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [121]

S [111]

H [100]

W [96]

C [95]

M [74]

D [68]

L [62]

P [61]

R [54]

G [51]

T [47]

A [40]

F [36]

E [33]

J [27]

K [21]

N [14]

O [12]

V [8]

U [7]

I [5]

Y [4]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1131]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [55]

Canada [1]

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Holloway, London [689] Holloway, London, Middlesex [172] Upper Holloway, London [110] Holloway, Middlesex [45] Upper Holloway, London, Middlesex [22] Upper Holloway, Middlesex [21] Holloway [16] Holloway England [6] Lower Holloway, London [6] Holloway, North London [5] Holloway, Matlock, Derbyshire [4] Holloway, Middlesex, England [4] Upper Holloway, Islington, London [4] Holloway, Islington, London [3] Holloway, Islington, Middlesex [3] Holloway, London North [3] Upper Holloway, Middlesex, England [3] Holloway, Derbyshire [2] Holloway, Islington [2] Holloway,Islington,Middlesex. [2] London, Holloway, Middlesex [2] Lower Holloway, Middlesex [2] 10 Magdala Rd, Upper Holloway, Islington, London [1] 5 Euston Place, Holloway Road, Islington [1] 9 Sussex Road,Holloway,London. [1] HOLLOWAY, MIDDLESEX [1] Holloway (Near Matlock), Derbyshire [1] Holloway Bath [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] Holloway, Bath [1] Holloway, Bath, Somerset [1] Holloway, Middx [1] Islington, Upper Holloway, Middlesex [1] Lower Holloway, London, Middlesex [1] St Johns Road Upper Holloway London [1] Upper Holloway [1] Upper Holloway, Islington [1] Upper Holloway, North London [1] West Holloway, London [1]

Rank

Private [81] Stoker 1st Class [16] Able Seaman [13] Corporal [13] Lance Corporal [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Rifleman [8] Serjeant [8] Lieutenant [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Gunner [4] Captain [3] Driver [3] Leading Seaman [3] Sapper [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Band Corporal [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Sergeant [2] ALIAS Petty Officer Stoker [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Chief Lady Superintendent [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Corporal Wheeler [1] Deck Hand [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] Member [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] Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Unit

London Regiment [15] Middlesex Regiment [15] South Wales Borderers [7] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] HMS Vanguard [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] HMS BULWARK [3] HMS MALAYA [3] HMS QUEEN MARY [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Labour Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] (RFR/CH/B/9753). H.M. Motor Lighter "X.138." [2] Army Service Corps [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Tank Corps [2] (R.F.R./CH./B./5028). H.M.S. "India." [1] 48th Pioneers [1] 9th Lancers [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British South African Police [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Kent Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [772] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [248] British Army [115] Australian Imperial Force [6] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [121] S [111] H [100] W [96] C [95] M [74] D [68] L [62] P [61] R [54] G [51] T [47] A [40] F [36] E [33] J [27] K [21] N [14] O [12] V [8] U [7] I [5] Y [4] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1131] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [55] Canada [1]

Arthur Ambrose Stanley Rust

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 28329 Private Suffolk Regiment 15th Battalion

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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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Elias Simmons

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army G/29306 Private Middlesex Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army G/29306 Private 6th Entrenching Battalion (attached)

British Army G/29306 Private Wiltshire Regiment (attached) 7th Battalion

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Arthur Cyril Pratt

Died 1916

British Army B/19718 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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James Allan Curzon

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/76304 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army G/76304 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st/24th

British Army G/76304 Private London Regiment 24 (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's) (Territorial Force)

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William James Snow Urlwin

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 108916 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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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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Edith Olive Williams

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21181

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21181 Member Women's Royal Air Force 1st Stores Depot, RAF Kidbrooke, Greenwich, London

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Henry Charles Bloom

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 7182 Private Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7182 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment 1st 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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Herbert Thain Peek

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 187 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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Walter James Barnes

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 10594 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Frederick William Charles Tissington

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2972 Private Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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Arthur Edward Urlwin

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 128534 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army TR3/37191 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 22996 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Edwin Louis Priest

Born 1878

Died 1956

British Army 5572 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 39916 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 5572 Private Middlesex Regiment 17

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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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Frederick Gay

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 4392 Private Welsh Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 201017 Private Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 201017 Private Welsh Regiment

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Wilfred James Dumbleton

Born 1885

British Army 7566 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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