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Hornsey, Middlesex [208]

Hornsey, London, Middlesex [174]

Hornsey, Middlesex, England [33]

Hornsey Rise, Middlesex [7]

Hornsey Rise, London, Middlesex [4]

Muswell Hill, Hornsey, Middlesex [4]

Hornsey Middlesex [3]

Edmonton, Hornsey, Middlesex [2]

Hornsey, Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Hornsey, Islington, Middlesex [2]

Hornsey, Middlesex, London [2]

South Hornsey, Middlesex, England [2]

2 Enfield Terrace, Gordon Road, Hornsey Vale, Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

28 Berrsford Road,Hornsey, Middlesex, London [1]

3 Middle Lane, Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

88 Park Road, Crouch End, Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Crouch End, Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Crouch End, Hornsey, Middlesex, England [1]

Highgate, Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Hornsey Middlesex [1]

Hornsey (registered Edmonton) Middlesex [1]

Hornsey Rise, Middlesex, England [1]

Hornsey, Crouch End, Middlesex [1]

Hornsey, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Hornsey, London, Middlesex,England [1]

Hornsey, Middlesex (London) [1]

Hornsey,Edmonton,Middlesex. [1]

Hornsey,Middlesex [1]

London, Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Park Road, Crouch End, Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

West Green, Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [30]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Corporal [14]

Lieutenant [9]

Captain [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Serjeant [5]

Gunner [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Flight Sergeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd class [1]

Airman 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Flight Clerk [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman (Temporary) [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant Clerk [1]

Stretcher Bearer [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Tempy Sub Lieutenant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [16]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Marines [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

450th Siege Battery Ammunition Column [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

Army Chaplains Department [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

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

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

HMS Chester - RMLI Detachment [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Mary Rose [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [1]

Lancers [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Prince of Wales Civil service Rifles London Regiment [1]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps - Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [319]

British Army [64]

Royal Navy [44]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [52]

C [42]

W [42]

S [36]

H [34]

P [34]

D [25]

M [23]

T [21]

G [20]

L [20]

R [19]

E [17]

F [15]

J [15]

A [14]

K [9]

N [5]

O [5]

V [4]

I [3]

U [2]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [423]

Merchant Navy [35]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Hornsey, Middlesex [208] Hornsey, London, Middlesex [174] Hornsey, Middlesex, England [33] Hornsey Rise, Middlesex [7] Hornsey Rise, London, Middlesex [4] Muswell Hill, Hornsey, Middlesex [4] Hornsey Middlesex [3] Edmonton, Hornsey, Middlesex [2] Hornsey, Edmonton, Middlesex [2] Hornsey, Islington, Middlesex [2] Hornsey, Middlesex, London [2] South Hornsey, Middlesex, England [2] 2 Enfield Terrace, Gordon Road, Hornsey Vale, Hornsey, Middlesex [1] 28 Berrsford Road,Hornsey, Middlesex, London [1] 3 Middle Lane, Hornsey, Middlesex [1] 88 Park Road, Crouch End, Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Crouch End, Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Crouch End, Hornsey, Middlesex, England [1] Highgate, Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Hornsey Middlesex [1] Hornsey (registered Edmonton) Middlesex [1] Hornsey Rise, Middlesex, England [1] Hornsey, Crouch End, Middlesex [1] Hornsey, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Hornsey, London, Middlesex,England [1] Hornsey, Middlesex (London) [1] Hornsey,Edmonton,Middlesex. [1] Hornsey,Middlesex [1] London, Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Park Road, Crouch End, Hornsey, Middlesex [1] West Green, Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [30] Second Lieutenant [15] Corporal [14] Lieutenant [9] Captain [5] Lance Corporal [5] Serjeant [5] Gunner [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Corporal [2] Driver [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Flight Sergeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd class [1] Airman 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brevet Major [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Flight Clerk [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Midshipman (Temporary) [1] Private 1st Class [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant Clerk [1] Stretcher Bearer [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Tempy Sub Lieutenant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [16] London Regiment [10] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Labour Corps [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Army Service Corps [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Marines [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 450th Siege Battery Ammunition Column [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] Army Chaplains Department [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedford Yeomanry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Yeomanry [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] HMS Chester - RMLI Detachment [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Mary Rose [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [1] Lancers [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Prince of Wales Civil service Rifles London Regiment [1] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps - Royal Air Force [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [319] British Army [64] Royal Navy [44] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [52] C [42] W [42] S [36] H [34] P [34] D [25] M [23] T [21] G [20] L [20] R [19] E [17] F [15] J [15] A [14] K [9] N [5] O [5] V [4] I [3] U [2] Q [1] Y [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [423] Merchant Navy [35]

Country

United Kingdom [40] Ireland [1]

Herbert Cue

Born 1885

Died 1956

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55288 Air Mechanic 3rd class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55288 Air Mechanic 2nd class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55288 Air Mechanic 1st class Royal Flying Corps

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Richard William Warren Boustred

Born 1897

Died 1985

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 2/2nd Battalion

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Charles Edward Boustred

Born 1892

Died 1976

British Army 47258 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 43rd Company

British Army 697952 Gunner Labour Corps

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James William Hart

Born 1879

Died 1917

Royal Navy Deal/495(S) Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

Royal Navy Royal Marines 2nd Field Company, Divisional Engineers

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Walter Richard Cook

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 8532 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 263009 Private Middlesex Regiment 8th Battalion

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Lawrence William Willis

Born 1880

Died 1965

British Army 194001 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 194001 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 20 Fire Command

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Henry William Boustred

Born 1883

Died 1957

British Army 609 564 Labour Corps

British Army 609 564 Stretcher Bearer Royal Fusiliers

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Walter Huggins

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army G/9982 Private Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army G/9982 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edwin Baskerville Hickox

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Captain Essex Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

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Edgar Noel Moore.

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Chaplain 4th Class Army Chaplains Department attached King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Alfred Chisman

Born 1868

Died 1919

British Army Sth/300 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army Sergeant Royal Fusiliers

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Arthur Sydney Grugeon

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2445 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 2445 Acting Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 2445 Corporal London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Wilfred Sidney Boustred

Born 1887

Died 1985

British Army 57101 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Victor Rudolph Ell

Born 1889

Died 1966

British Army 2378 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 2378 Middlesex Regiment 7th (Imperial Service) Battalion

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Thomas James Fuell Boustred

Born 1888

Died 1959

British Army 2605 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 2/7th Battalion

British Army 200561 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 2/7th Battalion

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Charles Frederick Or Carl Boustred

Born 1886

Died 1954

British Army 57649 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Frank William Martin

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 37507 Private East Surrey Regiment 9th Battalion

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Arthur Bernard Schofield

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 1332 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 865679 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 4th Wessex Brigade

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Edward Bamford

Born 1887

Died 1928

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines Light Infantry

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marines Light Infantry

Royal Navy Brevet Major Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Arthur Greenfield

Died 1917

British Army 9176 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army 9176 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

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