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Hornsey, London [468]

Hornsey, London, Middlesex [174]

South Hornsey, London [18]

Hornsey Rise, London [10]

Hornsey Rise, London, Middlesex [4]

Hornsey, North London [3]

the Hornsey district of London [3]

Hornsey, London North [2]

Hornsey, Middlesex, London [2]

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

Crouch End, Hornsey, London [1]

Hornsey ,London [1]

Hornsey London [1]

Hornsey London, Surrey [1]

Hornsey Rise, Islington, London, England [1]

Hornsey, Edmonton, London [1]

Hornsey, London England [1]

Hornsey, London, Middlesex,England [1]

Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Hornsey, Middlesex (London) [1]

Hornsey,Edmonton,London. [1]

London, Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Louth Hornsey, London [1]

Norwood House, Hornsey, Islington, London [1]

Rank

Private [29]

Able Seaman [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lieutenant [8]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Corporal [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Captain [3]

Rifleman [3]

Serjeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Able Bodied Seaman [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Sapper [2]

Act/Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Airman 3rd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Bearer [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplin [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Civilian [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Electrical Artificer 3c [1]

Electrical Artificer 4c [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Worker [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

London Regiment [13]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

HMS WARSPITE [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Ganges II [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

1st Field Artillery [1]

250th Bttln [1]

Air Raid Victim [1]

Australian Army Unit [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

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

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

H.M.S. Pembroke I [1]

H.M.S. Repulse [1]

HM Submarine K13 [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Amphion [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS Cambrian [1]

HMS Glasgow [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS Hawke [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS King Edward III [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Landrail [1]

HMS Maelborough [1]

HMS Marlborough [1]

HMS Mischief [1]

HMS Monarch [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS North Star [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

Service

Royal Navy [468]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [184]

British Army [47]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [71]

W [68]

S [67]

B [64]

C [64]

D [40]

T [39]

L [37]

M [36]

P [35]

R [35]

G [27]

F [21]

J [17]

A [15]

K [15]

E [12]

N [10]

O [9]

V [8]

U [4]

Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [690]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

Malaysia [1]

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Place of birth

Hornsey, London [468] Hornsey, London, Middlesex [174] South Hornsey, London [18] Hornsey Rise, London [10] Hornsey Rise, London, Middlesex [4] Hornsey, North London [3] the Hornsey district of London [3] Hornsey, London North [2] Hornsey, Middlesex, London [2] 28 Berrsford Road,Hornsey, Middlesex, London [1] Crouch End, Hornsey, London [1] Hornsey ,London [1] Hornsey London [1] Hornsey London, Surrey [1] Hornsey Rise, Islington, London, England [1] Hornsey, Edmonton, London [1] Hornsey, London England [1] Hornsey, London, Middlesex,England [1] Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Hornsey, Middlesex (London) [1] Hornsey,Edmonton,London. [1] London, Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Louth Hornsey, London [1] Norwood House, Hornsey, Islington, London [1]

Rank

Private [29] Able Seaman [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Lieutenant [8] Ordinary Seaman [7] Corporal [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Lance Corporal [5] Stoker 1st Class [4] Captain [3] Rifleman [3] Serjeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Able Bodied Seaman [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Gunner [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Sapper [2] Act/Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Airman 3rd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Bearer [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplin [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Civilian [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Electrical Artificer 3c [1] Electrical Artificer 4c [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Petty Officer [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Probationary Flight Officer [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Worker [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

London Regiment [13] Middlesex Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Army Service Corps [3] HMS WARSPITE [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Ganges II [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 1st Field Artillery [1] 250th Bttln [1] Air Raid Victim [1] Australian Army Unit [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Corps of Hussars [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] H.M.S. "Lilac." [1] H.M.S. Pembroke I [1] H.M.S. Repulse [1] HM Submarine K13 [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Amphion [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS Cambrian [1] HMS Glasgow [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS Hawke [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS King Edward III [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Landrail [1] HMS Maelborough [1] HMS Marlborough [1] HMS Mischief [1] HMS Monarch [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS North Star [1] HMS Pembroke I [1]

Service

Royal Navy [468] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [184] British Army [47] Australian Imperial Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [71] W [68] S [67] B [64] C [64] D [40] T [39] L [37] M [36] P [35] R [35] G [27] F [21] J [17] A [15] K [15] E [12] N [10] O [9] V [8] U [4] Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [690]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Australia [2] Canada [1] Malaysia [1]

Malcolm Cuthbert Nokes

Born 1897

Died 1986

British Army 153437 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Acting Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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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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Alfred Harold Ryan

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2016 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 200273 Private Middlesex Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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Leonard Bristol

Born 1885

Died 1959

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edward Stanley John Charles Ashton

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army SS.1248 Private Army Service Corps

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Frank Leonard Cattle

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant RAF

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant RAF

British Army OTC Christ's Hospital

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William Harold Wheddon

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1706 Private London Regiment

British Army 1706 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 530187 Corporal London Regiment

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Benjamin Sugg

Born 1852

Died 1921

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Reginald Gordon Low

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 10067 Private Honourable Artillery Company 2nd Bn

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John Vivian Webber

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 4871 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 260895 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 2938 Private Middlesex Regiment 1st London Battalion

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Robert Henry Bice

Born 1890

Died 1943

Royal Navy SS2910

Royal Navy SS2910 Able Bodied Seaman

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Albert Ernest Karston

Born 1886

Died 1979

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262169 Airman 3rd Class

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Thomas Stanley Wharton

Born 1890

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217552

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217552 Corporal 207th Sqdn

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Francis Ingleby Harrison

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Captain Royal West Kent Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn.

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Frederick George Hallett

Born 1889

Died 1970

Australian Imperial Force 1337

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Malcolm Bristol

Born 1882

Australian Imperial Force 1732 Private Royal Queensland Regiment 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1732 Lance Corporal Royal Queensland Regiment 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1732 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Queensland Regiment 9th Battalion

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William Brown

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 9958 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9958 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Cecil Arthur Bailey

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 2nd battalion west Battalion

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Harry Hunt

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 9211 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9211 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Edgar Scantlebury

Born 1890

British Army 9104 Acting Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 9104 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9104 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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