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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]

Gordon Sheppard

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 7582 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company 309 Siege Battery

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Frederick Arthur Entwistle

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 26004 Private East Surrey Regiment 8th Battalion

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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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Frank Stanley Austin

British Army 1529 Rifleman London Regiment 9 Battalion

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Geoffrey Philip Todd

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 97041 Private Tank Corps

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Herbert Stanley Preston

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army S/4222 Serjeant Royal Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Highlanders 1st Battalion

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William Joseph Batson

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306227

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Francis Henry Marsden

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 201291

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Henry Friend

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300632

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Ralph Guy Lewin

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226777

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Walter Scott

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213630

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William Charles Osborne

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296518

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Thomas Alfred Robinson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97859

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Wilmot Edwin Barron

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306533

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James Henry Mawby

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287061

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Herbert Bevington

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234653

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Walter William Judge

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163218

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Ponsonby Eyre Shaw

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12160

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Frederick George Tiller

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 7400 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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