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Islington, London, Middlesex [1117]

Islington, Middlesex [285]

Islington, Middlesex, England [13]

Islington Middlesex [12]

Barnsbury, Islington, Middlesex [5]

Islington,Middlesex [5]

Holloway, Islington, Middlesex [3]

Islington West, Middlesex [3]

Islington, Middlesex, London [3]

Islington,Middlesex. [3]

London, Islington, Middlesex [3]

Holloway,Islington,Middlesex. [2]

Hornsey, Islington, Middlesex [2]

Islington Middlesex [2]

100 Essex Road, Islington, Middlesex [1]

4 Dresden Road, Islington, Middlesex [1]

Canonbury, Islington, Middlesex [1]

Clerkenwell, Islington, Middlesex [1]

Hoxton, Islington, Middlesex [1]

ISLINGTON LONDON ( Middlesex) [1]

ISLINGTON, MIDDLESEX [1]

Islington London Middlesex England [1]

Islington West, County of Middlesex [1]

Islington, Harringay, Middlesex [1]

Islington, Middlesex, [1]

Islington, St. Mary, Middlesex [1]

Islington, Upper Holloway, Middlesex [1]

St Luke's, Islington, Middlesex [1]

St.Luke's, Islington, Middlesex. [1]

Wall Street, Islington, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [98]

Gunner [10]

Rifleman [10]

Serjeant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Corporal [6]

Driver [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Sapper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Captain [2]

Pioneer [2]

A.B. [1]

A/C 1 [1]

A/M 3 [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Canteen Assistant [1]

Civilian [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Aircraftman [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Musician [1]

Private (2nd Class) [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Temporary Serjeant Major [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

London Regiment [17]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Royal Engineers [8]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

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

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Scots [3]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

1st Life Guards [1]

5th Dragoon Guards [1]

Admiralty Civilian - HMS Tiger [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

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

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

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

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

HMS President II [1]

HMS SHANNON [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1225]

British Army [143]

Royal Navy [95]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [170]

S [141]

C [139]

H [120]

W [113]

M [109]

P [83]

G [75]

T [68]

D [65]

F [64]

R [64]

L [56]

A [40]

K [35]

E [34]

J [32]

O [22]

N [17]

V [8]

I [7]

Y [6]

Q [4]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1449]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

India [2]

Canada [1]

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Islington, London, Middlesex [1117] Islington, Middlesex [285] Islington, Middlesex, England [13] Islington Middlesex [12] Barnsbury, Islington, Middlesex [5] Islington,Middlesex [5] Holloway, Islington, Middlesex [3] Islington West, Middlesex [3] Islington, Middlesex, London [3] Islington,Middlesex. [3] London, Islington, Middlesex [3] Holloway,Islington,Middlesex. [2] Hornsey, Islington, Middlesex [2] Islington Middlesex [2] 100 Essex Road, Islington, Middlesex [1] 4 Dresden Road, Islington, Middlesex [1] Canonbury, Islington, Middlesex [1] Clerkenwell, Islington, Middlesex [1] Hoxton, Islington, Middlesex [1] ISLINGTON LONDON ( Middlesex) [1] ISLINGTON, MIDDLESEX [1] Islington London Middlesex England [1] Islington West, County of Middlesex [1] Islington, Harringay, Middlesex [1] Islington, Middlesex, [1] Islington, St. Mary, Middlesex [1] Islington, Upper Holloway, Middlesex [1] St Luke's, Islington, Middlesex [1] St.Luke's, Islington, Middlesex. [1] Wall Street, Islington, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [98] Gunner [10] Rifleman [10] Serjeant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Corporal [6] Driver [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Sapper [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Captain [2] Pioneer [2] A.B. [1] A/C 1 [1] A/M 3 [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Canteen Assistant [1] Civilian [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Aircraftman [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Musician [1] Private (2nd Class) [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Temporary Serjeant Major [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

London Regiment [17] Royal Field Artillery [12] Army Service Corps [11] Middlesex Regiment [10] Royal Engineers [8] Rifle Brigade [7] Somerset Light Infantry [7] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Labour Corps [5] Royal Air Force [5] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Scots [3] British West Indies Regiment [2] City of London Yeomanry [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 1st Life Guards [1] 5th Dragoon Guards [1] Admiralty Civilian - HMS Tiger [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Formidable" [1] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1] HMS President II [1] HMS SHANNON [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1225] British Army [143] Royal Navy [95] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [170] S [141] C [139] H [120] W [113] M [109] P [83] G [75] T [68] D [65] F [64] R [64] L [56] A [40] K [35] E [34] J [32] O [22] N [17] V [8] I [7] Y [6] Q [4] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1449] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [48] India [2] Canada [1]

Robert Thomas Gange

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 5243 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 611840 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 611840 Private London Regiment

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Alfred John Dryden

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 16083 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 16083 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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William Sigismund Friedberger

Born 1867

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 5th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

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William Henry Coel

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2444 Private London Regiment 1/9th lond Battalion

British Army 390442 Private London Regiment 1/9th lond Battalion

British Army 390442 Rifleman Queen Victoria Rifles 1/9th City of London Batt.

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Frederick John Brown

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army 11387 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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James Sydney Beale

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 107378 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Albert William Bancroft

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 77161 Private London Regiment 2/4th lond Battalion

British Army G/17489 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/17489 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Alfred Bagley

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 5166 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 303190 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 303190 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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Daniel Thomas Field

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 60857 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "A" Bty. 114th Bde.

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Alfred Titchener

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298581

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Frank Watkins

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 3101 Serjeant Royal Scots 14th Battalion

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Frederick Edward Tullett

Died 1915

British Army 5543 Private East Surrey Regiment 8th Battalion

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Ernest Parmenter

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army L/15391 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick George Dorrell

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 9110 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Harold James Tomkins

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286318

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Edgar Arthur Woolley

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10151

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Charles Robert Carr

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39453

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Richard William Sowden

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5716

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Thomas Staples

Died 1918

British Army 3/5619 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Joseph Charles Edwards

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193905

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