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Islington, London [3744]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1117]

Islington, Middlesex [285]

Islington [194]

Islington, North London [50]

Islington England [48]

Islington London [35]

Islington New South Wales [31]

Islington South Australia [27]

Islington, Middlesex, England [13]

Islington Middlesex [12]

Islington. London [7]

Islington,London [6]

Barnsbury, Islington, London [5]

Barnsbury, Islington, Middlesex [5]

Islington, London North [5]

Islington,London. [5]

Islington,Middlesex [5]

London Islington [5]

Upper Holloway, Islington, London [4]

Highbury, Islington, London [3]

Holloway, Islington, London [3]

Holloway, Islington, Middlesex [3]

Islington RD [3]

Islington West, Middlesex [3]

Islington, London, England [3]

Islington, Middlesex, London [3]

Islington, Middx [3]

Islington, Middx. [3]

Islington,Middlesex. [3]

London, Islington, Middlesex [3]

Holloway, Islington [2]

Holloway,Islington,Middlesex. [2]

Hornsey, Islington, Middlesex [2]

Islington Middlesex [2]

Islington South West [2]

Islington, Lancashire [2]

Islington, Suffolk [2]

London, Islington [2]

(Probably) Islington, London [1]

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

10 Prebend St Islington [1]

100 Essex Road, Islington, Middlesex [1]

13 Vittoria Street, Islington. [1]

153 Huddleston Road, Islington, London [1]

158 Mercers Road, Islington [1]

175 Balls Pond Road,Islington,London [1]

26 All Saints St Islington [1]

26 Cloudesley Street, Islington, London [1]

30 St John's Road, Islington, London [1]

Rank

Private [564]

Rifleman [97]

Second Lieutenant [80]

Able Seaman [68]

Lance Corporal [67]

Serjeant [55]

Corporal [51]

Stoker 1st Class [41]

Gunner [39]

Lieutenant [38]

Captain [36]

Ordinary Seaman [36]

Driver [32]

Sapper [19]

Sergeant [17]

Deck Hand [16]

Acting Corporal [15]

Boy 1st Class [14]

Petty Officer [11]

Leading Seaman [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Major [8]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Leading Stoker [7]

Pioneer [7]

Signalman [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Musician [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Armourer's Crew [4]

Bombardier [4]

Lance Sergeant [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Civilian [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Gunner 2nd Class [3]

Ordinary Signalman [3]

Petty Officer Stoker [3]

Sick Berth Attendant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

3rd Writer [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

London Regiment [241]

Royal Field Artillery [57]

Royal Engineers [51]

Middlesex Regiment [43]

Royal Fusiliers [40]

Army Service Corps [36]

South Wales Borderers [34]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [28]

Labour Corps [25]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [22]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Rifle Brigade [20]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Royal Air Force [18]

Royal Naval Reserve [17]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [16]

Essex Regiment [15]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [15]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Honourable Artillery Company [12]

Royal Naval Air Service [12]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

HMS INDOMITABLE [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9]

Norfolk Regiment [9]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

East Kent Regiment [8]

HMS Pembroke I [8]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8]

Army Cyclist Corps [7]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [7]

HMS Falmouth [7]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [7]

HMS INVINCIBLE [7]

HMS IRON DUKE [7]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [7]

HMS Vanguard [6]

Service

Royal Navy [3477]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1255]

British Army [900]

Australian Imperial Force [108]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Other Empire Force [10]

Indian Army [5]

South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

B [702]

S [526]

H [522]

C [509]

W [463]

M [407]

P [327]

G [293]

D [256]

T [240]

L [230]

R [229]

F [226]

A [164]

J [140]

E [127]

K [126]

N [87]

O [79]

Y [30]

V [28]

I [24]

U [10]

Q [9]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [5672]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [454]

India [10]

France [5]

Canada [4]

South Africa [3]

United States [2]

China [1]

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Islington, London [3744] Islington, London, Middlesex [1117] Islington, Middlesex [285] Islington [194] Islington, North London [50] Islington England [48] Islington London [35] Islington New South Wales [31] Islington South Australia [27] Islington, Middlesex, England [13] Islington Middlesex [12] Islington. London [7] Islington,London [6] Barnsbury, Islington, London [5] Barnsbury, Islington, Middlesex [5] Islington, London North [5] Islington,London. [5] Islington,Middlesex [5] London Islington [5] Upper Holloway, Islington, London [4] Highbury, Islington, London [3] Holloway, Islington, London [3] Holloway, Islington, Middlesex [3] Islington RD [3] Islington West, Middlesex [3] Islington, London, England [3] Islington, Middlesex, London [3] Islington, Middx [3] Islington, Middx. [3] Islington,Middlesex. [3] London, Islington, Middlesex [3] Holloway, Islington [2] Holloway,Islington,Middlesex. [2] Hornsey, Islington, Middlesex [2] Islington Middlesex [2] Islington South West [2] Islington, Lancashire [2] Islington, Suffolk [2] London, Islington [2] (Probably) Islington, London [1] 10 Magdala Rd, Upper Holloway, Islington, London [1] 10 Prebend St Islington [1] 100 Essex Road, Islington, Middlesex [1] 13 Vittoria Street, Islington. [1] 153 Huddleston Road, Islington, London [1] 158 Mercers Road, Islington [1] 175 Balls Pond Road,Islington,London [1] 26 All Saints St Islington [1] 26 Cloudesley Street, Islington, London [1] 30 St John's Road, Islington, London [1]

Rank

Private [564] Rifleman [97] Second Lieutenant [80] Able Seaman [68] Lance Corporal [67] Serjeant [55] Corporal [51] Stoker 1st Class [41] Gunner [39] Lieutenant [38] Captain [36] Ordinary Seaman [36] Driver [32] Sapper [19] Sergeant [17] Deck Hand [16] Acting Corporal [15] Boy 1st Class [14] Petty Officer [11] Leading Seaman [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Major [8] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7] Boy 2nd Class [7] Leading Stoker [7] Pioneer [7] Signalman [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Musician [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Armourer's Crew [4] Bombardier [4] Lance Sergeant [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Civilian [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Gunner 2nd Class [3] Ordinary Signalman [3] Petty Officer Stoker [3] Sick Berth Attendant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] 3rd Writer [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

London Regiment [241] Royal Field Artillery [57] Royal Engineers [51] Middlesex Regiment [43] Royal Fusiliers [40] Army Service Corps [36] South Wales Borderers [34] King's Royal Rifle Corps [28] Labour Corps [25] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [22] Machine Gun Corps [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Rifle Brigade [20] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Royal Air Force [18] Royal Naval Reserve [17] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [16] Essex Regiment [15] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [15] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Honourable Artillery Company [12] Royal Naval Air Service [12] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [10] HMS INDOMITABLE [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Royal Flying Corps [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] Suffolk Regiment [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9] Norfolk Regiment [9] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] East Kent Regiment [8] HMS Pembroke I [8] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8] Army Cyclist Corps [7] H.M.S. "Formidable." [7] HMS Falmouth [7] HMS INFLEXIBLE [7] HMS INVINCIBLE [7] HMS IRON DUKE [7] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [7] HMS Vanguard [6]

Service

Royal Navy [3477] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1255] British Army [900] Australian Imperial Force [108] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Other Empire Force [10] Indian Army [5] South African Services [3]

Last name first letter

B [702] S [526] H [522] C [509] W [463] M [407] P [327] G [293] D [256] T [240] L [230] R [229] F [226] A [164] J [140] E [127] K [126] N [87] O [79] Y [30] V [28] I [24] U [10] Q [9] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [5672] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [454] India [10] France [5] Canada [4] South Africa [3] United States [2] China [1]

William George Dunn

Born 1893

Died 1970

British Army 935035 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 935035 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery (Territorial) 9th Battery

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James Edgar Abel

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 761375 Private London Regiment 25th lond Battalion

British Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Frank Edmund Boustred

Born 1899

Died 1945

British Army 881227 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Reserve Battalion, London Regiment at first

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Harry Edgar Wakeford

Born 1886

Died 1935

British Army

British Army 42038 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 5 C Reserve Brigade

British Army Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

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Oliver Charles Rackham

Born 1872

Died 1927

British Army 3368 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 10120 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 10577 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Laurence Pierce Brooke Merriam

Born 1894

Died 1966

British Army Temporary Captain Tank Corps

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Tank Corps

British Army Acting Captain Tank Corps

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Henry John Lay

Born 1883

Died 1969

British Army M/318284 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M318284 Private Service Corps

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Henry James Humberstone

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 67749 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 516185 Sapper Royal Engineers General Base Depot

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William James Widdicks

Born 1882

Died 1963

British Army L/5700 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 10/55411 Private Training Reserve

British Army M/40261 Private Army Service Corps

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William Harold Jupp

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 3045 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 321027 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 321027 Serjeant London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Alfred Callaway Larter

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 68023 Serjeant Infantry Base Depot

British Army G/65196 Lance Sergeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army SPTS/479 Royal Fusiliers

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Thomas Smith

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 5685 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 5685 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Arthur Ambrose Stanley Rust

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 28329 Private Suffolk Regiment 15th Battalion

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Albert Edward Mills

Born 1890

Died 1970

British Army S/18358 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/18358 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 39th Battalion

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Nisbet Duncan Blyth

Born 1883

Died 1957

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

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William George Tadd

Born 1893

Died 1970

British Army 3634 Private London Regiment

British Army 451336 Private London Regiment

British Army 3634 Private London Regiment 11th (County of London) Battalion

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Alfred John Fisk

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army M1/5660 Private Army Service Corps

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Frederick Thomas Clapham

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2181 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 240432 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 240432 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 1/5th Bn.

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Harold Mahomet Palowkar

Born 1888

Died 1956

British Army 320834 Company Serjeant Major London Regiment

British Army 2689 Warrant Officer Class 2 London Regiment

British Army 6572526 Warrant Officer Class 2 London Regiment

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Alfred Deamer

Born 1890

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2810 Private 44th Australian Infantry Battalion

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