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Kennington, Surrey [90]

Kennington, Surrey, England [3]

Kennington, London, Surrey [2]

Lambeth, Kennington, Surrey [2]

Kennington Surrey [1]

Kennington, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Kennington,Lambeth,Surrey. [1]

Kennington,Surrey [1]

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Private [10]

Lance Corporal [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting RSM [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

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London Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Army Service Corps attached to Anzac Corps Heavy Artillery. [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division [1]

Household Calvary. [1]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment (Special Reserve) [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade ( The Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Royal Field Artillery Brigade [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve: Chatham [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS BENBOW [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Tank Corps [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

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Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70]

Royal Navy [14]

British Army [13]

Last name first letter

C [16]

B [12]

M [10]

W [10]

S [8]

H [6]

J [5]

P [5]

R [5]

F [4]

L [4]

T [4]

D [3]

K [3]

A [1]

E [1]

G [1]

I [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [97]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Kennington, Surrey [90] Kennington, Surrey, England [3] Kennington, London, Surrey [2] Lambeth, Kennington, Surrey [2] Kennington Surrey [1] Kennington, Lambeth, Surrey [1] Kennington,Lambeth,Surrey. [1] Kennington,Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [10] Lance Corporal [2] Serjeant [2] Acting RSM [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Trumpeter [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

London Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [2] Army Service Corps attached to Anzac Corps Heavy Artillery. [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS Falmouth [1] Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division [1] Household Calvary. [1] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment (Special Reserve) [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade ( The Prince Consort's Own) [1] Royal Field Artillery Brigade [1] Royal Fleet Reserve: Chatham [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS BENBOW [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] Tank Corps [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70] Royal Navy [14] British Army [13]

Last name first letter

C [16] B [12] M [10] W [10] S [8] H [6] J [5] P [5] R [5] F [4] L [4] T [4] D [3] K [3] A [1] E [1] G [1] I [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [97] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [7] India [1]

Alfred W Puttock

Died 1918

British Army DM2/221458 Private Army Service Corps attached to Anzac Corps Heavy Artillery.

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Charles Mason

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Private Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/12231 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 5160 Private Middlesex Regiment (Special Reserve) 8th Battalion

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Lawrence D Grant

Died 1914

British Army L/9644 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army L/9644 Private The Queen's Regiment 1st Battalion

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Williiam Charles Church

Born 1891

British Army 1269, 320095 Serjeant London Regiment 6th (City of London ) Battalions (Rifles)

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George William Buckingham

Died 1917

British Army S/32844 Private Rifle Brigade ( The Prince Consort's Own)

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Leon Arnold Claessens

Died 1917

British Army 201866 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Reginald Edward Hawkins

Born 1902

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 326123

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Albert Charles Lewis

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285754

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Horace Leopold Rapley

Born 1881

Died 1946

Royal Navy 10983 Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Frederick Charles Boorne

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28293

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Walter Bryon

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217934

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William John Kingston

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30389

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Frank Spelman

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4855

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Charles Stanley Roberts

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9971

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Leonard Conway Cannon

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169410

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Walter Russell Joseph

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28137

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Charles Richard Woods

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222407

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Herbert Ernest Phillp

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206491

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Alfred James Herring

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35618

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Thomas James Bee

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228700

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