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Kennington, London [535]

Kennington, Surrey [90]

Kennington [18]

Kennington, Ashford, Kent [8]

Kennington England [7]

Kennington, London, Middlesex [7]

Kennington, Kent [6]

Kennington, Middlesex [6]

Kennington, Lambeth [5]

Kennington, South London [5]

Kennington, Surrey, England [3]

Kennington Cross, London [2]

Kennington Lambeth London [2]

Kennington, Ashford [2]

Kennington, London, England [2]

Kennington, London, Surrey [2]

Kennington, SRY [2]

Kennington. London [2]

Lambeth, Kennington, Surrey [2]

North Kennington, London [2]

West Kennington, London [2]

Kennington London, Middlesex [1]

Kennington Park, London [1]

Kennington Road, Lambeth [1]

Kennington Surrey [1]

Kennington Victoria [1]

Kennington, Berkshire [1]

Kennington, East Ashford district, Kent [1]

Kennington, East Ashford, Kent, England [1]

Kennington, Kent, England [1]

Kennington, Lambeth Borough, London [1]

Kennington, Lambeth, London [1]

Kennington, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Kennington, Lodon [1]

Kennington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [1]

Kennington, Oxfordshire [1]

Kennington, South East London [1]

Kennington,Lambeth,Surrey. [1]

Kennington,London [1]

Kennington,Surrey [1]

Upper Kennington Lane, Lambeth [1]

Rank

Private [62]

Able Seaman [13]

Lance Corporal [12]

Rifleman [11]

Serjeant [10]

Corporal [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Gunner [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Leading Stoker [3]

Signal Boy [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Driver [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sergeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

ACM II [1]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting RSM [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Armourer [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Band Boy [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain and Major [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Field Marshal (Supernumary) [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

General [1]

Unit

London Regiment [23]

South Wales Borderers [8]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

HMS MALAYA [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS WARSPITE [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

19th Hussars [1]

Army Gymnastic Staff [1]

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

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Eighth Army in North Africa [1]

General Staff Officer [1]

H.M. Submarine "E34" [1]

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

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

H.M.S. Vivid [1]

HM Submarine E16 [1]

HM Submarine E22 [1]

HMS Acteon [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Apollo [1]

HMS BARHAM [1]

Service

Royal Navy [528]

British Army [100]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Last name first letter

B [99]

C [64]

S [63]

W [58]

H [54]

M [49]

P [38]

G [37]

J [36]

T [34]

F [33]

R [32]

D [30]

A [21]

K [21]

L [19]

E [16]

N [11]

O [9]

I [2]

V [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [716]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [57]

India [2]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Kennington, London [535] Kennington, Surrey [90] Kennington [18] Kennington, Ashford, Kent [8] Kennington England [7] Kennington, London, Middlesex [7] Kennington, Kent [6] Kennington, Middlesex [6] Kennington, Lambeth [5] Kennington, South London [5] Kennington, Surrey, England [3] Kennington Cross, London [2] Kennington Lambeth London [2] Kennington, Ashford [2] Kennington, London, England [2] Kennington, London, Surrey [2] Kennington, SRY [2] Kennington. London [2] Lambeth, Kennington, Surrey [2] North Kennington, London [2] West Kennington, London [2] Kennington London, Middlesex [1] Kennington Park, London [1] Kennington Road, Lambeth [1] Kennington Surrey [1] Kennington Victoria [1] Kennington, Berkshire [1] Kennington, East Ashford district, Kent [1] Kennington, East Ashford, Kent, England [1] Kennington, Kent, England [1] Kennington, Lambeth Borough, London [1] Kennington, Lambeth, London [1] Kennington, Lambeth, Surrey [1] Kennington, Lodon [1] Kennington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [1] Kennington, Oxfordshire [1] Kennington, South East London [1] Kennington,Lambeth,Surrey. [1] Kennington,London [1] Kennington,Surrey [1] Upper Kennington Lane, Lambeth [1]

Rank

Private [62] Able Seaman [13] Lance Corporal [12] Rifleman [11] Serjeant [10] Corporal [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Gunner [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Ordinary Seaman [5] Lieutenant [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Leading Stoker [3] Signal Boy [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Driver [2] Petty Officer [2] Sergeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] ACM II [1] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting RSM [1] Air Mechanic [1] Armourer [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Band Boy [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Cadet [1] Captain and Major [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Field Marshal (Supernumary) [1] Flight Cadet [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] General [1]

Unit

London Regiment [23] South Wales Borderers [8] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] HMS MALAYA [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Labour Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS WARSPITE [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 19th Hussars [1] Army Gymnastic Staff [1] Army Service Corps attached to Anzac Corps Heavy Artillery. [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Eighth Army in North Africa [1] General Staff Officer [1] H.M. Submarine "E34" [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] H.M.S. "Hawke" [1] H.M.S. Vivid [1] HM Submarine E16 [1] HM Submarine E22 [1] HMS Acteon [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Apollo [1] HMS BARHAM [1]

Service

Royal Navy [528] British Army [100] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92] Australian Imperial Force [8]

Last name first letter

B [99] C [64] S [63] W [58] H [54] M [49] P [38] G [37] J [36] T [34] F [33] R [32] D [30] A [21] K [21] L [19] E [16] N [11] O [9] I [2] V [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [716] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [57] India [2] Turkey [1]

Alfred Raggett

Died 1918

British Army 355443 Private London Regiment 7th (City of London) Battalion

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Sidney Arthur Smith

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4138 Private London Regiment

British Army 471462 Rifleman London Regiment (The Rangers)

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Henry James Sawyer

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 5274 Private London Regiment 16th battalion london regiment (queen's west Battalion

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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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William George Bartlett

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 7064 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Frederick Bateman

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J36413

Royal Navy

Royal Navy J 36413 Boy 1st Class HMS Tipperary

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Joseph Leonard Phillips

Born 1882

Died 1920

Royal Navy 295133

Royal Navy 295133 Armourer HMS Acteon

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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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George Frederick Blackburn

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army GS/4158 Private Kent Regiment 8th royal west Battalion

British Army G/4158 Lance Corporal Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

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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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