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Kensington, London [1597]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [366]

North Kensington, London [125]

South Kensington, London [65]

West Kensington, London [58]

Kensington London [40]

North Kensington, London, Middlesex [28]

Kensington,London. [16]

West Kensington, London, Middlesex [11]

Kensington,London [10]

South Kensington, London, Middlesex [9]

Kensington, South West London [8]

Kensington, West London [4]

Kensington London [3]

Kensington Palace, London [3]

Kensington Town, London [3]

Near Kensington, London [3]

Stoke Kensington, London [3]

Kensington North, London [2]

Kensington, London West [2]

Kensington, London. [2]

Kensington. London [2]

North Kensington London [2]

North Kensington, West London [2]

Notting Hill, Kensington, London [2]

South Kensington London [2]

10 Rillington Place, Kensington, London, England [1]

12 Duro Place Kensington Nr London [1]

18 Marloes Road, Kensington, London [1]

7 Campden Hill Square, Kensington, London [1]

8 Hornton Street, Kensington, London [1]

Beaufort Gardens, Kensington, London [1]

Bushey Heath,Kensington,London. [1]

Earls Court, Kensington, London [1]

Holy Trinity, Brompton, Kensington, London [1]

KENSINGTON, LONDON [1]

Kensington District, London [1]

Kensington London Middlesex [1]

Kensington Palace Gardens London [1]

Kensington london [1]

Kensington registration district, London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kensington, Greater London [1]

Kensington, London England [1]

Kensington, London W [1]

Kensington, London, [1]

Kensington, London, England [1]

Kensington, london [1]

Kensington,Fulham,London. [1]

Knightsbridge Kensington, London [1]

Rank

Captain [137]

Private [133]

Lieutenant [120]

Second Lieutenant [118]

Major [58]

Lieutenant Colonel [32]

Able Seaman [24]

Lance Corporal [22]

Rifleman [18]

Corporal [16]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Gunner [12]

Brigadier General [11]

Commander [11]

2nd Lieutenant [10]

Petty Officer [8]

Serjeant [8]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Colonel [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Lieutenant Commander [7]

Driver [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Sub Lieutenant [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Midshipman [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Brigadier [3]

Captain and Adjutant [3]

Major General [3]

Wireman 2nd Class [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Admiral [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant General [2]

Munitions Worker [2]

Naval Cadet [2]

Nurse [2]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2]

Petty Officer Mechanic [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sapper [2]

Unit

London Regiment [58]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Middlesex Regiment [25]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [22]

Royal Engineers [17]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

South Wales Borderers [13]

Royal Air Force [12]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [12]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Royal Naval Air Service [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Artillery [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Grenadier Guards [8]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

General List [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Staff [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Officer Training Corps [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Service

Royal Navy [1511]

British Army [471]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [429]

Other Empire Force [21]

Indian Army [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [286]

C [230]

H [217]

S [205]

W [198]

M [154]

P [128]

R [109]

T [107]

F [106]

D [105]

L [102]

G [101]

A [96]

J [57]

N [54]

E [53]

K [45]

O [23]

I [18]

V [10]

Y [10]

Q [4]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2380]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [273]

India [7]

Germany [2]

Singapore [2]

South Africa [2]

Canada [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Jersey [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

Sudan [1]

Turkey [1]

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Kensington, London [1597] Kensington, London, Middlesex [366] North Kensington, London [125] South Kensington, London [65] West Kensington, London [58] Kensington London [40] North Kensington, London, Middlesex [28] Kensington,London. [16] West Kensington, London, Middlesex [11] Kensington,London [10] South Kensington, London, Middlesex [9] Kensington, South West London [8] Kensington, West London [4] Kensington London [3] Kensington Palace, London [3] Kensington Town, London [3] Near Kensington, London [3] Stoke Kensington, London [3] Kensington North, London [2] Kensington, London West [2] Kensington, London. [2] Kensington. London [2] North Kensington London [2] North Kensington, West London [2] Notting Hill, Kensington, London [2] South Kensington London [2] 10 Rillington Place, Kensington, London, England [1] 12 Duro Place Kensington Nr London [1] 18 Marloes Road, Kensington, London [1] 7 Campden Hill Square, Kensington, London [1] 8 Hornton Street, Kensington, London [1] Beaufort Gardens, Kensington, London [1] Bushey Heath,Kensington,London. [1] Earls Court, Kensington, London [1] Holy Trinity, Brompton, Kensington, London [1] KENSINGTON, LONDON [1] Kensington District, London [1] Kensington London Middlesex [1] Kensington Palace Gardens London [1] Kensington london [1] Kensington registration district, London [1] Kensington, London [1] Kensington, Greater London [1] Kensington, London England [1] Kensington, London W [1] Kensington, London, [1] Kensington, London, England [1] Kensington, london [1] Kensington,Fulham,London. [1] Knightsbridge Kensington, London [1]

Rank

Captain [137] Private [133] Lieutenant [120] Second Lieutenant [118] Major [58] Lieutenant Colonel [32] Able Seaman [24] Lance Corporal [22] Rifleman [18] Corporal [16] Stoker 1st Class [13] Gunner [12] Brigadier General [11] Commander [11] 2nd Lieutenant [10] Petty Officer [8] Serjeant [8] Boy 1st Class [7] Colonel [7] Leading Seaman [7] Lieutenant Commander [7] Driver [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Deck Hand [5] Leading Stoker [5] Sub Lieutenant [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [4] Midshipman [4] Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Major [4] Brigadier [3] Captain and Adjutant [3] Major General [3] Wireman 2nd Class [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Admiral [2] Brevet Major [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant General [2] Munitions Worker [2] Naval Cadet [2] Nurse [2] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2] Petty Officer Mechanic [2] Pioneer [2] Sapper [2]

Unit

London Regiment [58] Royal Field Artillery [29] Middlesex Regiment [25] King's Royal Rifle Corps [22] Royal Engineers [17] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Fusiliers [14] South Wales Borderers [13] Royal Air Force [12] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [12] Hampshire Regiment [11] Royal Naval Air Service [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Artillery [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Coldstream Guards [8] Grenadier Guards [8] Labour Corps [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Voluntary Aid Detachment [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Devonshire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] East Kent Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] General List [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Staff [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [4] HMS BLACK PRINCE [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Officer Training Corps [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Service

Royal Navy [1511] British Army [471] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [429] Other Empire Force [21] Indian Army [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [286] C [230] H [217] S [205] W [198] M [154] P [128] R [109] T [107] F [106] D [105] L [102] G [101] A [96] J [57] N [54] E [53] K [45] O [23] I [18] V [10] Y [10] Q [4] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2380] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [273] India [7] Germany [2] Singapore [2] South Africa [2] Canada [1] Gibraltar [1] Jersey [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] Sri Lanka [1] Sudan [1] Turkey [1]

Albert Edward Pratley

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4371 Private London Regiment 2nd/13th County of London (Princess Louises Kensington Battalion)

British Army London Regiment 2nd/13th County of London (Princess Louises Kensington Battalion)

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James Dacres Belgrave

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain 2nd Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light infantry, attached Royal Air Force 60th Squadron

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Francis Peel Mears

Born 1876

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps

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Ian Cameron Grant

Born 1891

Died 1955

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Cameron Highlanders

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William Joel Bristow

Born 1887

Died 1947

Canadian Expeditionary Force 77695

Canadian Expeditionary Force 77695 private 30th Battalion;

Canadian Expeditionary Force 77695 Sergeant 15th Battalion

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Tom Edgar Grantley Norton

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant 14th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion East Surrey Regt

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John Macfarlan Charlton

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1111 Private Northumberland Hussars Yeomanry

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion

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Denison Allen Gye

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 15th Brigade

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 15th Brigade

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Henry Archibald Cubitt

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

British Army Captain Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 2nd-Lieutenant Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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William Frederick Guiver

Born 1886

Died 1965

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 400800

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Reginald Lewis Hope-Lumley

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 2nd Lieutenant London Regiment 16th middlesex (lond Battalion

British Army T/Lieutenant Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 16th middlesex (lond Battalion

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Guy Rattray Dubs

Born 1890

Died 1930

British Army Brevet Major King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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Thomas John Hodgson

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 4554 Regimental Serjeant Major Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 4554 Regimental Serjeant Major The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Augustus George Hess

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery N Battery

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John Stirling Ainsworth

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant 11th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars

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William G Hayes

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army S/17448 Private Rifle Brigade

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Rupert Henry Anderson-Morshead

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur William Aldridge

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 14703 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army GS/14703 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Helen Caroline Bentwich

Born 1892

Died 1972

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker

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Paul Nash

Born 1889

Died 1946

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 2655 Private London Regiment

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