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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]

James Eucibius Paulin

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 473522 Private London Regiment

British Army 7310 (original service number) Rifleman London Regiment 12th Battalion (The Rangers)

British Army 473522 (Territorial service renumbering 1917) Rifleman London Regiment 12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers)

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Hubert Wogan Festing

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army Captain Durham Light Infantry

British Army Major Durham Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Durham Light Infantry

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William Stewart Burdett Blackett

Born 1873

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 3rd battalion

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards 3rd battalion

British Army Captain Leicestershire Regiment 1/1st Battalion

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William Ernest Sampson

Born 1888

Died 1970

British Army 12794 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 12794 Private Coldstream Guards 4

British Army 12794 Private Coldstream Guards 1

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Richard Markham Coote

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th royal berkshire regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Victor William James French

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1980 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Edward Maurice Barkley Ingram, Obe

Born 1891

Died 1941

British Army Captain General List and Staff

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Dane Baron Reed

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 13th (Service)

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Frederick Spencer Wellesley Bagot

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 4138 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/18180 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Alan George Tritton

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army Captain Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Marjorie Alma Butcher, M.b.e.

Born 1890

Died 1964

Other Empire Force VAD Voluntary Aid Detachment

Royal Navy Assistant Principal Women's Royal Naval Service.

Royal Navy Assistant Principal and Secretary to Director Women’s Royal Naval Service

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Leonard Pickering

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 7093 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 7093 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion

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Martin Viner Pollock

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

British Army Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

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Henry William Tindell

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army L/8424 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/8424 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Bernard Aubrey Jervis

Born 1885

Died 1935

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Yeomanry

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Francis William Voelcker

Born 1897

Died 1954

British Army Second Lieutenant King’s Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant King’s Shropshire Light Infantry

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James Alfred Theobald

Born 1895

Died 1940

British Army 1551 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 860899 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1036487 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Eustace Arthur Maude

Born 1882

Died 1962

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 26th Punjabis

Indian Army Lieutenant 26th Punjabis

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Ralph Edgar Banbury

Born 1881

Died 1957

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

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John Amherst Tennant

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Captain Bedfordshire Regiment 10thbedford Battalion

British Army Captain Bedfordshire Regiment

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