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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]

Archibald Alan Schweder

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Captain Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)

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Roy A Fisher

Born 1897

Died 1978

British Army 2565 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 470535 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army London Regiment 2/12th Battalion, 12th (Reserve) Battalion

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Norman Bleeck Leech

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Canadian Infantry

British Army Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 17138 Private Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Mawdley Herapath Aka Roy Sambourne

Born 1878

Died 1946

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant acting Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

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David Henry Elrick

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 406075

Canadian Expeditionary Force 406075 Private Canadian Infantry 19th Battalion

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William Wadham

Born 1875

British Army 39919 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 92769 Private Labour Corps

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Frederick Sheward

Born 1880

British Army T/309942 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 309942 driver Service corps

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Emile Antoine Verpilleux

Born 1888

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lt (Tech)

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Ronald Lee Pyman

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 966 Private Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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Cyril James Horsley-Smith

Born 1875

Died 1954

British Army Chaplain 4th Class Royal Army Chaplains' Department

British Army Chaplain 3rd Class Royal Army Chaplains' Department

British Army Royal Army Chaplains' Department

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Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbs

Born 1877

Died 1962

British Army War Correspondent

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Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower

Born 1889

Died 1940

Royal Navy Rear Admiral

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William Franklin George Joseph

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 1684 Private Inns of Court

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment 6th attd 2nd

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Leonard John Gimbrett

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 960939 Corporal Royal Field Artillery "C" Battery 296th Brigade

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George Carver

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2263 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 320597 L/cpl London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Arthur Brodie Haig

Born 1886

Died 1957

Indian Army Major 24th Punjabis

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Frederick Charles De Pass

Born 1882

British Army Temporary Captain Army Service Corps

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Albert Edward Woodnutt

Born 1893

Died 1962

British Army 496870 Private London Regiment

British Army 496870 Private London Regiment

British Army 496870 Private London Regiment 2/15th Battalion

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Bertram Milford Cust

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 14083 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Francis Arthur Burlton

Born 1884

Died 1941

British Army Second Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army Corporal Inns of Court O.T.C.

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