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Kentish Town, London [675]

Kentish Town, London, Middlesex [152]

Kentish Town, Middlesex [128]

Kentish Town [27]

Kentish Town, Middlesex, England [25]

St Pancras, Kentish Town, Middlesex [6]

Kentish Town England [5]

Kentish Town, North London [4]

Kentish Town London [3]

Kentish Town, North Wales [3]

Kentish Town, North West London [3]

Kentish Town, St. Pancras, London [3]

Kentish Town, St Pancras, London [2]

Kentish Town,Middlesex [2]

15 Crown Terrace, Kentish Town, London [1]

22 Hawley Rd Kentish Town London [1]

Kentish Town District, London [1]

Kentish Town London England [1]

Kentish Town Middlesex [1]

Kentish Town Saint Pancras, London [1]

Kentish Town, [1]

Kentish Town, Camden Borough, London [1]

Kentish Town, Camden, London [1]

Kentish Town, London N W [1]

Kentish Town, London NW [1]

Kentish Town, London North West [1]

Kentish Town, Pancras, London [1]

Kentish Town, Pancras, London, England. [1]

Kentish Town, St Pancras, LONDON [1]

Kentish Town, St. Pancras [1]

Kentish Town,Pancras,London. [1]

London, Kentish Town, Middlesex [1]

Marsden Street, Kentish Town, North London [1]

Shirlock Road, Kentish Town, London [1]

Somers Town, Kentish Town, Middlesex [1]

kentish Town St Pancras [1]

kentish town london [1]

Rank

Private [76]

Rifleman [16]

Able Seaman [11]

Boy 1st Class [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Gunner [5]

Sapper [5]

Driver [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Corporal [3]

Leading Signalman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Seaman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Captain [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Air Mech. II [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Butcher [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal (Acting Serjeant) [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

MSS,Mechanical Staff Sarjaent [1]

Mechanician [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer (1st Class) [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [31]

Army Service Corps [10]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

HMS DEFENCE [3]

HMS Hampshire [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

16th Waikato Regiment [1]

1st Royal Guards [1]

6th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

A.S.C.M.T. [1]

ASC [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own, Middlesex Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [650]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [270]

British Army [111]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [132]

C [93]

S [90]

W [87]

M [75]

H [73]

G [68]

P [67]

T [56]

D [47]

R [44]

L [43]

A [38]

F [36]

J [32]

E [21]

K [16]

N [14]

O [10]

V [6]

Y [6]

U [3]

I [2]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1026]

Merchant Navy [26]

Country

United Kingdom [61]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Kentish Town, London [675] Kentish Town, London, Middlesex [152] Kentish Town, Middlesex [128] Kentish Town [27] Kentish Town, Middlesex, England [25] St Pancras, Kentish Town, Middlesex [6] Kentish Town England [5] Kentish Town, North London [4] Kentish Town London [3] Kentish Town, North Wales [3] Kentish Town, North West London [3] Kentish Town, St. Pancras, London [3] Kentish Town, St Pancras, London [2] Kentish Town,Middlesex [2] 15 Crown Terrace, Kentish Town, London [1] 22 Hawley Rd Kentish Town London [1] Kentish Town District, London [1] Kentish Town London England [1] Kentish Town Middlesex [1] Kentish Town Saint Pancras, London [1] Kentish Town, [1] Kentish Town, Camden Borough, London [1] Kentish Town, Camden, London [1] Kentish Town, London N W [1] Kentish Town, London NW [1] Kentish Town, London North West [1] Kentish Town, Pancras, London [1] Kentish Town, Pancras, London, England. [1] Kentish Town, St Pancras, LONDON [1] Kentish Town, St. Pancras [1] Kentish Town,Pancras,London. [1] London, Kentish Town, Middlesex [1] Marsden Street, Kentish Town, North London [1] Shirlock Road, Kentish Town, London [1] Somers Town, Kentish Town, Middlesex [1] kentish Town St Pancras [1] kentish town london [1]

Rank

Private [76] Rifleman [16] Able Seaman [11] Boy 1st Class [11] Lance Corporal [10] Ordinary Seaman [7] Gunner [5] Sapper [5] Driver [4] Leading Seaman [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Corporal [3] Leading Signalman [3] Petty Officer [3] Seaman [3] Serjeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Captain [2] Leading Stoker [2] Signal Boy [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Air Mech. II [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Assistant Butcher [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Engineer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal (Acting Serjeant) [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] MSS,Mechanical Staff Sarjaent [1] Mechanician [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer (1st Class) [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [31] Army Service Corps [10] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] HMS DEFENCE [3] HMS Hampshire [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Labour Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 16th Waikato Regiment [1] 1st Royal Guards [1] 6th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] A.S.C.M.T. [1] ASC [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own, Middlesex Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [650] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [270] British Army [111] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [132] C [93] S [90] W [87] M [75] H [73] G [68] P [67] T [56] D [47] R [44] L [43] A [38] F [36] J [32] E [21] K [16] N [14] O [10] V [6] Y [6] U [3] I [2] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1026] Merchant Navy [26]

Country

United Kingdom [61] New Zealand [1]

Albert Henry Boreham

Born 1888

Died 1948

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 21194

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 21194 Private 16th Waikato Regiment

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Robert Lancelot Busby

Born 1880

Died 1941

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers

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George Alfred Bunch

Born 1895

Died 1982

British Army G/11631 Private East Kent Regiment

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Percy Hayward Squirrell

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army L/31953 Driver Royal Field Artillery 68th Brigade, "A" Battery

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Harry James Boustred

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 276957 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 235101 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Walter George Finden

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 290891 Sapper Royal Engineers 96th Light Railway Company

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Charles John Edward Shearwood

Born 1896

Died 1961

British Army 2411 Private London Regiment

British Army 230619 Private London Regiment

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Francis George Stuart Warwick

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 5833 Private London Regiment

British Army 682890 Private London Regiment Egyptian Expeditionary Force

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John George Andreas Becky

Born 1875

Died 1951

British Army T3/029659 Driver Royal Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport Section

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Edgar Joshua De Gruchy

Born 1880

Died 1939

British Army 244049 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks Company

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Frank Leslie Humberstone

Born 1899

Died 1971

Royal Navy L9379 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke (Shore Establishment Chatham)

Royal Navy L9379 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke (Shore Establishment Chatham)

Royal Navy L9379 Ordinary Seaman HMS [Unreadable] then HMS Hecla

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Percy Finch

Born 1886

Died 1943

British Army 960259 Warrant Officer Class 2 2 London Divl City (HS) Brigade

British Army 960259 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery 3 Prov Bty

British Army 960259 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery 7th London Brigade

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Charles Ambrose Chitty

Born 1888

Died 1968

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain Royal Engineers

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Charles Frederick Langley

Born 1889

Died 1960

British Army 2808 Acting Corporal Household Battalion

British Army 30575 Acting Corporal Grenadier Guards

British Army 20250 Private Sherwood Foresters 4th

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Maurice Hugh Bruce Cookson

Born 1899

Died 1965

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249039

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Frederick Tuvey

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7503 Private Devonshire Regiment

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George Albert Prier

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 374095 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8120 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Bidwell

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 2328 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370605 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370605 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Walter Richard Hurrell

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 6757 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 373646 Rifleman London Regiment 1st/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles James Mott

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 766077 Private London Regiment

British Army 766077 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/28th Battalion (Artists' Rifles)

British Army 766077 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)

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