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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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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 George Marrable

Born 1893

Died 1951

Royal Navy J4634

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David Dickey

Born 1876

Died 1931

British Army 36322 Corporal Acting Serjeant Welsh Regiment

British Army 708441 Company Serjeant Major Labour Corps

British Army 5635 Corporal (Acting Serjeant) South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Ernest Burton Boraster

Born 1876

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6431

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Harold William Couchman

Born 1887

Died 1965

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226540 Air Mech. II

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Robert Slipper Barnes

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy F1047 Leading Mechanic RNAS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 201047 Corporal

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Alfred Annison Layzell

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 372953 Private London Regiment

British Army 5876 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Phillip Walter Jupe

Born 1881

Died 1976

British Army Temporary Major Machine Gun Corps

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Charles Chapman

Died 1916

British Army 3434 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 3434 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd (City of London) Battalion

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John B Simmons

Born 1890

Died 1948

British Army 16345 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 603532 Private Labour Corps

British Army 15345 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Leonard Davidson

Died 1916

British Army G/25226 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Frank Harold Ludgate

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army R/32309 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/32309 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Frederick James Watts

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army G/11755 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Edwin Edwards

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58446 Air Mechanic 1st Class 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Sydney Harold Boston Marsh

Born 1901

Died 1934

Royal Navy J76815

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Alfred Ernest Brinsmead

Born 1876

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237354 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, H.M.S. "Inflexible"

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Frederick Cecil Mundy

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262516

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Stanley John George Chipperfield

Born 1895

Died 1982

British Army 2735 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Machine Gun Corps

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William Arthur Keeble

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 4848 Private London Regiment

British Army 721997 Private London Regiment

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George William East

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 11503 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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William Markham

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193628

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