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Kingston, Surrey [565]

Kingston On Thames, Surrey [118]

Kingston on Thames, Surrey [114]

Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [65]

Kingston On Thames, Surrey, England [30]

Kingston, St. Andrew, Surrey [20]

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey [9]

Kingston Surrey [5]

Kingston,Surrey [4]

Kingston Hill, Surrey [3]

Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey [3]

Kingston, Surrey, England [3]

Kingston,Surrey. [3]

Kingston-On-Thames, Surrey [3]

Ham, Kingston, Surrey [2]

Kingston of Thames, Surrey [2]

Kingston registration district, Surrey [2]

Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey [2]

12 Bread Lane, Kingston, Surrey [1]

44 George's Lane, Kingston, Surrey [1]

49 Iowa St, Kingston, Surrey [1]

55 King St, Kingston, Surrey [1]

57A Beeston St, Kingston, Surrey [1]

74 Rum Lane, Kingston, Surrey [1]

9 Paisley Rd, Kingston, Surrey [1]

Claygate, Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1]

Esher, Kingston, Surrey [1]

Hampton Hill Kingston, Surrey [1]

Hampton,Kingston,Surrey. [1]

Kingston Thames, Surrey [1]

Kingston Vale Surrey [1]

Kingston Vale, Putney, Surrey [1]

Kingston district, Surrey [1]

Kingston on Thames London, Surrey [1]

Kingston on Thames Surrey [1]

Kingston on Tyne, Surrey [1]

Kingston surrey [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Kingston, Surrey, St. Andrew [1]

Kingston, Thames, Surrey [1]

Kingston-On-Thames,Surrey [1]

Kingston. Surrey [1]

Long Ditton, Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1]

Mortlake, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [1]

New Malden Kingston, Surrey [1]

New Malden, Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1]

Nine Florence Terrace, Kingston Vale, Surrey [1]

Norbiton,Kingston,Surrey [1]

Royal Borough of Kingston Surrey [1]

Spring Grove, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [128]

Second Lieutenant [24]

Lieutenant [21]

Able Seaman [17]

Captain [17]

Serjeant [15]

Lance Corporal [11]

Boy 1st Class [10]

Gunner [10]

Boy [8]

Major [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Rifleman [8]

Corporal [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Driver [4]

Pioneer [4]

Sergeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Commander [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Admiral [2]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [2]

Brigade Major [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Sapper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

A. Mech 2 [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1]

Air Vice Marshall [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bombadier [1]

Boy 1st class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain (Flying) [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

British West Indies Regiment [26]

West India Regiment [20]

London Regiment [18]

East Surrey Regiment [16]

Jamaica War Contingent [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Air Force [6]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

West India Regiment attached British West Indies Regiment [2]

11th Hussars [1]

15th (The Kings) Hussars [1]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

1st Infantry Brigade [1]

24 TS Netheravon [1]

Service

Royal Navy [634]

British Army [196]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [131]

Other Empire Force [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Indian Army [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [104]

B [101]

C [89]

H [89]

W [72]

P [70]

M [65]

G [52]

D [45]

F [44]

A [42]

T [41]

L [38]

R [32]

J [27]

K [25]

E [20]

N [13]

O [11]

Y [6]

V [4]

I [2]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [940]

Merchant Navy [31]

Country

United Kingdom [85]

United States [5]

India [4]

Jamaica [3]

Canada [2]

Bermuda [1]

Ireland [1]

Kenya [1]

South Africa [1]

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Kingston, Surrey [565] Kingston On Thames, Surrey [118] Kingston on Thames, Surrey [114] Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [65] Kingston On Thames, Surrey, England [30] Kingston, St. Andrew, Surrey [20] Kingston upon Thames, Surrey [9] Kingston Surrey [5] Kingston,Surrey [4] Kingston Hill, Surrey [3] Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey [3] Kingston, Surrey, England [3] Kingston,Surrey. [3] Kingston-On-Thames, Surrey [3] Ham, Kingston, Surrey [2] Kingston of Thames, Surrey [2] Kingston registration district, Surrey [2] Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey [2] 12 Bread Lane, Kingston, Surrey [1] 44 George's Lane, Kingston, Surrey [1] 49 Iowa St, Kingston, Surrey [1] 55 King St, Kingston, Surrey [1] 57A Beeston St, Kingston, Surrey [1] 74 Rum Lane, Kingston, Surrey [1] 9 Paisley Rd, Kingston, Surrey [1] Claygate, Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1] Esher, Kingston, Surrey [1] Hampton Hill Kingston, Surrey [1] Hampton,Kingston,Surrey. [1] Kingston Thames, Surrey [1] Kingston Vale Surrey [1] Kingston Vale, Putney, Surrey [1] Kingston district, Surrey [1] Kingston on Thames London, Surrey [1] Kingston on Thames Surrey [1] Kingston on Tyne, Surrey [1] Kingston surrey [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Kingston, Surrey, St. Andrew [1] Kingston, Thames, Surrey [1] Kingston-On-Thames,Surrey [1] Kingston. Surrey [1] Long Ditton, Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1] Mortlake, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [1] New Malden Kingston, Surrey [1] New Malden, Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1] Nine Florence Terrace, Kingston Vale, Surrey [1] Norbiton,Kingston,Surrey [1] Royal Borough of Kingston Surrey [1] Spring Grove, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [128] Second Lieutenant [24] Lieutenant [21] Able Seaman [17] Captain [17] Serjeant [15] Lance Corporal [11] Boy 1st Class [10] Gunner [10] Boy [8] Major [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Rifleman [8] Corporal [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Acting Corporal [4] Driver [4] Pioneer [4] Sergeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Commander [3] Temporary Captain [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Admiral [2] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [2] Brigade Major [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Sapper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] A. Mech 2 [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1] Air Vice Marshall [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bandsman [1] Bombadier [1] Boy 1st class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain (Flying) [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

British West Indies Regiment [26] West India Regiment [20] London Regiment [18] East Surrey Regiment [16] Jamaica War Contingent [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] Royal Engineers [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Fusiliers [8] Army Service Corps [7] Royal Air Force [6] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [4] Canadian Infantry [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] West India Regiment attached British West Indies Regiment [2] 11th Hussars [1] 15th (The Kings) Hussars [1] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 1st Infantry Brigade [1] 24 TS Netheravon [1]

Service

Royal Navy [634] British Army [196] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [131] Other Empire Force [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Indian Army [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [104] B [101] C [89] H [89] W [72] P [70] M [65] G [52] D [45] F [44] A [42] T [41] L [38] R [32] J [27] K [25] E [20] N [13] O [11] Y [6] V [4] I [2] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [940] Merchant Navy [31]

Country

United Kingdom [85] United States [5] India [4] Jamaica [3] Canada [2] Bermuda [1] Ireland [1] Kenya [1] South Africa [1]

Sydney Herbert Charrington

Born 1878

Died 1954

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant 15th (The Kings) Hussars

British Army Captain 15th (The Kings) Hussars

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Lionel Owen Corinaldi

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army G/87955 Private Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion

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Montague Hawke

Born 1881

British Army WR 286567 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army SS/820 Private Army Service Corps Indian Cavalry Supply Column

British Army 233651 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers Railway Transport Section

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Horace Attree

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy Z/2776 Able Seaman 63rd Royal Naval Division Hood Battalion RNVR

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Frank Ernest Thomas

Born 1890

Died 1963

British Army 10278 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 10278 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 10278 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Sidney Sowley

Born 1893

British Army 1099 Private King Edward's Horse 1st Battalion

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Clarence Sigismund Graham

Born 1896

Other Empire Force 1511 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 3611 Serjeant British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Alfred Frederick Davis

Born 1866

British Army 4560 Sergeant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 3435 Boy King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 269491 Sergeant Labour Corps Western Command

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Richard St. George Augustus Watson

Born 1890

British Army 1824 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 3rd Line 4th Northumbrian (Howitzer)

Other Empire Force Sick Berth Hand Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Sick Berth Hand Mercantile Marine - SS Manchester Port (Manchester)

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Edward Reid

Born 1884

British Army 91236 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Richard Berwick Hope

Born 1874

Died 1952

British Army Major East Surrey Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Major East Surrey Regiment

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Thomas Gilliat Meautys

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1st Battalion

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Philip Reginald Woollatt

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 7th Battalion

British Army 29278 Private Canadian Infantry 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada

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John Gordon Brace

Born 1897

Died 1976

British Army 1286 Driver Royal Engineers (Territorial) London District Signal Company

British Army 70365 Driver Royal Engineers (Territorial) Signal Service

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Gilbert Henry Whitfield

Born 1888

Died 1915

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

Other Empire Force 2039 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

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Martin Luther Brown

Born 1898

British Army 645916 Private Labour Corps Southern Command

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Arthur Septimus Conway

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Prince of Wales' North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Prince of Wales' North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain Prince of Wales' North Staffordshire Regiment

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Robert Henry Purnell

Born 1879

Died 1963

British Army 240004 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 4904259 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240004 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Arthur Burrell Thorne

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Cecil John Mason

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 54 Sqn

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