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Kingston, Surrey [565]

Kingston [171]

Kingston On Thames, Surrey [118]

Kingston on Thames, Surrey [114]

Kingston South Australia [94]

Kingston upon Hull [78]

Kingston, Hampshire [67]

Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [65]

Kingston, Portsmouth, Hampshire [54]

Kingston Victoria [45]

Kingston England [36]

Kingston On Thames, Surrey, England [30]

Kingston St Mary, Somerset [28]

Kingston, London [25]

Kingston, Middlesex [24]

Kingston on Thames [21]

Kingston Tasmania [20]

Kingston, Ontario [20]

Kingston, St. Andrew, Surrey [20]

Kingston, Jamaica [19]

Kingston On Thames England [18]

Kingston Portsmouth [16]

Kingston Portsmouth, Hampshire [15]

Kingston, Portsmouth [15]

Kingston, Dorset [13]

Kingston, Dublin [13]

Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire [10]

Kingston upon Hull East Yorkshire [9]

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey [9]

Kingston ON [8]

Kingston New South Wales [6]

Kingston, Cambridgeshire [6]

Kingston-upon-Thames [6]

Kingston Surrey [5]

Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire [5]

Kingston, Somerset [5]

Kingston-on-Thames England [5]

Kingston Queensland [4]

Kingston Upon Hull [4]

Kingston, Portsmouth, Hants [4]

Kingston-upon-Hull [4]

Kingston Hill, Surrey [3]

Kingston Upon Thames [3]

Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey [3]

Kingston by Sea, Sussex, England [3]

Kingston on Thames, Middlesex [3]

Kingston, Devon [3]

Kingston, Herefordshire [3]

Kingston, Kent [3]

Kingston,Surrey [3]

Rank

Private [321]

Second Lieutenant [53]

Lieutenant [42]

Serjeant [36]

Captain [34]

Able Seaman [23]

Lance Corporal [22]

Corporal [19]

Gunner [19]

Boy 1st Class [13]

Nursing Sister [13]

Rifleman [13]

Sapper [12]

Sergeant [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Driver [10]

Major [10]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Boy [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Ship's Steward [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Commander [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Major [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Musician [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Admiral [2]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [2]

Bombardier [2]

Brigade Major [2]

Chief Writer [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Lieutenant-Colonel [2]

Messenger [2]

Midshipman [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1st Class Petty Officer Signalman [1]

Unit

East Yorkshire Regiment [81]

British West Indies Regiment [47]

London Regiment [33]

East Surrey Regiment [23]

West India Regiment [23]

Royal Engineers [22]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [15]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Jamaica War Contingent [14]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Royal Air Force [10]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

South Wales Borderers [8]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

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

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Australian Infantry [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

HMS BULWARK [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Service

Royal Navy [926]

British Army [464]

Australian Imperial Force [258]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [221]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [70]

Other Empire Force [22]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [211]

S [203]

C [172]

H [171]

M [165]

W [138]

P [133]

G [94]

T [86]

R [85]

D [84]

F [82]

L [81]

A [74]

J [58]

E [45]

K [44]

N [37]

O [18]

V [11]

Y [11]

I [7]

Q [4]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1867]

Merchant Navy [95]

Country

United Kingdom [179]

Jamaica [11]

United States [7]

Canada [5]

India [5]

South Africa [2]

Belgium [1]

Bermuda [1]

Ireland [1]

Kenya [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Kingston, Surrey [565] Kingston [171] Kingston On Thames, Surrey [118] Kingston on Thames, Surrey [114] Kingston South Australia [94] Kingston upon Hull [78] Kingston, Hampshire [67] Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [65] Kingston, Portsmouth, Hampshire [54] Kingston Victoria [45] Kingston England [36] Kingston On Thames, Surrey, England [30] Kingston St Mary, Somerset [28] Kingston, London [25] Kingston, Middlesex [24] Kingston on Thames [21] Kingston Tasmania [20] Kingston, Ontario [20] Kingston, St. Andrew, Surrey [20] Kingston, Jamaica [19] Kingston On Thames England [18] Kingston Portsmouth [16] Kingston Portsmouth, Hampshire [15] Kingston, Portsmouth [15] Kingston, Dorset [13] Kingston, Dublin [13] Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire [10] Kingston upon Hull East Yorkshire [9] Kingston upon Thames, Surrey [9] Kingston ON [8] Kingston New South Wales [6] Kingston, Cambridgeshire [6] Kingston-upon-Thames [6] Kingston Surrey [5] Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire [5] Kingston, Somerset [5] Kingston-on-Thames England [5] Kingston Queensland [4] Kingston Upon Hull [4] Kingston, Portsmouth, Hants [4] Kingston-upon-Hull [4] Kingston Hill, Surrey [3] Kingston Upon Thames [3] Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey [3] Kingston by Sea, Sussex, England [3] Kingston on Thames, Middlesex [3] Kingston, Devon [3] Kingston, Herefordshire [3] Kingston, Kent [3] Kingston,Surrey [3]

Rank

Private [321] Second Lieutenant [53] Lieutenant [42] Serjeant [36] Captain [34] Able Seaman [23] Lance Corporal [22] Corporal [19] Gunner [19] Boy 1st Class [13] Nursing Sister [13] Rifleman [13] Sapper [12] Sergeant [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Driver [10] Major [10] Ordinary Seaman [9] Boy [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Boy 2nd Class [6] Acting Corporal [5] Ship's Steward [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Commander [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Major [3] Leading Seaman [3] Leading Stoker [3] Musician [3] Petty Officer [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Temporary Captain [3] Admiral [2] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [2] Bombardier [2] Brigade Major [2] Chief Writer [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Lieutenant-Colonel [2] Messenger [2] Midshipman [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Telegraphist [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1st Class Petty Officer Signalman [1]

Unit

East Yorkshire Regiment [81] British West Indies Regiment [47] London Regiment [33] East Surrey Regiment [23] West India Regiment [23] Royal Engineers [22] Royal Field Artillery [19] Canadian Army Medical Corps [15] Canadian Infantry [14] Jamaica War Contingent [14] Middlesex Regiment [14] Army Service Corps [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Royal Air Force [10] Labour Corps [9] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] South Wales Borderers [8] Hampshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7] Somerset Light Infantry [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Essex Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Australian Infantry [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] HMS BULWARK [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Tank Corps [3]

Service

Royal Navy [926] British Army [464] Australian Imperial Force [258] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [221] Canadian Expeditionary Force [70] Other Empire Force [22] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [211] S [203] C [172] H [171] M [165] W [138] P [133] G [94] T [86] R [85] D [84] F [82] L [81] A [74] J [58] E [45] K [44] N [37] O [18] V [11] Y [11] I [7] Q [4] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1867] Merchant Navy [95]

Country

United Kingdom [179] Jamaica [11] United States [7] Canada [5] India [5] South Africa [2] Belgium [1] Bermuda [1] Ireland [1] Kenya [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1]

Ross Henry James Mcmahon

Born 1877

Died 1941

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228553

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Arthur Dawson Milne

Born 1867

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Africa Medical Supplies

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Africa Unattached List

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Henry Walter Vicary

Born 1871

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 2058 A.I.F. 4th Battalion

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Francis Hastings Thomas

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy Captain HMS Talbot Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Captain HMS Triumph Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Lionel Owen Corinaldi

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army G/87955 Private Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion

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Thomas Alderman

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 24745 Welsh Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 38813 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th 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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Alfred Chamberlain

Born 1881

Died 1930

British Army 541551 Private Labour Corps 691st Agricultural Company

British Army 12011 Private The Queen's Regiment 10th Battalion

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Jack Dow

Born 1894

Died 1969

Canadian Expeditionary Force 862099

Canadian Expeditionary Force Pte 180

Canadian Expeditionary Force Pte 123rd

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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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Leonard Burke

Born 1897

Died 1973

British Army 24442 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army Private West Riding Regiment

British Army Private West Riding 1/7 Duke of Wellington's Rgt

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E Bell

Born 1880

Died 1930

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Acting Captain South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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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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Harry Humberstone Wright

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 204894 Private Yorkshire Regiment 'The Green Howards' 2nd Battalion

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Harold Leslie Bemand

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 107838 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Reid Thomas

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain 26th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery 34 Siege Battery

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Victor Dey Smedmore

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 3900 Trooper Life Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 1140 Trooper Household Battalion

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Lloyd Diets St. Aubyn Lyon

Born 1896

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 10141 Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Edgar George Mccadden

Born 1896

British Army 2744 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Howard Henry Richards

Born 1897

British Army 4789 Private British West Indies Regiment

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