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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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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]

Reginald Emanuel Collins

Born 1894

British Army PS/8580 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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Horace Townshend Clare

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Acting Captain Royal Field Artillery "A" Bty. 245th Bde

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Frank Martin Henriques

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193002

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William James Stinchcombe

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 9741 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Enos Rapley

Born 1896

British Army 4813 Private British West Indies Regiment

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George Kingston Baron Hay

Born 1896

Australian Imperial Force 3016

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James Richards

Born 1892

British Army 110415 Private Durham Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

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Courtney Bronstorph Thomas

Born 1894

Other Empire Force 823 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 2103 Serjeant British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Noah Arnold

Born 1892

British Army 26964 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Edward Reginald Home-Gall

Born 1897

Died 1974

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army

British Army 8/2193 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Isaac Ferdinand Josiah Ennis

Born 1889

British Army 26328 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 26328 Lance Corporal / Acting Corporal Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Walter Bateman

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 10477 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 27261 Private East Lancashire Regiment 11

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Frederick Joseph Bateman

Born 1892

Died 1949

British Army 13/898 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Sidney Sowley

Born 1893

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

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Harry John Barber

Born 1878

Died 1923

Royal Navy 1st Class Petty Officer Signalman

Royal Navy 176966 Yeoman of Signals

Royal Navy 176966 Chief Yeoman of Signals

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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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Percy John Chamberlain

Born 1882

Died 1952

British Army Rifle Brigade 25th Battalion

British Army London Regiment 5th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army Labour Corps

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Edward Reid

Born 1884

British Army 91236 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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