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Lambeth, Surrey [798]

Lambeth, Surrey, England [76]

South Lambeth, Surrey [13]

Lambeth, London, Surrey [11]

Lambeth,Surrey [9]

Lambeth, Brixton, Surrey [8]

Lambeth Surrey [3]

Lambeth Surrey. [3]

South Lambeth, Surrey, England [3]

Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Herne Hill, Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Lambeth Surrey England [2]

Lambeth, Kennington, Surrey [2]

Lambeth, Walworth, Surrey [2]

West Norwood, Lambeth, Surrey [2]

93 Union Street, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Battersea, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Brixton, Lambeth district, Surrey - [1]

Kennington, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Kennington,Lambeth,Surrey. [1]

Kennington,Surrey [1]

Lambeth , Surrey [1]

Lambeth London, Surrey [1]

Lambeth, Clapham, Surrey [1]

Lambeth, London, Surrey, England [1]

Lambeth, Southwark, Surrey [1]

Lambeth, Stockwell, Surrey [1]

Lambeth, Streatham, Surrey [1]

Lambeth, Surrey, [1]

Lambeth, West Norwood, Surrey [1]

Lambeth,Surrey. [1]

Lambeth. Surrey, London [1]

Lambeth. Surrey. [1]

Upper Norwood, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Vauxhall, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [86]

Gunner [10]

Serjeant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Rifleman [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Corporal [4]

Driver [3]

Pioneer [3]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Captain [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Acting RSM [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Assistant Principal Chaplain [1]

Bandmaster (WO) [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Chaplain Fourth Class [1]

Chief Bandmaster [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander (Retd) [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

First Class Air Mechanic [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Acting Captain [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Musician [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Private 2 [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Second Class Air Mechanic [1]

Senior Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Trooper [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Unit

London Regiment [17]

Army Service Corps [9]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

(RFR/CH/B/9434). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

18th Hussars [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

63rd Labour Company [1]

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

Airship Base [1]

Army Service Corps. [1]

Attached Royal Naval Division [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

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

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Eeast Surrey Regiment [1]

H.M. Coastguard [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [668]

British Army [127]

Royal Navy [81]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [102]

B [95]

W [95]

H [90]

C [87]

M [69]

P [55]

D [49]

L [46]

R [38]

T [35]

A [34]

F [31]

E [25]

J [25]

G [23]

K [21]

N [17]

O [7]

V [4]

I [2]

Q [2]

Y [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [865]

Merchant Navy [77]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

India [2]

France [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

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Lambeth, Surrey [798] Lambeth, Surrey, England [76] South Lambeth, Surrey [13] Lambeth, London, Surrey [11] Lambeth,Surrey [9] Lambeth, Brixton, Surrey [8] Lambeth Surrey [3] Lambeth Surrey. [3] South Lambeth, Surrey, England [3] Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey [2] Herne Hill, Lambeth, Surrey [2] Lambeth Surrey England [2] Lambeth, Kennington, Surrey [2] Lambeth, Walworth, Surrey [2] West Norwood, Lambeth, Surrey [2] 93 Union Street, Lambeth, Surrey [1] Battersea, Lambeth, Surrey [1] Brixton, Lambeth district, Surrey - [1] Kennington, Lambeth, Surrey [1] Kennington,Lambeth,Surrey. [1] Kennington,Surrey [1] Lambeth , Surrey [1] Lambeth London, Surrey [1] Lambeth, Clapham, Surrey [1] Lambeth, London, Surrey, England [1] Lambeth, Southwark, Surrey [1] Lambeth, Stockwell, Surrey [1] Lambeth, Streatham, Surrey [1] Lambeth, Surrey, [1] Lambeth, West Norwood, Surrey [1] Lambeth,Surrey. [1] Lambeth. Surrey, London [1] Lambeth. Surrey. [1] Upper Norwood, Lambeth, Surrey [1] Vauxhall, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [86] Gunner [10] Serjeant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Rifleman [8] Lieutenant [7] Corporal [4] Driver [3] Pioneer [3] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Captain [2] Leading Seaman [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Chaplain to the Forces [1] Acting RSM [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Assistant Principal Chaplain [1] Bandmaster (WO) [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Chaplain Fourth Class [1] Chief Bandmaster [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander (Retd) [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] First Class Air Mechanic [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Boatman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Acting Captain [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Musician [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Private 2 [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Second Class Air Mechanic [1] Senior Chaplain to the Forces [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Trooper [1] Trumpeter [1]

Unit

London Regiment [17] Army Service Corps [9] East Surrey Regiment [9] Royal Engineers [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] East Kent Regiment [5] Labour Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS IRON DUKE [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Tank Corps [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] (RFR/CH/B/9434). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] 18th Hussars [1] 2nd Life Guards [1] 63rd Labour Company [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] Airship Base [1] Army Service Corps. [1] Attached Royal Naval Division [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Eeast Surrey Regiment [1] H.M. Coastguard [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [668] British Army [127] Royal Navy [81] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [102] B [95] W [95] H [90] C [87] M [69] P [55] D [49] L [46] R [38] T [35] A [34] F [31] E [25] J [25] G [23] K [21] N [17] O [7] V [4] I [2] Q [2] Y [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [865] Merchant Navy [77]

Country

United Kingdom [41] India [2] France [1] Sierra Leone [1]

Herbert Charles Courtney

Born 1884

Died 1939

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54448 Second Class Air Mechanic Royal Flying Corps No 2 A.A.R.

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54448 First Class Air Mechanic Royal Flying Corps No 2 A.A.R

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54448 Acting Corporal Royal Fyling Corps No 2 A.A.R.

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Frederick Procter

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 2939 Machine Gun Corps

British Army 200822 Serjeant Tank Corps "D" Battalion

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Edwin Thomas Toombs

Born 1897

Died 1961

British Army 940737 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 289765 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 421st Battery

British Army 289765 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Sidney James Heath, Afm

Born 1883

Died 1921

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314892 Flight Sergeant Airship Base

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John Carden

Born 1882

Died 1934

British Army Acting Chaplain to the Forces Royal Army Chaplain's Department Chatham

British Army Assistant Principal Chaplain Royal Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Senior Chaplain to the Forces Royal Army Chaplain's Department Egypt

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Ernest Richard James Bailey

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army R/4281 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 13th Battalion

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Frederick James Lewis

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 43518 Serjeant Royal Engineers 15th Signal Company.

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Percy John Hilderley

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army F/1134 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th Battalion

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Thomas Henry Cannon

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army S/16455 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/16455 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Frank Rob Wray

Born 1887

Died 1967

British Army 9826 Private London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) 5th City of London Rifles

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers Kent Fortress

British Army Captain Royal Engineers (Formerly London Rifle Brigade)

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Maurice Wray

Born 1893

Died 1977

British Army 9292 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant London Regiment 5th Battalion

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James Charles Bashford

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 8511 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 8511 Acting Serjeant Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 8507 Cheshire Regiment

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Henry A Alger

Born 1899

British Army 229268 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR 31010 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Ernest Frank Cozier

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 10633 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Morris Shirley Allen

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army S/15476 Private Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 2nd Battalion

British Army S/15476 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 1st Battalion

British Army S/15476 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 1st Battalion

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Albert John Carpenter

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 4023 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 531575 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 531575 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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F W Stocker

Born 1867

Died 1960

British Army 86766 Corporal Royal Engineers

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James Bottom

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army G/12722 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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Ernest Samuel Nunn

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army 19754 Colour Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 19754 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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John Barratt Simpson

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 5630 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 10/9985 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 5630 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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