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Lambeth, London [2445]

South Lambeth, London [53]

Lambeth, South West London [29]

Lambeth London [25]

Lambeth, London, Surrey [11]

Brixton, Lambeth, London [7]

Lambeth, London, England [6]

Lambeth, London South West [4]

Lambeth,London [4]

Lambeth,London. [4]

Lambeth, Greater London [3]

London, Lambeth [3]

Norwood, Lambeth, London [3]

Clapham, Lambeth, London [2]

Kennington Lambeth London [2]

Lambeth Church, London [2]

Lambeth, London, England [2]

Lambeth. London [2]

28 Gaywood Street, Lambeth, London [1]

36 Lambeth Mews, Queen Street. London [1]

5 Ethelred Street Lambeth Walk, London [1]

8 Over Place, Lambeth, South West London [1]

9 Solon New Road, West Brixton, Lambeth, London [1]

Borough of Lambeth, London [1]

Bow,Lambeth,London. [1]

Brixton,Lambeth,London [1]

Camberwell, Lambeth, London [1]

Clapham in the London Borough of Lambeth [1]

East Lambeth, London [1]

Herne Hill Lambeth, London [1]

Islington,Lambeth,London. [1]

Kennington, Lambeth Borough, London [1]

Kennington, Lambeth, London [1]

Kilburn,Lambeth,London. [1]

Lambeth London [1]

Lambeth Brixton, London [1]

Lambeth London, Surrey [1]

Lambeth South London [1]

Lambeth registration district, London [1]

Lambeth, South West London [1]

Lambeth, London County, England [1]

Lambeth, London South East [1]

Lambeth, London South Wales [1]

Lambeth, London, [1]

Lambeth, London, Surrey, England [1]

Lambeth, London, Surry [1]

Lambeth, London. [1]

Lambeth, SW London [1]

Lambeth, St Saviour Southwark, London [1]

Lambeth,London, Middlesex, England [1]

Rank

Private [229]

Able Seaman [52]

Rifleman [47]

Stoker 1st Class [35]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Corporal [30]

Gunner [25]

Lance Corporal [23]

Ordinary Seaman [19]

Serjeant [19]

Lieutenant [16]

Boy 1st Class [12]

Driver [11]

Leading Stoker [10]

Captain [9]

Sapper [9]

Petty Officer [8]

Deck Hand [7]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Leading Seaman [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Telegraphist [5]

Armourer's Crew [4]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [4]

Ordinary Telegraphist [4]

Sergeant [4]

Cook's Mate [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Leading Telegraphist [3]

Pioneer [3]

Signalman [3]

Acting Artificer Engineer [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Cadet [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Drummer [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Musician [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Probationary Flight Officer [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Unit

London Regiment [104]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

South Wales Borderers [22]

Royal Engineers [20]

Army Service Corps [17]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [13]

Labour Corps [12]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Naval Reserve [11]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [9]

Royal Air Force [8]

HMS INDOMITABLE [7]

HMS Vanguard [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Naval Air Service [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

HMS Calliope [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [5]

Royal Marine Artillery [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

HMS Agincourt [4]

HMS Falmouth [4]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

HMS TIGER [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

HMS Galatea [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

HMS Monmouth [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2298]

British Army [346]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Other Empire Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [302]

S [263]

H [252]

C [234]

W [215]

M [183]

P [160]

G [134]

T [114]

R [112]

D [111]

L [110]

A [85]

F [80]

J [78]

E [64]

K [61]

N [40]

O [23]

V [15]

Y [13]

I [10]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2626]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [225]

Canada [1]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

Turkey [1]

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Lambeth, London [2445] South Lambeth, London [53] Lambeth, South West London [29] Lambeth London [25] Lambeth, London, Surrey [11] Brixton, Lambeth, London [7] Lambeth, London, England [6] Lambeth, London South West [4] Lambeth,London [4] Lambeth,London. [4] Lambeth, Greater London [3] London, Lambeth [3] Norwood, Lambeth, London [3] Clapham, Lambeth, London [2] Kennington Lambeth London [2] Lambeth Church, London [2] Lambeth, London, England [2] Lambeth. London [2] 28 Gaywood Street, Lambeth, London [1] 36 Lambeth Mews, Queen Street. London [1] 5 Ethelred Street Lambeth Walk, London [1] 8 Over Place, Lambeth, South West London [1] 9 Solon New Road, West Brixton, Lambeth, London [1] Borough of Lambeth, London [1] Bow,Lambeth,London. [1] Brixton,Lambeth,London [1] Camberwell, Lambeth, London [1] Clapham in the London Borough of Lambeth [1] East Lambeth, London [1] Herne Hill Lambeth, London [1] Islington,Lambeth,London. [1] Kennington, Lambeth Borough, London [1] Kennington, Lambeth, London [1] Kilburn,Lambeth,London. [1] Lambeth London [1] Lambeth Brixton, London [1] Lambeth London, Surrey [1] Lambeth South London [1] Lambeth registration district, London [1] Lambeth, South West London [1] Lambeth, London County, England [1] Lambeth, London South East [1] Lambeth, London South Wales [1] Lambeth, London, [1] Lambeth, London, Surrey, England [1] Lambeth, London, Surry [1] Lambeth, London. [1] Lambeth, SW London [1] Lambeth, St Saviour Southwark, London [1] Lambeth,London, Middlesex, England [1]

Rank

Private [229] Able Seaman [52] Rifleman [47] Stoker 1st Class [35] Second Lieutenant [31] Corporal [30] Gunner [25] Lance Corporal [23] Ordinary Seaman [19] Serjeant [19] Lieutenant [16] Boy 1st Class [12] Driver [11] Leading Stoker [10] Captain [9] Sapper [9] Petty Officer [8] Deck Hand [7] Boy 2nd Class [6] Leading Seaman [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Telegraphist [5] Armourer's Crew [4] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [4] Ordinary Telegraphist [4] Sergeant [4] Cook's Mate [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Leading Telegraphist [3] Pioneer [3] Signalman [3] Acting Artificer Engineer [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Cadet [2] Colonel [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Drummer [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Leading Signalman [2] Lieutenant (Temporary) [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Musician [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Probationary Flight Officer [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Unit

London Regiment [104] Royal Field Artillery [24] South Wales Borderers [22] Royal Engineers [20] Army Service Corps [17] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [13] Labour Corps [12] Machine Gun Corps [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Naval Reserve [11] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [9] Royal Air Force [8] HMS INDOMITABLE [7] HMS Vanguard [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Naval Air Service [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] East Kent Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] HMS Calliope [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] H.M.S. "Formidable." [5] Royal Marine Artillery [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] HMS Agincourt [4] HMS Falmouth [4] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [4] HMS MALAYA [4] HMS TIGER [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] HMS Galatea [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] HMS Monmouth [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2298] British Army [346] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Australian Imperial Force [6] Other Empire Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [302] S [263] H [252] C [234] W [215] M [183] P [160] G [134] T [114] R [112] D [111] L [110] A [85] F [80] J [78] E [64] K [61] N [40] O [23] V [15] Y [13] I [10] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2626] Conscientious Objector [3] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [225] Canada [1] China [1] Egypt [1] France [1] Sri Lanka [1] Turkey [1]

David Sibley

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1076 Private London Regiment

British Army 1076 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William G E Delling

Born 1888

British Army M2/049631 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Ernest Frederick Fielder

Born 1897

Died 1941

British Army 94620 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Harry Bedloe Moore

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 1739 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 541090 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Harold Edgar William Tealby

Born 1881

Died 1918

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

British Army GS/21907 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

British Army Acting Captain Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 6th Battalion attached 7th Battalion

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Herbert Egerton Tagg

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 7113 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 373961 Rifleman London Regiment 1/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Jesse George Penney

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 373680 Private London Regiment

British Army 6792, 373680 Rifleman London Regiment 8th City of London Battalion

British Army 373680 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frank Cato Nottingham

Born 1898

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Felix George Green

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 6442 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 3229 Rifleman East Surrey Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 6442 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Walter Cunis

Born 1881

Died 1939

British Army 5147 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 552194 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

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Edmund William Wall

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 51216 Private Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion

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Ernest William Desaleux

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army S/14522 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 1st Battalion

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John Thomas Hobbs

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 19728 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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William Webb

Born 1882

Died 1915

Royal Navy 10573 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/10573 (RMR IR85) Private HMS Goliath Royal Marine Reserve

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Harry Denham Hicks

Born 1885

Died 1967

Royal Navy L7080 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS Galatea

Royal Navy L7080 Officer's Steward 3rd Class Victory I

Royal Navy L7080 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Galatea

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George Henry Absalom

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy 10079 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy B 1120 Private Royal Marine Reserve

Royal Navy Po/10079 (R.M.R. B 1120) (Po) Private HMS Bayano

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Harry Sharman

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army TR/13/62040 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 51st Battalion

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Henry Goulston

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 9723 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9723 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9723 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Percy Edward Woods

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 1700 Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) 2nd/1st

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John Condren

Born 1893

Died 1938

Royal Navy F22391

Royal Navy F22391 Air Mechanic Second-Class President II Crystal Palace

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222391 Air Mechanic Second-Class 12 Squadron

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