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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]

Arthur Rudolph Tadd

Born 1890

Died 1940

British Army G/30881 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/30881 Private Middlesex Regiment 30th Battalion

British Army G/30881 Sergeant Middlesex Regiment 30th Battalion

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Louis Edward Cockrell

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 734 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army

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Howard Russell Percy Ayles

Born 1894

Died 1956

British Army 24378 Orderly Seaman British Red Cross Society

British Army 24378 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Francis George Reed

Born 1885

Died 1963

British Army 1948 Private London Regiment

British Army 411559 Private Labour Corps

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William Ernest Bethell

Born 1872

Died 1918

Royal Navy 18202 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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William Edward Newbound

Born 1890

Died 1940

Royal Navy K3367

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George John Hammond

Born 1886

British Army 8715 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8715 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edward John Parfett

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 128981 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Godfrie Cullingford Beaumont

Born 1898

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Cadet

Air Force (RAF/RFC) F Cadet

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Hon 2nd Lieutenant

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Frank Ewart Allen

Born 1890

Died 1967

British Army 6097 Rifleman London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 323089 Rifleman London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 323089 Temporary Corporal London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

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Joseph Blackshaw

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army R 10137 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Herbert Ernest Pinhorn

Born 1874

Died 1949

British Army Young Mens Christian Association

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William Charles Compton

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 370923 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 370923 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2872 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Bell

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 2555 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370731 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Hender Arthur Abel

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 5247 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 21st Battalion

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William Ryall Harvey

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1834 Private 34th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Sidney Addison Marsh

Born 1888

Died 1940

Other Empire Force St Phillip’ s Church, Parkholme Road, Hackney

Other Empire Force Chaplain Army Chaplain's Department

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Charles Frederick Cox

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 374058 Rifleman London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8074 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur Frederick Rawnsley

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 372986 Private London Regiment

British Army 5914 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372986 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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James Walter Cooper Haws

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 373532 Private London Regiment

British Army 373532 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6627 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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