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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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People [955] Stories Communities

Place of birth

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]

Leonard Seaton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53508

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Henry Albert Metheringham

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95024

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Frank Stafford

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267828

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William Pryke

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281507

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George Robert Cook

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287438

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Frederick Charles Lacey

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 624

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Charles John Palmer Smyth

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62205

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Charles Thomas Wild

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266456

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John William Nash

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134144

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George Walter Samuel Phillips

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28915

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William Ernest Todd

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194206

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John James Dukes

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30114

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Edward David Pearce

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 158860

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John Francis Carey

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319832

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William Blake Bird

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23918

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George Ernest Pitcher

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310226

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Henry William Haynes

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168286

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Reginald Lingham

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24260

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George Frederick Wallace

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224708

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Herbert Thomas Surman

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228851

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