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Lambeth, London [2445]

Lambeth, Surrey [798]

Lambeth [210]

Lambeth, Surrey, England [76]

South Lambeth, London [53]

Lambeth, South West London [29]

Lambeth London [25]

Lambeth England [24]

South Lambeth, Surrey [13]

Lambeth, Middlesex [12]

Lambeth, London, Surrey [11]

Lambeth,Surrey [9]

Lambeth, Brixton, Surrey [8]

Brixton, Lambeth, London [7]

Lambeth, London, England [6]

Kennington, Lambeth [5]

lambeth [5]

Lambeth, London South West [4]

Lambeth,London [4]

Lambeth,London. [4]

Lambeth Surrey [3]

Lambeth Surrey. [3]

Lambeth, Greater London [3]

London, Lambeth [3]

Norwood, Lambeth, London [3]

South Lambeth, Surrey, England [3]

Brixton, Lambeth [2]

Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Clapham, Lambeth, London [2]

Herne Hill, Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Kennington Lambeth London [2]

Lambeth Church, London [2]

Lambeth Surrey England [2]

Lambeth, Kennington, Surrey [2]

Lambeth, London, England [2]

Lambeth, Stirlingshire [2]

Lambeth, Walworth, Surrey [2]

Lambeth. London [2]

South Lambeth England [2]

Stockwell, Lambeth [2]

Vauxhall, Lambeth [2]

West Norwood, Lambeth, Surrey [2]

28 Gaywood Street, Lambeth, London [1]

34 Paradise Street, Lambeth [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]

93 Union Street, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Battersea, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [425]

Rifleman [73]

Able Seaman [56]

Corporal [48]

Lance Corporal [44]

Serjeant [42]

Gunner [40]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Stoker 1st Class [35]

Lieutenant [26]

Driver [22]

Ordinary Seaman [20]

Sapper [19]

Captain [15]

Boy 1st Class [13]

Leading Stoker [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Petty Officer [9]

Pioneer [9]

Boy 2nd Class [8]

Deck Hand [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Leading Seaman [8]

Sergeant [8]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Armourer's Crew [5]

Telegraphist [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Bombardier [4]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Cook's Mate [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Leading Telegraphist [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Ordinary Telegraphist [3]

Signalman [3]

Acting Artificer Engineer [2]

Cadet [2]

Chaplain [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Major [2]

Unit

London Regiment [174]

Royal Engineers [41]

Royal Field Artillery [39]

Army Service Corps [36]

South Wales Borderers [34]

Machine Gun Corps [27]

Middlesex Regiment [25]

Labour Corps [22]

East Surrey Regiment [21]

Royal Fusiliers [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [15]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

East Kent Regiment [13]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [13]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [13]

Royal Naval Reserve [12]

Royal Air Force [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Royal Naval Air Service [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

HMS INDOMITABLE [7]

HMS Vanguard [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [6]

HMS Calliope [6]

Honourable Artillery Company [6]

Royal Marine Artillery [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

HMS TIGER [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

HMS Agincourt [4]

HMS Falmouth [4]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

Service

Royal Navy [2435]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [687]

British Army [655]

Australian Imperial Force [33]

Other Empire Force [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [422]

S [377]

H [359]

C [343]

W [330]

M [280]

P [237]

D [176]

G [169]

R [168]

T [166]

L [163]

A [134]

F [118]

J [108]

E [96]

K [87]

N [59]

O [35]

V [23]

Y [15]

I [12]

Q [4]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3747]

Merchant Navy [79]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [339]

India [3]

France [2]

Belgium [1]

Canada [1]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Lambeth, London [2445] Lambeth, Surrey [798] Lambeth [210] Lambeth, Surrey, England [76] South Lambeth, London [53] Lambeth, South West London [29] Lambeth London [25] Lambeth England [24] South Lambeth, Surrey [13] Lambeth, Middlesex [12] Lambeth, London, Surrey [11] Lambeth,Surrey [9] Lambeth, Brixton, Surrey [8] Brixton, Lambeth, London [7] Lambeth, London, England [6] Kennington, Lambeth [5] lambeth [5] Lambeth, London South West [4] Lambeth,London [4] Lambeth,London. [4] Lambeth Surrey [3] Lambeth Surrey. [3] Lambeth, Greater London [3] London, Lambeth [3] Norwood, Lambeth, London [3] South Lambeth, Surrey, England [3] Brixton, Lambeth [2] Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey [2] Clapham, Lambeth, London [2] Herne Hill, Lambeth, Surrey [2] Kennington Lambeth London [2] Lambeth Church, London [2] Lambeth Surrey England [2] Lambeth, Kennington, Surrey [2] Lambeth, London, England [2] Lambeth, Stirlingshire [2] Lambeth, Walworth, Surrey [2] Lambeth. London [2] South Lambeth England [2] Stockwell, Lambeth [2] Vauxhall, Lambeth [2] West Norwood, Lambeth, Surrey [2] 28 Gaywood Street, Lambeth, London [1] 34 Paradise Street, Lambeth [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] 93 Union Street, Lambeth, Surrey [1] Battersea, Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [425] Rifleman [73] Able Seaman [56] Corporal [48] Lance Corporal [44] Serjeant [42] Gunner [40] Second Lieutenant [40] Stoker 1st Class [35] Lieutenant [26] Driver [22] Ordinary Seaman [20] Sapper [19] Captain [15] Boy 1st Class [13] Leading Stoker [11] Acting Corporal [9] Petty Officer [9] Pioneer [9] Boy 2nd Class [8] Deck Hand [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Leading Seaman [8] Sergeant [8] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Armourer's Crew [5] Telegraphist [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Bombardier [4] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Cook's Mate [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Leading Telegraphist [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Ordinary Telegraphist [3] Signalman [3] Acting Artificer Engineer [2] Cadet [2] Chaplain [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Leading Signalman [2] Major [2]

Unit

London Regiment [174] Royal Engineers [41] Royal Field Artillery [39] Army Service Corps [36] South Wales Borderers [34] Machine Gun Corps [27] Middlesex Regiment [25] Labour Corps [22] East Surrey Regiment [21] Royal Fusiliers [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [15] Rifle Brigade [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] The Queen's Regiment [14] East Kent Regiment [13] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [13] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [13] Royal Naval Reserve [12] Royal Air Force [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Royal Naval Air Service [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] HMS INDOMITABLE [7] HMS Vanguard [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Essex Regiment [6] H.M.S. "Formidable." [6] HMS Calliope [6] Honourable Artillery Company [6] Royal Marine Artillery [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] HMS TIGER [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] HMS Agincourt [4] HMS Falmouth [4] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [4] HMS MALAYA [4]

Service

Royal Navy [2435] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [687] British Army [655] Australian Imperial Force [33] Other Empire Force [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [422] S [377] H [359] C [343] W [330] M [280] P [237] D [176] G [169] R [168] T [166] L [163] A [134] F [118] J [108] E [96] K [87] N [59] O [35] V [23] Y [15] I [12] Q [4] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3747] Merchant Navy [79] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [339] India [3] France [2] Belgium [1] Canada [1] China [1] Egypt [1] Sierra Leone [1] Sri Lanka [1] Turkey [1]

Frederick William Tomlinson

Born 1895

Died 1973

British Army 1694 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1694 Royal Field Artillery 6th London Brigade, 17th Battery

British Army 955618 Corporal Royal Field Artillery A/301st Brigade

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Ernest Richard Odell

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army G/3364 Private Middlesex Regiment 12 Battalion

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Sidney Albert Sanford

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 425733 Private London Regiment

British Army 348212 Private London Regiment

British Army 348212 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Joseph Henry Phillips

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 1388 Private London Regiment

British Army 320145 Private London Regiment

British Army 320145 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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William James Condren

Born 1898

Died 1965

British Army 515569 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 515569 Private London Regiment 2/14 lond Battalion

British Army 1056 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Arthur Charles Maney

Born 1880

Died 1941

British Army DM2/137985 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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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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Thomas Dix

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 387075 Lance Corporal Labour Corps 264th Area Employment Company

British Army 51542 Driver Royal Garrison Artillery

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Sidney Victor Gruchy

Born 1886

Died 1951

Royal Navy F22925 Aircraftman 2 Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy F22925 Aircraftman 1 Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy F22925 Leading Aircraftman Royal Naval Air Service

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Robert Alfred Grimwood

Born 1894

Died 1941

British Army L/22859 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/22859 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Arthur Spurgeon

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1402 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army TR/16713 Private The Queen's Regiment 29th Battalion Training Reserve

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William Walter Toombs

Born 1894

Died 1966

British Army TF940730 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 282107 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 940730 Driver Royal Field Artillery 387th Brigade Headquarters

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Arthur Tee Pitcher

Born 1892

Died 1967

British Army 2082 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckingham Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Thomas Albert Pike

Born 1858

Died 1918

British Army 1605 Private Army Service Corps Transport

British Army 22100 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Cecil Bathurst

Born 1897

Died 1951

British Army 4996 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2/5th Battalion

British Army 242122 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter Vic Penston

Born 1897

Died 1964

Royal Navy K31408 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy K31408 Stoker 1st Class

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Charles John Pitcher

Born 1886

Died 1940

British Army S/16980 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army A/203036 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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George Louis Atkinson

Born 1867

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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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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Ernest Thomas Luxford

Born 1893

Died 1934

British Army 4465 Private London Regiment

British Army 758 Private Army Service Corps Transport

British Army 801082 Private London Regiment

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