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Leatherhead, Surrey [106]

Leatherhead [22]

Leatherhead, Surrey, England [9]

Leatherhead England [3]

Leatherhead Surrey [2]

Leatherhead Surrey [2]

Effingham, Leatherhead, Surrey [1]

Felcham, Leatherhead, Surrey [1]

Leatherhead or Epsom [1]

Leatherhead, Epsom, Surrey [1]

Mickleham, Leatherhead, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [24]

Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colonel [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commander [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Officers Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Temporary Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

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

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

(RFR. Ports. B/6843). H.M. "P.31 [1]

15th Hussars [1]

2nd Brigade Headquarters [1]

2nd Tank Brigade [1]

85th Canadian Infantry [1]

Air Battalion Royal Engineers [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment Territorial [1]

East Surrey Regiment Terrotorials [1]

GOC 5th Tank Brigade [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS PORPOISE [1]

HMS Relentless [1]

HMS Spanker [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS NEPTUNE [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Stockforce [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Special List/ Staff [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Western Command Labour Centre [1]

Service

Royal Navy [74]

British Army [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [17]

C [16]

G [14]

T [13]

B [11]

F [9]

H [9]

L [9]

S [8]

P [7]

R [7]

D [5]

A [4]

E [4]

K [3]

M [3]

O [3]

J [2]

N [2]

I [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [138]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Canada [1]

France [1]

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Leatherhead, Surrey [106] Leatherhead [22] Leatherhead, Surrey, England [9] Leatherhead England [3] Leatherhead Surrey [2] Leatherhead Surrey [2] Effingham, Leatherhead, Surrey [1] Felcham, Leatherhead, Surrey [1] Leatherhead or Epsom [1] Leatherhead, Epsom, Surrey [1] Mickleham, Leatherhead, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [24] Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [4] Serjeant [3] Lieutenant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colonel [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commander [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Officers Steward 2nd Class [1] Officers Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Temporary Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] (RFR. Ports. B/6843). H.M. "P.31 [1] 15th Hussars [1] 2nd Brigade Headquarters [1] 2nd Tank Brigade [1] 85th Canadian Infantry [1] Air Battalion Royal Engineers [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment Territorial [1] East Surrey Regiment Terrotorials [1] GOC 5th Tank Brigade [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS PORPOISE [1] HMS Relentless [1] HMS Spanker [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS NEPTUNE [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Stockforce [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Special List/ Staff [1] Welsh Regiment [1] Western Command Labour Centre [1]

Service

Royal Navy [74] British Army [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] Australian Imperial Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [17] C [16] G [14] T [13] B [11] F [9] H [9] L [9] S [8] P [7] R [7] D [5] A [4] E [4] K [3] M [3] O [3] J [2] N [2] I [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [138] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Canada [1] France [1]

Leonard James Faithful

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army GS/62702 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

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George Thomas Hope

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army G/8214 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Lewis Arthur Bates

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 3758 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Alex Thomas Songhurst

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army GS/62787 Private Royal Fusiliers

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James William Ticknor

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army G/13538 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Henry Albert Herbert Shepherd

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army G/7086 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Willie George Smallbone

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189099

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Horace Edwin Wrighton

Born 1894

Died 1951

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1375

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Charles Frederick Griffiths Hollis

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Walter Sissen

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS108615 Stoker 1st Class (RFR. Ports. B/6843). H.M. "P.31

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Malcolm Henry Mortimer Lamb

Born 1875

Died 1952

British Army Temporary Captain /Temporary Major Special List/ Staff

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Frederick Bond

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28941

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Charles Albert Hobby

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 52 Serjeant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 52 Flight Sergeant Royal Flying Corps

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Allan Goff

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299165

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Walter George Coombs

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219840

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Thomas Newnham

Born 1879

Died 1880

British Army 18190 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

British Army 120175 Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 63807 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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Cecil St Clare Friday

Born 1898

Died 1981

British Army 28177 Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

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Leonard Charles Gibbs

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 151699 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 151699 Lance Corporal 85th Canadian Infantry

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Anthony Courage

Born 1875

Died 1944

British Army Acting Colonel 2nd Brigade Headquarters

British Army Captain 15th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Machine Gun Corps "B" Battalion, Heavy Brigade

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Robert William Kirk

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34197

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