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Lewisham, Kent [436]

Lewisham, Kent, England [57]

Catford, Lewisham, Kent [7]

Lee, Lewisham, Kent [6]

Eltham, Lewisham, Kent [3]

Lewisham Kent [3]

St Johns, Lewisham, Kent [3]

Brockley, Lewisham, Kent [2]

Lewisham, Catford, Kent [2]

Blackheath, Lewisham, Kent [1]

Forest Hill, Lewisham, Kent [1]

Grove Park, Lee, Lewisham ,Kent [1]

LEWISHAM, KENT [1]

Ladywell, Lewisham, Kent [1]

Lee Green, Lewisham, Kent [1]

Lewisham Kent [1]

Lewisham Kent England [1]

Lewisham London, Kent [1]

Lewisham Sydenham,Kent. [1]

Lewisham, Blackheath, Kent [1]

Lewisham, Forest Hill, Kent [1]

Lewisham, Lee, Kent [1]

Lewisham, London, Kent [1]

Sydenham,Lewisham,Kent. [1]

Rank

Private [23]

Driver [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Blacksmith [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

A/Sgt. [1]

Act. Air Mechanic Class 1, M B (E) [1]

Act. Air Mechanic Class 1-E [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic Class 2 [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Domestic 2nd Cl [1]

Fireman/Trimmer [1]

Fleet Surgeon [1]

L. Sergeant [1]

Leading Aircraftsman [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Mechanician [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Seaman 2nd Class [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer 1st Class [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [4]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

9th Reserve Battalion attached Royal Air Force [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "President." [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Boscawen, Portsmouth [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Dolphin [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Natal [1]

HMS Porcupine [1]

HMS Royal Arthur [1]

HMS TURBULENT [1]

HMS Tipperary [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Imperial Yeomanry [1]

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [1]

Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marines Band - HMS THUNDERER [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Navy Air Service [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [240]

Royal Navy [199]

British Army [37]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [66]

S [51]

H [43]

P [37]

M [36]

W [36]

C [33]

R [32]

T [31]

G [29]

L [25]

A [23]

D [18]

F [17]

N [13]

J [11]

E [10]

K [6]

O [6]

V [5]

I [4]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [469]

Merchant Navy [55]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Germany [1]

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Place of birth

Lewisham, Kent [436] Lewisham, Kent, England [57] Catford, Lewisham, Kent [7] Lee, Lewisham, Kent [6] Eltham, Lewisham, Kent [3] Lewisham Kent [3] St Johns, Lewisham, Kent [3] Brockley, Lewisham, Kent [2] Lewisham, Catford, Kent [2] Blackheath, Lewisham, Kent [1] Forest Hill, Lewisham, Kent [1] Grove Park, Lee, Lewisham ,Kent [1] LEWISHAM, KENT [1] Ladywell, Lewisham, Kent [1] Lee Green, Lewisham, Kent [1] Lewisham Kent [1] Lewisham Kent England [1] Lewisham London, Kent [1] Lewisham Sydenham,Kent. [1] Lewisham, Blackheath, Kent [1] Lewisham, Forest Hill, Kent [1] Lewisham, Lee, Kent [1] Lewisham, London, Kent [1] Sydenham,Lewisham,Kent. [1]

Rank

Private [23] Driver [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Petty Officer [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Blacksmith [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] A/Sgt. [1] Act. Air Mechanic Class 1, M B (E) [1] Act. Air Mechanic Class 1-E [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic Class 2 [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Band Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Domestic 2nd Cl [1] Fireman/Trimmer [1] Fleet Surgeon [1] L. Sergeant [1] Leading Aircraftsman [1] Leading Boatman [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Mechanician [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Seaman 2nd Class [1] Sergeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Telegraphist [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer 1st Class [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [4] H.M.S. "Formidable." [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] 9th Reserve Battalion attached Royal Air Force [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] H.M.S. "President." [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Boscawen, Portsmouth [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Dolphin [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Natal [1] HMS Porcupine [1] HMS Royal Arthur [1] HMS TURBULENT [1] HMS Tipperary [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Imperial Yeomanry [1] London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [1] Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marines Band - HMS THUNDERER [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Navy Air Service [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [240] Royal Navy [199] British Army [37] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [66] S [51] H [43] P [37] M [36] W [36] C [33] R [32] T [31] G [29] L [25] A [23] D [18] F [17] N [13] J [11] E [10] K [6] O [6] V [5] I [4] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [469] Merchant Navy [55]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Germany [1]

Harold Northfield

Born 1899

Died 1977

Royal Navy F 31352 Act. Air Mechanic Class 1-E Royal Naval Air Service President II (Crystal Palace)

Royal Navy F 31352 Act. Air Mechanic Class 1-E Royal Naval Air Service President II (Thornycrofts)

Royal Navy F 31352 Act. Air Mechanic Class 1-E Royal Naval Air Service President II (Grain)

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Alexander Herbert Tedder

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 59698 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 59698 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Arthur Thomas Browne

Born 1879

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Fireman/Trimmer Mercantile Marine, SS Elswick Park

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James William Barbour

Born 1897

Died 1972

British Army 103000 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Walter Charles Smith

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 3/4046 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Horace Courtney Litchfield

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 13450 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Reynolds

Born 1882

British Army L/5345 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army L/5345 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 5345 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 2nd battalion

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William Leonard Provis

Born 1878

Died 1948

British Army Trooper Imperial Yeomanry 2nd Battalion Sharpshooters

British Army 23160 Trooper Imperial Yeomanry 21st Battalion

Royal Navy Driver Royal Navy Air Service

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Cyril Albert Baker

Born 1897

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 74644

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Sidney Lester Thew

Born 1881

Died 1966

British Army MS/3917 Private Army Service Corps

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George Whiffen

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 5117 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 3/21st Battalion

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Charles Smith

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 29728 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment 37th (Labour) Battalion

British Army 64581 Private Labour Corps 108th Company

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Oliver John Stone

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 4th (Wessex) Bde. att. 2nd Bty. 41st Bde.

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Charles James Shearing

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88208

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Norman Reginlad Graves

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284069

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Alfred John Harris

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217524

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J S Cappiter

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266255

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Ernest Edgar Page

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295231

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Reginald Burnaby Smith

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227442

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Frederick George Morley

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4854

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