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Lewisham, London [514]

Lewisham London [17]

Forest Hill, Lewisham, London [7]

Sydenham, Lewisham, London [7]

Lee, Lewisham, London [5]

Lewisham,London [4]

Catford, Lewisham, London [3]

Lewisham, London, England [3]

Blackheath, Lewisham, London [2]

Brockley, Lewisham, London [2]

Sydenham, Lewisham Borough, London [2]

Deptford, Lewisham, London [1]

Eltham, Lewisham, London [1]

Eltham. Lewisham, London [1]

Forest Hill Lewisham London [1]

Forest Hill, Lewisham, London, England [1]

Ladywell Park, Lewisham, Westminster, London [1]

Lee Green, Lewisham, London [1]

Lewisham London [1]

Lewisham Lee, London [1]

Lewisham London England [1]

Lewisham London, England [1]

Lewisham London, Kent [1]

Lewisham RD, London [1]

Lewisham South London [1]

Lewisham, London South East [1]

Lewisham, London, Kent [1]

Lewisham, London, Middlesex [1]

Lewisham, South East London [1]

Lewisham,Catford,London. [1]

Lewisham,London. [1]

Lewisham. London, SE [1]

London Borough of Lewisham [1]

New Cross, Lewisham, London [1]

St. Paul's Deptford, Lewisham, London [1]

Sydenham, London Borough of Lewisham, Greater London [1]

Sydenham,Lewisham,London. [1]

lewisham,london [1]

Rank

Private [79]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Lieutenant [21]

Captain [14]

Lance Corporal [11]

Driver [9]

Major [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Corporal [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Gunner [4]

Rifleman [4]

Leading Seaman [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

AB (Coder) [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 3 [1]

Aircraftsman I [1]

Armourer Staff Sergeant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Boy II [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chief Baker [1]

Clerk [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Dresser [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [22]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Caroline [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

127th Battery [1]

1st Dragoons [1]

1st Hospital Company Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

36th Jacobs Horse [1]

3rd (King's Own) Hussars [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

Air Raid Victim, London [1]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

Army Service Corps Labour Company [1]

Armée française [1]

Attached Royal Australian Navy [1]

Black Watch [1]

Buffs ( East Kent Regiment) [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [458]

British Army [123]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [65]

H [58]

S [50]

C [47]

W [47]

G [44]

R [35]

M [34]

P [32]

D [27]

F [27]

T [20]

N [19]

J [17]

L [16]

K [15]

A [14]

E [8]

O [5]

Q [4]

U [3]

V [3]

Y [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [584]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [66]

France [3]

India [3]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

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Lewisham, London [514] Lewisham London [17] Forest Hill, Lewisham, London [7] Sydenham, Lewisham, London [7] Lee, Lewisham, London [5] Lewisham,London [4] Catford, Lewisham, London [3] Lewisham, London, England [3] Blackheath, Lewisham, London [2] Brockley, Lewisham, London [2] Sydenham, Lewisham Borough, London [2] Deptford, Lewisham, London [1] Eltham, Lewisham, London [1] Eltham. Lewisham, London [1] Forest Hill Lewisham London [1] Forest Hill, Lewisham, London, England [1] Ladywell Park, Lewisham, Westminster, London [1] Lee Green, Lewisham, London [1] Lewisham London [1] Lewisham Lee, London [1] Lewisham London England [1] Lewisham London, England [1] Lewisham London, Kent [1] Lewisham RD, London [1] Lewisham South London [1] Lewisham, London South East [1] Lewisham, London, Kent [1] Lewisham, London, Middlesex [1] Lewisham, South East London [1] Lewisham,Catford,London. [1] Lewisham,London. [1] Lewisham. London, SE [1] London Borough of Lewisham [1] New Cross, Lewisham, London [1] St. Paul's Deptford, Lewisham, London [1] Sydenham, London Borough of Lewisham, Greater London [1] Sydenham,Lewisham,London. [1] lewisham,london [1]

Rank

Private [79] Second Lieutenant [25] Lieutenant [21] Captain [14] Lance Corporal [11] Driver [9] Major [9] Able Seaman [8] Corporal [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Gunner [4] Rifleman [4] Leading Seaman [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Signal Boy [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] AB (Coder) [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Paymaster Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 3 [1] Aircraftsman I [1] Armourer Staff Sergeant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Boy II [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brigadier General [1] Chief Baker [1] Clerk [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1] Colonel [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Dresser [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Officer [1] Flying Officer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [22] Royal Field Artillery [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [5] Royal Air Force [5] Essex Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Caroline [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Impregnable [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] 127th Battery [1] 1st Dragoons [1] 1st Hospital Company Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 36th Jacobs Horse [1] 3rd (King's Own) Hussars [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] Air Raid Victim, London [1] Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) [1] Army Service Corps Labour Company [1] Armée française [1] Attached Royal Australian Navy [1] Black Watch [1] Buffs ( East Kent Regiment) [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [458] British Army [123] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [65] H [58] S [50] C [47] W [47] G [44] R [35] M [34] P [32] D [27] F [27] T [20] N [19] J [17] L [16] K [15] A [14] E [8] O [5] Q [4] U [3] V [3] Y [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [584] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [66] France [3] India [3] Ireland [1] Malta [1]

Richard Clive Mcbryde Broun

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 893 Private Ceylon Planters Rifles Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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George William Fitz

Born 1885

Died 1945

British Army RX4/262528 Private Army Service Corps

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Ernest Belcher

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 18521 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 1st Batallion

British Army 18521 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Batallion

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Rene Chable

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 15271 Private 1st Dragoons

British Army 32604 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Walter William Curtis

Born 1896

Died 1919

Royal Navy J14483 Leading Seaman H.M.S. "P62"

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Basil Chatbourne Charles Holding

Born 1899

Died 1943

British Army 223840 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Sidney King Wyatt

Born 1895

Died 1921

British Army 103428 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Ellis Robinson

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Dresser Westminster Hospital

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps attd. 1st/6th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Eaton Tiney

Born 1885

Died 1953

British Army A 2711 Staff Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps

British Army A2711 Armourer Staff Sergeant Army Ordnance Corps

British Army A2711 Private Army Ordnance Corps Army Reserve

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Werner Carl Rudolph Aue, O.b.e.

Born 1891

Died 1977

Indian Army Lieutenant

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Herbert Sidney Humberstone

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army L/10058 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Aubrey Nottingham

Born 1896

Died 1980

British Army GS/15227 Private The Dragoons 1st (Royal) Dragoons

British Army D/15279 Private The Dragoons 1st (Royal) Dragoons

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John W Woodnott

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army G/11630 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/11630 Lance Corporal Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 11th Battalion

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George Howard Foord

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Maurice Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

British Army Major Army Service Corps 27th Ammunition Park

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Arthur Hiom

Born 1896

Died 1940

Other Empire Force 853326 Chief Baker Merchant Navy

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Leonard Gann Knight

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army G/24530 Lance Corporal Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 7th

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Thomas Richard Cattell

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army WR/329568 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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John Streets Sturman

Born 1873

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6103

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Stanley Thomas James Howell

Born 1885

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235274 Corporal Royal Air Force Seaplane Base (Cattenaker)

Royal Navy F35274 Aircraftsman I SS Daedulus

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