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Lewisham, London [514]

Lewisham, Kent [436]

Lewisham [103]

Lewisham, Kent, England [57]

Lewisham New South Wales [48]

Lewisham England [39]

Lewisham London [17]

Catford, Lewisham, Kent [7]

Forest Hill, Lewisham [7]

Forest Hill, Lewisham, London [7]

Lewisham, Surrey [7]

Sydenham, Lewisham, London [7]

Lee, Lewisham, Kent [6]

Lee, Lewisham, London [5]

Lewisham,London [4]

Catford, Lewisham, London [3]

Eltham, Lewisham, Kent [3]

Lewisham Kent [3]

Lewisham, London, England [3]

St Johns, Lewisham, Kent [3]

Blackheath, Lewisham, London [2]

Brockley, Lewisham [2]

Brockley, Lewisham, Kent [2]

Brockley, Lewisham, London [2]

Lee, Lewisham [2]

Lewisham, Catford, Kent [2]

Lewisham, England [2]

Lewisham, Middlesex [2]

Sydenham, Lewisham Borough, London [2]

BROCKLEY, LEWISHAM [1]

Blackheath, Lewisham, Kent [1]

Deptford, Lewisham, London [1]

Eltham, Lewisham, London [1]

Eltham. Lewisham, London [1]

Forest Hill Lewisham London [1]

Forest Hill, Lewisham, Kent [1]

Forest Hill, Lewisham, London, England [1]

Grove Park, Lee, Lewisham ,Kent [1]

LEWISHAM, KENT [1]

Ladywell Park, Lewisham, Westminster, London [1]

Ladywell, Lewisham, Kent [1]

Lee Green, Lewisham [1]

Lee Green, Lewisham, Kent [1]

Lee Green, Lewisham, London [1]

Lewisham Kent [1]

Lewisham London [1]

Lewisham District [1]

Lewisham Kent England [1]

Lewisham Lee, London [1]

Lewisham London England [1]

Rank

Private [174]

Second Lieutenant [44]

Lieutenant [39]

Captain [26]

Lance Corporal [23]

Corporal [16]

Driver [14]

Major [14]

Rifleman [13]

Serjeant [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Gunner [10]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Deck Hand [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Signal Boy [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Blacksmith [2]

Colonel [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Fleet Surgeon [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

46630 [1]

77558 [1]

A/Sgt. [1]

AB (Coder) [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

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

Act. Air Mechanic Class 1-E [1]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Colonel Commandant [1]

Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Acting Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [56]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Royal West Kent Regiment [17]

Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Honourable Artillery Company [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

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

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

French Foreign Legion [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Caroline [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Natal [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [2]

Service

Royal Navy [671]

British Army [267]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [251]

Australian Imperial Force [90]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Other Empire Force [9]

Indian Army [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [158]

H [124]

S [124]

W [99]

C [98]

G [92]

M [86]

R [79]

P [75]

D [60]

F [54]

T [54]

L [47]

A [43]

N [34]

J [31]

E [25]

K [24]

O [12]

V [9]

I [5]

Y [5]

Q [4]

U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1266]

Merchant Navy [57]

Country

United Kingdom [132]

France [4]

Canada [3]

India [3]

Belgium [2]

Egypt [1]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

Turkey [1]

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Lewisham, London [514] Lewisham, Kent [436] Lewisham [103] Lewisham, Kent, England [57] Lewisham New South Wales [48] Lewisham England [39] Lewisham London [17] Catford, Lewisham, Kent [7] Forest Hill, Lewisham [7] Forest Hill, Lewisham, London [7] Lewisham, Surrey [7] Sydenham, Lewisham, London [7] Lee, Lewisham, Kent [6] Lee, Lewisham, London [5] Lewisham,London [4] Catford, Lewisham, London [3] Eltham, Lewisham, Kent [3] Lewisham Kent [3] Lewisham, London, England [3] St Johns, Lewisham, Kent [3] Blackheath, Lewisham, London [2] Brockley, Lewisham [2] Brockley, Lewisham, Kent [2] Brockley, Lewisham, London [2] Lee, Lewisham [2] Lewisham, Catford, Kent [2] Lewisham, England [2] Lewisham, Middlesex [2] Sydenham, Lewisham Borough, London [2] BROCKLEY, LEWISHAM [1] Blackheath, Lewisham, Kent [1] Deptford, Lewisham, London [1] Eltham, Lewisham, London [1] Eltham. Lewisham, London [1] Forest Hill Lewisham London [1] Forest Hill, Lewisham, Kent [1] Forest Hill, Lewisham, London, England [1] Grove Park, Lee, Lewisham ,Kent [1] LEWISHAM, KENT [1] Ladywell Park, Lewisham, Westminster, London [1] Ladywell, Lewisham, Kent [1] Lee Green, Lewisham [1] Lee Green, Lewisham, Kent [1] Lee Green, Lewisham, London [1] Lewisham Kent [1] Lewisham London [1] Lewisham District [1] Lewisham Kent England [1] Lewisham Lee, London [1] Lewisham London England [1]

Rank

Private [174] Second Lieutenant [44] Lieutenant [39] Captain [26] Lance Corporal [23] Corporal [16] Driver [14] Major [14] Rifleman [13] Serjeant [11] Able Seaman [10] Gunner [10] Boy 1st Class [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Stoker 1st Class [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Petty Officer [4] Deck Hand [3] Leading Seaman [3] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Signal Boy [3] Temporary Captain [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Blacksmith [2] Colonel [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Fleet Surgeon [2] Leading Stoker [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] 46630 [1] 77558 [1] A/Sgt. [1] AB (Coder) [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Act. Air Mechanic Class 1, M B (E) [1] Act. Air Mechanic Class 1-E [1] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Colonel Commandant [1] Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Acting Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [56] Royal Field Artillery [20] Royal West Kent Regiment [17] Army Service Corps [15] Royal Fusiliers [11] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [9] Royal Air Force [9] Royal Engineers [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Essex Regiment [7] Royal Naval Reserve [7] East Kent Regiment [6] Honourable Artillery Company [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Labour Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] H.M.S. "Formidable." [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] French Foreign Legion [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Caroline [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS LION [2] HMS Natal [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] Hussars [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [2]

Service

Royal Navy [671] British Army [267] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [251] Australian Imperial Force [90] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Other Empire Force [9] Indian Army [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [158] H [124] S [124] W [99] C [98] G [92] M [86] R [79] P [75] D [60] F [54] T [54] L [47] A [43] N [34] J [31] E [25] K [24] O [12] V [9] I [5] Y [5] Q [4] U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1266] Merchant Navy [57]

Country

United Kingdom [132] France [4] Canada [3] India [3] Belgium [2] Egypt [1] Germany [1] Ireland [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] Turkey [1]

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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Albert William Reginald Knibbs

Born 1895

Died 1980

British Army 203355 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 293192 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1/7th Battalion

British Army 2983 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 2/4th Battalion

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Albert Victor Goldsmith

Born 1899

British Army 26821 Private East Surrey Regiment 12th Battalion

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Joseph William Webb

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army 67692 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd/1st Field Ambulance

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Horace Courtney Litchfield

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 13450 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Illtyd Prichard

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 3888 Private London Regiment 1/15

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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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Leonard Deacon Bentley

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS123809

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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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Arthur Donald Gristwood

Born 1893

Died 1933

British Army 302064 Private London Regiment 10th lond Battalion

British Army 302064 Private London Regiment 1/5th Battalion London Rifle Brigade

British Army 3280 Private London Regiment 3/5th Battalion London Rifle Brigade

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Cyril John Ford

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2001 Lance Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Robert Heath

Died 1918

British Army G-39259 Private Middlesex Regiment 25th Battalion

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Charles Frederick Broad

Died 1917

British Army 3147 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 631139 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 3147 Lance Corporal London Regiment 20th (County of London) Battalion

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Charles Russell Hastings Ffolliott

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 318 Private Rhodesia Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Albert Thomas Paul

Born 1889

British Army 10035 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 10035 Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 10035 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Courteney Bender

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

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Edgar Robert Sindall

Born 1897

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Coastal Motor Boat No. 7

Royal Navy 1384 TSL Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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Farrant Freeman Aldridge

Born 1881

Died 1963

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Staff Paymaster Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Paymaster Commander Royal Naval Reserve

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William Balcombe

Born 1882

British Army GS/9198 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/9198 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army G/9198 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 11th Battalion

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