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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]

Ernest Arthur Gibbins

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army G/11077 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest C Main

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 15520 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army GS/60987 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Reginald Oscar Schwarz

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Major King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Dennis Harrington

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army G/6798 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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William Dudley Bezer

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 2425 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/9th Battalion (County of London)

British Army 390433 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army 2425 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Ernest William Haynes

Born 1886

Died 1974

British Army 51657 Corporal Royal Horse Artillery

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Latimer Ridley Dubois

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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George Curnick

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 8835 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8835 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Charles Graysmark

Born 1881

Died 1926

British Army 32313 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Walter Urquhart Ross

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 2397 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Temporary Captain Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Captain Royal West Kent Regiment

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Cyril Albert Baker

Born 1897

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 74644

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Herbert Laurence Kings

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army H/10615 Corporal 3rd (King's Own) Hussars No. 5 Cavalry Depot

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Albert Henry Darrington

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 19380 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Sidney Lester Thew

Born 1881

Died 1966

British Army MS/3917 Private Army Service Corps

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Fred Harold Glass

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army L/22718 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/22718 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/22718 Gunner Royal Field Artillery D Battery 23rd Brigade

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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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Wilfred Algernon Burfield

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy M18517 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Vivid

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Ernest Bristow Farrar

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 26434 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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Albert Victor How

Born 1894

Died 1981

British Army 79190 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Bernard Rouse

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 2354 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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