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Marylebone, London, Middlesex [487]

Marylebone, Middlesex [104]

St Marylebone, London, Middlesex [21]

St Marylebone, Middlesex [15]

Marylebone Middlesex [5]

Marylebone,Middlesex [5]

Marylebone, Middlesex, England [3]

Saint Marylebone, Middlesex [3]

2 Omega Terrace, Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1]

Marylebone Middlesex [1]

Marylebone, Christ Church, County Of Middlesex [1]

Marylebone, Middlesex, London [1]

Marylebone, St. Mary, Middlesex [1]

St Marylebone, Middlesex, England [1]

Rank

Private [42]

Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Adjutant [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Airman 3rd Class [1]

Boy Mechanic [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Fligh Sergeant [1]

Lance-Sergeant [1]

Leading Seaman (Petty Officer Coastguard) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Private 2 [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant Instructor [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

General List [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General Staff War Officer [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS HERCULES [1]

HMS Kempenfelt [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Household Battalion [1]

King's Royal Rifle Company [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment - Duke of Cambridge's Own [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

Ministry of Munitions [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers Reserve of Officers [1]

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [536]

British Army [61]

Royal Navy [51]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [70]

H [66]

C [64]

S [59]

W [53]

G [41]

P [40]

M [37]

F [32]

R [31]

D [27]

T [27]

A [23]

L [22]

K [15]

N [11]

O [10]

J [7]

E [5]

Y [4]

V [3]

I [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [636]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [487] Marylebone, Middlesex [104] St Marylebone, London, Middlesex [21] St Marylebone, Middlesex [15] Marylebone Middlesex [5] Marylebone,Middlesex [5] Marylebone, Middlesex, England [3] Saint Marylebone, Middlesex [3] 2 Omega Terrace, Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1] Marylebone Middlesex [1] Marylebone, Christ Church, County Of Middlesex [1] Marylebone, Middlesex, London [1] Marylebone, St. Mary, Middlesex [1] St Marylebone, Middlesex, England [1]

Rank

Private [42] Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Lieutenant [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Gunner [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Adjutant [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Airman 3rd Class [1] Boy Mechanic [1] Captain [1] Chief Mechanic [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Fligh Sergeant [1] Lance-Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman (Petty Officer Coastguard) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Munitions Worker [1] Private 2 [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant Instructor [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] London Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Army Service Corps [2] East Kent Regiment [2] General List [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] General Staff War Officer [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS HERCULES [1] HMS Kempenfelt [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Household Battalion [1] King's Royal Rifle Company [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment - Duke of Cambridge's Own [1] Military Mounted Police [1] Ministry of Munitions [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers Reserve of Officers [1] Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [536] British Army [61] Royal Navy [51] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [70] H [66] C [64] S [59] W [53] G [41] P [40] M [37] F [32] R [31] D [27] T [27] A [23] L [22] K [15] N [11] O [10] J [7] E [5] Y [4] V [3] I [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [636] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [25] India [1]

William Thomas Woodsell

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 34074 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 33670 Royal Scots

British Army 34074 Private Highland Light Infantry 17th (Service) Battalion (3rd Glasgow).

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Arthur Sydney Reynolds

Born 1873

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192408 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

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William Thomas Flanagan

Born 1855

Died 1918

British Army Sergeant Instructor Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army 5947 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 5th (Reserve) Battalion

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Albert Beresford

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 10189 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Service Battalion

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Archibald Charles Newland

Born 1880

Died 1967

British Army 20420 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Charles Eric Windus

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1663 Private London Regiment 28th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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William Warington Jeal

Born 1868

British Army P503 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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S Charlotte A Herridge

Born 1860

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions

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Charles Daniel Clow

Born 1864

Died 1927

British Army 2528 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 532871 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 77517 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Colin Charles Mills

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2896 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 2896 Corporal London Regiment 1/15

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Albert Thomas Coleman

Born 1869

Died 1926

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1723 Air Mechanic 2nd Class 33 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1723 Sergeant 33 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1723 Fligh Sergeant 33 Squadron

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James Carter

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 6648 Private Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 6648 Lance Corporal Border Regiment

British Army 6648 Lance Corporal Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Lionel Norman Garstin

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 8062 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 513923 Private London Regiment 14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish)

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Alfred Coe

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 11264 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 580900 Private Labour Corps

British Army 580900 Private Essex Regiment

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Frank Traynor

Died 1915

British Army L/10782 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Alfred Alford

Born 1884

Died 1950

British Army 19569 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 16th Field Ambulance

British Army 200108 Corporal 2nd Royal Army Medical Corps 16th Field Ambulance

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Edward Rowland Cooke

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9812

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David O'brien

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162951

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William Henry Pedder

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 5107 Warrant Officer Class 2 Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 5107 Company Serjeant Major Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 5107 Lance-Sergeant Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Horace Richardson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6807

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