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Mortlake Victoria [133]

Mortlake, Surrey [115]

Mortlake, London [28]

Mortlake New South Wales [26]

Mortlake, Surrey, England [8]

Mortlake [5]

Mortlake England [5]

Mortlake, Middlesex [2]

Mortlake, Banffshire [1]

Mortlake, Barnes, Surrey [1]

Mortlake, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [1]

Mortlake, London, [1]

Mortlake, Richmond (Surrey) [1]

Mortlake, Victoria [1]

Mortlake-On-Thames England [1]

Rank

Private [21]

Lance Corporal [6]

Rifleman [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Cadet [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Sister [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Cadet (Flying) [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeingsmith [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Unit

East Surrey Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

HMS Agincourt [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance [1]

Australian Army Nursing Service [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. Bayano [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Bayano [1]

HMS Gloucester [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS HAMPSHIRE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Warwick [1]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

London Regiment-Territorial [1]

No 4 Sea Transport Section [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

RNVR London - HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [166]

Royal Navy [93]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

British Army [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [36]

M [34]

H [31]

C [23]

W [23]

P [22]

S [22]

D [19]

G [17]

T [16]

R [14]

F [13]

J [12]

E [11]

K [10]

L [10]

A [2]

I [2]

N [2]

O [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

Z [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [317]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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People [329] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Mortlake Victoria [133] Mortlake, Surrey [115] Mortlake, London [28] Mortlake New South Wales [26] Mortlake, Surrey, England [8] Mortlake [5] Mortlake England [5] Mortlake, Middlesex [2] Mortlake, Banffshire [1] Mortlake, Barnes, Surrey [1] Mortlake, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [1] Mortlake, London, [1] Mortlake, Richmond (Surrey) [1] Mortlake, Victoria [1] Mortlake-On-Thames England [1]

Rank

Private [21] Lance Corporal [6] Rifleman [4] Able Seaman [3] Cadet [2] Leading Seaman [2] Serjeant [2] Sister [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Cadet (Flying) [1] Captain [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Rear Admiral [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeingsmith [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1] Staff Nurse [1]

Unit

East Surrey Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Labour Corps [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] HMS Agincourt [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance [1] Australian Army Nursing Service [1] Australian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. Bayano [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Bayano [1] HMS Gloucester [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS HAMPSHIRE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Warwick [1] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] London Regiment-Territorial [1] No 4 Sea Transport Section [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] RNVR London - HMS BELLEROPHON [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [166] Royal Navy [93] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] British Army [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [36] M [34] H [31] C [23] W [23] P [22] S [22] D [19] G [17] T [16] R [14] F [13] J [12] E [11] K [10] L [10] A [2] I [2] N [2] O [2] V [2] Y [2] Z [2] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [317] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1]

Jesse Kisby

Born 1898

Died 1979

British Army 295030 Private London Regiment

British Army 348084 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion ( Rifles)

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Colin George Clingan

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2163

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Frederick Arthur Young

Died 1916

British Army 5995 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 27457 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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George William Keene Harwood

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221611

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Daniel Peter Willis

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226848

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Edwin William Curtis

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236958

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Frank James Forey

Born 1892

Royal Navy F5556

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205556

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John William Beck

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212744

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Edwin Charles Bennett

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281032

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Charles William Grint

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45393

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Henry Thomas Squire

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292285

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George Edward Baughan Redway

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214040

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Alfred George Mann

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220314

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Frederick William Bramble

Died 1918

British Army 134748 Acting Staff Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 5144 Serjeant London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) 5th Battalion

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Geoffrey Gream Ommanney

Born 1878

Died 1955

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Elsie May Brookman

Born 1887

Died 1955

Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse Australian Army Nursing Service

Australian Imperial Force Sister Australian Army Nursing Service

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George Wynn Durrant

Born 1884

Died 1916

Royal Navy 205599 Petty Officer Telegraphist HMS HAMPSHIRE

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Charles Finnis

Died 1916

British Army 18484 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Edward William Jones

Born 1892

Died 1978

British Army 11455 Private Wiltshire Regiment 6th (s) Battalion

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Frank James Forey

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205556

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