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New Cross, London [316]

New Cross, London, Middlesex [9]

New Cross, Greenwich, London [5]

New Cross, South East London [2]

New Cross (Hatcham), London [1]

New Cross , London [1]

New Cross Greenwich London [1]

New Cross London [1]

New Cross London, Kent [1]

New Cross, Greenwich, Deptford, London [1]

New Cross, Kent, London [1]

New Cross, Lewisham, London [1]

New Cross, London(?) [1]

New Cross, Peckham, London [1]

New Cross, South east London [1]

New Cross. London [1]

new cross,london [1]

Rank

Private [29]

Lance Corporal [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Gunner [4]

Rifleman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Pensioner [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Serjeant [2]

1st Class Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd A/M [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1 Grade [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Captain's Steward [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Gunner (T) [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant (Retd) [1]

Mech II [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Probationary Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Sapper [1]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [10]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Royal Hospital Chelsea [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

'B' Bty, 60th Brigade RFA [1]

13th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

Administrative and Special Duties Branch [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

General Branch [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

H.M.S. "Natal." [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Caesar [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Inflexible [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Pembroke III [1]

HMS President II (Dover) [1]

HMS Simoom [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Hussars [1]

Inns of Court [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [289]

British Army [46]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [43]

H [32]

C [30]

W [27]

M [26]

S [24]

P [20]

R [18]

F [16]

G [16]

A [15]

D [14]

T [14]

E [11]

L [11]

J [9]

N [7]

K [6]

V [3]

O [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [339]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

Turkey [1]

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People [345] Stories Communities

Place of birth

New Cross, London [316] New Cross, London, Middlesex [9] New Cross, Greenwich, London [5] New Cross, South East London [2] New Cross (Hatcham), London [1] New Cross , London [1] New Cross Greenwich London [1] New Cross London [1] New Cross London, Kent [1] New Cross, Greenwich, Deptford, London [1] New Cross, Kent, London [1] New Cross, Lewisham, London [1] New Cross, London(?) [1] New Cross, Peckham, London [1] New Cross, South east London [1] New Cross. London [1] new cross,london [1]

Rank

Private [29] Lance Corporal [6] Able Seaman [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Gunner [4] Rifleman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Pensioner [2] Petty Officer [2] Serjeant [2] 1st Class Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd A/M [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1 Grade [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Captain's Steward [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Lieutenant (temp.) [1] Flying Officer [1] Gunner (T) [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant (Retd) [1] Mech II [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Pioneer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Probationary Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Sapper [1] Ship's Steward's Assistant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [10] Hampshire Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS Vivid [2] London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Royal Hospital Chelsea [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 'B' Bty, 60th Brigade RFA [1] 13th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] Administrative and Special Duties Branch [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] General Branch [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] H.M.S. "Natal." [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Caesar [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Inflexible [1] HMS LION [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Pembroke III [1] HMS President II (Dover) [1] HMS Simoom [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Hussars [1] Inns of Court [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [289] British Army [46] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [43] H [32] C [30] W [27] M [26] S [24] P [20] R [18] F [16] G [16] A [15] D [14] T [14] E [11] L [11] J [9] N [7] K [6] V [3] O [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [339] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [36] Turkey [1]

Daisy Violet Rosetta Hilditch

Born 1893

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Leonard Albert Westlake

Born 1897

Royal Navy SS117357 Stoker 2nd Class HMS INDOMITABLE

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Arthur Albert Taylor

Born 1893

Royal Navy K13651 Stoker 1st Class HMS LION

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Joseph Edwin Soper

Born 1888

Royal Navy SS3226 Able Seaman HMS INFLEXIBLE

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Walter English

Born 1897

British Army G/9209 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 10th Battalion

British Army G9209 The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) att 23rd Battalion Training Reserve

British Army G/85655 Acting Lance Serjeant The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 53rd (YS) Training Battalion

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Daisy Violet Rosetta Hilditch

Leonard Albert Westlake

Arthur Albert Taylor

Joseph Edwin Soper

Walter English