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Paddington, London [1618]

Paddington, London, Middlesex [427]

Paddington, West London [24]

Paddington London [14]

London Paddington [5]

Paddington,London. [5]

Paddington,London [4]

Saint Marys Paddington, London [3]

London, Paddington, Middlesex [2]

Paddington London [2]

Paddington Green, London [2]

Paddington London, Middlesex [2]

Paddington, London N W, Middlesex [2]

Paddington, London. [2]

16 Spring Street, Paddington, London [1]

Holy Trinity, Paddington, London [1]

Kensal Rise, Paddington, London [1]

North Paddington, London [1]

North West Paddington, London [1]

Paddington , London [1]

Paddington Kensington London [1]

Paddington Reg. Dist. London [1]

Paddington, London West [1]

Paddington, London, Middlesex, England [1]

Paddington, Marylebone, London [1]

Paddington,Kensington,London. [1]

Paddington,St.Pancras,London. [1]

Paddington. London [1]

Queen's Park Estate, Paddington, W London [1]

Queens Park, Paddington, London England [1]

Saint John Paddington, London [1]

Saint Mary Paddington, London [1]

Saint Mary's Paddington, London [1]

Saint Mary, Paddington, London [1]

St John's Wood, Paddington, London [1]

St John's, Paddington, West London [1]

St Mary Paddington, London N W, Middlesex [1]

St Marys, Paddington. London [1]

Walterton Road, Paddington, London [1]

Westbourne Park, Paddington, London [1]

paddington London [1]

Rank

Private [136]

Lieutenant [49]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Rifleman [39]

Captain [29]

Able Seaman [22]

Lance Corporal [18]

Serjeant [17]

Corporal [14]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Sapper [9]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Gunner [8]

Leading Seaman [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Deck Hand [6]

Major [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Driver [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Acting Major [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Musician [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Flight Lieutenant [3]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Leading Mechanic [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Colonel [2]

Commander [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Midshipman [2]

Petty Officer Mechanic [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Probationary Flight Officer [2]

Rear-Admiral [2]

Sergeant [2]

Squadron Leader [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Officer [1]

2nd Writer [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Unit

London Regiment [71]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Royal Air Force [14]

Royal Engineers [13]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [12]

Royal Naval Air Service [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

HMS Agincourt [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HM Submarine "L.10" [2]

HMS Chester [2]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1429]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [444]

British Army [275]

Other Empire Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

British Indian Army [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [233]

H [206]

S [198]

W [173]

C [155]

M [155]

P [135]

R [115]

D [94]

F [92]

L [89]

G [84]

T [78]

A [77]

E [54]

K [48]

J [44]

N [42]

V [25]

O [19]

U [8]

I [5]

Q [5]

Y [5]

Contribution

Military Service [2116]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [156]

India [3]

Germany [2]

Malaysia [1]

Malta [1]

Switzerland [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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Paddington, London [1618] Paddington, London, Middlesex [427] Paddington, West London [24] Paddington London [14] London Paddington [5] Paddington,London. [5] Paddington,London [4] Saint Marys Paddington, London [3] London, Paddington, Middlesex [2] Paddington London [2] Paddington Green, London [2] Paddington London, Middlesex [2] Paddington, London N W, Middlesex [2] Paddington, London. [2] 16 Spring Street, Paddington, London [1] Holy Trinity, Paddington, London [1] Kensal Rise, Paddington, London [1] North Paddington, London [1] North West Paddington, London [1] Paddington , London [1] Paddington Kensington London [1] Paddington Reg. Dist. London [1] Paddington, London West [1] Paddington, London, Middlesex, England [1] Paddington, Marylebone, London [1] Paddington,Kensington,London. [1] Paddington,St.Pancras,London. [1] Paddington. London [1] Queen's Park Estate, Paddington, W London [1] Queens Park, Paddington, London England [1] Saint John Paddington, London [1] Saint Mary Paddington, London [1] Saint Mary's Paddington, London [1] Saint Mary, Paddington, London [1] St John's Wood, Paddington, London [1] St John's, Paddington, West London [1] St Mary Paddington, London N W, Middlesex [1] St Marys, Paddington. London [1] Walterton Road, Paddington, London [1] Westbourne Park, Paddington, London [1] paddington London [1]

Rank

Private [136] Lieutenant [49] Second Lieutenant [46] Rifleman [39] Captain [29] Able Seaman [22] Lance Corporal [18] Serjeant [17] Corporal [14] Stoker 1st Class [12] Sapper [9] Boy 1st Class [8] Gunner [8] Leading Seaman [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Deck Hand [6] Major [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Driver [5] Temporary Captain [5] Acting Major [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Musician [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Flight Lieutenant [3] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [3] Leading Mechanic [3] Leading Stoker [3] Petty Officer [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Brigadier General [2] Colonel [2] Commander [2] Cook's Mate [2] Midshipman [2] Petty Officer Mechanic [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Probationary Flight Officer [2] Rear-Admiral [2] Sergeant [2] Squadron Leader [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Officer [1] 2nd Writer [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Unit

London Regiment [71] Middlesex Regiment [15] Royal Air Force [14] Royal Engineers [13] Royal Field Artillery [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [12] Royal Naval Air Service [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Naval Reserve [7] South Wales Borderers [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [5] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Cambridgeshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] HMS Agincourt [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] HMS Vanguard [3] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] British Red Cross Society [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] French Red Cross [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HM Submarine "L.10" [2] HMS Chester [2] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [2] HMS Fearless [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1429] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [444] British Army [275] Other Empire Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [1] British Indian Army [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [233] H [206] S [198] W [173] C [155] M [155] P [135] R [115] D [94] F [92] L [89] G [84] T [78] A [77] E [54] K [48] J [44] N [42] V [25] O [19] U [8] I [5] Q [5] Y [5]

Contribution

Military Service [2116] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [156] India [3] Germany [2] Malaysia [1] Malta [1] Switzerland [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

Charles Fennelly Van Der Byl

Born 1874

Died 1956

British Army Second Lieutenant 16th Lancers

British Army Captain 16th Lancers

British Army Temporary Major Army Cyclist Corps

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William Samuels

Born 1874

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284833 Private 2nd Class No.3 Fighting School

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George Sainton Kaye Butterworth

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 13th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 13th Battalion

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Edgar Arthur James Humberston

Born 1892

Died 1961

British Army S/7945 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 11th (Service) Battalion

British Army S/7945 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 5th (Reserve) Battalion

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Walter James Heath

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army 36166 Serjeant Grenadier Guards 2 Battalion

British Army 1209 Private Middlesex Regiment 10 Battalion

British Army 613159 Serjeant London Regiment 19th Battalion

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Frederick Thomas Henley

Born 1892

Died 1976

British Army 47585 Sapper Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army 47585 Corporal Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Arthur Stephen Ryan

Born 1888

Died 1947

Royal Navy 228470 Able Seaman HMS INFLEXIBLE

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Ernest Lionel Carter

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army STR/925 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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Gordon Frank Hyams

Born 1898

Died 1996

Royal Navy PI 38878 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Chingford-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 38878 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Calshot-Westgate-Killingholme

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 38878 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Killingholme-64 Wing

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John Humphrey Stillman

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 265788 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 44682 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 12th Battalion

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Ernest Edward Roper

Born 1896

Died 1982

British Army 6400, 318257 Private London Regiment

British Army 6400 Private London Regiment 12 Battalion

British Army 318257 Rifleman London Rifle Brigade 5th Battalion City of London Battalion

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Frederick William Sexton

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army SD/5132 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army SD/5132 Private Royal Sussex Reg't 12th Batt

British Army Royal Sussex Reg't

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Albert Newland Nottingham

Born 1894

Died 1925

Royal Navy M5392 Senior Sick Berth Attendant HMS Victory II [a shore base at Crystal Palace London]

Royal Navy M5392 Sick Berth Attendant HMS Leviathan [a Drake-class armoured cruiser]

Royal Navy M5392 Sick Berth Attendant Dover Patrol depot vessel HMS Attentive

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Samuel Hart William Gibson

Born 1891

Died 1945

Other Empire Force 2nd Officer Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force 2nd Officer Mercantile Marine: SS Devanha

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Frank Alexander De Pass

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse

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James Douglas Herbert Farmer

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 9th Battery

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Bertram Harvey

Born 1896

Died 1986

British Army 203915 Private East Surrey Regiment 3rd bn.the east Battalion

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William Henry Oborn

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army G/24232 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 24232 formally 21471 Private Queens Own Royal West Kent reg.

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Henry Stuart Waghorn

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 79628 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Motors) Armoured Car Battery attd. Dunster Force

British Army 79628 Sergeant Machine Gun Corps

Royal Navy Petty Officer Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Division

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Thomas Penry Faulkner

Born 1893

Died 1966

British Army 48346 Driver Royal Field Artillery 94th Brigade

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