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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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Place of birth

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]

Gertrude Cliff

Born 1888

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Alice Margaret Lindsay

Born 1893

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Gladys Elizabeth Mona Kidby

Born 1897

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Annie Morrell

Born 1899

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Dorothy Iris Mear

Born 1898

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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George Phillips

Born 1891

Royal Navy K11802 Stoker 1st Class HMS CONQUEROR

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William Henry Hurdell

Born 1893

Royal Navy J7628 Able Seaman HMS Vanguard

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Christopher John Monk

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS112968 Stoker 1st Class HMS INDOMITABLE

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Walter Albert Brooks

Born 1893

Royal Navy J8524 Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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Leonard Henry Rogers

Born 1893

Royal Navy M5115 Cook's Mate HMS NEPTUNE

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William Gordon Routley

Born 1897

Royal Navy SS5644 Ordinary Seaman HMS Erin

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Samuel Maurice

Born 1888

Royal Navy J57272 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy DA 13089 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Robert Winch

Born 1894

Royal Navy J12768 Able Seaman HMS IRON DUKE

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Harold William Allen

Born 1888

Royal Navy J54087

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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Charles Edgar Parker

Born 1896

Royal Navy J17991 Signalman HMS Vanguard

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Sidney William Aldridge

Born 1899

Royal Navy J39678 Boy 1st Class HMS BARHAM

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Lewis Anselmo Da Costa Ricci

Born 1886

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster HMS IRON DUKE

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Percy Clapinson

Born 1892

Royal Navy J2982 Able Seaman HMS Nestor

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Alfred Joseph Harris

Born 1889

Royal Navy K4820 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K4820 Stoker 1st Class HMS Mars

Royal Navy K4820 Leading Stoker HMS Ajax

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Albert Arnum

Born 1897

Royal Navy J28885 Able Seaman HMS BENBOW

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