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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]

Hugh Gregory Fitton

Born 1863

Died 1916

British Army Brigadier General Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

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John Sidney Alldred

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 1864 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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E A Gall

Born 1881

Died 1949

British Army 6101 Driver Royal Field Artillery 33rd Brigade

British Army 6101 Driver Royal Field Artillery 1 Depot Batty Woolwich

British Army 6101 driver RFA 180 Btty

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Nathaniel Pearce Hodgson

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army L/10215 Private Middlesex Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army L/10215 Private Middlesex Regiment 3rd battalion

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George Henry May

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 97091 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 278th Siege Battery

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Claude Harold Sansom

Born 1890

Died 1977

British Army 9725 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Herbert Victor Algernon Ellis

Born 1880

Died 1952

British Army 151173 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/287131 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Arthur De Gruchy Higgs

Born 1880

Died 1952

Royal Navy 7957 Private Royal Marine Artillery

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Gerald Barford Hornby

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire) Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

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Albert Victor H Stokes

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 14129 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery Headquarters Eastney

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Percy John Walton

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 9521 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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George Henry Humberstone

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army R/31923 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 17th (Service) Battalion

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Geoffrey Vincent Knight

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1819 Corporal London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

British Army 1819 Corporal London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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William Thomas Messenger

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 4203 Private London Regiment

British Army 531695 Private London Regiment

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William Maynard

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy 211470 Able Seaman HM Submarine "L.10"

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Peter Henry Martin, Bm, Bch, Mrcp

Born 1896

Died 1963

Royal Navy PI 38068 Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service C Palace-HMS Cleopatra-Eastbourne-Vendome-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 38068 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell- Vendome (Assistant Instructor)

Royal Navy PI 38068 Flight Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Vendome

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Richard Weaver

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 2124 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Albert Edward Dawkes

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1358 Lance Corporal 1st Battalion

British Army 1358 Private London Regiment 1/9th lond Battalion

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George Adderley Herbert Farmer

Born 1889

Died 1933

British Army 12420 Private Honourable Artillery Company Infantry

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William Stanley

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 6193 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/41175 Private Middlesex Regiment

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