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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]

Lancelot Cayley Shadwell

Born 1882

Died 1963

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Service Corps

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Harold Ernest Dewar

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers Public School Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Walter Mepham

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 12685 Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

British Army B/23792 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion

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Charles George Thomas Priest

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 20467 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 267445 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 1st/1st (Bucks) Battalion

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Thomas William Rouse

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 375567 Private London Regiment

British Army 375567 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Edward Albert Smart

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy F3879 Air Mechanic I C Royal Naval Air Service - President II (Eastbourne)

Royal Navy F3879 Leading Mechanic C Royal Naval Air Service - Vendome

Royal Navy F3879 Air Mechanic I C Royal Naval Air Service - Vendome

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James West

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 9952 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9952 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9952 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Henry John Burns

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1892 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 1892 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1892 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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James Mileham

Born 1868

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185055 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force Cadet Wing, Denham, Bucks

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Christopher Henry Hoskyns Abrahall

Born 1871

Died 1915

Royal Navy Major

Royal Navy Major Royal Marine Light Infantry Portsmouth Battalion RN Division

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Cyril Joseph Toller

Born 1893

Died 1958

Royal Navy M33292

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Herbert Seymour Benjamin

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 2221 Captain Worcestershire Regiment 8th worcest Battalion

British Army Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

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Richard Henry Hunt

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9725 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9725 Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9725 Private South Wales Borderers

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Charles Reddaway Bennett

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 38027 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Allan Andrew Hosking

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 16928 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Stanley George Strike

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1455 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Lewis Wolfe

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Paddington Rifles

British Army 1354 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Alfred Francis Winslow

Born 1894

Died 1958

British Army 23742 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Leicester Oldham

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3543 Private London Regiment 1/16 Battalion

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John Sebag Montefiore

Born 1892

Died 1972

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 49th Brigade

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