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Paddington, London [1618]

Paddington New South Wales [434]

Paddington, London, Middlesex [427]

Paddington, Middlesex [112]

Paddington [70]

Paddington, West London [24]

Paddington Queensland [23]

Paddington England [18]

Paddington London [14]

Paddington, New South Wales [10]

Paddington, Middlesex, England [8]

London Paddington [5]

Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales [5]

Paddington,London. [5]

Paddington,London [4]

Saint Marys Paddington, London [3]

London, Paddington, Middlesex [2]

PADDINGTON [2]

Paddington London [2]

Paddington Green, London [2]

Paddington London, Middlesex [2]

Paddington Middlesex [2]

Paddington South Australia [2]

Paddington Victoria [2]

Paddington Western Australia [2]

Paddington, Kilburn, Middlesex [2]

Paddington, London N W, Middlesex [2]

Paddington, London. [2]

Paddington, Middx [2]

16 Spring Street, Paddington, London [1]

196 Portnall Rd, Paddington, [1]

Bayswater, Paddington, Middlesex [1]

Holy Trinity, Paddington, London [1]

Kensal Rise, Paddington, London [1]

North Paddington, London [1]

North West Paddington, London [1]

PADDINGTON, MIDDX. [1]

Paddington , London [1]

Paddington England POE Prahran Victoria [1]

Paddington Kensington London [1]

Paddington Midlesex [1]

Paddington Reg. Dist. London [1]

Paddington Reg.Dist. [1]

Paddington, [1]

Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland [1]

Paddington, Dorset [1]

Paddington, London West [1]

Paddington, London, Middlesex, England [1]

Paddington, Marylebone, London [1]

Paddington, Middx. [1]

Rank

Private [211]

Lieutenant [60]

Second Lieutenant [56]

Rifleman [51]

Captain [38]

Lance Corporal [28]

Able Seaman [22]

Serjeant [22]

Corporal [19]

Sapper [17]

Gunner [13]

Major [12]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Leading Seaman [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Driver [7]

Deck Hand [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Musician [5]

Acting Major [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Brigadier General [3]

Commander [3]

Flight Lieutenant [3]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Leading Mechanic [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Midshipman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Sergeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Chaplain [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Petty Officer Mechanic [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Probationary Flight Officer [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Unit

London Regiment [103]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Royal Engineers [22]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

Royal Air Force [16]

Army Service Corps [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Royal Naval Air Service [10]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [7]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Australian Infantry [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

HMS Agincourt [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1467]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [506]

Australian Imperial Force [492]

British Army [391]

Other Empire Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [3]

British Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [284]

S [254]

W [238]

H [237]

C [221]

M [195]

P [169]

D [162]

R [159]

F [139]

G [137]

L [121]

T [103]

A [91]

E [72]

K [66]

J [65]

N [49]

O [31]

V [30]

U [10]

I [9]

Y [8]

Q [7]

Contribution

Military Service [2812]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [208]

Australia [3]

India [3]

Germany [2]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Malaysia [1]

Malta [1]

Switzerland [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Paddington, London [1618] Paddington New South Wales [434] Paddington, London, Middlesex [427] Paddington, Middlesex [112] Paddington [70] Paddington, West London [24] Paddington Queensland [23] Paddington England [18] Paddington London [14] Paddington, New South Wales [10] Paddington, Middlesex, England [8] London Paddington [5] Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales [5] Paddington,London. [5] Paddington,London [4] Saint Marys Paddington, London [3] London, Paddington, Middlesex [2] PADDINGTON [2] Paddington London [2] Paddington Green, London [2] Paddington London, Middlesex [2] Paddington Middlesex [2] Paddington South Australia [2] Paddington Victoria [2] Paddington Western Australia [2] Paddington, Kilburn, Middlesex [2] Paddington, London N W, Middlesex [2] Paddington, London. [2] Paddington, Middx [2] 16 Spring Street, Paddington, London [1] 196 Portnall Rd, Paddington, [1] Bayswater, Paddington, Middlesex [1] Holy Trinity, Paddington, London [1] Kensal Rise, Paddington, London [1] North Paddington, London [1] North West Paddington, London [1] PADDINGTON, MIDDX. [1] Paddington , London [1] Paddington England POE Prahran Victoria [1] Paddington Kensington London [1] Paddington Midlesex [1] Paddington Reg. Dist. London [1] Paddington Reg.Dist. [1] Paddington, [1] Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland [1] Paddington, Dorset [1] Paddington, London West [1] Paddington, London, Middlesex, England [1] Paddington, Marylebone, London [1] Paddington, Middx. [1]

Rank

Private [211] Lieutenant [60] Second Lieutenant [56] Rifleman [51] Captain [38] Lance Corporal [28] Able Seaman [22] Serjeant [22] Corporal [19] Sapper [17] Gunner [13] Major [12] Stoker 1st Class [12] Boy 1st Class [8] Leading Seaman [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Driver [7] Deck Hand [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Temporary Captain [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Musician [5] Acting Major [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Brigadier General [3] Commander [3] Flight Lieutenant [3] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [3] Leading Mechanic [3] Leading Stoker [3] Midshipman [3] Petty Officer [3] Sergeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Brevet Major [2] Chaplain [2] Colonel [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Cook's Mate [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Petty Officer Mechanic [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Probationary Flight Officer [2] Staff Nurse [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Unit

London Regiment [103] Middlesex Regiment [23] Royal Engineers [22] Royal Field Artillery [18] Royal Fusiliers [18] Royal Air Force [16] Army Service Corps [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Royal Naval Air Service [10] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Naval Reserve [8] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [7] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Labour Corps [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Australian Infantry [5] Essex Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Cambridgeshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] HMS Agincourt [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Voluntary Aid Detachment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] British Red Cross Society [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1467] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [506] Australian Imperial Force [492] British Army [391] Other Empire Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [3] British Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [284] S [254] W [238] H [237] C [221] M [195] P [169] D [162] R [159] F [139] G [137] L [121] T [103] A [91] E [72] K [66] J [65] N [49] O [31] V [30] U [10] I [9] Y [8] Q [7]

Contribution

Military Service [2812] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [208] Australia [3] India [3] Germany [2] Canada [1] Egypt [1] France [1] Gibraltar [1] Malaysia [1] Malta [1] Switzerland [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

Thomas Henry Fielder Johnson

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army Temporary Major Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army Major Dorsetshire Regiment

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William Porter

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 31585 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Harry Walter Charles Benjafield

Born 1883

British Army S/16023 Private Acting Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army 16023 Private ASC

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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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Charles Sharland

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 3401 Private London Regiment 3rd battalion lond Battalion

British Army 3401 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1st/3rd Battalion

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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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Francis Dehany Victor Thursby

Born 1897

Died 1973

British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West African Field Force

British Army Second Lieutenant The Suffolk Regiment

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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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Joseph Francis Viel

Born 1896

Died 1952

British Army 1978 Private London Regiment 6th Battalion (London Rifle)

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Frank Hastings Hooper

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 5803 Private London Regiment

British Army 322892 Private London Regiment

British Army 322892 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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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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Thomas Albert Victor Alderton

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 6912 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 323694 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 323694 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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George Harry Henshaw Azzopardi

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army SD/2701 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Albert Oliver Alford

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 23510 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 23510 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards 3rd Battalion

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James Percy Lanning

Born 1895

British Army 70304 Acting Lance Corporal Royal Engineers Cable Section

British Army 70304 Sapper Royal Engineers Cable Section

British Army 1085 Sapper Royal Engineers (Territorial) London Army Troops

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Frederick Victor Gillingham

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army S/19967 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/19967 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

British Army Tr12/17358 Training Reserve 20th Training Reserve Battalion

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Geoffrey William Paley Ashmore

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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