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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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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]

Harry Wilkie

Australian Imperial Force 6123

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Robert Alfred Sidman

Australian Imperial Force 7119

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George Sylvester Stafford

Australian Imperial Force 679

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Sidney Stuart

Australian Imperial Force 6331

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Richard Stirling

Australian Imperial Force 1663

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Rupert Thomas Sullivan

Australian Imperial Force

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Joseph Patrick Sullivan

Australian Imperial Force 3940

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Arthur Eric Sweetnam

Australian Imperial Force 7315

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George Alexander Lepherd

Australian Imperial Force 5045

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John Robert Lenehan

Australian Imperial Force 4398

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Arthur Henry Leslie

Australian Imperial Force 6202

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Hilton Sydney Levy

Australian Imperial Force

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Paul Robert Sandys Lumsdaine

Australian Imperial Force 21024

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Leo Bede Madden

Australian Imperial Force 16646

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Jack Walpole

Australian Imperial Force 7339

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Rupert Perrin Warner

Australian Imperial Force 3938

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Charles Leslie Western

Australian Imperial Force 1794

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Thomas Joseph Whelan

Australian Imperial Force 2268

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Leigh Valentine Wild

Australian Imperial Force 1905

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Lesley Hamilton Townend

Australian Imperial Force 3479a

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