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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]

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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Bertie Robert Freestone

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army L/14476 Private Middlesex Regiment 3rd Battalion

Royal Navy Stoker Class II Pembroke II

Royal Navy Stoker II Magnificent

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Horace Edward Heath

Born 1895

Died 1977

British Army 3921 Private Middlesex Regiment 2/10th Battalion

British Army 240959 Private Middlesex Regiment 1/8 Battalion

British Army 240959 Private Middlesex Regiment Depot, Mill Hill, North London

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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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Frederick Joseph Donovan

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 114215 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 114215 Driver / Gunner Royal Field Artillery 110th Brigade

British Army 114215 Driver Royal Field Artillery a/110th Brigade

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Reginald Arthur Birt

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2110 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 2110 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Sidney Taylor

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2605 Private London Regiment

British Army 2605 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Ursula Victoria Henrietta Bentinck

Born 1884

Died 1975

Other Empire Force Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Charles Pearce

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 5340 Private London Regiment

British Army 322525 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Charles Wirrell Lapworth

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 391348 Rifleman Country London Regiment

British Army 4142 Private London Regiment

British Army 391348 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 2nd battalion

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Edith Blanche Willis

Born 1898

Died 1983

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3933

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Richard Douglas Emil Klamroth

Born 1894

Died 1938

British Army 73262 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army Royal Field Artillery (gunner)

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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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Hugh M Graham

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 65555 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 65555 Gunner 91st Siege Battery

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Edward Crowe

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 4030 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 651533 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 651533 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

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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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