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Peckham, London [1233]

Peckham, Camberwell, London [21]

Peckham, South East London [13]

Peckham Rye, London [10]

Peckham, London South East [8]

Peckham London [4]

East Peckham, London [3]

Peckham Camberwell London [3]

Peckham, South London [3]

1 Stanton Street Peckham London [2]

London, Peckham [2]

Peckham, London SE [2]

Peckham, SE London [2]

Peckham. London [2]

2 Canal Cottages, Peckham Park Road, Peckham, London [1]

32 Franklow Road , Peckham , London , Surrey. [1]

45 Sunwell Street, Peckham, London [1]

New Cross, Peckham, London [1]

Peckham London England [1]

Peckham London Middlesex [1]

Peckham London, Kent [1]

Peckham London, Surrey [1]

Peckham, Camberwell, London. [1]

Peckham, County of London [1]

Peckham, London S.E. [1]

Peckham, London, England [1]

Peckham, London, Surrey [1]

Peckham, Southwark, London [1]

Peckham,Camberwell,London. [1]

Peckham,London [1]

Peckham,London. [1]

Peckham. Camberwell, London [1]

St Giles, Peckham, London [1]

Rank

Private [73]

Able Seaman [19]

Rifleman [17]

Ordinary Seaman [14]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Boy 1st Class [11]

Corporal [10]

Signalman [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Captain [5]

Driver [5]

Gunner [5]

Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Junior Reserve Attendant [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2]

Signal Boy [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Writer [1]

A Mechanic 1 [1]

ACM II [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Armourer [1]

Boy Shipwright [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Committee Member [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

London Regiment [44]

Royal Engineers [8]

Army Service Corps [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

HMS Good Hope [5]

HMS INDOMITABLE [5]

HMS Impregnable [5]

HMS Agincourt [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [3]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

General List [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS Racoon [2]

HMS Shannon [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

HMS WARSPITE [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars [1]

Army Post Office Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Military Police [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1202]

British Army [119]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [161]

C [126]

S [121]

W [112]

H [105]

M [92]

P [67]

F [62]

A [59]

D [57]

G [54]

R [54]

L [50]

T [48]

J [36]

K [33]

E [30]

N [20]

O [14]

V [14]

Y [6]

I [5]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1311]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [79]

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Peckham, London [1233] Peckham, Camberwell, London [21] Peckham, South East London [13] Peckham Rye, London [10] Peckham, London South East [8] Peckham London [4] East Peckham, London [3] Peckham Camberwell London [3] Peckham, South London [3] 1 Stanton Street Peckham London [2] London, Peckham [2] Peckham, London SE [2] Peckham, SE London [2] Peckham. London [2] 2 Canal Cottages, Peckham Park Road, Peckham, London [1] 32 Franklow Road , Peckham , London , Surrey. [1] 45 Sunwell Street, Peckham, London [1] New Cross, Peckham, London [1] Peckham London England [1] Peckham London Middlesex [1] Peckham London, Kent [1] Peckham London, Surrey [1] Peckham, Camberwell, London. [1] Peckham, County of London [1] Peckham, London S.E. [1] Peckham, London, England [1] Peckham, London, Surrey [1] Peckham, Southwark, London [1] Peckham,Camberwell,London. [1] Peckham,London [1] Peckham,London. [1] Peckham. Camberwell, London [1] St Giles, Peckham, London [1]

Rank

Private [73] Able Seaman [19] Rifleman [17] Ordinary Seaman [14] Stoker 1st Class [12] Boy 1st Class [11] Corporal [10] Signalman [9] Lance Corporal [7] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Captain [5] Driver [5] Gunner [5] Serjeant [5] Lieutenant [4] Sergeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Petty Officer [3] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Cook's Mate [2] Deck Hand [2] Junior Reserve Attendant [2] Leading Signalman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2] Signal Boy [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Writer [1] A Mechanic 1 [1] ACM II [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Armourer [1] Boy Shipwright [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Committee Member [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

London Regiment [44] Royal Engineers [8] Army Service Corps [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] HMS Good Hope [5] HMS INDOMITABLE [5] HMS Impregnable [5] HMS Agincourt [4] HMS IRON DUKE [4] Labour Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] South Wales Borderers [4] London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [3] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] General List [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS Racoon [2] HMS Shannon [2] HMS Vivid I [2] HMS WARSPITE [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars [1] Army Post Office Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Military Police [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1202] British Army [119] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [161] C [126] S [121] W [112] H [105] M [92] P [67] F [62] A [59] D [57] G [54] R [54] L [50] T [48] J [36] K [33] E [30] N [20] O [14] V [14] Y [6] I [5] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1311] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [79]

Frank Arthur Perkins

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1123 Company Quarter Master Serjeant London Regiment

British Army Captain London Regiment

British Army Captain London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 21st Battalion

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Malcolm Saunders Pettitt

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Harold Frederick Waghorne

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 768 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 11th Battalion

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Frederick Lyndoe Pauling

Born 1896

Died 1982

British Army 2382 Private London Regiment

British Army 650568 Private London Regiment

British Army 614782 Private London Regiment

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Kenneth D Clayson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 305586 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 305586 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 305586 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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William Malcolm Goldsmith

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army P/134215 Sapper Royal Engineers E Company

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65042 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

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Albert Wormleighton

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1617 Private London Regiment 22nd (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's)

British Army 1617 Private London Regiment attached 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney)

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Ernest Hammond

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J23834 Signalman HMS DEFENCE

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Launcelot Wake Brown

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 10160 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10160 Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Archibald Thomas Gascoyne

Born 1895

Died 1919

Royal Navy J11344 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J11344 Able Seaman HMS SOUTHAMPTON

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Alfred Spencer

Born 1874

Died 1915

Royal Navy 277613

Royal Navy 277613 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Sydney Newby

Born 1895

Died 1963

Royal Navy F3079

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Reginald Alfred Furby

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy F13925

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Joseph George Neville

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy J23561

Royal Navy J/23561 Signalman H.M.M.S. Blackmorevale

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Thomas Henry Whiting

Born 1896

Died 1915

Royal Navy J31062 Able Seaman HMS Goliath

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Thomas Edward Bargen

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J38133 Boy 1st Class HMS Hampshire

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Alfred Norman Charrosin

Born 1897

Died 1957

British Army 3012 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 141471 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 553955 Private Royal Engineers

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Robert Thomas Kingsbury

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 31997 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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James William Baker

Died 1916

British Army 10526 Private East Surrey Regiment 3th east Battalion

British Army 10526 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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Leonard Percival Sage

Born 1899

Died 1988

British Army 58563 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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