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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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Place of birth

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]

Harold Amos Standing Hyder

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 350358 Private London Regiment 7th (City of London) Battalion

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Joseph Thomas Moore Ashley

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS/7786 Ordinary Seaman HMS North Star

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George Thomas Pardoe

Born 1897

Died 1915

Royal Navy J21449 Boy 1st Class HMS Goliath

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John Collins

Born 1882

Died 1914

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Venerable

Royal Navy 199840 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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John David Appleford

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army 4204 Private London Regiment

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Eric Exton Rumble

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 252 Private London Regiment

British Army 2052 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 21st Battalion

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Arthur Cecil Hall

Died 1916

British Army 631703 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 4094 Private London Regiment 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich Rifles)

British Army 631703 Private London Regiment 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich Rifles)

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Harry Brewer

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 5353 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 652339 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 21st Battalion

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John Henry George Spencer

Born 1890

Died 1966

British Army T/30539 Driver Army Service Corps No 280 Auxiliary HT Company

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Albert Edward Walding

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 822128 Private London Regiment 32nd (County of London) Battalion

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Bertie Passmore

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 374010 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8020 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frederick William Wayne

Born 1878

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Special Reserve

British Army 27453 Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Engineers Postal Section Postal Section

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Horace William Burstow

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 358344 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Victor Watson

Died 1918

British Army 376170 Private London Regiment

British Army 376170 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Ings

Died 1917

British Army 5958 Private London Regiment

British Army 232777 Private London Regiment

British Army 232777 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

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Harold James Search

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2641 Private London Regiment 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's)

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John Bowkett

Died 1917

British Army 27513 Private South Wales Borderers 4th Battalion

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Leslie Albert William Waud

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 10801 Private West Riding Regiment

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Horace William Evan Dulieu

Born 1896

Died 1981

British Army GS11120 Private Royal Sussex Regiment Depot

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Harold Percy Archer

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy J66478 Ordinary Seaman HMS 'Narbrough'

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