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Peckham, London [1233]

Peckham, Surrey [346]

Peckham, Surrey, England [85]

Peckham [52]

East Peckham, Kent [30]

Peckham, Camberwell, London [21]

Peckham England [19]

Peckham, South East London [13]

Peckham Rye, London [10]

Peckham, London South East [8]

Peckham, Kent [5]

Peckham London [4]

East Peckham, London [3]

Peckham Camberwell London [3]

Peckham Surrey [3]

Peckham, Camberwell [3]

Peckham, Camberwell, Surrey [3]

Peckham, South London [3]

West Peckham, Kent [3]

1 Stanton Street Peckham London [2]

East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent [2]

London, Peckham [2]

Peckham, England [2]

Peckham, London SE [2]

Peckham, SE London [2]

Peckham,Camberwell,Surrey. [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]

Camberwell, Peckham [1]

Camberwell, Peckham, England [1]

Camberwell, Peckham, Surrey [1]

East Peckham near Tonbridge, Kent [1]

East Peckham, Kent, England [1]

New Cross, Peckham [1]

New Cross, Peckham, London [1]

North Peckham, Kent [1]

Nunhead, Peckham, Surrey [1]

Peckham ENGLAND [1]

Peckham London England [1]

Peckham London Middlesex [1]

Peckham London, Kent [1]

Peckham London, Surrey [1]

Peckham Park Road, Surrey [1]

Peckham Rye [1]

Peckham Rye, Camberwell [1]

Peckham Rye, Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Peckham Rye, Surrey [1]

Peckham, Camberwell, London. [1]

Rank

Private [165]

Rifleman [30]

Able Seaman [20]

Corporal [19]

Ordinary Seaman [14]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Driver [12]

Gunner [12]

Boy 1st Class [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Serjeant [10]

Sapper [9]

Signalman [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Sergeant [7]

Captain [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Aircraftman 1st Class [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Junior Reserve Attendant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Writer [1]

A Mechanic 1 [1]

ACM II [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [74]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Royal Engineers [15]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Army Service Corps [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

HMS Good Hope [5]

HMS INDOMITABLE [5]

HMS Impregnable [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [5]

HMS Agincourt [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Air Service [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

General List [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Racoon [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [2]

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1250]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [292]

British Army [252]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [222]

W [178]

S [173]

C [165]

H [162]

M [123]

P [100]

F [94]

D [89]

R [84]

A [80]

G [80]

L [71]

T [67]

E [46]

J [46]

K [43]

N [26]

O [18]

V [18]

Y [9]

I [5]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1791]

Merchant Navy [86]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [138]

India [3]

Bermuda [1]

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Place of birth

Peckham, London [1233] Peckham, Surrey [346] Peckham, Surrey, England [85] Peckham [52] East Peckham, Kent [30] Peckham, Camberwell, London [21] Peckham England [19] Peckham, South East London [13] Peckham Rye, London [10] Peckham, London South East [8] Peckham, Kent [5] Peckham London [4] East Peckham, London [3] Peckham Camberwell London [3] Peckham Surrey [3] Peckham, Camberwell [3] Peckham, Camberwell, Surrey [3] Peckham, South London [3] West Peckham, Kent [3] 1 Stanton Street Peckham London [2] East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent [2] London, Peckham [2] Peckham, England [2] Peckham, London SE [2] Peckham, SE London [2] Peckham,Camberwell,Surrey. [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] Camberwell, Peckham [1] Camberwell, Peckham, England [1] Camberwell, Peckham, Surrey [1] East Peckham near Tonbridge, Kent [1] East Peckham, Kent, England [1] New Cross, Peckham [1] New Cross, Peckham, London [1] North Peckham, Kent [1] Nunhead, Peckham, Surrey [1] Peckham ENGLAND [1] Peckham London England [1] Peckham London Middlesex [1] Peckham London, Kent [1] Peckham London, Surrey [1] Peckham Park Road, Surrey [1] Peckham Rye [1] Peckham Rye, Camberwell [1] Peckham Rye, Camberwell, Surrey [1] Peckham Rye, Surrey [1] Peckham, Camberwell, London. [1]

Rank

Private [165] Rifleman [30] Able Seaman [20] Corporal [19] Ordinary Seaman [14] Stoker 1st Class [13] Driver [12] Gunner [12] Boy 1st Class [11] Lance Corporal [10] Serjeant [10] Sapper [9] Signalman [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Sergeant [7] Captain [6] Lieutenant [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Acting Corporal [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Petty Officer [4] Stoker Petty Officer [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Aircraftman 1st Class [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Cook's Mate [2] Deck Hand [2] Junior Reserve Attendant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Signalman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2] Signal Boy [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Writer [1] A Mechanic 1 [1] ACM II [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [74] Royal Field Artillery [17] Royal Engineers [15] Machine Gun Corps [13] East Surrey Regiment [12] Army Service Corps [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [9] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] Labour Corps [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] HMS Good Hope [5] HMS INDOMITABLE [5] HMS Impregnable [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [5] HMS Agincourt [4] HMS IRON DUKE [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Naval Air Service [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] General List [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Racoon [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [2] London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1250] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [292] British Army [252] Australian Imperial Force [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [222] W [178] S [173] C [165] H [162] M [123] P [100] F [94] D [89] R [84] A [80] G [80] L [71] T [67] E [46] J [46] K [43] N [26] O [18] V [18] Y [9] I [5] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1791] Merchant Navy [86] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [138] India [3] Bermuda [1]

Harry Crafts

Born 1897

Died 1958

British Army 30623 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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William Robert Dyer

Born 1892

Died 1975

Royal Navy K15176

Royal Navy K15176 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Swiftsure East Indies Squadron

Royal Navy K15176 Stoker 1st Class HMS Penelope 5th Light Cruiser Squadron

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Alexander Edwin Richard Hirst

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 3367 Private London Regiment

British Army 321216 Private London Regiment

British Army 321216 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Sydney Harvey Moxon

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 2488 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 2488 Sergeant Bugler London Regiment 15th (County of London) Battalion (P.W.O. Civil Service)

British Army 2488 Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Elizabeth Mary Cadbury

Born 1858

Died 1951

Other Empire Force Committee Member British Red Cross Lady Mayoress's Depot Birmingham

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Thomas Henry Malin

Born 1879

Died 1946

British Army 116017 Pioneer Royal Engineers 4th Labour Battalion

British Army 291613 Private Labour Corps 703 Labour Company

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Percy George Cutting

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army G/5759 Private Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion

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John James Ellsley

Born 1878

Died 1962

British Army Lieutenant and Quarter Master British West Indies Regiment

British Army 2086 Trooper Life Guards 2nd Battalion

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Edward Morris Sewell

Born 1885

British Army M2/137406 Private Army Service Corps

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Thomas Froom

Born 1897

Died 1979

British Army 30387 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

British Army S/440265 Private Royal Army Service Corps F Supply Company [Woolwich London]

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Robert Furlonger

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 3190 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 610674 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 610674 Private London Regiment

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Arthur John Bradley

Born 1884

Died 1942

British Army 11757 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 11757 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 11757 Private Devonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Thomas James Collyer

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army L/7940 Private Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Godfrey Herbert Crann

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 6743 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 328067 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Henry Thomas Wright

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1366 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Harry Kitney

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army 2076 Rifleman London Regiment 6th Battalion (City of London Rifles)

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Abraham George Turp

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army S/29730 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/29730 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 12th Battalion

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Samuel Alexander Robbins

Born 1895

Died 1982

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 9

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 9

British Army 3708 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

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Ernest William Emery

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 889 Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

British Army 889 Acting Corporal London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Charles Evans Carr

Born 1894

Died 1953

British Army 3278 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 550880 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

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