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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]

Henry William John Bird

Born 1877

Died 1947

British Army 3397 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 3397 Private London Regiment 2/15th Battalion

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Ernest Arthur Bowyer

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 29272 Guards Depot

British Army 11838 Private Irish Guards No. 1 Company, 1st Battalion

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Albert Victor Nutbrown

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army H/10560 Private 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars

British Army 2510 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 1666 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Walter Herbert Victor Badger

Born 1883

Died 1962

Royal Navy F12837

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Henry George Higlett

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 5776 Private London Regiment

British Army 322876 Private London Regiment

British Army 322876 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Sidney Herbert Skelton

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 882 Private London Regiment

British Army 323196 Private London Regiment

British Army 6285, 323196 Rifleman London Regiment 1/6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Frederick George Challoner

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 2674 Private London Regiment

British Army 2674, 800763 Corporal London Regiment 6th, 30th

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Charles Thomas Rugman

Born 1872

Died 1946

British Army 40 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 8th London (Howitzer) Brigade (Territorial Force)

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Robert Thomas Smith Rusbridge

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army M2/034253 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps 650th M.T. Company

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Thomas Gordon A Box

Born 1888

Died 1943

British Army DM2-208521 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

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Albert John Dunn

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 290 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Albert Puddephatt

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 9571 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Frederick Samuel Cook

Died 1917

British Army 5036 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322257 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322257 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Charles Trampleasure

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 8/42332 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Charles Robert Pitcher

Born 1898

Died 1975

British Army 393981 Private London Regiment

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John David Appleford

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army 4204 Private London Regiment

British Army 21040 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 4204 Rifleman London Regiment 21 london regiment 1st Battalion

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Septimus Crown Vass Dansie

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1382 Private London Regiment 3rd county of lond Battalion

British Army

British Army 265360 Private Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (inc. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters Hussars))

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Alec Carpenter

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy J9416 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J9416 Boy Telegraphist HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J9416 Ordinary Telegraphist HMS Shannon

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Francis Harrington Church

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 242155 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2/8th Battalion

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Montague George Leckie

Born 1894

Died 1940

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23136

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23136 Corporal Royal Air Force

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