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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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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]

Christopher John Hopkins

Born 1884

British Army 36313 Lance Serjeant Welsh Regiment 17th Battalion

British Army 655888 Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 3646 Private East Surrey Regiment 3rd (Militia) Battalion

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George Thomas Richard Owen

Born 1892

Died 1942

Royal Navy J1287

Royal Navy C/J 80897 Signalman HMS Tamar

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Henry Roos

Born 1878

Died 1919

Royal Navy Depot/312 Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry Deal Depot

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Charles Harry Grant

Born 1876

Died 1917

Royal Navy J46342

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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William Joseph Sumner

Born 1899

Died 1956

Royal Navy F30281 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230281 Aircraftman 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Walter George Dale

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 4479 Private London Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Stanley Frederick Bagshaw

Born 1897

British Army 2548 Private West Kent (Queen's Own) Yeomanry

British Army 271007 Private East Kent Regiment (Buffs) 10th Battalion

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Arthur William J Whiffin

Born 1882

British Army 60105 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 6th Battalion

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Frederick William Merrick

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 373612 Rifleman London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6722 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frank Herbert Cavilla

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 324396 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Charles Frederick Keartland

Born 1895

Died 1940

British Army 65622 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Percy Sidney William Martin

Born 1895

Died 1975

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army Cadet Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Thomas Anderson

Born 1888

Died 1966

British Army Temporary Lieutenant General List

Other Empire Force 2078 Driver East African Motor Tramsport Corps

British Army Temporary Lieutenant King's African Rifles

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Benjamin Thomas Edmonds

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 370775 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 370775 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2621 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Ernest George Pratt

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 6348 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 373287 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Leslie George Carr

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Captain London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Arthur A Villeneuve

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1718 Private Welsh Guards

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Arthur William Leach

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 89939 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army S/31356 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 89939 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Arthur Webster Sly

Born 1891

Died 1916

South African Services 6735 Private 2nd South African Infantry

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John Charles Francis Garland

Born 1889

British Army 64619 Sergeant Machine Gun Corps 61st Battalion

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