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Penge, Surrey [78]

Penge, Surrey, England [18]

Penge, Croydon, Surrey [6]

Penge Surrey [2]

210 Anerley Road, Penge, Surrey [1]

Anerley, Penge, Surrey [1]

Penge Croydon, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [12]

Captain [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

A/CPL [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Coder [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Mechanician [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Border Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Dorset Yeomanry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [1]

H.M.S. President [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

Heavy Section MGC [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Rhodesia Native Regiment [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

South Wales Borderers Depot [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38]

Royal Navy [31]

British Army [22]

Last name first letter

B [15]

S [12]

C [10]

D [8]

T [8]

P [7]

W [7]

H [6]

M [6]

F [5]

J [5]

A [4]

L [4]

G [3]

K [2]

R [2]

N [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [89]

Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

India [1]

Malta [1]

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People [107] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Penge, Surrey [78] Penge, Surrey, England [18] Penge, Croydon, Surrey [6] Penge Surrey [2] 210 Anerley Road, Penge, Surrey [1] Anerley, Penge, Surrey [1] Penge Croydon, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [12] Captain [3] Lieutenant [3] Sapper [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] A/CPL [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Coder [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Mechanician [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Border Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Dorset Yeomanry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] H.M.S. Pembroke I [1] H.M.S. President [1] HMS TIGER [1] Heavy Section MGC [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] London Regiment [1] Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Rhodesia Native Regiment [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers Depot [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38] Royal Navy [31] British Army [22]

Last name first letter

B [15] S [12] C [10] D [8] T [8] P [7] W [7] H [6] M [6] F [5] J [5] A [4] L [4] G [3] K [2] R [2] N [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [89] Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [11] India [1] Malta [1]

Calvert Samuel Ford

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 6482 Private Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion

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Bertram Henry Palmer

Born 1879

British Army 474734 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army T1223 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Edward Arnold Masters

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23394

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Alec Kenneth Smith

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 1611 Private London Regiment

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George John Thody

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233958

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Edward George Wilstead

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222375

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Amos Langley

Born 1890

Died 1959

British Army 84216 Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 84216 A/CPL Machine Gun Corps

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George Henry Clark

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241328

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Alfred Beven

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238755

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Charles Robert Harris

Born 1897

Died 1941

Royal Navy M12577 Coder H.M.S. Pembroke I

Royal Navy C/M 12577 Chief Petty Officer H.M.S. President

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John William Watts

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246441

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Walter John Knight

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313153

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Ernest Harold Lane

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216957

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Herbert Charles Jones

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21936

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Arthur Russell Annoot

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189580

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Edward Minter

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army GS/50400 Private Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) 11th Battalion

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Thomas William Batchelor

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227861

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Frank Saunders

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134958

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Charles Frederick Jones

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181549

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Alfred Cecil Deabill

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187139

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