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Plumstead, Kent [720]

Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent [50]

East Plumstead, Kent [15]

Plumstead, Kent, England [12]

Woolwich, Plumstead, Kent [5]

West Plumstead, Kent [3]

Plumstead,Woolwich,Kent. [2]

79, Plumstead Road, Plumstead, Kent [1]

Abbey Wood, Plumstead, Kent [1]

Plumstead Kent [1]

Plumstead Kent [1]

Plumstead London, Kent [1]

Plumstead, London Kent [1]

Plumstead,Kent [1]

The Cottage, Shooters Hill, Plumstead, Kent [1]

plumstead Kent [1]

Rank

Private [27]

Able Seaman [17]

Gunner [12]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Corporal [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Captain [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Sergeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2/ Artificer Sergeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Sergeant-Major [1]

Boy Second Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Cyclist [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Electrical Artificer 1st Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Official Cinematographer [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Signaller [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Pioneer [1]

Probationary Armourer's Crew [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS THUNDERER [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

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

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Falmouth [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

2nd Cameron Highlanders [1]

94th Chinese Company [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Chinese Labour Corps [1]

Dominion [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Ganges [1]

General List [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable" [1]

H.M.S. "Victory II" [1]

HM Submarine E4 [1]

HMS AMBUSCADE [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS CHESTER [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Drake [1]

Service

Royal Navy [534]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [208]

British Army [64]

Last name first letter

B [101]

H [90]

M [85]

C [78]

S [65]

W [55]

P [43]

G [41]

F [30]

A [28]

D [28]

T [28]

R [27]

J [23]

L [22]

E [19]

N [17]

K [16]

O [9]

V [5]

I [3]

Y [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [798]

Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [44]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Plumstead, Kent [720] Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent [50] East Plumstead, Kent [15] Plumstead, Kent, England [12] Woolwich, Plumstead, Kent [5] West Plumstead, Kent [3] Plumstead,Woolwich,Kent. [2] 79, Plumstead Road, Plumstead, Kent [1] Abbey Wood, Plumstead, Kent [1] Plumstead Kent [1] Plumstead Kent [1] Plumstead London, Kent [1] Plumstead, London Kent [1] Plumstead,Kent [1] The Cottage, Shooters Hill, Plumstead, Kent [1] plumstead Kent [1]

Rank

Private [27] Able Seaman [17] Gunner [12] Ordinary Seaman [8] Stoker 1st Class [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Corporal [4] Leading Stoker [4] Lieutenant [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Rifleman [3] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Captain [2] Lance Corporal [2] Major [2] Sergeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2/ Artificer Sergeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Battery Sergeant-Major [1] Boy Second Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Cyclist [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Electrical Artificer 1st Class [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Official Cinematographer [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Signaller [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Pioneer [1] Probationary Armourer's Crew [1] Second Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Engineers [6] HMS INFLEXIBLE [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] HMS Ajax [3] HMS THUNDERER [3] HMS Vanguard [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Falmouth [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Monmouth [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 2nd Cameron Highlanders [1] 94th Chinese Company [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Chinese Labour Corps [1] Dominion [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Essex Regiment [1] Ganges [1] General List [1] H.M.S. "Formidable" [1] H.M.S. "Victory II" [1] HM Submarine E4 [1] HMS AMBUSCADE [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS CHESTER [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Drake [1]

Service

Royal Navy [534] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [208] British Army [64]

Last name first letter

B [101] H [90] M [85] C [78] S [65] W [55] P [43] G [41] F [30] A [28] D [28] T [28] R [27] J [23] L [22] E [19] N [17] K [16] O [9] V [5] I [3] Y [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [798] Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [44] India [1]

William George Lonergan

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167672

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Stephen Freer Rowland

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281068

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Henry Russel Brancker

Born 1879

Died 1943

British Army Acting Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Hallett

Born 1894

Died 1914

Royal Navy M1451 Ship's Steward Assistant HMS Aboukir

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William John Charles Nash

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216911

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Frederick Charles Reginald Smith

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220179

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William Thomas Henry Mathews

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229395

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Robert Percy Golding

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235067

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William Edwin Hughes Narborough

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241803

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Alfred Forster

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248498

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Nathaniel Holliday

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252857

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Charles Harry Marshall

Born 1895

British Army B/20207 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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William Hussey

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 5845 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Richard Summerville

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy J25733

Royal Navy J25733 Ordinary Seaman HMS Mary Rose

Royal Navy J25733 (Ch) Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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Frank Brown

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313639

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William Robert Wilkinson

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163975

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Frederick Frost

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 8599 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 4062 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 8599 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps 89th Machine Gun Company, 89th Brigade, 30th Division

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Ernest Albert Theobald

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243802

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Arthur Gringer

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281110

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Henry Evans Mayhew

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194895

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