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Plumstead, Kent [720]

Plumstead, London [340]

Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent [50]

Plumstead England [30]

Plumstead [27]

East Plumstead, Kent [15]

East Plumstead, London [13]

Plumstead, Kent, England [12]

Plumstead, Woolwich [6]

Woolwich, Plumstead, Kent [5]

Great Plumstead, Norfolk [4]

Plumstead Woolwich [4]

Plumstead, Norfolk [3]

Plumstead, Woolwich, London [3]

West Plumstead, Kent [3]

West Plumstead, London [3]

Little Plumstead, Norfolk [2]

Plumstead, England [2]

Plumstead, South London [2]

Plumstead, Surrey [2]

Plumstead,Woolwich,Kent. [2]

79, Plumstead Road, Plumstead, Kent [1]

Abbey Wood, Plumstead, Kent [1]

East Plumstead, Charlton, Middlesex [1]

East Plumstead, Sussex [1]

East Plumstead, Woolwich, :ondon [1]

Great Plumstead Norfolk [1]

Little Plumstead Norfolk [1]

Plumstead Kent [1]

Plumstead Kent [1]

Plumstead London, Kent [1]

Plumstead Woolwich London [1]

Plumstead, Greenwich, London [1]

Plumstead, London Kent [1]

Plumstead, London, Middlesex [1]

Plumstead, London, Middx [1]

Plumstead, London. [1]

Plumstead, Middlesex [1]

Plumstead, South East London [1]

Plumstead,Kent [1]

Plumstead,Woolwich,London. [1]

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

plumstead [1]

plumstead Kent [1]

Rank

Private [58]

Able Seaman [20]

Gunner [16]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Corporal [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Driver [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Major [5]

Rifleman [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sapper [4]

Serjeant [4]

Leading Seaman [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Second Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [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 [1]

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

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Steward [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Sergeant-Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Second Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Cyclist [1]

Electrical Artificer 1st Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

First Engineer [1]

Guardsman then Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Royal Engineers [11]

London Regiment [10]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

HMS Vanguard [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS THUNDERER [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

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

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS Falmouth [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

1/30th Punjabis [1]

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

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

1st South African Infantry [1]

2nd Cameron Highlanders [1]

30th Punjabis and Staff [1]

Service

Royal Navy [894]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [210]

British Army [120]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [142]

H [138]

C [128]

M [114]

S [101]

W [94]

P [79]

G [57]

R [48]

D [47]

T [46]

F [43]

A [41]

L [39]

J [34]

K [33]

E [30]

N [24]

O [15]

V [7]

I [5]

Y [4]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1246]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [73]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Plumstead, Kent [720] Plumstead, London [340] Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent [50] Plumstead England [30] Plumstead [27] East Plumstead, Kent [15] East Plumstead, London [13] Plumstead, Kent, England [12] Plumstead, Woolwich [6] Woolwich, Plumstead, Kent [5] Great Plumstead, Norfolk [4] Plumstead Woolwich [4] Plumstead, Norfolk [3] Plumstead, Woolwich, London [3] West Plumstead, Kent [3] West Plumstead, London [3] Little Plumstead, Norfolk [2] Plumstead, England [2] Plumstead, South London [2] Plumstead, Surrey [2] Plumstead,Woolwich,Kent. [2] 79, Plumstead Road, Plumstead, Kent [1] Abbey Wood, Plumstead, Kent [1] East Plumstead, Charlton, Middlesex [1] East Plumstead, Sussex [1] East Plumstead, Woolwich, :ondon [1] Great Plumstead Norfolk [1] Little Plumstead Norfolk [1] Plumstead Kent [1] Plumstead Kent [1] Plumstead London, Kent [1] Plumstead Woolwich London [1] Plumstead, Greenwich, London [1] Plumstead, London Kent [1] Plumstead, London, Middlesex [1] Plumstead, London, Middx [1] Plumstead, London. [1] Plumstead, Middlesex [1] Plumstead, South East London [1] Plumstead,Kent [1] Plumstead,Woolwich,London. [1] The Cottage, Shooters Hill, Plumstead, Kent [1] plumstead [1] plumstead Kent [1]

Rank

Private [58] Able Seaman [20] Gunner [16] Ordinary Seaman [12] Stoker 1st Class [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Lieutenant [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Corporal [5] Deck Hand [5] Driver [5] Lance Corporal [5] Major [5] Rifleman [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Leading Stoker [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sapper [4] Serjeant [4] Leading Seaman [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Second Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [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 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2/ Artificer Sergeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Steward [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Battery Sergeant-Major [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Second Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Cyclist [1] Electrical Artificer 1st Class [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] First Engineer [1] Guardsman then Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [13] Royal Engineers [11] London Regiment [10] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] HMS INFLEXIBLE [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Army Service Corps [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] HMS Vanguard [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS THUNDERER [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS Falmouth [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 1/30th Punjabis [1] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] 1st South African Infantry [1] 2nd Cameron Highlanders [1] 30th Punjabis and Staff [1]

Service

Royal Navy [894] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [210] British Army [120] Australian Imperial Force [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [142] H [138] C [128] M [114] S [101] W [94] P [79] G [57] R [48] D [47] T [46] F [43] A [41] L [39] J [34] K [33] E [30] N [24] O [15] V [7] I [5] Y [4] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1246] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [73] Canada [1] India [1]

Terence O'cahir Doherty

Born 1897

Died 1971

British Army PS/272 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters

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Ronald Lang

Born 1895

Died 1976

British Army 120,632 Private Royal Fusiliers 21st (S) Battalion

British Army 120,632 Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army 120,632 Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Walter Joseph Greenhill

Born 1880

Died 1947

British Army 2034 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 2034 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 2034 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers 30th

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Donald Read Cartwright

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 2nd Brigade

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery 2nd Brigade

British Army T/Lieutenant (A/Captain) Royal Field Artillery 153rd Bde

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Bertram George Weatherley

Born 1884

Died 1946

British Army 6338 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army 22262 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army

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Alfred James Dymott

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 11705 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 11705 Guardsman then Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army Lance Corporal

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George Victor Coo, Msm

Born 1879

Died 1951

British Army Battery Sergeant-Major 94th Chinese Company Labour Corps

British Army 1361 Battery Sergeant Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1361 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery

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Stephen John Willsher

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 15986 Private Grenadier Guards

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Frank Arnold Elms

Born 1887

Died 1975

British Army 32823 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 32823 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 32823 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Thomas William Gilbert Head

Born 1891

Died 1976

British Army 33730 Private Border Regiment

British Army 33730 Private Royal Field Artillery

British Army 33730 Private Training Reserve 49th Battalion

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Edward John Middleton Hipwell

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army L/15708 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 15708 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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William Frederick Wallis

Born 1892

Died 1936

British Army 4258 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 223017 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Edwin Herbert Akehurst

Born 1866

Died 1916

Other Empire Force First Engineer Mercantile Marine, Britannia

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Frederick Gilbert Elms

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1370 Rifleman The London Regiment 1/9th Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 1370 Rifleman London Regiment

British Army 1370 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Edward Deane

Born 1887

British Army 88346 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 181st Heavy Battery

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Herbert Thomas Mantell

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army L/11342 Private Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Stuart Edward Cook

Born 1898

Died 1962

British Army 177786 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Claude Ernest Elms

Born 1892

Died 1976

British Army 742214 Cyclist London Regiment 2/25th (Cyclist) Battalion

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William Leslie Tomlin

Born 1894

Died 1960

British Army M2/130733 Private Army Service Corps

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George Alfred Batson

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 15657 Second Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Second Corporal

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