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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]

Sidney Ernest Huggett

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 37496 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Philip Henry Hulton Preston

Born 1879

Died 1963

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery 80th Company RGA

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery 5th Mountain Battery RGA

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Royal Garrison Artillery

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Leonard Frederick Charles Thompson

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 11303 Private Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army 53942 Private London Regiment

British Army L/17651 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Mapes Harry Rushbrook

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1671 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320112 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Henry Peirce King

Born 1893

Died 1980

British Army 47726 Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 5th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52994 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps 38 Training Squadron

British Army 427166 Private London Regiment 2/10th battalion lond Battalion

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Arthur William Rose

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 12005 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Selves

Born 1900

Died 1968

Royal Navy K48330 Stoker II

Royal Navy K48330 Stoker I

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William George Grand

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army M2/182148 Private Army Service Corps

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Harry John Starling Humble

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army S/8524 Private Seaforth Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Henry Ernest Putt

Born 1896

Died 1931

British Army 1683 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 1683 Driver Royal Army Medical Corps 3/5th London Field Ambulance

British Army Essex Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Philip Pullyn Boulter

Born 1891

Canadian Expeditionary Force 117156

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Andrew Gordon Hardie

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army R/33529 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Edward Henry Cutler

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army L/12508 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army L/12508 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick John Dawes

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 24161 Pioneer Royal Engineers 4th Signal Company

British Army 24161 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Gordon Onslow Lawson

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Corporal Singapore Volunteer Rifles

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John Benjamin Mcdowell

Born 1878

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant Official Cinematographer Special List

British Army Lieutenant General List

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Arthur Selves

Born 1896

Died 1989

British Army S/29999 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/29999 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Robert Joseph Fish

Died 1914

British Army 10995 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Samuel Nunn

Born 1887

British Army 684003 Private London Regiment

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Arthur Dymott

Born 1891

Died 1972

British Army 1463 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 930543 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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