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Redhill, Surrey [271]

Redhill South Australia [26]

Redhill England [16]

Redhill [10]

Redhill, Reigate, Surrey [6]

Reigate, Redhill, Surrey [6]

Redhill, Surrey, England [5]

Horley, Redhill, Surrey [4]

Redhill Queensland [4]

Merstham, Redhill, Surrey [3]

Redhill, England [2]

Redhill, Sussex [2]

St Johns, Redhill, Surrey [2]

Bletchingley, Redhill, Surrey [1]

Blindley Heath, Redhill, Surrey [1]

Chipstead, Redhill, Surrey [1]

Dormansland, Redhill, Surrey [1]

Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey [1]

Garlands Road, Redhill, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Godstone Redhill, Surrey [1]

Godstone, Redhill, Surrey [1]

Horley On Redhill, Surrey [1]

Horley Redhill, Surrey [1]

Nutfield, Redhill, Surrey [1]

Park Cottages Redhill, Surrey, England [1]

REdhill Surrey [1]

Redhill Reigate, Sussex [1]

Redhill Victoria [1]

Redhill, London [1]

Redhill, Nottingham [1]

Redhill,Reigate,Surrey. [1]

redhill [1]

Rank

Private [28]

Able Seaman [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Captain [3]

Driver [3]

Major [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

ALIAS Serjeant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Civilian [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Matron [1]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

22nd Punjabis [1]

5th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

East Africa Pay Corps [1]

East Africa Unattached List [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Friends' Ambulance Unit [1]

Friends' War Victims Relief Service [1]

HM Submarine E6 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Bacchante [1]

HMS Badger [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Canada [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS FORTUNE [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Lavender [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS Vulcan [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

King's Royal Rifles [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [185]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [90]

British Army [48]

Australian Imperial Force [47]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [64]

H [38]

S [34]

C [30]

M [29]

W [25]

G [18]

L [18]

P [15]

T [15]

R [14]

A [13]

D [13]

F [10]

E [8]

J [8]

K [7]

O [7]

N [6]

I [2]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [365]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

India [1]

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People [376] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Redhill, Surrey [271] Redhill South Australia [26] Redhill England [16] Redhill [10] Redhill, Reigate, Surrey [6] Reigate, Redhill, Surrey [6] Redhill, Surrey, England [5] Horley, Redhill, Surrey [4] Redhill Queensland [4] Merstham, Redhill, Surrey [3] Redhill, England [2] Redhill, Sussex [2] St Johns, Redhill, Surrey [2] Bletchingley, Redhill, Surrey [1] Blindley Heath, Redhill, Surrey [1] Chipstead, Redhill, Surrey [1] Dormansland, Redhill, Surrey [1] Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey [1] Garlands Road, Redhill, Reigate, Surrey [1] Godstone Redhill, Surrey [1] Godstone, Redhill, Surrey [1] Horley On Redhill, Surrey [1] Horley Redhill, Surrey [1] Nutfield, Redhill, Surrey [1] Park Cottages Redhill, Surrey, England [1] REdhill Surrey [1] Redhill Reigate, Sussex [1] Redhill Victoria [1] Redhill, London [1] Redhill, Nottingham [1] Redhill,Reigate,Surrey. [1] redhill [1]

Rank

Private [28] Able Seaman [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Captain [3] Driver [3] Major [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] ALIAS Serjeant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Civilian [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Matron [1] Officer's Cook 1st Class [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Sick Berth Steward [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] 22nd Punjabis [1] 5th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] East Africa Pay Corps [1] East Africa Unattached List [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Friends' Ambulance Unit [1] Friends' War Victims Relief Service [1] HM Submarine E6 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Bacchante [1] HMS Badger [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Canada [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS FORTUNE [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Lavender [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS Vulcan [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] King's Royal Rifles [1] Labour Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [185] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [90] British Army [48] Australian Imperial Force [47] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [64] H [38] S [34] C [30] M [29] W [25] G [18] L [18] P [15] T [15] R [14] A [13] D [13] F [10] E [8] J [8] K [7] O [7] N [6] I [2] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [365] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [22] India [1]

Herbert Horace Gurdin

Born 1899

Died 1973

British Army GS/41587 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Walter Robinson

Born 1881

Died 1938

British Army 5604 Warrant Officer Class 2 South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 5604 Warrant Officer Class 2 South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Basil Leonard Bilcliffe

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 2319 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 2319 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Frederick George Peter Gedge

Born 1880

Died 1968

British Army Captain London Regiment 512th lond Battalion

British Army Acting Major London Regiment royal engineers transport 1st Battalion

British Army 1153 Private Middlesex Rifle Volunteers 13th

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Jack Oscroft

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Northumberland Fusiliers

Royal Navy K.P/ 608 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion

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Harry H Hammerton

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 38752 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Rev Arthur Stanley Bishop

Born 1879

Died 1950

British Army Reverend 5th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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Henry Augustus Stafford Noel Hoare

Born 1877

Died 1962

British Army Major Army Service Corps

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Stuart Cyril Nelhams

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 3634 Private London Regiment

British Army 551127 Private London Regiment

British Army 3634 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 16th (County of London) Battalion

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William Eric Berridge

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

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John Colin Pell Tosh

Born 1893

Died 1987

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Augustine Chandler

Born 1887

Died 1969

Royal Navy S 3866 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Benbow

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William Ball

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 201983 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion.

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Harold Hawkins

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 6042 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 24199 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 24199 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Jesse Sears

Born 1882

Died 1963

British Army 18552 Private Coldstream Guards

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James William Sadler

Born 1884

British Army 12177 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

British Army 243110 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 5th Battalion

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Charles Henry Fenning Gedge

Born 1874

Died 1958

British Army Honorary Second Lieutenant East Africa Unattached List

British Army Honorary Second Lieutenant East Africa Pay Corps

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Laurence Stewart Pailthorpe

Died 1918

British Army 766141 Private London Regiment

British Army 766141 Private London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) 28th

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Albert Edward Pickett

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 452022 Private Canadian Infantry 58th Battalion

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Arthur Gear

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 9475 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 9475 Lance Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

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