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Reigate, Surrey [328]

Reigate, Surrey, England [24]

Redhill, Reigate, Surrey [6]

Reigate, Redhill, Surrey [6]

Reigate Surrey [5]

Reigate Surrey [3]

Reigate,Surrey. [3]

Brockham, Reigate, Surrey [2]

Earlswood, Reigate, Surrey [2]

23 Milby Lane, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Betchworth, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Betchworth, near Reigate, Surrey [1]

Buckland, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Garlands Road, Redhill, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Godstone, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Ironsbottom near Reigate, Surrey [1]

Kingswood, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Lesbourne Road, Reigate, Surrey [1]

London Road, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Mead Vale, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Redhill,Reigate,Surrey. [1]

Reigate registration district, Surrey [1]

Reigate, Croydon, Surrey [1]

Reigate, Surrey, [1]

Reigate, Surrey. [1]

Reigate,Surrey [1]

South Park, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [28]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Captain [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Lance Corporal [4]

Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Major [3]

Sapper [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy II [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Petty Officer (Master At Arms) [1]

Civilian [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Cyclist [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Mechanic [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Pensioner [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sergeant Major (Disciplinarian) [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Surgeon [1]

Unit

London Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

HMS Good Hope [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

17th Lancers [1]

6th Dragoon Guards [1]

6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

97th Deccan Infantry [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Friends' War Victims Relief Service [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

H.M.S. Barham [1]

H.M.S. Powerful [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Cardiff [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

Service

Royal Navy [200]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104]

British Army [69]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [49]

W [39]

H [31]

P [31]

T [30]

M [29]

S [29]

C [22]

F [21]

A [19]

K [19]

D [14]

G [14]

L [14]

R [12]

J [7]

E [5]

I [5]

N [4]

U [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [362]

Merchant Navy [24]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

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Place of birth

Reigate, Surrey [328] Reigate, Surrey, England [24] Redhill, Reigate, Surrey [6] Reigate, Redhill, Surrey [6] Reigate Surrey [5] Reigate Surrey [3] Reigate,Surrey. [3] Brockham, Reigate, Surrey [2] Earlswood, Reigate, Surrey [2] 23 Milby Lane, Reigate, Surrey [1] Betchworth, Reigate, Surrey [1] Betchworth, near Reigate, Surrey [1] Buckland, Reigate, Surrey [1] Garlands Road, Redhill, Reigate, Surrey [1] Godstone, Reigate, Surrey [1] Ironsbottom near Reigate, Surrey [1] Kingswood, Reigate, Surrey [1] Lesbourne Road, Reigate, Surrey [1] London Road, Reigate, Surrey [1] Mead Vale, Reigate, Surrey [1] Redhill,Reigate,Surrey. [1] Reigate registration district, Surrey [1] Reigate, Croydon, Surrey [1] Reigate, Surrey, [1] Reigate, Surrey. [1] Reigate,Surrey [1] South Park, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [28] Second Lieutenant [11] Captain [9] Lieutenant [8] Able Seaman [7] Lance Corporal [4] Corporal [3] Driver [3] Major [3] Sapper [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Sergeant Major [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy II [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Petty Officer (Master At Arms) [1] Civilian [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Cyclist [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Mechanic [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Pensioner [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Sergeant Major (Disciplinarian) [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Surgeon [1]

Unit

London Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [5] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] HMS Good Hope [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Army Service Corps [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 17th Lancers [1] 6th Dragoon Guards [1] 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] 97th Deccan Infantry [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] Friends' War Victims Relief Service [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] H.M.S. Barham [1] H.M.S. Powerful [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Cardiff [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS MALAYA [1]

Service

Royal Navy [200] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104] British Army [69] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [49] W [39] H [31] P [31] T [30] M [29] S [29] C [22] F [21] A [19] K [19] D [14] G [14] L [14] R [12] J [7] E [5] I [5] N [4] U [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [362] Merchant Navy [24] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

Richard William Dalton Geal

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army GS/127869 Private Royal Fusiliers

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George King

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281016

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Lewis Illman

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401685

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Arthur Thornton

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191096

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Henry Peters

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28342

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Percy Edward Woodhouse

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246401

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James Hill

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5904

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Percy William Haylor Jobson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206357

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George Beaumont Tyser

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Major East Lancashire Regiment

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Ronald Newman Ekins

Born 1893

Died 1939

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamtonshire Regiment

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

British Army Captain Northamptonshire Regiment

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Frank James Marsh

Born 1898

Died 1941

Royal Navy J29825 Boy II H.M.S. Powerful

Royal Navy P/JX 159055 Leading Telegraphist H.M.S. Barham

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Charles Foot

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262281

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William Houliston John King

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 2/288 Royal Naval Division

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Bertram Edward Worley

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army G/20033 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Joseph William Wood

Born 1897

Died 1920

Royal Navy J20639 Able Seaman HMS MONARCH

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John Eric Bovill

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)

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Arthur Archer Cox

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305581

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Ernest Edward King

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262806

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Arthur George Felton

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294103

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Frederick William Boorman

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121668

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