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Reigate, Surrey [328]

Reigate, Surrey, England [24]

Reigate [10]

Reigate England [9]

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]

Earlswood, nr Reigate [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]

Lingfield Reigate, Sussex [1]

London Road, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Mead Vale, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Redhill Reigate, Sussex [1]

Redhill,Reigate,Surrey. [1]

Reigate registration district, Surrey [1]

Reigate, Croydon, Surrey [1]

Reigate, London [1]

Reigate, Surrey, [1]

Reigate, Surrey. [1]

Reigate, Sussex [1]

Reigate,Surrey [1]

South Park, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [31]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Lieutenant [11]

Captain [10]

Able Seaman [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Major [4]

Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Gunner [3]

Sapper [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Commander [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]

Commander (Retired) [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]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Mechanic [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Pensioner [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

HMS Good Hope [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

17th Lancers [1]

5th Dragoon Guards [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]

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]

Service

Royal Navy [206]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104]

British Army [78]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [53]

W [41]

S [34]

H [33]

P [32]

T [30]

M [29]

F [24]

C [23]

K [20]

A [19]

D [16]

G [15]

L [15]

R [13]

J [7]

E [5]

I [5]

N [4]

U [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [386]

Merchant Navy [24]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

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Place of birth

Reigate, Surrey [328] Reigate, Surrey, England [24] Reigate [10] Reigate England [9] 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] Earlswood, nr Reigate [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] Lingfield Reigate, Sussex [1] London Road, Reigate, Surrey [1] Mead Vale, Reigate, Surrey [1] Redhill Reigate, Sussex [1] Redhill,Reigate,Surrey. [1] Reigate registration district, Surrey [1] Reigate, Croydon, Surrey [1] Reigate, London [1] Reigate, Surrey, [1] Reigate, Surrey. [1] Reigate, Sussex [1] Reigate,Surrey [1] South Park, Reigate, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [31] Second Lieutenant [13] Lieutenant [11] Captain [10] Able Seaman [7] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Lance Corporal [4] Major [4] Corporal [3] Driver [3] Gunner [3] Sapper [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Commander [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] Commander (Retired) [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] Lieutenant Commander [1] Mechanic [1] Midshipman [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Pensioner [1] Petty Officer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [12] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6] Royal Fusiliers [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] HMS Good Hope [3] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 17th Lancers [1] 5th Dragoon Guards [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] 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]

Service

Royal Navy [206] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104] British Army [78] Australian Imperial Force [9] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [53] W [41] S [34] H [33] P [32] T [30] M [29] F [24] C [23] K [20] A [19] D [16] G [15] L [15] R [13] J [7] E [5] I [5] N [4] U [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [386] Merchant Navy [24] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

St. Barbe Russell Sladen

Born 1973

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel The Queen's Regiment

British Army

British Army Lieutenant Colonel The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 5th Battalion, Commanding 1st Battalion

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Frederick Ernest Charlwood

Born 1883

Royal Navy 203311

203311 Chief Petty Officer (Master At Arms) HMS Cardiff Mediterranean Fleet

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Robert Kenneth Woodhouse

Born 1889

Died 1950

Royal Navy 5128 acting Sergeant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Robert Dolton

Born 1878

Died 1933

British Army 13142 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 46826 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Thomas Hector Hughes

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Frank Charles Rugman

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army G/15025 Private The Queen's Regiment 2/5th Battalion

British Army G/15025 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Harold Rudgard

Born 1884

Died 1958

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Major Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment attached Headquarters

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment attached Headquarters

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Leonard Puttock

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 2134 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 2134 Private East Surrey Regiment 9th Battalion

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William Maynard

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army G/4189 The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 3rd Battalion

British Army G/4189 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Battalion

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John Percy Agent

Born 1885

Died 1973

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90313

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Sidney Heathcote Habershon

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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Henry John Dewey

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 11846 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 18325 Private Grenadier Guards Depot

British Army 11846 Royal Army Medical Corps Tinge Military Hospital, Malta

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Victor Claud Willis

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 291462 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 295305 Private London Regiment

British Army 295305 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 4th (City of London) Battalion

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Donald Whitley Figg

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Captain London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel London Regiment 24th (county of lond Battalion

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George William Rugman

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army S/769 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 8th (Service) Battalion

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Douglas Michael Bowyer

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment 1st Battalion

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Noel Herbert Stone

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Fritz Bowyer

Born 1892

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5341 Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 9th Squadron

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Charles William Lucas

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 372644 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5303 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Marshall Trevarthen

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 766320 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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