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Richmond, Surrey [570]

Richmond, Surrey, England [20]

Richmond Surrey [6]

Petersham, Richmond, Surrey [3]

Richmond upon Thames, Surrey [3]

Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey [3]

112 Church Road, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey [1]

64 Princes Road, Richmond, Surrey [1]

Barnes, Richmond, Surrey [1]

Mortlake, Richmond (Surrey) [1]

North Sheen, Richmond, Surrey [1]

Richmond ,Surrey [1]

Richmond London, Surrey [1]

Richmond Surrey District [1]

Richmond district Surrey [1]

Richmond, Barnes, Surrey [1]

Richmond, Surrey ,England [1]

Richmond,Surrey [1]

Richmond,Surrey. [1]

White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey [1]

richmond surrey [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Lieutenant [29]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Captain [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Major [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Driver [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Rifleman [6]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Sergeant [4]

Sapper [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Colonel [2]

Commander [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Midshipman [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Vice-Marshal [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Artist [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Bombardier [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Captain and Staff Officer [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Chauffeur (Driver) [1]

Chauffeuse [1]

Commander (Retd) [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Founder and Organiser [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lance Corporal (paid) [1]

Lance Corporal (unpaid) [1]

Unit

London Regiment [14]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Air Force [8]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

HMS Hampshire [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

British Red Cross [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Nigeria Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

1/128th Pioneers [1]

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

114th Mahrattas and Staff [1]

2 Cadet Wing [1]

2/5th Gurkha Rifles [1]

29th Punjabis [1]

2nd.Battalion. Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

30 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1]

31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers [1]

49th Division Royal Army Chaplains Department [1]

4A Reserve Brigade RA [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

5A Reserve Brigade RA [1]

5C Reserve Brigade RA [1]

93 Brigade RA [1]

Allies Field Ambulance Corps [1]

Army Medical Service [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Attached Indian Labour Corps in France [1]

Attentive [1]

Service

Royal Navy [311]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [178]

British Army [105]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [8]

Indian Army [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [84]

S [65]

H [62]

C [49]

P [45]

W [45]

G [33]

D [31]

M [30]

L [24]

R [23]

F [22]

A [20]

K [19]

T [19]

E [13]

J [11]

N [9]

O [6]

V [6]

Y [3]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [596]

Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [58]

Canada [2]

United States [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Richmond, Surrey [570] Richmond, Surrey, England [20] Richmond Surrey [6] Petersham, Richmond, Surrey [3] Richmond upon Thames, Surrey [3] Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey [3] 112 Church Road, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey [1] 64 Princes Road, Richmond, Surrey [1] Barnes, Richmond, Surrey [1] Mortlake, Richmond (Surrey) [1] North Sheen, Richmond, Surrey [1] Richmond ,Surrey [1] Richmond London, Surrey [1] Richmond Surrey District [1] Richmond district Surrey [1] Richmond, Barnes, Surrey [1] Richmond, Surrey ,England [1] Richmond,Surrey [1] Richmond,Surrey. [1] White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey [1] richmond surrey [1]

Rank

Private [46] Lieutenant [29] Second Lieutenant [18] Captain [10] Able Seaman [9] Lance Corporal [7] Major [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Driver [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Rifleman [6] Serjeant [6] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Sergeant [4] Sapper [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Colonel [2] Commander [2] Leading Seaman [2] Midshipman [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Vice-Marshal [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Artist [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Bombardier [1] Cadet [1] Captain Royal Marine Artillery [1] Captain and Staff Officer [1] Chauffeur [1] Chauffeur (Driver) [1] Chauffeuse [1] Commander (Retd) [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Cadet [1] Founder and Organiser [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lance Corporal (paid) [1] Lance Corporal (unpaid) [1]

Unit

London Regiment [14] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Air Force [8] Middlesex Regiment [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Army Service Corps [6] East Surrey Regiment [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Royal Engineers [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] HMS Hampshire [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] British Red Cross [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS BULWARK [2] Labour Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Nigeria Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] 1/128th Pioneers [1] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 114th Mahrattas and Staff [1] 2 Cadet Wing [1] 2/5th Gurkha Rifles [1] 29th Punjabis [1] 2nd.Battalion. Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 30 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1] 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers [1] 49th Division Royal Army Chaplains Department [1] 4A Reserve Brigade RA [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] 5A Reserve Brigade RA [1] 5C Reserve Brigade RA [1] 93 Brigade RA [1] Allies Field Ambulance Corps [1] Army Medical Service [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Attached Indian Labour Corps in France [1] Attentive [1]

Service

Royal Navy [311] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [178] British Army [105] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [8] Indian Army [4] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [84] S [65] H [62] C [49] P [45] W [45] G [33] D [31] M [30] L [24] R [23] F [22] A [20] K [19] T [19] E [13] J [11] N [9] O [6] V [6] Y [3] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [596] Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [58] Canada [2] United States [2] Australia [1] France [1] Germany [1] India [1] Ireland [1]

Leonard Haigh Brigg

Born 1886

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 19496 Sapper Australian Engineers

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Bertram Knight Ware

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 6 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Francis Gainsborough Lane-Poole

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marine Artillery Experimental Establishment, Shoeburyness

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Frederick Cecil Holman Piggott, Md Cantab

Born 1860

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Charles Evershed

Born 1887

Died 1974

Royal Navy Deal/1422/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

British Army 207531 Sapper Royal Engineers

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W J Horwood

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 41973 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 41973 Private Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Francis Prickett

Born 1879

British Army 23000 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Kenneth S Mcdonald

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 1534 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1534 Corporal London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Frank Whitton Cattley

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 46402 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 46402 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery 33rd Siege Battery

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George Reuben Cordery

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army G/41267 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army 3045 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/41267 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

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Keith Treadwell

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 738223 Private London Regiment 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's)

British Army 5468 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372739 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur James Flack

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy 239733 Boy 2nd Class Ganges

Royal Navy 239733 Boy 1st Class Impregnable

Royal Navy 239733 Ordinary Signaller Attentive

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Arthur George Elgar

Born 1885

Died 1970

British Army R4/095498 Private Army Service Corps

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Walter George Honey

Born 1894

Died 1980

British Army 65834 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Sara Bonnell

Born 1888

Died 1993

Other Empire Force Chauffeuse British Red Cross

Canadian Expeditionary Force Driver Canadian Army Service Corps

British Army Chauffeur First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

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Horace Gordon Legg

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 687 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 22nd Battalion

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William Aston

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 373411 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6490 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2239 Private East Surrey Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Ernest Purdey

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309163

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Alfred George Montague Norton Harper

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army Major Nigeria Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain Special List attached to Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force

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Frank Ernest Burton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45155

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