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Rotherhithe, Surrey [144]

Rotherhithe, Surrey, England [60]

Rotherhithe,Surrey [3]

Rotherhithe Surrey [1]

Rotherhithe London, Surrey [1]

Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Rotherhithe, London, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [25]

Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain [1]

Corporal [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine room Articifer 4th class [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Musician [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Army Service Corps Labour Company [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Indus [1]

HMS Queen Elizabeth [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Regiment [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marines Band - HMS BULWARK [1]

Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Tank Corps [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [102]

British Army [28]

Royal Navy [21]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [27]

B [24]

H [19]

M [19]

S [18]

W [18]

J [10]

P [10]

T [10]

D [9]

R [8]

F [6]

A [5]

E [5]

G [5]

K [5]

N [5]

L [4]

O [2]

I [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [149]

Merchant Navy [60]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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People [211] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Rotherhithe, Surrey [144] Rotherhithe, Surrey, England [60] Rotherhithe,Surrey [3] Rotherhithe Surrey [1] Rotherhithe London, Surrey [1] Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Rotherhithe, London, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [25] Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain [1] Corporal [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine room Articifer 4th class [1] Gunner [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Musician [1] Petty Officer [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Hampshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Army Service Corps Labour Company [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Indus [1] HMS Queen Elizabeth [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Regiment [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marines Band - HMS BULWARK [1] Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] Tank Corps [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [102] British Army [28] Royal Navy [21] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [27] B [24] H [19] M [19] S [18] W [18] J [10] P [10] T [10] D [9] R [8] F [6] A [5] E [5] G [5] K [5] N [5] L [4] O [2] I [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [149] Merchant Navy [60]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Philip John Bradon

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269729

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Frederick Harold Brown

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211243

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Ernest Richard Hurst

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216594

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Thomas Poole

Born 1890

British Army

British Army 18547 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army M2/131634 Private Army Service Corps

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John William Dunce

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215828

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Walter Ernest Smith

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223588

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Charles Robert Moreton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228592

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Alfred John Lloyd Evans

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228856

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Henry John Beavis

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229735

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Samuel Bennett

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231518

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Arthur Mozley Mullenger

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233732

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Walter Bradshaw Pethybridge

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233217

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William Pettitt

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 12054 Private East Surrey Regiment

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William George Rogers

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 33225 Private Somerset Light Infantry 8th Btn

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Milton Charles Harsant

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162262

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Albert Edward Clamp

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223389

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Henry John Collier

Born 1890

Died 1976

British Army R/39705 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 121087 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Frederick Bristow Redfern

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11913

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George Ernest Scadeng

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209658

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Arthur Frederick Maylor

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247480

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