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Southall, Middlesex [109]

Southall, Middlesex, England [11]

Southall, London, Middlesex [6]

Norwood Green, Southall, Middlesex [1]

Norwood, Southall, Middlesex [1]

Southall Norwood Middlesex [1]

Southall, Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Southall, Uxbridge, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [13]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Corporal [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class. [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2, Squadron Sergeant Major [1]

Wireman 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

London Regiment [2]

London Regiment (London Scottish) [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [1]

20 Squadron RNAS [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M.S. "Carnarvon." [1]

HM Submarine J6 [1]

HMS CAROLINE [1]

HMS COCHRANE. Present at the Battle of Jutland. [1]

HMS Commonwealth [1]

HMS Fisgard [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS TIPPERARY [1]

HMS TITANIA [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [67]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41]

British Army [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [18]

B [17]

S [15]

M [10]

W [10]

F [8]

P [8]

R [7]

C [6]

A [5]

D [5]

L [5]

J [4]

N [4]

G [3]

T [2]

Y [2]

E [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [120]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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People [131] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Southall, Middlesex [109] Southall, Middlesex, England [11] Southall, London, Middlesex [6] Norwood Green, Southall, Middlesex [1] Norwood, Southall, Middlesex [1] Southall Norwood Middlesex [1] Southall, Brentford, Middlesex [1] Southall, Uxbridge, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [13] Stoker 1st Class [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boy Artificer [1] Corporal [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class. [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Warrant Officer Class 2, Squadron Sergeant Major [1] Wireman 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Air Force [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] London Regiment [2] London Regiment (London Scottish) [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [1] 20 Squadron RNAS [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Carnarvon." [1] HM Submarine J6 [1] HMS CAROLINE [1] HMS COCHRANE. Present at the Battle of Jutland. [1] HMS Commonwealth [1] HMS Fisgard [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS TIPPERARY [1] HMS TITANIA [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [67] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41] British Army [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [18] B [17] S [15] M [10] W [10] F [8] P [8] R [7] C [6] A [5] D [5] L [5] J [4] N [4] G [3] T [2] Y [2] E [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [120] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [6] Canada [1] India [1]

Alfred Henry Lane

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210597

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Horace Daniel Matthews

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214183

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George Henry Avery

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221900

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Hubert James Halford

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269903

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Lewis Thomas Jones

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276908

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Ernest Snellings

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408451

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Alfred Rouse

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268352

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Walter Etherington

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165530

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John William Manning

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265698

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Norman Bousfield

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148655

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William Dell

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200999

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Charley Pearce

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy J14871 Able Seaman HMS TIPPERARY

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Frank Adams

Born 1879

British Army 43902 Royal Fusiliers

British Army 9926 Private Army Pay Corps

British Army Corporal Army Pay Corps

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James Herman Gooding

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224953

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Albert William Marden

Born 1889

Royal Navy 235302

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Albert William Mattey

Born 1886

Royal Navy 361984

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John Heath

Born 1881

Royal Navy 364531

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David Plaistowe

Born 1897

Royal Navy F4678

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Harvey John Bamber

Born 1889

Royal Navy F5304

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George Montague Terrance Rouse

Born 1896

Royal Navy F6223

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