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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]

Leslie Francis Walford

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 2048 Private London Regiment

British Army 2048 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Herbert Ashford Walford

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 2026 Private London Regiment

British Army 2026 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Herbert Edward Philip Burwell

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy M3779 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS TITANIA

Royal Navy M3779 Boy Artificer HMS Fisgard

Royal Navy M3779 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class. HMS COCHRANE. Present at the Battle of Jutland.

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Benjamin Rouse

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 204117 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 205746 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Edwin Arthur Weeks

Born 1890

Died 1976

British Army M/303995 Private Army Service Corps

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Stephen Algernon Porter

Born 1880

Died 1941

British Army 351153 Private Essex Regiment

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Charles Nutley

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 15039 Private Grenadier Guards

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Charles William Offord

Born 1900

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163783

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163783 Acting Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force 14th Aircraft Acceptance Park

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Sydney Herbert Terrington

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63805

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Wilfred Thomas Davey

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 203835 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

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Albert Edward Perkins

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214451

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Walter Reginald Daley

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105355

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John Welsh

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194134

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Percy Richard Higley

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army 155604 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 155604 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William Henry Chilton

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277250

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Herbert Stanley Fernie

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11258

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John William Pearce

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220093

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Archibald Frederick Hynard

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206094

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Henry Alfred Singleton

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222011

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Alfred Rouse

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268352

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