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Southwark, London [1208]

Southwark, South London [14]

Newington, Southwark, London [7]

St. Saviour Southwark, London [7]

Bermondsey, Southwark, London [4]

Southwark London [4]

St Saviour, Southwark, London [4]

Southwark,London. [3]

St Saviour Southwark, London [3]

Borough, St. Saviour Southwark, London [2]

London, Southwark [2]

Saint Saviours Southwark, London [2]

Southwark, London SE [2]

St. Saviour, Southwark, London [2]

St.Saviour,Southwark, London [2]

St.Saviour,Southwark,London. [2]

226 Scovell Road, St Saviour, Southwark, London [1]

26 Ontario Street, Bermondsey, Southwark, London [1]

283 Lynton Road, Bermondsey, Southwark, London, SE1 5DB [1]

Bermondsey,Southwark,London. [1]

Bermondsey,St. Saviour Southwark, London [1]

Camberwell Southwark South London [1]

Lambeth, St Saviour Southwark, London [1]

London Borough of Southwark [1]

Newington St Saviours Southwark London [1]

Newington, Borough of Southwark, London [1]

Nunhead, Southwark, London [1]

Peckham, Southwark, London [1]

SOUTHWARK ,LONDON [1]

Snowsfields, Southwark, London [1]

Southwark London [1]

Southwark, Lambeth, London [1]

Southwark, London, England [1]

Southwark,London [1]

St George the Martyr Southwark London [1]

St George's, Southwark, South London [1]

St Georges, Southwark, London [1]

St Olaves, Southwark, London [1]

St Saviour, Southwark, London, England [1]

St Saviour, Southwark, London, Surrey [1]

St Saviour,Southwark,London. [1]

St. Saviour Southwark London [1]

St. Saviour Southwark, London, England [1]

Stamford Road, Southwark, London [1]

Walworth Southwark London [1]

Walworth, Southwark, London [1]

Walworth, Southwark. London [1]

Walworth, St.Saviour Southwark, London [1]

southwark , london [1]

Rank

Private [127]

Able Seaman [25]

Corporal [19]

Rifleman [17]

Stoker 1st Class [17]

Gunner [14]

Boy 1st Class [12]

Lance Corporal [12]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Serjeant [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Driver [8]

Sapper [8]

Acting Corporal [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Captain [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Cadet [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Musician [2]

Pioneer [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Abe Bodied Seaman [1]

Abe Seaman [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Bombadier [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic, 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman [1]

Airman [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Unit

London Regiment [46]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

South Wales Borderers [12]

Royal Engineers [10]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [7]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Labour Corps [6]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [4]

HMS Calliope [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

HMS Vanguard [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Erin [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Hampshire" [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS Nomad [2]

HMS WARSPITE [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1103]

British Army [190]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [149]

S [129]

H [115]

C [106]

M [103]

W [103]

P [79]

R [73]

G [71]

L [56]

D [55]

T [47]

J [44]

A [33]

F [33]

E [21]

K [21]

N [19]

O [17]

V [11]

I [5]

Q [4]

U [4]

Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1292]

Country

United Kingdom [128]

Australia [1]

China [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [1301] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Southwark, London [1208] Southwark, South London [14] Newington, Southwark, London [7] St. Saviour Southwark, London [7] Bermondsey, Southwark, London [4] Southwark London [4] St Saviour, Southwark, London [4] Southwark,London. [3] St Saviour Southwark, London [3] Borough, St. Saviour Southwark, London [2] London, Southwark [2] Saint Saviours Southwark, London [2] Southwark, London SE [2] St. Saviour, Southwark, London [2] St.Saviour,Southwark, London [2] St.Saviour,Southwark,London. [2] 226 Scovell Road, St Saviour, Southwark, London [1] 26 Ontario Street, Bermondsey, Southwark, London [1] 283 Lynton Road, Bermondsey, Southwark, London, SE1 5DB [1] Bermondsey,Southwark,London. [1] Bermondsey,St. Saviour Southwark, London [1] Camberwell Southwark South London [1] Lambeth, St Saviour Southwark, London [1] London Borough of Southwark [1] Newington St Saviours Southwark London [1] Newington, Borough of Southwark, London [1] Nunhead, Southwark, London [1] Peckham, Southwark, London [1] SOUTHWARK ,LONDON [1] Snowsfields, Southwark, London [1] Southwark London [1] Southwark, Lambeth, London [1] Southwark, London, England [1] Southwark,London [1] St George the Martyr Southwark London [1] St George's, Southwark, South London [1] St Georges, Southwark, London [1] St Olaves, Southwark, London [1] St Saviour, Southwark, London, England [1] St Saviour, Southwark, London, Surrey [1] St Saviour,Southwark,London. [1] St. Saviour Southwark London [1] St. Saviour Southwark, London, England [1] Stamford Road, Southwark, London [1] Walworth Southwark London [1] Walworth, Southwark, London [1] Walworth, Southwark. London [1] Walworth, St.Saviour Southwark, London [1] southwark , london [1]

Rank

Private [127] Able Seaman [25] Corporal [19] Rifleman [17] Stoker 1st Class [17] Gunner [14] Boy 1st Class [12] Lance Corporal [12] Ordinary Seaman [12] Serjeant [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Driver [8] Sapper [8] Acting Corporal [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Leading Stoker [4] Lieutenant [4] Petty Officer [4] Captain [3] Leading Seaman [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Sergeant [2] Bombardier [2] Cadet [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Signalman [2] Musician [2] Pioneer [2] Signal Boy [2] Signalman [2] Stoker [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Abe Bodied Seaman [1] Abe Seaman [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Bombadier [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Sergeant Major [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Craftsman 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic, 1st Class [1] Aircraftman [1] Airman [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Band Corporal [1]

Unit

London Regiment [46] Royal Field Artillery [15] South Wales Borderers [12] Royal Engineers [10] Army Service Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Essex Regiment [7] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [7] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Labour Corps [6] H.M.S. "Formidable." [4] HMS Calliope [4] HMS Good Hope [4] HMS Vanguard [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Erin [3] HMS Ganges [3] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS Nomad [2] HMS WARSPITE [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1103] British Army [190] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [149] S [129] H [115] C [106] M [103] W [103] P [79] R [73] G [71] L [56] D [55] T [47] J [44] A [33] F [33] E [21] K [21] N [19] O [17] V [11] I [5] Q [4] U [4] Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1292]

Country

United Kingdom [128] Australia [1] China [1] France [1] Germany [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

John Daniel William Escott

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army L33583 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 49th Reserve Battery

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Patrick O'brien

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9235 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9235 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9235 Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Louis Alfred Lee

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 40567 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Battalion

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Horace Wilfred Cook

Born 1894

Died 1956

British Army 1989 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 45353 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 45353 Acting Sergeant Surrey Yeomanry

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Stephen Bennett

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8927 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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George Francis Hamilton

Born 1891

Died 1940

British Army 541044 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd London General Hospital

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Robert John Cooper

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 5759 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 232644 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 232644 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd Battalion

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Richard William Walsh

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4553 Private London Regiment

British Army 4553 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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William Saunderson

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 9798 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9798 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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William Frederick Smith

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 8759 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8759 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Ernest Archibald Alexander

Born 1895

Died 1980

British Army 2611 Private 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 2611 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion

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Thomas Humberstone

Born 1878

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1951 Australian Infantry 18th Battalion

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Archibald Rogers

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 220438 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Sapsford

Born 1890

Died 1951

British Army 8732 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D8732 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D8732 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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Ladd L Hicks

Born 1899

Died 1953

British Army GS/87280 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Henry John Roast

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 375759 Private London Regiment

British Army 375759 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Archibald Kay Cordall

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 65639 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John Henry Dollittle

Born 1891

Died 1970

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2761 Sergeant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2761 Aircraftman Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2761 Corporal Royal Flying Corps

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James Edward Robinson

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army G/23875 Private East Kent Regiment 10th (R. East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Battalion

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Ernest Thomas Rolls

Born 1887

Died 1941

Royal Navy 1886 Royal Marines Crystal Palace

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