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Southwark, Surrey [320]

Southwark, Surrey, England [13]

Southwark,Surrey [4]

Newington, Southwark, Surrey [2]

Camberwell, Southwark, Surrey [1]

Kinglake Street, Southwark,Surrey [1]

Lambeth, Southwark, Surrey [1]

Southwark Surrey [1]

Southwark, Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Southwark, Camberwell, Surrey [1]

St Olave, Southwark, Surrey [1]

St Saviour, Southwark, London, Surrey [1]

St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [27]

Gunner [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Corporal [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Musician [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pte [1]

Unit

East Surrey Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

6th Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

HM Trawler Valpa [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS War Knight [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS 'Vanguard' [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Vanguard [1]

Royal Marines [1]

Royal Marines Light Infantry [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [263]

British Army [40]

Royal Navy [36]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [38]

M [36]

H [34]

W [33]

P [24]

G [22]

S [21]

C [20]

R [19]

T [15]

A [14]

L [13]

J [11]

F [10]

D [8]

N [8]

K [7]

E [6]

O [5]

Q [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [332]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

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Place of birth

Southwark, Surrey [320] Southwark, Surrey, England [13] Southwark,Surrey [4] Newington, Southwark, Surrey [2] Camberwell, Southwark, Surrey [1] Kinglake Street, Southwark,Surrey [1] Lambeth, Southwark, Surrey [1] Southwark Surrey [1] Southwark, Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Southwark, Camberwell, Surrey [1] St Olave, Southwark, Surrey [1] St Saviour, Southwark, London, Surrey [1] St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [27] Gunner [4] Lance Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Corporal [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Lieutenant [1] Musician [1] Petty Officer [1] Pte [1]

Unit

East Surrey Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] 6th Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Corps of Hussars [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] HM Trawler Valpa [1] HMS Hercules [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Marine - SS War Knight [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Fleet Reserve [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS 'Vanguard' [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Vanguard [1] Royal Marines [1] Royal Marines Light Infantry [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] West Riding Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [263] British Army [40] Royal Navy [36] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [38] M [36] H [34] W [33] P [24] G [22] S [21] C [20] R [19] T [15] A [14] L [13] J [11] F [10] D [8] N [8] K [7] E [6] O [5] Q [1] U [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [332] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Charles Victor Power

Born 1893

Died 1975

British Army 502703 Labour Corps 651 Agricultural Company

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Thomas Toomey

Born 1886

Died 1953

British Army 56989 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Sidney Charles Mason

Born 1882

Died 1962

Royal Navy 13539 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Frederick George Firmage

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 614078 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 614078 Pte London Regiment The 2/19th Battalion

British Army 614078 Private London Regiment

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Edwin William Fruin Skinner

Born 1863

Died 1916

Royal Navy RFR/CH/B/1177 Royal Fleet Reserve

Royal Navy 128054

Royal Navy 128054 Chief Petty Officer HM Trawler Valpa

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William James Rayment

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196064

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Sidney Warren

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army R/17822 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/17822 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 8th Battalion attached 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade

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Charles William Williamson

Born 1897

Died 1976

British Army L/38148 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Arthur Lawrence

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 9523 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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John Charles Monk

Died 1918

British Army G/34605 Private East Surrey Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 34605 Private East Surrey Regiment 12th Battalion

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Sidney Poole

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8060

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William Ewart Tomkin

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28338

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Harry Strong

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9451

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James Edwards

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263653

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Henry Evans

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303812

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James Hilliker

Born 1898

British Army RMB/2019 Musician Royal Marines

British Army 1021813 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Francis William Gray

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278392

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Walter Shah Miles

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216546

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Harry Blake Geake

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233359

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William George Portwaine

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196545

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