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St Marylebone, London [24]

St Marylebone, London, Middlesex [21]

46 Portland Place, St Marylebone, London [1]

Great Cumberland Place, St. Marylebone, London [1]

St Johns Wood Marylebone London [1]

St Marylebone, London, England [1]

St. John's Wood, Marylebone, London [1]

St. Marylebone, London [1]

Rank

Private [14]

Gunner [5]

Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Captain [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Band Boy [1]

Colonel [1]

Gunner Signaller [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Musician [1]

Private then Acting Corporal then Corporal [1]

Section Leader [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards [1]

Army Medical Services [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dragoons [1]

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

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Versatile [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS TIGER [1]

Royal Marine Artillery; HMS Erin [1]

Royal Marine Band; HMS Ajax [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marines Band [1]

Royal Marines Band; HMS Impregnable [1]

Royal Tank Corps [1]

The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [24]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

Royal Navy [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

N [9]

F [8]

H [6]

B [5]

M [3]

T [3]

A [2]

C [2]

J [2]

S [2]

V [2]

W [2]

D [1]

G [1]

K [1]

P [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [50]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

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People [51] Stories Communities

Place of birth

St Marylebone, London [24] St Marylebone, London, Middlesex [21] 46 Portland Place, St Marylebone, London [1] Great Cumberland Place, St. Marylebone, London [1] St Johns Wood Marylebone London [1] St Marylebone, London, England [1] St. John's Wood, Marylebone, London [1] St. Marylebone, London [1]

Rank

Private [14] Gunner [5] Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Captain [2] Lance Corporal [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Band Boy [1] Colonel [1] Gunner Signaller [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Stoker [1] Musician [1] Private then Acting Corporal then Corporal [1] Section Leader [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards [1] Army Medical Services [1] Army Service Corps [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dragoons [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] General List [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Versatile [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS TIGER [1] Royal Marine Artillery; HMS Erin [1] Royal Marine Band; HMS Ajax [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marines Band [1] Royal Marines Band; HMS Impregnable [1] Royal Tank Corps [1] The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] Royal Navy [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

N [9] F [8] H [6] B [5] M [3] T [3] A [2] C [2] J [2] S [2] V [2] W [2] D [1] G [1] K [1] P [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [50]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

John Milne Fraser

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16197

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Sidney Archibald Russell

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65890

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Frederick William Wolsey

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35638

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Henry John Flint

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16492

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Edgar Cecil Finzi

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 221 Squadron

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Hubert Francis Fitzwilliam Brabazon Foljambe

Born 1872

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Bertram George Bryon

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army S/9092 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 3rd Battalion

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Arthur George Bromage

Born 1887

Died 1921

British Army 6615 Acting Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 34053 Acting Serjeant Royal Irish Fusiliers

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William Joseph May

Born 1885

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 27099

Canadian Expeditionary Force 27099 Private Canadian Infantry

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George Cornelius Scanes

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216535

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Richard Edward Harrison

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249619

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Sydney Andrews

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19405

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Alfred Ernest Cook

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279006

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Arthur Ernest Ashley

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205732

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William Edward Higgs

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161877

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John Edward Simpson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206497

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Robert Leslie Banister

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209057

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Henry H Hawkins

Born 1875

British Army 10139 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 10139 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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John Spencer Dunville

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Dragoons

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Arthur Edward Bishop

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224944

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