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St Pancras, London, Middlesex [564]

St Pancras, London [182]

St Pancras, North London [26]

St. Pancras, London [26]

St Pancras London [18]

St. Pancras, London, Middlesex [7]

London St Pancras [5]

St Pancras district, London [5]

London, St Pancras, Middlesex [4]

Kentish Town, St. Pancras, London [3]

St Pancras, London, England [3]

Kentish Town, St Pancras, London [2]

St. Pancras London [2]

15 North Terrace, St Pancras, London [1]

24, Doughty Mews, St Pancras, London [1]

4 Little Drummond Street, St Pancras, London [1]

64 Barclay St, Somers Town, St Pancras, London [1]

Camden Town, St Pancras district, London [1]

Highgate,St Pancras,London. [1]

Kentish Town, St Pancras, LONDON [1]

London, St Pancras district [1]

Sandwich Street , St Pancras, London [1]

Shoreditch, St. Pancras, London [1]

Somers Town, St Pancras, London [1]

St Pancras London England [1]

St Pancras Middlesex London [1]

St Pancras or Hendon district, London [1]

St Pancras or Kilburn, London [1]

St Pancras parish, London [1]

St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1]

St Pancras, London. [1]

St Pancras, Middlesex, London [1]

St. Pancras, London, England [1]

St. Pancras, London. [1]

St. Pancras. London [1]

West St Pancras, London [1]

st Pancras, London, Middlesex, England [1]

st pancras,london [1]

st. pancras, london [1]

Rank

Private [162]

Rifleman [31]

Serjeant [23]

Corporal [20]

Gunner [17]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Captain [14]

Lance Corporal [13]

Lieutenant [11]

Driver [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Major [7]

Sapper [6]

Sergeant [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Sister [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Regimental Sergeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

AM3 Fitter [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Battalion Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Boy Signaller [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain (Flight Commander) [1]

Captain Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander (Retd) [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corp [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [77]

South Wales Borderers [23]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Royal Engineers [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Labour Corps [7]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Border Regiment [2]

British Red Cross [2]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

120th Rajputana Infantry [1]

15th (The King's) Hussars [1]

15th Hussars [1]

19th Hussars [1]

333 (HS) Labour Corps [1]

3rd Hussars [1]

57th Division [1]

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [578]

British Army [262]

Royal Navy [30]

Other Empire Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [105]

C [87]

H [83]

S [81]

W [70]

R [51]

M [48]

P [47]

G [37]

L [36]

T [36]

D [34]

A [32]

F [29]

E [26]

J [17]

K [16]

N [13]

V [8]

O [5]

I [4]

U [3]

Y [3]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [853]

Country

United Kingdom [140]

India [3]

Germany [2]

South Africa [2]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

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Place of birth

St Pancras, London, Middlesex [564] St Pancras, London [182] St Pancras, North London [26] St. Pancras, London [26] St Pancras London [18] St. Pancras, London, Middlesex [7] London St Pancras [5] St Pancras district, London [5] London, St Pancras, Middlesex [4] Kentish Town, St. Pancras, London [3] St Pancras, London, England [3] Kentish Town, St Pancras, London [2] St. Pancras London [2] 15 North Terrace, St Pancras, London [1] 24, Doughty Mews, St Pancras, London [1] 4 Little Drummond Street, St Pancras, London [1] 64 Barclay St, Somers Town, St Pancras, London [1] Camden Town, St Pancras district, London [1] Highgate,St Pancras,London. [1] Kentish Town, St Pancras, LONDON [1] London, St Pancras district [1] Sandwich Street , St Pancras, London [1] Shoreditch, St. Pancras, London [1] Somers Town, St Pancras, London [1] St Pancras London England [1] St Pancras Middlesex London [1] St Pancras or Hendon district, London [1] St Pancras or Kilburn, London [1] St Pancras parish, London [1] St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1] St Pancras, London. [1] St Pancras, Middlesex, London [1] St. Pancras, London, England [1] St. Pancras, London. [1] St. Pancras. London [1] West St Pancras, London [1] st Pancras, London, Middlesex, England [1] st pancras,london [1] st. pancras, london [1]

Rank

Private [162] Rifleman [31] Serjeant [23] Corporal [20] Gunner [17] Second Lieutenant [16] Captain [14] Lance Corporal [13] Lieutenant [11] Driver [9] Able Seaman [8] Major [7] Sapper [6] Sergeant [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Sister [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Chief Sick Berth Steward [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Regimental Sergeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] AM3 Fitter [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Battalion Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Boy Signaller [1] Brevet Major [1] Cadet [1] Captain (Flight Commander) [1] Captain Major [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colonel [1] Commander (Retd) [1] Commissary [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corp [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Engineer Commander [1] Flying Officer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [77] South Wales Borderers [23] Royal Field Artillery [22] Middlesex Regiment [16] Royal Engineers [12] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Labour Corps [7] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [5] Royal Air Force [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Essex Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Border Regiment [2] British Red Cross [2] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS Goliath [2] Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 120th Rajputana Infantry [1] 15th (The King's) Hussars [1] 15th Hussars [1] 19th Hussars [1] 333 (HS) Labour Corps [1] 3rd Hussars [1] 57th Division [1] 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [578] British Army [262] Royal Navy [30] Other Empire Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [105] C [87] H [83] S [81] W [70] R [51] M [48] P [47] G [37] L [36] T [36] D [34] A [32] F [29] E [26] J [17] K [16] N [13] V [8] O [5] I [4] U [3] Y [3] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [853]

Country

United Kingdom [140] India [3] Germany [2] South Africa [2] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

William James Rosa

Born 1894

Died 1961

British Army 23556 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Young

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 8810 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8810 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Charles Fisher

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 370356 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1880 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Edward James Toomey

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 9674 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9674 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Albert Edward Teeling

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 738022 Acting Corporal London Regiment

British Army 5853 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372933 Acting Corporal London Regiment

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Charles John Philo

Born 1873

Died 1917

Royal Navy 150621 Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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Charles Leonard Dexter

Born 1896

British Army 2026 Private London Regiment

British Army 106179 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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George Skidmore

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army G/2578 Unpaid Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army G/2578 Private Middlesex Regiment 12th Battalion

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Albert Walter Sear

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7361 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Frank Leon Andrews

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 1983 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370405 Acting Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Edwin Macey Marsh

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 370621 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 2354 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370621 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 1st/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Harry Lawson Webster Levy-Lawson

Born 1862

Died 1933

British Army Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army Royal Berkshire Hussars

British Army London Regiment 1/1st Battalion

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Charles Gordon Paramore

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Ethel Kate Thompson

Born 1878

Died 1945

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

Other Empire Force Sister British Red Cross Lady Norman Hospital Wimereaux

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William Henry Eyles

Born 1881

British Army 6220 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 6220 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 6220 Private South Wales Borderers

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Isaac Stock

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 9169 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9169 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9169 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Francis Gerrard Hamilton Cooke

Born 1875

Died 1939

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick Watson

Born 1869

Died 1915

Royal Navy 130640 Chief Sick Berth Steward HMS Goliath

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William Dumbleton

Born 1889

British Army 8162 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army WR 100324 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 369912 Private Royal Engineers

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William Ernest Minto

Born 1897

Died 1979

British Army 171840 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 171840 Pioneer Royal Engineers Bedford Signal Depot

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