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St John's Wood, London, Middlesex [13]

St John's, Newfoundland [10]

St John's [9]

St John's Newfoundland [9]

St John's Wood, London [7]

St. John's [7]

St John's NF [6]

St John's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

St John's Wood [3]

St John's Wood, Middlesex [3]

St John's, Kent [3]

St John's, Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

St John's, Margate, Kent [3]

St. John's, Kilkenny [3]

St. John's, Newfoundland [3]

St John'S Wood, London, Middlesex [2]

St John's, Limerick [2]

St John's, Liverpool [2]

St John's, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2]

St. John's Wood, London [2]

St. John's, Chester [2]

St. John's, Limerick [2]

St. John's, Sussex [2]

St. John's, Westminster [2]

3 Haywards Place, St. John's St., Clerkenwell, London [1]

30 St John's Road, Islington, London [1]

Port St John's, Cape Province [1]

St John's , Leicester [1]

St John's Chapel, County Durham [1]

St John's Fen End, Norfolk [1]

St John's Glastonbury, Somerset [1]

St John's Manchester [1]

St John's Waterford, Ireland [1]

St John's Wood, Hammersmith [1]

St John's Wood, Hampstead, London [1]

St John's Wood, Middlesex, England [1]

St John's Wood, Paddington, London [1]

St John's Worcester [1]

St John's Worcestershire [1]

St John's parish, Derby, Derbyshrie [1]

St John's parish, Greenwich, Kent [1]

St John's, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

St John's, Birkenhead,Cheshire [1]

St John's, Birmingham [1]

St John's, Cardiff [1]

St John's, Chester [1]

St John's, Clonmel, County Tipperary [1]

St John's, Devonport, Devon [1]

St John's, Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

St John's, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [72]

Lance Corporal [12]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Captain [9]

Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Serjeant [8]

Driver [5]

Gunner [3]

Major [3]

Reverend [2]

Sergeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic, 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Surgeon / Doctor [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Chief Signal Boatswain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Inspector [1]

Lance Corporal (unpaid) [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Officers' Cook 2nd Class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Rifleman [1]

SQMS [1]

Sanitary Inspector [1]

Signal Boatswain [1]

Signal Lieutenant [1]

Surgeon [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Surgeon [1]

VAD Nurse [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Sergeant Major) [1]

private [1]

Unit

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [16]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Royal Irish Regiment [11]

Labour Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Newfoundland Regiment [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Chaplains Department [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

19th Hussars [1]

1st Cape Corps, 160th Brigade [1]

28th Light Cavalry [1]

3rd Lahore Divisional Ammunition Column Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

4th Rajputs, attd 15th Sikhs [1]

Army Cyclist Corps, Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Cape Corps [1]

Cheshire Yeomanry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Active [1]

Service

British Army [110]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

Royal Navy [17]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [27]

C [20]

H [17]

S [13]

W [12]

A [10]

P [9]

D [8]

T [8]

F [7]

G [7]

L [6]

M [6]

R [6]

E [5]

K [5]

O [5]

J [4]

N [2]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [168]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

Canada [4]

India [3]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

United States [1]

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People [179] Stories Communities

Place of birth

St John's Wood, London, Middlesex [13] St John's, Newfoundland [10] St John's [9] St John's Newfoundland [9] St John's Wood, London [7] St. John's [7] St John's NF [6] St John's, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] St John's Wood [3] St John's Wood, Middlesex [3] St John's, Kent [3] St John's, Leeds, Yorkshire [3] St John's, Margate, Kent [3] St. John's, Kilkenny [3] St. John's, Newfoundland [3] St John'S Wood, London, Middlesex [2] St John's, Limerick [2] St John's, Liverpool [2] St John's, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2] St. John's Wood, London [2] St. John's, Chester [2] St. John's, Limerick [2] St. John's, Sussex [2] St. John's, Westminster [2] 3 Haywards Place, St. John's St., Clerkenwell, London [1] 30 St John's Road, Islington, London [1] Port St John's, Cape Province [1] St John's , Leicester [1] St John's Chapel, County Durham [1] St John's Fen End, Norfolk [1] St John's Glastonbury, Somerset [1] St John's Manchester [1] St John's Waterford, Ireland [1] St John's Wood, Hammersmith [1] St John's Wood, Hampstead, London [1] St John's Wood, Middlesex, England [1] St John's Wood, Paddington, London [1] St John's Worcester [1] St John's Worcestershire [1] St John's parish, Derby, Derbyshrie [1] St John's parish, Greenwich, Kent [1] St John's, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] St John's, Birkenhead,Cheshire [1] St John's, Birmingham [1] St John's, Cardiff [1] St John's, Chester [1] St John's, Clonmel, County Tipperary [1] St John's, Devonport, Devon [1] St John's, Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] St John's, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [72] Lance Corporal [12] Second Lieutenant [11] Captain [9] Corporal [8] Lieutenant [8] Serjeant [8] Driver [5] Gunner [3] Major [3] Reverend [2] Sergeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic, 3rd Class [1] Assistant Surgeon / Doctor [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Chief Signal Boatswain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Inspector [1] Lance Corporal (unpaid) [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Officers' Cook 2nd Class [1] Petty Officer [1] Rifleman [1] SQMS [1] Sanitary Inspector [1] Signal Boatswain [1] Signal Lieutenant [1] Surgeon [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Surgeon [1] VAD Nurse [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Sergeant Major) [1] private [1]

Unit

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [16] Cheshire Regiment [12] Royal Irish Regiment [11] Labour Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Newfoundland Regiment [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Service Corps [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Chaplains Department [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 19th Hussars [1] 1st Cape Corps, 160th Brigade [1] 28th Light Cavalry [1] 3rd Lahore Divisional Ammunition Column Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 4th Rajputs, attd 15th Sikhs [1] Army Cyclist Corps, Leicestershire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Cape Corps [1] Cheshire Yeomanry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps [1] French Red Cross [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Active [1]

Service

British Army [110] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] Royal Navy [17] Australian Imperial Force [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [27] C [20] H [17] S [13] W [12] A [10] P [9] D [8] T [8] F [7] G [7] L [6] M [6] R [6] E [5] K [5] O [5] J [4] N [2] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [168] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [45] Canada [4] India [3] Germany [1] Ireland [1] United States [1]

John Thomas Sullivan

Born 1892

Died 1966

British Army 769 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

Other Empire Force 769 Royal Newfoundland Regiment 29th Division, 1st Battalion

Other Empire Force 769 private Royal Newfoundland Regiment 29th Division, 1st Battalion

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Owen W Steele

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Newfoundland Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 326 Second Lieutenant Newfoundland Regiment 1st Battalion

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Michael Costigan

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 3824 Private Royal Irish Regiment 4th Battalion (Extra Reserve)

British Army 3824 Private Royal Irish Regiment 3rd Battalion (Reserve)

British Army 3824 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Hugh Beatty

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 3502 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Percy Beattie-Crozier

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Captain Indian Army

British Army South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

Indian Army Captain 4th Rajputs, attd 15th Sikhs

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James Flanagan

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Private Royal Irish Regiment Depot

British Army 6013 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6013 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Howard Shepard

Born 1879

Died 1976

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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Archie M Hart

Died 1916

British Army 4416 Private Highland Light Infantry 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion (Territorial)

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Roland Aubrey Leighton

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 4 Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 4 Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 7 Battalion

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Ernest William Smith

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 6228 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 6228 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Lancelot Cayley Shadwell

Born 1882

Died 1963

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Service Corps

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Alexander Brown

Born 1896

British Army M/408934 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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Francis Brookes Kennington

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 13771 Acting Colour Sergeant British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 13771 Sergeant British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

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Alfred Scott Mackie

Born 1891

British Army 954 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Highland Field Ambulance (Territorial)

British Army 954 Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Highland Field Ambulance (Territorial)

Royal Navy Surgeon HMS Mona's Isle

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Alfred Edwards

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 10211 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 70604 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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Frank Gordon Best

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 42 Corporal Royal Newfoundland Regiment A Company

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James Hogg

Born 1863

Died 1916

British Army 12546 Private Cheshire Regiment No. 3 Depot

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Lawrence Murphy

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 4474 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 292123 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 235529 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Cecil Henry Offer

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 4/1686 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 200116 Lance Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.

British Army 4/1686 Lance Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion

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Harold Bowring

Born 1883

Died 1962

British Army Captain Liverpool Merchants Hospital

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps. 1st Cav Div., and 3rd Cav Field Ambulance

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