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St Pancras, London, Middlesex [564]

St Pancras, Middlesex [344]

St Pancras, London [182]

St Pancras [37]

St Pancras, North London [26]

St. Pancras, London [26]

St. Pancras, Middlesex [21]

St Pancras London [18]

St Pancras, Middlesex, England [16]

St. Pancras [16]

St. Pancras, London, Middlesex [7]

St Pancras England [6]

St Pancras, Kentish Town, Middlesex [6]

London St Pancras [5]

St Pancras district, London [5]

London, St Pancras, Middlesex [4]

St. Pancras, Middx. [4]

Kentish Town, St. Pancras, London [3]

St Pancras, London, England [3]

Kentish Town, St Pancras, London [2]

ST. PANCRAS [2]

St Pancras, Highgate, Middlesex [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]

Alton St Pancras, Dorchester [1]

Camden Town, St Pancras district, London [1]

Camden Town, St Pancras, Middlesex [1]

Highgate,St Pancras,London. [1]

Kentish Town, St Pancras, LONDON [1]

Kentish Town, St. Pancras [1]

London, St Pancras district [1]

Regents Park, St Pancras Registration District [1]

Sandwich Street , St Pancras, London [1]

Shoreditch, St. Pancras, London [1]

Somers Town, St Pancras, London [1]

Somers Town, St Pancras, Middlesex [1]

St Pancras London England [1]

St Pancras Middlesex [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, Chichester [1]

St Pancras, Hampstead, Middlesex [1]

St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1]

St Pancras, London. [1]

St Pancras, Middlesex, London [1]

Rank

Private [251]

Rifleman [47]

Serjeant [29]

Lance Corporal [28]

Corporal [27]

Gunner [25]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Captain [15]

Driver [13]

Lieutenant [11]

Sapper [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Major [8]

Sergeant [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Sister [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [2]

Pioneer [2]

Regimental Sergeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

AM3 Fitter [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battalion Serjeant Major [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]

Unit

London Regiment [112]

Middlesex Regiment [31]

Royal Field Artillery [30]

South Wales Borderers [23]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Labour Corps [13]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

HMS Goliath [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

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

Welsh Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

British Red Cross [2]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Church Missionary Society [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [2]

Lancers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [892]

British Army [389]

Royal Navy [37]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Other Empire Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [165]

S [130]

H [126]

C [112]

W [103]

P [75]

R [75]

M [71]

G [66]

D [60]

A [54]

F [54]

L [54]

T [47]

E [46]

J [28]

K [25]

N [21]

V [11]

O [7]

I [5]

U [5]

Y [3]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1298]

Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [191]

India [3]

Germany [2]

South Africa [2]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

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St Pancras, London, Middlesex [564] St Pancras, Middlesex [344] St Pancras, London [182] St Pancras [37] St Pancras, North London [26] St. Pancras, London [26] St. Pancras, Middlesex [21] St Pancras London [18] St Pancras, Middlesex, England [16] St. Pancras [16] St. Pancras, London, Middlesex [7] St Pancras England [6] St Pancras, Kentish Town, Middlesex [6] London St Pancras [5] St Pancras district, London [5] London, St Pancras, Middlesex [4] St. Pancras, Middx. [4] Kentish Town, St. Pancras, London [3] St Pancras, London, England [3] Kentish Town, St Pancras, London [2] ST. PANCRAS [2] St Pancras, Highgate, Middlesex [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] Alton St Pancras, Dorchester [1] Camden Town, St Pancras district, London [1] Camden Town, St Pancras, Middlesex [1] Highgate,St Pancras,London. [1] Kentish Town, St Pancras, LONDON [1] Kentish Town, St. Pancras [1] London, St Pancras district [1] Regents Park, St Pancras Registration District [1] Sandwich Street , St Pancras, London [1] Shoreditch, St. Pancras, London [1] Somers Town, St Pancras, London [1] Somers Town, St Pancras, Middlesex [1] St Pancras London England [1] St Pancras Middlesex [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, Chichester [1] St Pancras, Hampstead, Middlesex [1] St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1] St Pancras, London. [1] St Pancras, Middlesex, London [1]

Rank

Private [251] Rifleman [47] Serjeant [29] Lance Corporal [28] Corporal [27] Gunner [25] Second Lieutenant [18] Captain [15] Driver [13] Lieutenant [11] Sapper [9] Able Seaman [8] Major [8] Sergeant [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Corporal [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Sister [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Bombardier [2] Chief Sick Berth Steward [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Petty Officer 2nd Class [2] Pioneer [2] Regimental Sergeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] AM3 Fitter [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battalion Serjeant Major [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]

Unit

London Regiment [112] Middlesex Regiment [31] Royal Field Artillery [30] South Wales Borderers [23] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Engineers [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Labour Corps [13] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] East Kent Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] HMS Goliath [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] British Red Cross [2] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Church Missionary Society [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [2] Lancers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [892] British Army [389] Royal Navy [37] Australian Imperial Force [7] Other Empire Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [165] S [130] H [126] C [112] W [103] P [75] R [75] M [71] G [66] D [60] A [54] F [54] L [54] T [47] E [46] J [28] K [25] N [21] V [11] O [7] I [5] U [5] Y [3] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1298] Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [191] India [3] Germany [2] South Africa [2] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

Arthur Douglas Newton

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 74 Gunner

British Army 74 Bombardier Royal Field Artilery

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John Hugh Williams Idris

Born 1889

Died 1957

British Army Captain London Regiment

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Allan Samuel Partridge

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 5110 Private London Regiment

British Army 322322 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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John Gough

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army L/28688 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Walter Joseph Barrett

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 207881 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 248th Field co.

Royal Navy S/392 Sapper Royal Naval Division Engineers Deal

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Frederick George Stewart

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 6416 Warrant Officer Class 2 Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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David Deverson Douglass

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 375547 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Evan Gravell

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 2043 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 2043 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur Walter Eastwell

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 5760 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372853 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur Claud Wright

Born 1888

Died 1977

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Alfred Humberstone

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army P/4159 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army P/4159 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 13th (Service) Battalion

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Simeon George Chivers, M C

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 1443 Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1443 Warrant Officer Class 2 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1443 Company Serjeant Major London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Victor John Hamer

Born 1892

British Army 21413 Private 3rd Hussars

British Army 41752 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 41752 Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Alfred Charles King

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 98877 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery

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William Alfred Rosa

Born 1893

Died 1920

British Army 41140 Private Essex Regiment

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William Carroll

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army SR/6450 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 6450 Private East Surrey Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Thomas Gearing

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2483 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 2483 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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George Gerald Sugg

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 5420 Private London Regiment

British Army 5420 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Herbert William Bower

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 8909 Private 2nd West Riding Regiment

British Army 8909 Corporal 2nd West Riding Regiment

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Arthur Edward Ellsom

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 510 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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