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Streatham, London [281]

Streatham London [3]

Streatham, South London [3]

Streatham, Wandsworth, London [3]

Streatham, London South West [2]

Streatham. London [2]

Streatham Hill, London [1]

Streatham Hill, Wandsworth, London [1]

Streatham Hill,Surrey London SW [1]

Streatham London, Surrey [1]

Streatham Wandsworth, London [1]

Streatham london [1]

Streatham, Lambeth, London [1]

Streatham, London South East [1]

Streatham, London, England [1]

Streatham, SW London [1]

Streatham, South West London [1]

Streatham. London. [1]

Thurlow Park Road, Streatham, London [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Lieutenant [12]

Captain [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Able Seaman [6]

Serjeant [6]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Rifleman [3]

Assistant Paymaster [2]

Bombardier [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Air Marshall [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Canteener [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Clerk [1]

Colonel [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Group Captain [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Musician [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

PO Mech [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Plumber’s Mate [1]

Sapper [1]

Sister [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [7]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Chester [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary’s Regiment) [2]

3rd attached 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment attached Machine Gun Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

H.M.S. "Victory II" [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Commonwealth [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS GARLAND [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS NESSUS [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS TURBULENT [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Naval Air Service [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Officer Training Corps Inns of Court [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

RAF Queensferry [1]

RNAS Queensferry [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [268]

British Army [38]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [41]

C [38]

H [34]

W [24]

M [18]

S [17]

D [16]

G [16]

L [16]

P [16]

R [14]

F [12]

T [9]

A [8]

K [6]

N [6]

J [5]

E [4]

O [4]

V [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [306]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

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Place of birth

Streatham, London [281] Streatham London [3] Streatham, South London [3] Streatham, Wandsworth, London [3] Streatham, London South West [2] Streatham. London [2] Streatham Hill, London [1] Streatham Hill, Wandsworth, London [1] Streatham Hill,Surrey London SW [1] Streatham London, Surrey [1] Streatham Wandsworth, London [1] Streatham london [1] Streatham, Lambeth, London [1] Streatham, London South East [1] Streatham, London, England [1] Streatham, SW London [1] Streatham, South West London [1] Streatham. London. [1] Thurlow Park Road, Streatham, London [1]

Rank

Private [17] Lieutenant [12] Captain [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Able Seaman [6] Serjeant [6] Boy 1st Class [4] Rifleman [3] Assistant Paymaster [2] Bombardier [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Air Marshall [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Canteener [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Clerk [1] Colonel [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Group Captain [1] Gunner [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Musician [1] Naval Cadet [1] PO Mech [1] Petty Officer [1] Plumber’s Mate [1] Sapper [1] Sister [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Surgeon Lieutenant [1] Temporary Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [7] London Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Army Service Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Chester [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary’s Regiment) [2] 3rd attached 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Bedfordshire Regiment attached Machine Gun Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] H.M.S. "Victory II" [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Commonwealth [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS GARLAND [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS NESSUS [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS TURBULENT [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Naval Air Service [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Officer Training Corps Inns of Court [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] RAF Queensferry [1] RNAS Queensferry [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [268] British Army [38] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [41] C [38] H [34] W [24] M [18] S [17] D [16] G [16] L [16] P [16] R [14] F [12] T [9] A [8] K [6] N [6] J [5] E [4] O [4] V [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [306]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Vernon Norrington

Born 1895

Died 1984

British Army 6/4202 Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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William Kenneth Bigger.

Born 1890

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur George Billson

Born 1880

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242682 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force

Royal Navy F42682 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RNAS Queensferry Kite Balloon Section

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242682 Air Mechanic 3rd Class RAF Queensferry Kite Balloon Section

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Walter Grimshaw Bigger.

Born 1888

Royal Navy Surgeon Lieutenant

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Thomas Rowland Alston

Born 1888

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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Geoffrey St George Shillington Cather

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers 19th (Service) Battalion (2nd Public Schools)

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers 9th (Service) Battalion (County Armagh)

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers Adjt 9th (Service) Battalion (County Armagh)

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William Ings

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 8297 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Jane Eunice Willson

Born 1877

Died 1955

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

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Frederick Miller

Born 1897

Died 1915

Royal Navy J29533

Royal Navy J/29533 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Alfred Bazil Gibson

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 1784 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 1784 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd Battalion

British Army 1784 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd (City of London) Battalion

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Frank Graham Scarth

Born 1885

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 81776

Canadian Expeditionary Force 81776 Private Canadian Infantry

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Robert Charles Lawrence

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 40682 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 2nd Brigade

British Army 40682 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 40682 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 231st Brigade

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Sidney Charles Carter

Born 1882

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 404294

Canadian Expeditionary Force 404294 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Thomas Dolamore

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army M2/032687 Private Army Service Corps

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Stanley William John Spooner

Born 1887

Royal Navy 222998

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Eric Arthur Minnitt

Born 1890

Died 1956

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2381114

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Charles Sydney Hartfield

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army R/13870 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Edward Foster

Born 1886

Died 1946

British Army 13290 Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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William Phipps Chandler

Born 1893

Died 1965

British Army Private Tank Corps

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Reginald Ernest Minnis

Born 1896

Died 1969

British Army PS 1158 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

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