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Streatham, London [281]

Streatham, Surrey [159]

Streatham [29]

Streatham, Surrey, England [21]

Streatham England [13]

Streatham Victoria [7]

Streatham Hill, Surrey [3]

Streatham London [3]

Streatham, Middlesex [3]

Streatham, South London [3]

Streatham, Wandsworth, London [3]

Streatham Common, Surrey [2]

Streatham, London South West [2]

Streatham, Wandsworth, Surrey [2]

Streatham. London [2]

Lambeth, Streatham, Surrey [1]

STREATHAM, SURREY [1]

Streatham Hill, London [1]

Streatham Hill, Surrey, England [1]

Streatham Hill, Wandsworth, London [1]

Streatham Hill,Surrey London SW [1]

Streatham London, Surrey [1]

Streatham Park [1]

Streatham Surrey [1]

Streatham Wandsworth, London [1]

Streatham london [1]

Streatham, [1]

Streatham, Croydon, Surrey [1]

Streatham, Durham [1]

Streatham, Isle of Ely [1]

Streatham, Lambeth, London [1]

Streatham, London South East [1]

Streatham, London, England [1]

Streatham, SW London [1]

Streatham, South West London [1]

Streatham, Tooting, Surrey [1]

Streatham, Wandsworth [1]

Streatham, Wandsworth, Surrey, England [1]

Streatham,Surrey [1]

Streatham. London. [1]

Thurlow Park Road, Streatham, London [1]

Wandsworth, Streatham, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [43]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Lieutenant [19]

Captain [14]

Serjeant [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Corporal [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Sapper [5]

Rifleman [4]

Bombardier [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Marshall [2]

Assistant Paymaster [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Cadet [1]

Canteener [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain [1]

Clerk [1]

Colonel [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Group Captain [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel, [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lt. Colonel [1]

Musician [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [14]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Army Service Corps [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Chester [2]

Nigeria Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

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

Tank Corps [2]

3rd attached 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

43rd Erinpura Regiment [1]

43rd Regiment [1]

6th Dragoon Guards [1]

75th Carnatic Infantry [1]

7th Gurkha Rifles [1]

Attached 75th Carnatic Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment attached Machine Gun Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

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

East Kent Regiment [1]

Erinpura Regiment, Indian Army [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gold Coast Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

Service

Royal Navy [317]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [114]

British Army [89]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

B [67]

C [64]

H [62]

W [39]

S [38]

G [34]

M [34]

L [29]

F [26]

P [26]

D [25]

R [25]

T [18]

K [16]

A [13]

N [11]

E [10]

J [7]

O [7]

Y [5]

I [2]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [531]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [51]

Belgium [1]

France [1]

India [1]

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Streatham, London [281] Streatham, Surrey [159] Streatham [29] Streatham, Surrey, England [21] Streatham England [13] Streatham Victoria [7] Streatham Hill, Surrey [3] Streatham London [3] Streatham, Middlesex [3] Streatham, South London [3] Streatham, Wandsworth, London [3] Streatham Common, Surrey [2] Streatham, London South West [2] Streatham, Wandsworth, Surrey [2] Streatham. London [2] Lambeth, Streatham, Surrey [1] STREATHAM, SURREY [1] Streatham Hill, London [1] Streatham Hill, Surrey, England [1] Streatham Hill, Wandsworth, London [1] Streatham Hill,Surrey London SW [1] Streatham London, Surrey [1] Streatham Park [1] Streatham Surrey [1] Streatham Wandsworth, London [1] Streatham london [1] Streatham, [1] Streatham, Croydon, Surrey [1] Streatham, Durham [1] Streatham, Isle of Ely [1] Streatham, Lambeth, London [1] Streatham, London South East [1] Streatham, London, England [1] Streatham, SW London [1] Streatham, South West London [1] Streatham, Tooting, Surrey [1] Streatham, Wandsworth [1] Streatham, Wandsworth, Surrey, England [1] Streatham,Surrey [1] Streatham. London. [1] Thurlow Park Road, Streatham, London [1] Wandsworth, Streatham, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [43] Second Lieutenant [20] Lieutenant [19] Captain [14] Serjeant [7] Able Seaman [6] Corporal [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Sapper [5] Rifleman [4] Bombardier [3] Lance Corporal [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Marshall [2] Assistant Paymaster [2] Deck Hand [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Cadet [1] Canteener [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain [1] Clerk [1] Colonel [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Flying Officer [1] Group Captain [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel, [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lt. Colonel [1] Musician [1] Naval Cadet [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [14] London Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Engineers [6] Army Service Corps [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Labour Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Chester [2] Nigeria Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary’s Regiment) [2] Tank Corps [2] 3rd attached 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 43rd Erinpura Regiment [1] 43rd Regiment [1] 6th Dragoon Guards [1] 75th Carnatic Infantry [1] 7th Gurkha Rifles [1] Attached 75th Carnatic Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment attached Machine Gun Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Erinpura Regiment, Indian Army [1] Essex Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] Gold Coast Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] H.M.S. "Victory II" [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

Service

Royal Navy [317] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [114] British Army [89] Australian Imperial Force [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

B [67] C [64] H [62] W [39] S [38] G [34] M [34] L [29] F [26] P [26] D [25] R [25] T [18] K [16] A [13] N [11] E [10] J [7] O [7] Y [5] I [2] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [531] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [51] Belgium [1] France [1] India [1]

Charles Cooper

Born 1877

Died 1967

British Army 116665 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 292040 Private Labour Corps

British Army 292040 Private Labour Corp. Army Reserves

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James Albert Croxton

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 69617 Private Tank Corps F Battalion

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Thomas Costerton Beckenham

Born 1894

Died 1960

British Army M2/119502 Private Army Service Corps

Royal Navy Naval Air Service

Royal Navy F898 PO Mech Royal Navy Air Service

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Cecil Cato Nottingham

Born 1889

Died 1937

British Army 1373 Serjeant Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary’s Regiment)

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Bernard Wright

Born 1887

British Army 9056 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 9056 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9056 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Frank Elliott

Born 1885

Died 1944

British Army 54609 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/250190 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Henry Cyril Dixon Kimber

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Field Artillery 2nd London Divisional Ammunition Column

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Eric Cato Nottingham

Born 1891

Died 1972

British Army 1374 Serjeant Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary’s Regiment)

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Percy Lionel Adams

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 2377 Private London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army 5568 Second Lieutenant London Regiment Attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George William Mileham

Born 1888

British Army 7339 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 7339 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

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Frederick James Havelock

Born 1887

British Army 9320 Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 9320 Corporal Nigeria Regiment

British Army 9320 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Sydney Allen Stoneham

Born 1886

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2768

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2768 Lance Corporal Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)

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Paul Holman

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1625 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Albert Edward Rose

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2195 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Charles Harold Bass

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant 3rd attached 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers

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Alan Edward George Epps

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 20585 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Herbert Leggatt Nicholson

Born 1883

Died 1959

British Army 63762 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Hamilton Macgregor

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps 132nd Machine Gun Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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Leonard Arthur Barlow

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army GS/65022 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 24473 Private East Surrey Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 20480 Private 30th Training Reserve Battalion

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Norman Protheroe Shand

Born 1885

Died 1956

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment

British Army Captain Nigeria Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn.

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