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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]

David Haslum

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army L/14189 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Siddons Kemble

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1514

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Richard Ernest Gilder

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226545

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Douglas Carmichael

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade

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Robert Richard White

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army S/7015 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Henry Tappenden

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 1086 Private East Surrey Regiment

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William Aubrey Branson

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23533

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Percy James Mitchell

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1447

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Herbert Tilden Thomson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45842

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Charles Arthur Smith

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199258

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Archibald Bumble Riddle

Born 1888

Canadian Expeditionary Force 79441 Private 31st Battalion

British Army 79441 Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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Sydney Victor Shew

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15688

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William Walter Balcombe

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91028

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Sidney Alexander Smith

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17040

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Frederick Langley

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408774

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Herbert Graham Richard Williams

Born 1893

British Army 300055 Lance Corporal London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) 5th City of London Battalion

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Eric Gordon Hutchins

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 1310 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army SP/1310 Sergeant London Regiment 24th (service) battalion, royal fusiliers (city of lond Battalion

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Alfred Jakeman

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 11561 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Andrew Sandham

Born 1890

Died 1982

British Army 342 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 585149 Private Labour Corps

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Walter Hodsoll Gordon Heath

Born 1897

Died 1965

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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