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Surbiton, Surrey [205]

Surbiton, Surrey, England [23]

Hook, Surbiton, Surrey [2]

Surbiton Surrey [2]

Surbiton Hill, Surbiton, Surrey [2]

Surbiton Surrey [2]

Hook near Surbiton, Surrey, England [1]

Long Ditton, Surbiton, Surrey [1]

Surbiton Hill, Surrey [1]

Surbiton, Surrey [1]

Surbiton, Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1]

Surbiton, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey [1]

Surbiton,Surrey [1]

Surrey Surbiton [1]

Thames Ditton, Surbiton, Surrey [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [12]

Private [12]

Captain [11]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Major [5]

Gunner [3]

Brigadier General [2]

Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander (Retd) [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major General [1]

Major-General [1]

Midshipman [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

3rd Hussars [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Chief Engineer, Fourth Army [1]

Chief Engineer, IV Corps [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Durham and North Riding County Division [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

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

HM Submarine E20 [1]

HMS "Hampshire" [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

Hussars [1]

Hussars/ Staff [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps attached Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Caroline [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Military Collage Sandhurst [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Q5 (Farnborough) [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [124]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57]

British Army [39]

Last name first letter

B [35]

S [32]

W [20]

H [19]

P [17]

G [15]

A [14]

C [14]

F [11]

D [9]

M [9]

V [9]

K [7]

R [7]

T [7]

L [6]

E [4]

N [3]

J [2]

Y [2]

I [1]

O [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [219]

Merchant Navy [24]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Sri Lanka [1]

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People [245] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Surbiton, Surrey [205] Surbiton, Surrey, England [23] Hook, Surbiton, Surrey [2] Surbiton Surrey [2] Surbiton Hill, Surbiton, Surrey [2] Surbiton Surrey [2] Hook near Surbiton, Surrey, England [1] Long Ditton, Surbiton, Surrey [1] Surbiton Hill, Surrey [1] Surbiton, Surrey [1] Surbiton, Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1] Surbiton, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey [1] Surbiton,Surrey [1] Surrey Surbiton [1] Thames Ditton, Surbiton, Surrey [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [12] Private [12] Captain [11] Second Lieutenant [10] Major [5] Gunner [3] Brigadier General [2] Corporal [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Bombardier [1] Colonel [1] Commander (Retd) [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major General [1] Major-General [1] Midshipman [1] Officer Cadet [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Signalman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] 3rd Hussars [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Chief Engineer, Fourth Army [1] Chief Engineer, IV Corps [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Durham and North Riding County Division [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Victory I" [1] HM Submarine E20 [1] HMS "Hampshire" [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS MALAYA [1] Hussars [1] Hussars/ Staff [1] Labour Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps attached Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Caroline [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Military Collage Sandhurst [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Q5 (Farnborough) [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Suffolk Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [124] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57] British Army [39]

Last name first letter

B [35] S [32] W [20] H [19] P [17] G [15] A [14] C [14] F [11] D [9] M [9] V [9] K [7] R [7] T [7] L [6] E [4] N [3] J [2] Y [2] I [1] O [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [219] Merchant Navy [24]

Country

United Kingdom [23] Sri Lanka [1]

James Edwin Goddard

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army M2/121888 Private Army Service Corps

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Wilfred Southey Deare Oldman

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Geoffrey Hall

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Robert Wilcox Gurney

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210314

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John Startin

Born 1884

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps attached Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Philip Howell

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army Brigadier General Hussars/ Staff 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars

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James Woodfield

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403189

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Mornington Charles Wheeler

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137521

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William Ernest Berryman

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234139

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William Percy Denton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222392

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Henry Hall Purvis

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224605

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William James Donger

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226219

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John Benjamin Budd

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235452

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Ernest Charles Hinson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240680

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Walter Francis Clifford

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 374361 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Vivian King Sharp

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 87686 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Theodore Bullett

Born 1897

Died 1979

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12809

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Charles Ridley Pawsey

Born 1894

Died 1972

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment

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William Douglas Maclean Trimmer

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

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Albert Edward Pryor

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8327

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