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Teddington, Middlesex [162]

Teddington, London, Middlesex [8]

Teddington Middlesex [4]

Teddington, Middlesex, England [2]

Hampton, Teddington, Middlesex [1]

Teddington, Hampton, Middlesex [1]

Teddington,Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [16]

Lieutenant [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Serjeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Rifleman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

SM/Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Sub-Lieutenant (Observer training) [1]

Sub-Lieutenant (Observer) [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

88th Regiment (Victoria Fusiliers) [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

HM Submarine E37 [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Bonaventure [1]

HMS Dolphin [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Majestic [1]

HMS Prince George [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Territorial Force [1]

Queen's Westminster Rifles [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Engineers Postal Section [1]

Royal Engineers Special Reserve [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Tank Corps [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [93]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56]

British Army [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [24]

S [22]

H [18]

B [15]

C [14]

W [11]

L [10]

A [9]

G [7]

T [7]

F [6]

J [6]

R [6]

K [5]

N [5]

P [5]

D [2]

O [2]

E [1]

I [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [175]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

United States [1]

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People [179] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Teddington, Middlesex [162] Teddington, London, Middlesex [8] Teddington Middlesex [4] Teddington, Middlesex, England [2] Hampton, Teddington, Middlesex [1] Teddington, Hampton, Middlesex [1] Teddington,Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [16] Lieutenant [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Serjeant [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain [2] Leading Seaman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Rifleman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Corporal [1] Driver [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] SM/Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sergeant Mechanic [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Sub-Lieutenant (Observer training) [1] Sub-Lieutenant (Observer) [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] 88th Regiment (Victoria Fusiliers) [1] Army Service Corps [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] HM Submarine E37 [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Bonaventure [1] HMS Dolphin [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Majestic [1] HMS Prince George [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Territorial Force [1] Queen's Westminster Rifles [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Engineers Postal Section [1] Royal Engineers Special Reserve [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Tank Corps [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [93] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56] British Army [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

M [24] S [22] H [18] B [15] C [14] W [11] L [10] A [9] G [7] T [7] F [6] J [6] R [6] K [5] N [5] P [5] D [2] O [2] E [1] I [1] U [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [175] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15] United States [1]

William James Clarke

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 1469 Private East Surrey Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 11182 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Thomas Hare

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 80572 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Noel Pierre Coward

Born 1899

Died 1973

British Army 767872 Private London Regiment 22 Battalion

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Richard Eustre Vertue Yerburgh

Born 1879

Died 1941

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2070304 Private 88th Regiment (Victoria Fusiliers)

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Alfred Edgar Mansfield

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 5283 Private London Regiment

British Army 492242 Private London Regiment

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Charles Hunt

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 64565 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 64565 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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James Jones

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 8853 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8853 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Herbert William Hitchcock

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Tank Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch)

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Percy Ballard Stoodley

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2665 Private London Regiment 28th Battalion (Artists Rifles)

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

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Harold M Johns

Died 1918

British Army 51019 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 56649 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Merifield

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47225

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Charles Frederick Marshall

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28889

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William Edward Grove

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25400

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Edward Fry

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51126

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Charles Henry King

Died 1917

British Army 5670 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 393717 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 7462 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Alfred Chipperfield

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284425

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Arthur Charles Lewcock

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8743

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Herbert James Bremidge

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197880

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Alexander Barclay

Died 1915

British Army 1485 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Alexander Denis Burnett-Brown

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Territorial Force

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