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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]

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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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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]

Norman Percy Playford

Born 1890

Died 1969

British Army Queen's Westminster Rifles

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant (Observer training) Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Clement Talbot Wrks-Roehampton-Eastchurch

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant (Observer) Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve HMS Riviera

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Walter Henry Martin

Died 1918

British Army T/26853 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 114640 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114640 Sergeant Mechanic Royal Air Force

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William Samuel Archer

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 216685 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 216685 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 216685 Ordinary Seaman HMS Prince George

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William Speller Alger

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216242

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Alfred Austin

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168966

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Arthur William Gregory

Born 1894

Died 1919

Royal Navy 16107 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division HMS Queen Elizabeth

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Herbert Horace Smith

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242417

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Leon Stafford Selby Lowndes Northcote

Born 1888

Died 1972

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Sidney Laughlin

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34359

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Cecil Thomas Stone

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253896

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Albert Archer Smith

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215844

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George Herbert Needs

Born 1885

Died 1959

British Army 107592 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Engineers

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Joseph Johnson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305176

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Henry Thomas Rivett

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220195

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Walter Murray

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221063

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Osman Edward Boord

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 3490 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 3490 Private London Regiment

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Albert Ernest Hatcher

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215569

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Frank William Kemp

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204432

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Frederick Charles Savage

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy 303 S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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W Williams

Died 1914

British Army 6279 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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