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Tooting, London [201]

Upper Tooting, London [8]

Tooting, London South West [2]

Tooting, London, England [2]

Tooting, South London [2]

Upper Tooting London [2]

Lower Tooting, London [1]

Tooting Grove, London [1]

Tooting London [1]

Tooting London England [1]

Tooting london [1]

Tooting, London, Middlesex [1]

Tooting, London, Surrey [1]

Tooting, South West London [1]

Upper Tooting,London [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Able Seaman [6]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

48th Battalion [1]

50 Squadron [1]

5th Army Troops Company, CEF [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

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

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

HM Submarine D5 [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Cadmus [1]

HMS Calypso [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Mistley [1]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Strongbow [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

RNVR - HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MALAYA [1]

Royal Naval Division - Hawke Battalion [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Tank Corps [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [204]

British Army [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [24]

S [24]

G [20]

P [19]

W [16]

B [15]

L [15]

C [13]

F [12]

T [12]

M [10]

R [9]

A [7]

D [7]

J [7]

K [7]

E [4]

N [2]

V [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [224]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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People [226] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Tooting, London [201] Upper Tooting, London [8] Tooting, London South West [2] Tooting, London, England [2] Tooting, South London [2] Upper Tooting London [2] Lower Tooting, London [1] Tooting Grove, London [1] Tooting London [1] Tooting London England [1] Tooting london [1] Tooting, London, Middlesex [1] Tooting, London, Surrey [1] Tooting, South West London [1] Upper Tooting,London [1]

Rank

Private [15] Able Seaman [6] Stoker 1st Class [5] Boy 1st Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Gunner [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Pioneer [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Second Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

London Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] 48th Battalion [1] 50 Squadron [1] 5th Army Troops Company, CEF [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Champion." [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HM Submarine D5 [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Cadmus [1] HMS Calypso [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Mistley [1] HMS NEW ZEALAND [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Strongbow [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] RNVR - HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MALAYA [1] Royal Naval Division - Hawke Battalion [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Tank Corps [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [204] British Army [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [24] S [24] G [20] P [19] W [16] B [15] L [15] C [13] F [12] T [12] M [10] R [9] A [7] D [7] J [7] K [7] E [4] N [2] V [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [224] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Albert Leonard Kilburn

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J32458

Royal Navy J.32458. (Po.) Boy 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

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Charles Gardner

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy K16971

Royal Navy K/16971 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Arthur Herbert Cockram

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1546 Private London Regiment 21st (County of London) Battalion (First Surrey Rifles)

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David Rivolta

Died 1916

British Army 17903 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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David Jones

Born 1879

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141475

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141475 Private Canadian Infantry

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Victor Jeffery Horace Freight

Born 1890

Died 1917

Royal Navy L6994 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS Strongbow

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Eric George Frederick Herrmann

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 6518 Private Royal Fusiliers 18th Battalion

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Edward Norman Menhinick

Born 1893

Died 1971

Royal Navy Z/974 Able Seaman RNVR Royal Naval Division - Hawke Battalion

Royal Navy Z/974 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve London Division

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Frederick Charles Freeborn

Born 1901

Died 1941

Royal Navy J67319

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Walter Pippard

Born 1897

Royal Navy 14622 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MALAYA

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Percy Albert Packham

Born 1878

Royal Navy J34876

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Norman Herbert Card

Born 1899

Royal Navy J37389

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Francis Stanley Hollaway

Born 1899

Royal Navy J41669

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James Irvings Willis

Born 1900

Royal Navy J43550

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Leslie Gilbert Wells Miller

Born 1900

Royal Navy J44320

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Arthur Henry Gardner

Born 1899

Royal Navy J44876

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William Clifford Montier

Born 1900

Royal Navy J46682

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Harold Salt

Born 1900

Royal Navy J49267

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Hector Bishop

Born 1900

Royal Navy J52513

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Charles Thompson

Born 1893

Royal Navy J57227

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