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Tooting, London [201]

Tooting, Surrey [68]

Tooting, Surrey, England [21]

Upper Tooting, London [8]

Tooting [7]

Tooting England [6]

Upper Tooting, Surrey [4]

Tooting Graveney, Surrey [2]

Tooting, London South West [2]

Tooting, London, England [2]

Tooting, Middlesex [2]

Tooting, South London [2]

Upper Tooting London [2]

Lower Tooting, London [1]

Mitcham, Tooting, Surrey [1]

Streatham, Tooting, Surrey [1]

Tooting Grove, London [1]

Tooting London [1]

Tooting London England [1]

Tooting graveny [1]

Tooting london [1]

Tooting, London, Middlesex [1]

Tooting, London, Surrey [1]

Tooting, South West London [1]

Upper Tooting, Surrey, England [1]

Upper Tooting, Wandsworth, Surrey [1]

Upper Tooting,London [1]

tooting, surrey. [1]

Rank

Private [27]

Able Seaman [6]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Corporal [3]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Sergeant Major [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wireless operator [1]

Unit

London Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

48th Battalion [1]

50 Squadron [1]

5th Army Troops Company, CEF [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke Of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [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]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [1]

Hussars [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (London Scottish) [1]

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

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

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [222]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51]

British Army [38]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [40]

H [32]

P [28]

W [28]

B [27]

G [22]

R [20]

L [19]

F [17]

M [17]

C [16]

T [15]

A [13]

D [13]

J [10]

K [9]

E [6]

V [6]

N [2]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [317]

Merchant Navy [23]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Canada [1]

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People [342] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Tooting, London [201] Tooting, Surrey [68] Tooting, Surrey, England [21] Upper Tooting, London [8] Tooting [7] Tooting England [6] Upper Tooting, Surrey [4] Tooting Graveney, Surrey [2] Tooting, London South West [2] Tooting, London, England [2] Tooting, Middlesex [2] Tooting, South London [2] Upper Tooting London [2] Lower Tooting, London [1] Mitcham, Tooting, Surrey [1] Streatham, Tooting, Surrey [1] Tooting Grove, London [1] Tooting London [1] Tooting London England [1] Tooting graveny [1] Tooting london [1] Tooting, London, Middlesex [1] Tooting, London, Surrey [1] Tooting, South West London [1] Upper Tooting, Surrey, England [1] Upper Tooting, Wandsworth, Surrey [1] Upper Tooting,London [1] tooting, surrey. [1]

Rank

Private [27] Able Seaman [6] Stoker 1st Class [5] Lance Corporal [4] Corporal [3] Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Pioneer [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Second Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Staff Sergeant Major [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wireless operator [1]

Unit

London Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Tank Corps [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 48th Battalion [1] 50 Squadron [1] 5th Army Troops Company, CEF [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke Of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [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] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [1] Hussars [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (London Scottish) [1] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [222] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51] British Army [38] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [40] H [32] P [28] W [28] B [27] G [22] R [20] L [19] F [17] M [17] C [16] T [15] A [13] D [13] J [10] K [9] E [6] V [6] N [2] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [317] Merchant Navy [23]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Canada [1]

Leslie Yates

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298823

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Isaac Charles Pendry

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298473

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Leopold Victor Kilburn

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308435

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Richard Charles Penhaligon

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy 223326 Stoker 1st Class HM Submarine D5

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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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James Galsworthy

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209300

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Sydney Ernest Crego Bourne

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228399

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Thomas Harry Johnson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250869

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Nicholas John Down

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260581

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Hector Philip May

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263383

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Frederick Pocock

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275687

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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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William Affleck

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 8379 Corporal 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 8379 Transport Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 8379 Serjeant Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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David Rivolta

Died 1916

British Army 17903 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Victor Roe

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army S/6614 Corporal The Queen's Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Albert George Hutchings

Born 1890

British Army 52226 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 404494 Private Labour Corps

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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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Ernest Henry Carder

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215247

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Ernest Nathaniel Daniell

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159049

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