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Twickenham, Middlesex [247]

Twickenham, Middlesex, England [25]

Twickenham, London, Middlesex [18]

St Margaret's, Twickenham, Middlesex [2]

Twickenham, Middlesex, London [2]

Twickenham,Brentford,Middlesex. [2]

Hampton, Twickenham, Middlesex [1]

Hanworth, Twickenham, Middlesex [1]

Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex [1]

Strawbery Hill Twickenham, Middlesex [1]

Twickenham Brentford Middlesex [1]

Twickenham Middlesex [1]

Twickenham, Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Lance Corporal [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Gunner [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Captain [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sapper [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy First Class [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Naval Schoolmaster [1]

Nurse [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pvt. [1]

Rfn [1]

S.S.A. [1]

Serjeant [1]

Ship's Cook [1]

Temporary Major 2nd in Command [1]

Writer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

HMS Pembroke I [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Vernon [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS WARSPITE [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Labour Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Cyclist Corp [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Africa Military Audit Department [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

H.M. Submarine E5 [1]

HMS 'Majestic' [1]

HMS Actaeon [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS Blenheim [1]

HMS Boadicea [1]

HMS Chatham [1]

HMS Colombo [1]

HMS Columbine (Solent) [1]

HMS Cumberland [1]

HMS Curacoa [1]

HMS Dance [1]

HMS Defiance [1]

HMS Dragon [1]

HMS Enterprise [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hecla [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Iron Duke [1]

HMS Irresistable [1]

HMS Kildonan Castle [1]

HMS Maori [1]

HMS NESSUS [1]

HMS Northampton [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Pembroke (Anthony) [1]

HMS Pembroke 1.1 [1]

HMS Pembroke 1.2 [1]

Service

Royal Navy [160]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86]

British Army [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [32]

C [32]

S [31]

H [24]

W [23]

A [19]

M [19]

L [17]

G [15]

F [14]

P [14]

R [13]

D [10]

K [10]

J [8]

T [7]

N [4]

E [3]

I [3]

Y [2]

O [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [273]

Merchant Navy [25]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

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People [303] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Twickenham, Middlesex [247] Twickenham, Middlesex, England [25] Twickenham, London, Middlesex [18] St Margaret's, Twickenham, Middlesex [2] Twickenham, Middlesex, London [2] Twickenham,Brentford,Middlesex. [2] Hampton, Twickenham, Middlesex [1] Hanworth, Twickenham, Middlesex [1] Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex [1] Strawbery Hill Twickenham, Middlesex [1] Twickenham Brentford Middlesex [1] Twickenham Middlesex [1] Twickenham, Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [17] Lance Corporal [6] Able Seaman [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Gunner [4] Lieutenant [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Captain [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Petty Officer [2] Sapper [2] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy First Class [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] L/Cpl [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Naval Schoolmaster [1] Nurse [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Pioneer [1] Pvt. [1] Rfn [1] S.S.A. [1] Serjeant [1] Ship's Cook [1] Temporary Major 2nd in Command [1] Writer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] HMS Pembroke I [3] Royal Engineers [3] HMS LION [2] HMS Vernon [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS WARSPITE [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Labour Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Cyclist Corp [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Africa Military Audit Department [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] H.M. Submarine E5 [1] HMS 'Majestic' [1] HMS Actaeon [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS Blenheim [1] HMS Boadicea [1] HMS Chatham [1] HMS Colombo [1] HMS Columbine (Solent) [1] HMS Cumberland [1] HMS Curacoa [1] HMS Dance [1] HMS Defiance [1] HMS Dragon [1] HMS Enterprise [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hecla [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Iron Duke [1] HMS Irresistable [1] HMS Kildonan Castle [1] HMS Maori [1] HMS NESSUS [1] HMS Northampton [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Pembroke (Anthony) [1] HMS Pembroke 1.1 [1] HMS Pembroke 1.2 [1]

Service

Royal Navy [160] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86] British Army [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [32] C [32] S [31] H [24] W [23] A [19] M [19] L [17] G [15] F [14] P [14] R [13] D [10] K [10] J [8] T [7] N [4] E [3] I [3] Y [2] O [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [273] Merchant Navy [25]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Arthur Knight

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30379

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James William Joyce

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212567

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Albert Lyon Gray

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162227

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Richard Brown

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24640

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Henry Reuben Hierons

Born 1877

Died 1920

British Army M2/150421 Private Army Service Corps 66th, 889th Company

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Willie Stead

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212278

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Henry Lusty

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219082

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Frederick Alfred Horton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222303

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William Henry Harbor

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233194

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Percy Allen

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 8/2396 Private Middlesex Regiment 1/8th Battalion

British Army 240317 Private Middlesex Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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William Parsons

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204912

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Janet Clare-Ball

Born 1876

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Littlehampton V.A.D. Hospital

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Alfred Walter Hannon

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283308

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A E Jones

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303545

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Hugh Cecil Westall Beeching

Born 1866

Died 1928

British Army Temporary Major 2nd in Command Kent Regiment 6th battalion royal west Battalion

British Army Captain The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

British Army Major Hampshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Edward James Gillett

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39500

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Charles Beauchamp

Died 1917

British Army 3624 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 3624 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Francis Arthur Noel Brown

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 7th worcest Battalion

British Army 3506 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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George Joseph Bates

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225591

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George Sworder Powell

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228338

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