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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]

Frank Butcher

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240319

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Frederick William Arundel Graver

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army TR10/158270 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 51st Young Soldier Battalion

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Francis Thew Pope

Born 1899

Died 1943

British Army 11997 Second Lieutenant The Queen's Regiment

British Army 11997 Lieutenant The Queen's Regiment

British Army 11997 Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Corps Signals South Area Signals

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Charles Mills

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy PO/10422 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry, Portsmouth Division, HMS Good Hope

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Percy Horace Clark

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45573

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Frederick Walter Maitland Coker

Born 1882

Died 1954

Royal Navy 205893 Boy 2nd Class HMS Northampton

Royal Navy 205893 Boy 1st Class HMS Curacoa

Royal Navy 205893 Ordinary Seaman HMS Curacoa

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James George Chapman

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 12990 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army 12990 Acting Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army 12990 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Edward William Ings

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208563

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Percy Ernest Anderson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214006

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Charles Alex Samples

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219229

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William Harry Luff

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224916

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Bertrand William Chandler

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232689

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Albert Victor Winchester

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232360

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Leslie Edwin Alexander Bourn

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240505

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William Charles Shipman

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245556

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George Harry Cox

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247419

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Charles William Lee

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269448

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George William Wotton

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army G/144 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/144 L/Cpl Middlesex Regiment

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John Henry Reed

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army G/3484 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army G/3484 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/3484 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

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William Brown

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24638

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