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Twickenham, Middlesex [247]

Twickenham, London [63]

Twickenham, Middlesex, England [25]

Twickenham England [21]

Twickenham [20]

Twickenham, London, Middlesex [18]

Twickenham, Surrey [10]

St Margaret's, Twickenham, Middlesex [2]

Twickenham, Middlesex, London [2]

Twickenham,Brentford,Middlesex. [2]

Hampton, Twickenham, Middlesex [1]

Hanworth, Twickenham, Middlesex [1]

London Twickenham [1]

Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex [1]

Strawbery Hill Twickenham, Middlesex [1]

Twickenham Brentford Middlesex [1]

Twickenham Middlesex [1]

Twickenham, Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Twickenham, London, England [1]

Twickenham, Middlsex [1]

Twickenham, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [31]

Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Captain [6]

Gunner [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Major [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Boy I [2]

Boy II [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Driver [2]

L/Cpl [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Artificer [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy First Class [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Masseuse [1]

Musician [1]

Naval Schoolmaster [1]

Nurse [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pte [1]

Pvt. [1]

Rfn [1]

Rifleman [1]

Unit

London Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

HMS Pembroke I [4]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

HMS Vernon [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS WARSPITE [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

1st Australian Division - Divisional Troops [1]

1st Duke of York's Lancers (Skinner's Horse), attached 72nd Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

British Committee, French Red Cross [1]

Canadian Labour Corps [1]

Cyclist Corp [1]

Department of Militia and Defence Ottawa [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 "Hampshire" [1]

HMS 'Majestic' [1]

HMS Actaeon [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS Black Prince [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 Hampshire [1]

Service

Royal Navy [232]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86]

British Army [53]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

Other Empire Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [47]

C [38]

S [37]

H [35]

P [32]

W [28]

M [25]

A [24]

G [24]

L [24]

F [19]

R [17]

K [13]

D [12]

J [12]

T [12]

N [8]

E [4]

I [3]

Y [3]

V [2]

O [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [389]

Merchant Navy [25]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Twickenham, Middlesex [247] Twickenham, London [63] Twickenham, Middlesex, England [25] Twickenham England [21] Twickenham [20] Twickenham, London, Middlesex [18] Twickenham, Surrey [10] St Margaret's, Twickenham, Middlesex [2] Twickenham, Middlesex, London [2] Twickenham,Brentford,Middlesex. [2] Hampton, Twickenham, Middlesex [1] Hanworth, Twickenham, Middlesex [1] London Twickenham [1] Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex [1] Strawbery Hill Twickenham, Middlesex [1] Twickenham Brentford Middlesex [1] Twickenham Middlesex [1] Twickenham, Brentford, Middlesex [1] Twickenham, London, England [1] Twickenham, Middlsex [1] Twickenham, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [31] Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Able Seaman [7] Captain [6] Gunner [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Ordinary Seaman [5] Major [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Boy I [2] Boy II [2] Deck Hand [2] Driver [2] L/Cpl [2] Leading Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Artificer [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy First Class [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Masseuse [1] Musician [1] Naval Schoolmaster [1] Nurse [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Pioneer [1] Pte [1] Pvt. [1] Rfn [1] Rifleman [1]

Unit

London Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [5] HMS Pembroke I [4] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Army Service Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] HMS LION [2] HMS Powerful [2] HMS Vernon [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS WARSPITE [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] 1st Australian Division - Divisional Troops [1] 1st Duke of York's Lancers (Skinner's Horse), attached 72nd Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] British Committee, French Red Cross [1] Canadian Labour Corps [1] Cyclist Corp [1] Department of Militia and Defence Ottawa [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 "Hampshire" [1] HMS 'Majestic' [1] HMS Actaeon [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS Black Prince [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 Hampshire [1]

Service

Royal Navy [232] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86] British Army [53] Australian Imperial Force [21] Other Empire Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [47] C [38] S [37] H [35] P [32] W [28] M [25] A [24] G [24] L [24] F [19] R [17] K [13] D [12] J [12] T [12] N [8] E [4] I [3] Y [3] V [2] O [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [389] Merchant Navy [25]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Australia [1]

Albert Eagger

Born 1896

Died 1928

British Army Captain and Adjutant London Regiment 18th Bn.

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 18th Bn.

British Army 2441 Pte London 1/20th Bn.

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Charles Cox Patterson

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army Private King Edward's Horse

British Army Lieutenant King Edward's Horse

British Army Captain King Edward's Horse

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Charles Butcher

Born 1893

British Army 2221 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

British Army 2221 Private Honourable Artillery Company 3rd Battalion

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Harry William Tipper

Born 1884

Died 1947

British Army 26077 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Charles Franklin, O.b.e

Born 1861

Died 1919

British Army 2nd Lieutenant

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marine Light Infantry Royal Navy School of Music

Royal Navy 2nd Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry Musical Director, Royal Navy School of Music

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William Lethebe

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 3110 Private London Regiment

British Army 3110 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15

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Percy William Beresford

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Colonel London Regiment 3 (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

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Frederick Jesse Coster Mills

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 10861 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 21469 Cyclist Corp 54th Division

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Arthur Pinnock

Born 1901

Died 1987

Royal Navy J69610 Boy II HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J69610 Boy I HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J69610 Boy I HMS Kildonan Castle

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Donald Percy Gordon

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 10934 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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Gerard Rupert Laurie Anderson

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 3 Battalion, attached to 1 Battalion

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William Spong

Born 1884

British Army WR/313777 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 5866 Private Royal Dragoons 2nd

British Army 196658 Private Royal Engineers 74th Marine Section

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William Gilbert

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 10004 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 10004 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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George Edward Pinnock

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J31811 Boy II HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J31811 Boy I HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J31811 Boy I HMS Pembroke I

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Frank Abdey

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 123486

Canadian Expeditionary Force 123486 Private Canadian Labour Corps

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Harold Edmund Merrett

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 8457/762468 Private London Regiment

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Reginald Stephen Hazzard

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 390093 Private London Regiment

British Army 1613 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Henry James Timbers

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 28244 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Arthur Alexander

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy 293263 Stoker 1st Class HMS 'Majestic'

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William Charles Battley

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 6235 Private Royal Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army 6235 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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