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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]

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People [421] Stories Communities

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]

John White

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190030

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Henry William Charles West

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211283

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Alfred Richard Reeves

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267874

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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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Wilfred Seymour Eardley Smith

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 10215

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William Parpworth

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army G/53262 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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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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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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David Winslet Potter

Born 1894

Died 1977

Royal Navy J10859

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George Attwood

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy M3075 Cook's Mate HMS Hampshire

Royal Navy M/3075 Cook's Mate HMS "Hampshire"

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