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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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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]

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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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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Elsie Lilian Fitzwater

Born 1900

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Thomas James Taylor

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3150

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Ernest Charles Jones

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33509

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Edward Fay

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142650

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Charles George Rapley

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305853

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John Wentworth Willmott

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197514

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William Sturmy Cave

Born 1897

Died 1953

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment 2/4th Battallion

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