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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]

David Condon

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93678

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Thomas William Giles

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264730

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Charles Bernard Edward Jopp

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157120

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Frederick James Hatton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126471

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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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Frank Warfield

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301297

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Thomas Leonard Pettitt

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25727

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Alfred Roland Reynolds

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314053

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