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Walworth, London [1097]

Walworth, South East London [9]

Walworth London [4]

Walworth, London, Middlesex [3]

Saint Peter Walworth, London [2]

Saint Peters Walworth, London [2]

Walworth London, Surrey [2]

Walworth, London S.E. [2]

Walworth, London, Surrey [2]

Walworth, Wandsworth Borough, London [2]

15 Madron Street, Surrey Square, Walworth, London [1]

17 Chapter Road,Walworth, South London [1]

Newington, Walworth, London [1]

Rotherhithe, Walworth, London [1]

St,Olave,Walworth,London. [1]

St. Peter Walworth, London [1]

St.Savior,Walworth, London [1]

Walworth London (formerly Surrey) [1]

Walworth London, England [1]

Walworth Southwark London [1]

Walworth, London South East [1]

Walworth, London, UK [1]

Walworth, S E London [1]

Walworth, Southwark, London [1]

Walworth, Southwark. London [1]

Walworth, St Saviour, London, Surrey [1]

Walworth, St.Saviour Southwark, London [1]

Walworth, Surrey, London [1]

Walworth,London. [1]

Walworth. London [1]

walworth , london [1]

Rank

Private [54]

Able Seaman [20]

Stoker 1st Class [19]

Rifleman [17]

Boy 1st Class [10]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Driver [8]

Deck Hand [7]

Gunner [7]

Serjeant [7]

Corporal [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Sergeant [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Leading Stoker [3]

Petty Officer Stoker [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Civilian [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Private 1st Class [2]

Sapper [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

18716 [1]

1st Class Assistant Pantry [1]

ABle Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic First class [1]

Aircraftman [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftsman 2nd Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate 1st Class [1]

Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Air Mechanic [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Mechanician [1]

Musician [1]

Officer's Steward [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman RNVR [1]

Painter 1st Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [27]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

Army Service Corps [5]

Labour Corps [5]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [4]

HMS TIGER [4]

HMS TIPPERARY [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

HMS THUNDERER [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS Pembroke [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS Victory II [2]

HMS Vindictive [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

(RFR/CHJA/1806). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

Air raid victim [1]

Air raid victim, London [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Faversham Gunpowder Mill [1]

H.M.S. "Boadicea." [1]

H.M.S. "Victory." [1]

H.M.S. Glatton [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1049]

British Army [85]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [121]

S [110]

W [103]

H [101]

M [100]

C [87]

G [63]

D [57]

P [55]

R [53]

F [46]

T [45]

L [41]

A [33]

N [31]

E [27]

J [27]

K [18]

O [12]

V [7]

I [3]

Y [3]

U [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1135]

Country

United Kingdom [62]

India [2]

Canada [1]

Norway [1]

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Walworth, London [1097] Walworth, South East London [9] Walworth London [4] Walworth, London, Middlesex [3] Saint Peter Walworth, London [2] Saint Peters Walworth, London [2] Walworth London, Surrey [2] Walworth, London S.E. [2] Walworth, London, Surrey [2] Walworth, Wandsworth Borough, London [2] 15 Madron Street, Surrey Square, Walworth, London [1] 17 Chapter Road,Walworth, South London [1] Newington, Walworth, London [1] Rotherhithe, Walworth, London [1] St,Olave,Walworth,London. [1] St. Peter Walworth, London [1] St.Savior,Walworth, London [1] Walworth London (formerly Surrey) [1] Walworth London, England [1] Walworth Southwark London [1] Walworth, London South East [1] Walworth, London, UK [1] Walworth, S E London [1] Walworth, Southwark, London [1] Walworth, Southwark. London [1] Walworth, St Saviour, London, Surrey [1] Walworth, St.Saviour Southwark, London [1] Walworth, Surrey, London [1] Walworth,London. [1] Walworth. London [1] walworth , london [1]

Rank

Private [54] Able Seaman [20] Stoker 1st Class [19] Rifleman [17] Boy 1st Class [10] Ordinary Seaman [10] Driver [8] Deck Hand [7] Gunner [7] Serjeant [7] Corporal [5] Lance Corporal [4] Sergeant [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Leading Stoker [3] Petty Officer Stoker [3] Acting Corporal [2] Chief Stoker [2] Civilian [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Petty Officer [2] Private 1st Class [2] Sapper [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 18716 [1] 1st Class Assistant Pantry [1] ABle Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic First class [1] Aircraftman [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Aircraftsman 2nd Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate 1st Class [1] Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1] Drummer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Air Mechanic [1] Leading Seaman [1] Mechanician [1] Musician [1] Officer's Steward [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman RNVR [1] Painter 1st Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [27] South Wales Borderers [11] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Naval Reserve [8] Army Service Corps [5] Labour Corps [5] H.M.S. "Formidable." [4] HMS TIGER [4] HMS TIPPERARY [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] HMS THUNDERER [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS Pembroke [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS Victory II [2] HMS Vindictive [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] (RFR/CHJA/1806). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] Air raid victim [1] Air raid victim, London [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Faversham Gunpowder Mill [1] H.M.S. "Boadicea." [1] H.M.S. "Victory." [1] H.M.S. Glatton [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1049] British Army [85] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [121] S [110] W [103] H [101] M [100] C [87] G [63] D [57] P [55] R [53] F [46] T [45] L [41] A [33] N [31] E [27] J [27] K [18] O [12] V [7] I [3] Y [3] U [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1135]

Country

United Kingdom [62] India [2] Canada [1] Norway [1]

Frank Bernard Kelsey

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 10884 Private Royal Flying Corps

British Army 42094 Private The Lincolnshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Charles Chapman

Died 1915

British Army 1531 Private London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Alexander George Jenkins

Died 1918

British Army 5634 Private London Regiment

British Army 532703 Private London Regiment

British Army 532703 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Alfred Chippett

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy 18100 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/18100 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: HMS Cumberland

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Stephen John Glass

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy J21015

Royal Navy J 21015 (Ch) Able Seaman HMS P14

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Stanley John Fone

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 29942 Serjeant Royal Artillery

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Thomas Biddiss

Born 1874

British Army 4214 Colour Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 3904115 Warrant Officer Class 2 South Wales Borderers

British Army 4214 Company Quarter Master Serjeant South Wales Borderers attached East Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion

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James Charles Savage

Born 1885

Royal Navy 309724 Stoker 1st Class HMS PORPOISE

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Henry Lewis Anstey

Born 1894

Died 1973

British Army 268249 Driver Royal Field Artillery 24th Reserve Battery

British Army T4/090449 Driver Army Service Corps

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Henry Charles Duffell

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 372295 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 295014 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 4th (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

British Army 4869 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles Daniel Loveday

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203854

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Thomas Marlow

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 51656 Private Welsh Regiment

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Christopher Stigant Burt

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 200497 Corporal Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 200497 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 4/2487 Corporal Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.

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Albert G Benton

Born 1894

Died 1974

British Army 1943 Private London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army 720375 Private London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

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Joseph Vincent George Goldsworthy

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 24008 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 24008 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

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Sidney Arthur Windsor

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 15975 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Frederick Collier

Born 1895

British Army 85492 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Herbert Norris

Born 1895

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 11273

Canadian Expeditionary Force 11273 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frederick Badcock Baker

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy J5378 Able Seaman HMS Queen Mary

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Ernest William Wynn

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 15925 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 18707 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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