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Wandsworth, London [1193]

Wandsworth London [17]

Battersea, Wandsworth, London [7]

Wandsworth, South London [6]

Wandsworth,London. [6]

Battersea,Wandsworth,London. [3]

Clapham, Wandsworth, London [3]

Streatham, Wandsworth, London [3]

Wandsworth Common, London [3]

Balham, Borough of Wandsworth, London [2]

Battersea, Wandsworth. London [2]

Walworth, Wandsworth Borough, London [2]

Wandsworth District, London [2]

Wandsworth, South West London [2]

1 Park Terrace/Villas [later 737, now 721], Garratt Lane, Earlsfield, Wandsworth, London, SW17 0PD [1]

79 Victoria Road Wandsworth London [1]

83 Summerstown, Wandsworth, London [1]

Battersea, Wandsworth, London, Surrey [1]

Brixton,Wandsworth,London. [1]

Clapham Wandsworth London [1]

Clapham, Wandsworth, London. [1]

Clapham,Wandsworth,London. [1]

Earlsfield, Wandsworth, London [1]

East Battersea, Wandsworth, London [1]

Fulham Wandsworth, London. [1]

Garrett Green, Wandsworth, London [1]

Islington,Wandsworth,London. [1]

New Wandsworth, London [1]

Oakhill Road, Wandsworth, London [1]

Officers' Quarters, HM Prison Wandsworth, London [1]

Putney Wandsworth London [1]

Putney Wandsworth, London [1]

Steatham, Wandsworth, London [1]

Streatham Hill, Wandsworth, London [1]

Streatham Wandsworth, London [1]

Wandsworth , London . [1]

Wandsworth London England [1]

Wandsworth registration district, London [1]

Wandsworth, Greater London [1]

Wandsworth, London England [1]

Wandsworth, London, England [1]

Wandsworth,Clapham,London. [1]

Wandsworth,London [1]

Wandsworth. London [1]

wandsworth London [1]

wandsworth, london [1]

wandsworth,london [1]

Rank

Private [117]

Able Seaman [29]

Captain [24]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Lieutenant [22]

Stoker 1st Class [18]

Lance Corporal [17]

Boy 1st Class [15]

Rifleman [14]

Gunner [10]

Major [10]

Serjeant [9]

Leading Seaman [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Leading Stoker [7]

Corporal [6]

Driver [6]

Sapper [6]

Musician [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Colonel [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mech II Elec [1]

Air Mech III Elec [1]

Band Boy [1]

Boy [1]

Boy First Class [1]

Boy II [1]

Unit

London Regiment [44]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

HMS Good Hope [5]

HMS INDOMITABLE [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Air Service [5]

HMS Agincourt [4]

HMS Hampshire [4]

HMS Vanguard [4]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

HMS Erin [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS QUEEN MARY [3]

HMS Yarmouth [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3]

Royal Marines Band [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS YARMOUTH [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1071]

British Army [196]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [136]

H [135]

S [133]

W [103]

C [102]

M [97]

P [85]

T [61]

G [60]

L [60]

D [52]

R [41]

F [38]

A [34]

E [34]

J [33]

K [24]

N [22]

V [9]

O [7]

I [5]

Q [4]

U [4]

Y [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1264]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [120]

India [6]

Canada [3]

Belgium [1]

Germany [1]

Panama [1]

Saudi Arabia [1]

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Wandsworth, London [1193] Wandsworth London [17] Battersea, Wandsworth, London [7] Wandsworth, South London [6] Wandsworth,London. [6] Battersea,Wandsworth,London. [3] Clapham, Wandsworth, London [3] Streatham, Wandsworth, London [3] Wandsworth Common, London [3] Balham, Borough of Wandsworth, London [2] Battersea, Wandsworth. London [2] Walworth, Wandsworth Borough, London [2] Wandsworth District, London [2] Wandsworth, South West London [2] 1 Park Terrace/Villas [later 737, now 721], Garratt Lane, Earlsfield, Wandsworth, London, SW17 0PD [1] 79 Victoria Road Wandsworth London [1] 83 Summerstown, Wandsworth, London [1] Battersea, Wandsworth, London, Surrey [1] Brixton,Wandsworth,London. [1] Clapham Wandsworth London [1] Clapham, Wandsworth, London. [1] Clapham,Wandsworth,London. [1] Earlsfield, Wandsworth, London [1] East Battersea, Wandsworth, London [1] Fulham Wandsworth, London. [1] Garrett Green, Wandsworth, London [1] Islington,Wandsworth,London. [1] New Wandsworth, London [1] Oakhill Road, Wandsworth, London [1] Officers' Quarters, HM Prison Wandsworth, London [1] Putney Wandsworth London [1] Putney Wandsworth, London [1] Steatham, Wandsworth, London [1] Streatham Hill, Wandsworth, London [1] Streatham Wandsworth, London [1] Wandsworth , London . [1] Wandsworth London England [1] Wandsworth registration district, London [1] Wandsworth, Greater London [1] Wandsworth, London England [1] Wandsworth, London, England [1] Wandsworth,Clapham,London. [1] Wandsworth,London [1] Wandsworth. London [1] wandsworth London [1] wandsworth, london [1] wandsworth,london [1]

Rank

Private [117] Able Seaman [29] Captain [24] Second Lieutenant [23] Lieutenant [22] Stoker 1st Class [18] Lance Corporal [17] Boy 1st Class [15] Rifleman [14] Gunner [10] Major [10] Serjeant [9] Leading Seaman [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Boy 2nd Class [7] Leading Stoker [7] Corporal [6] Driver [6] Sapper [6] Musician [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Colonel [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Petty Officer [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mech II Elec [1] Air Mech III Elec [1] Band Boy [1] Boy [1] Boy First Class [1] Boy II [1]

Unit

London Regiment [44] Royal Field Artillery [14] East Surrey Regiment [12] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Engineers [10] Royal Fusiliers [9] Hampshire Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] HMS Good Hope [5] HMS INDOMITABLE [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Naval Air Service [5] HMS Agincourt [4] HMS Hampshire [4] HMS Vanguard [4] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [3] HMS Erin [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS QUEEN MARY [3] HMS Yarmouth [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3] Royal Marines Band [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS LION [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS YARMOUTH [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1071] British Army [196] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [136] H [135] S [133] W [103] C [102] M [97] P [85] T [61] G [60] L [60] D [52] R [41] F [38] A [34] E [34] J [33] K [24] N [22] V [9] O [7] I [5] Q [4] U [4] Y [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1264] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [120] India [6] Canada [3] Belgium [1] Germany [1] Panama [1] Saudi Arabia [1]

Charles Edwin Laurence Harris

Born 1896

Died 1996

British Army 3232 Private London Regiment 3/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

British Army 3232 Private London Regiment 1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

British Army Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

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Alfred Charles Auvache

Born 1882

Died 1934

Canadian Expeditionary Force 12015 2nd Infantry Brigade

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William Elliott

Born 1880

Died 1945

Royal Navy 299896 Stoker 1 (SM) Laertes

Royal Navy 299896 Stoker 1 (SM) Pembroke II

Royal Navy 299896 Stoker 2 Pembroke II

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Robert Edward Adeney

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 48 Squadron

British Army Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment 3 Battalion

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Alexander Ronald Probert Roger

Born 1898

Died 1944

British Army 527376 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Ellis

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 19885 Private Hampshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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John Ashe Everest

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 22127 Private Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Frederick James Cobb

Born 1882

Died 1960

British Army 174804 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/552307 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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James William Monk

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army L/7823 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Allen Brazier

Born 1881

Died 1956

Royal Navy 195062 Boy 2nd Class Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 195062 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 195062 Ordinary Seaman

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Stanley Kemp Lambert

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army C/3957 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 17th Btn.

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Arthur Nottingham

Born 1889

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63678 Private Canadian Infantry 23rd Reserve Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 63678 Serjeant Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion

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Ida Margorie Prince

Born 1897

Died 1980

British Army 721 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Albert Ernest Stevens

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1797 Private London Regiment

British Army 1797 Lance Corporal London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Percy J A Norris

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 16073 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 16073 Private East Surrey

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Sidney Robert Ford Tadd

Born 1893

Died 1953

British Army 5049 Private London Regiment

British Army 511493 Private London Regiment

British Army 5049 Private London Regiment County of London Battalion

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Laurie Arthur Norris

Born 1898

Died 1965

British Army 60583 The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/57084 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Thomas Reginald Warner

Born 1898

British Army 52151 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 5th Provisional Company

British Army 52151 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Lawson Akhurst Smith

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 3919 Private London Regiment

British Army 391193 Private London Regiment

British Army 391193 Lance Corporal London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

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George Moore Johnson

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy Surgeon H.M.S. "Defence."

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