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West Norwood, Surrey [73]

West Norwood, Surrey, England [10]

West Norwood, Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Lambeth, West Norwood, Surrey [1]

West Norwood Surrey [1]

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Private [6]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

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Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

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Army Service Corps [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Friends Ambulance Unit [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS CHESTER [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

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Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40]

Royal Navy [26]

British Army [11]

Other Empire Force [1]

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M [10]

B [9]

S [9]

F [8]

H [8]

P [6]

W [6]

C [5]

D [4]

G [4]

J [4]

T [4]

R [3]

A [2]

E [1]

I [1]

K [1]

L [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [76]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

India [1]

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People [87] Stories Communities

Place of birth

West Norwood, Surrey [73] West Norwood, Surrey, England [10] West Norwood, Lambeth, Surrey [2] Lambeth, West Norwood, Surrey [1] West Norwood Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [6] Second Lieutenant [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant / Flying Officer [1] Orderly [1] Petty Officer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Friends Ambulance Unit [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS CHESTER [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40] Royal Navy [26] British Army [11] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [10] B [9] S [9] F [8] H [8] P [6] W [6] C [5] D [4] G [4] J [4] T [4] R [3] A [2] E [1] I [1] K [1] L [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [76] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8] India [1]

Geoffrey Louis Adames Fogden

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 624628 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company 309th Siege Battery

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William Henry Roberts

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2713 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 27433 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Frederick William Cox

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285069

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Robert Frederick Charles Jones

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21938

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Sydney Thomas Roberts

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211777

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George Henry Gadd

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 34845 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.

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William Kenneth Smith

Born 1895

Died 1917

Other Empire Force 7041 Orderly Friends Ambulance Unit

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Percy Victor Sharman

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280463

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William Charles Frederick Mustoe

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164315

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Roy Humphreys

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Reginald Ernest Strawn

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209523

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Walter Arthur Mitchell

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217762

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Richard Wells

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236703

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Alfred George Boxall

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238486

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George Harris

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 158800

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William James Pratt

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy F/49113 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249113 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force Air Station, Padstow

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Stanley Cunningham

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213690

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Frank Gusterson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216185

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Robert Welham

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220117

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Richard Crisp

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224264

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