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Westminster, London [883]

Westminster, London, Middlesex [263]

City of Westminster, London [5]

Westminster London [5]

Westminster,London [3]

Marylebone, Westminster, London [2]

Pimlico, Westminster, London, England [2]

Soho, City of Westminster, London [2]

St Giles, Westminster, London [2]

St Margaret, Westminster, London [2]

St.George Hanover Square, Westminster London [2]

Westminster London [2]

Westminster, London, England [2]

2a Buckingham Cottages, Westminster, London [1]

3 Victoria Street, Westminster, London [1]

4 William's Place, Westminster, London [1]

Hanover Square,Westminster,Fulham,London. [1]

Hyde Park, Westminster, London [1]

Ladywell Park, Lewisham, Westminster, London [1]

London St Margaret Westminster [1]

London, Westminster, Middlesex [1]

Long Acre Westminster London [1]

Marshall Street, Westminster, London [1]

Marylebone, City of Westminster, London [1]

Pimlico, City of Westminster, London [1]

Saint John Westminster, London [1]

Saint John's Westminster, London [1]

Saint Johns Westminster, London [1]

St Ann's, Westminster, London [1]

St George's Hanover Square, Westminster, London [1]

St George's Square, Westminster, London [1]

St George's, Hanover Square, Westminster, London [1]

St George, Hanover Square, Westminster, London. [1]

St George,Hanover Square, Westminster, London [1]

St James Westminster, London [1]

St James's Square,Westminster, London, [1]

St Margaret's Westminster, London [1]

Westminster London Middlesex [1]

Westminster or Penge, London [1]

Westminster or Piccadilly, London [1]

Westminster, Strand, London [1]

westminster london [1]

Rank

Private [78]

Rifleman [24]

Corporal [14]

Able Seaman [13]

Captain [13]

Lance Corporal [12]

Lieutenant [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Gunner [9]

Serjeant [9]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Driver [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Major [6]

Sapper [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Drummer [2]

Musician [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Signal Boatswain [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Vice Marshall [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Band Boy [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain (Supernumerary) [1]

Captain Sir [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [34]

South Wales Borderers [12]

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

Hussars [3]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS "Pembroke I" [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS BOADICEA [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Pembroke II [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

3rd Sappers and Miners [1]

9th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [790]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [268]

British Army [155]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [139]

C [122]

H [111]

S [96]

W [88]

M [79]

G [76]

D [63]

P [58]

T [53]

L [48]

R [44]

F [39]

J [36]

A [30]

E [29]

K [29]

N [25]

I [14]

O [11]

V [7]

Y [5]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1195]

Country

United Kingdom [72]

India [3]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Jamaica [1]

Somalia [1]

South Africa [1]

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Westminster, London [883] Westminster, London, Middlesex [263] City of Westminster, London [5] Westminster London [5] Westminster,London [3] Marylebone, Westminster, London [2] Pimlico, Westminster, London, England [2] Soho, City of Westminster, London [2] St Giles, Westminster, London [2] St Margaret, Westminster, London [2] St.George Hanover Square, Westminster London [2] Westminster London [2] Westminster, London, England [2] 2a Buckingham Cottages, Westminster, London [1] 3 Victoria Street, Westminster, London [1] 4 William's Place, Westminster, London [1] Hanover Square,Westminster,Fulham,London. [1] Hyde Park, Westminster, London [1] Ladywell Park, Lewisham, Westminster, London [1] London St Margaret Westminster [1] London, Westminster, Middlesex [1] Long Acre Westminster London [1] Marshall Street, Westminster, London [1] Marylebone, City of Westminster, London [1] Pimlico, City of Westminster, London [1] Saint John Westminster, London [1] Saint John's Westminster, London [1] Saint Johns Westminster, London [1] St Ann's, Westminster, London [1] St George's Hanover Square, Westminster, London [1] St George's Square, Westminster, London [1] St George's, Hanover Square, Westminster, London [1] St George, Hanover Square, Westminster, London. [1] St George,Hanover Square, Westminster, London [1] St James Westminster, London [1] St James's Square,Westminster, London, [1] St Margaret's Westminster, London [1] Westminster London Middlesex [1] Westminster or Penge, London [1] Westminster or Piccadilly, London [1] Westminster, Strand, London [1] westminster london [1]

Rank

Private [78] Rifleman [24] Corporal [14] Able Seaman [13] Captain [13] Lance Corporal [12] Lieutenant [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Gunner [9] Serjeant [9] Stoker 1st Class [9] Driver [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Major [6] Sapper [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Leading Seaman [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Corporal [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Drummer [2] Musician [2] Sergeant [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Signal Boatswain [1] Air Commodore [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Vice Marshall [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Band Boy [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Lieutenant Colonel [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain (Supernumerary) [1] Captain Sir [1] Captain and Adjutant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [34] South Wales Borderers [12] Royal Engineers [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Air Force [8] Army Service Corps [7] Labour Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Essex Regiment [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] Hussars [3] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS "Pembroke I" [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS BOADICEA [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Pembroke II [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 3rd Sappers and Miners [1] 9th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [790] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [268] British Army [155] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [139] C [122] H [111] S [96] W [88] M [79] G [76] D [63] P [58] T [53] L [48] R [44] F [39] J [36] A [30] E [29] K [29] N [25] I [14] O [11] V [7] Y [5] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1195]

Country

United Kingdom [72] India [3] Egypt [1] France [1] Jamaica [1] Somalia [1] South Africa [1]

Edwin Charles Samuel Geard

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1739 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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The Hon. Eric Fox Pitt Lubbock

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army MS/3500 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps 45 Squadron

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William James Abrahams

Born 1889

Died 1945

Royal Navy K10550

Royal Navy K.10550 Stoker II Pembroke II

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Oliver William Hargraves Leese, Bt., K.

Born 1894

Died 1978

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Philip Henry Ford

Born 1882

Died 1914

Royal Navy Acting Signal Boatswain

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Stephen Cressey

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 2104 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles Kent

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 10707 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10107 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10107 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Albert William Rowat

Died 1918

British Army 5529 Rifleman London Regiment 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles)

British Army 572595 Rifleman London Regiment 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles)

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William Edward Cotton

Born 1899

Died 1969

British Army 3065 Drummer London Regiment 2/2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

British Army 782160 Private London Regiment 29th (City of London) Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Officer Cadet Royal Flying Corps 5 S of A

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Charles Morrish

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 373561 Private London Regiment

British Army 373561 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6660 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles Hopgood

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 7672 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 242306 Private Middlesex Regiment 1st/8th Bn.

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John George Rowen

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 5230 Private London Regiment 2/6th lond Battalion

British Army 322424 Rifleman London Regiment 2/6th lond Battalion

British Army 322424 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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William Nelson Hyde

Born 1871

Died 1916

British Army Captain and Quartermaster Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 201748 Lieutenant and Quartermaster Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Owen Hairsine

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Wilkes

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 1582 Private London Regiment

British Army 1582 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Henry Henderson

Died 1916

British Army 7099 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 21st Battalion

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William R Bickley

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army T4/039970 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 20351 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Walter Rowlandson Roberts

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 8874 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8874 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8874 Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Bowler

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 2549 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas Donoghue

Died 1915

British Army 13789 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 9th Battalion

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