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Westminster, London [883]

Westminster, Middlesex [276]

Westminster, London, Middlesex [263]

Westminster [68]

Westminster, Middlesex, England [32]

Westminster England [16]

New Westminster, British Columbia [9]

St James, Westminster, Middlesex [9]

City of Westminster, London [5]

Westminster London [5]

New Westminster [3]

Pimlico, Westminster, Middlesex [3]

Saint James Westminster [3]

St Margarets, Westminster, Middlesex [3]

Westminster Middlesex [3]

Westminster,London [3]

Marylebone, Westminster, London [2]

New Westminster, BC [2]

Pimlico, Westminster, London, England [2]

Soho, City of Westminster, London [2]

St Giles, Westminster, London [2]

St Margaret's, Westminster, Middlesex [2]

St Margaret, Westminster, London [2]

St. John's, Westminster [2]

St.George Hanover Square, Westminster London [2]

Westminster London [2]

Westminster, London, England [2]

westminster [2]

14 North St, Marylebone, Westminster [1]

2a Buckingham Cottages, Westminster, London [1]

3 Victoria Street, Westminster, London [1]

30 Cambridge Buildings, Pimlico, Westminster [1]

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

69 York Street, Westminster [1]

Cambridge Street, Westminster [1]

Carlton House Terrace, Westminster [1]

City of Westminster [1]

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

Hyde Park, Westminster, London [1]

Kirby Stephen Westminster [1]

Ladywell Park, Lewisham, Westminster, London [1]

Lambeth, Westminster [1]

Lillington Street, Westminster. [1]

London St Margaret Westminster [1]

London, Westminster, Middlesex [1]

Long Acre Westminster London [1]

Marshall Street, Westminster [1]

Marshall Street, Westminster, London [1]

Marylebone, City of Westminster [1]

Marylebone, City of Westminster, London [1]

Rank

Private [135]

Rifleman [30]

Captain [22]

Lieutenant [22]

Lance Corporal [20]

Corporal [18]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Gunner [15]

Able Seaman [13]

Driver [11]

Sapper [11]

Serjeant [11]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Major [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Drummer [2]

Musician [2]

Naval Cadet [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Trooper [2]

Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1]

Acting Bomadier [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Signal Boatswain [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Unit

London Regiment [53]

Royal Engineers [17]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

South Wales Borderers [14]

Army Service Corps [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

Hussars [3]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS "Pembroke I" [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS BOADICEA [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Service

Royal Navy [854]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [510]

British Army [248]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [189]

C [152]

H [151]

S [139]

W [123]

M [120]

G [97]

D [89]

P [81]

T [78]

L [65]

R [65]

F [58]

A [48]

J [44]

E [41]

K [38]

N [32]

I [19]

O [16]

V [9]

Y [6]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1618]

Merchant Navy [33]

Country

United Kingdom [106]

India [4]

Canada [2]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Jamaica [1]

Somalia [1]

South Africa [1]

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Westminster, London [883] Westminster, Middlesex [276] Westminster, London, Middlesex [263] Westminster [68] Westminster, Middlesex, England [32] Westminster England [16] New Westminster, British Columbia [9] St James, Westminster, Middlesex [9] City of Westminster, London [5] Westminster London [5] New Westminster [3] Pimlico, Westminster, Middlesex [3] Saint James Westminster [3] St Margarets, Westminster, Middlesex [3] Westminster Middlesex [3] Westminster,London [3] Marylebone, Westminster, London [2] New Westminster, BC [2] Pimlico, Westminster, London, England [2] Soho, City of Westminster, London [2] St Giles, Westminster, London [2] St Margaret's, Westminster, Middlesex [2] St Margaret, Westminster, London [2] St. John's, Westminster [2] St.George Hanover Square, Westminster London [2] Westminster London [2] Westminster, London, England [2] westminster [2] 14 North St, Marylebone, Westminster [1] 2a Buckingham Cottages, Westminster, London [1] 3 Victoria Street, Westminster, London [1] 30 Cambridge Buildings, Pimlico, Westminster [1] 4 William's Place, Westminster, London [1] 69 York Street, Westminster [1] Cambridge Street, Westminster [1] Carlton House Terrace, Westminster [1] City of Westminster [1] Hanover Square,Westminster,Fulham,London. [1] Hyde Park, Westminster, London [1] Kirby Stephen Westminster [1] Ladywell Park, Lewisham, Westminster, London [1] Lambeth, Westminster [1] Lillington Street, Westminster. [1] London St Margaret Westminster [1] London, Westminster, Middlesex [1] Long Acre Westminster London [1] Marshall Street, Westminster [1] Marshall Street, Westminster, London [1] Marylebone, City of Westminster [1] Marylebone, City of Westminster, London [1]

Rank

Private [135] Rifleman [30] Captain [22] Lieutenant [22] Lance Corporal [20] Corporal [18] Second Lieutenant [17] Gunner [15] Able Seaman [13] Driver [11] Sapper [11] Serjeant [11] Stoker 1st Class [11] Major [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Boy 1st Class [5] Leading Seaman [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Temporary Captain [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Drummer [2] Musician [2] Naval Cadet [2] Nursing Sister [2] Pioneer [2] Sergeant [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Trooper [2] Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1] Acting Bomadier [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Signal Boatswain [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Air Commodore [1]

Unit

London Regiment [53] Royal Engineers [17] Royal Field Artillery [16] South Wales Borderers [14] Army Service Corps [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Labour Corps [9] Royal Air Force [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] East Surrey Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Grenadier Guards [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Essex Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] Hussars [3] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS "Pembroke I" [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS BOADICEA [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Service

Royal Navy [854] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [510] British Army [248] Australian Imperial Force [21] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [189] C [152] H [151] S [139] W [123] M [120] G [97] D [89] P [81] T [78] L [65] R [65] F [58] A [48] J [44] E [41] K [38] N [32] I [19] O [16] V [9] Y [6] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1618] Merchant Navy [33]

Country

United Kingdom [106] India [4] Canada [2] Egypt [1] France [1] Jamaica [1] Somalia [1] South Africa [1]

Edwin Thomas Johnson

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 1247 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Henry Gordon Lee-Steere

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

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John Stapleton

Born 1894

Died 1952

British Army 43821 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Albert Joseph Faima

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 6286 Private Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6286 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

British Army 6286 Private. West Yorkshire Regiment.

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Alfred Syring

Born 1887

British Army 96132 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 96132 Sapper Royal Engineers

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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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Henry Elworthy Macdonald

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army R10083 Lance Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R10083 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/10083 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 12th Battalion

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George Pache

Died 1916

British Army 6958 Private Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion

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Harry Huth

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army G/72016 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/72016 Private Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 31st Battalion

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Denis Harrington

Born 1880

British Army 6477 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 6477 Company Quarter Master Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Samuel Murray Carson

Born 1865

Died 1917

British Army London Regiment Army Service Corps Company

British Army Captain (Supernumerary) Rifle Brigade 1st Tower Hamlets Volunteer Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant (Supernumerary) Rifle Brigade 1st Tower Hamlets Volunteer Battalion

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Sidney Jabez Hodge

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 10143 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10143 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Evomy De Gorrequer Carr

Born 1896

Died 1979

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

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Henry William Kitz

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 7050 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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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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John Frederick Adey

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 8157 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/8157 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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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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George Frederick Medynski

Born 1876

Died 1929

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1078367 5th Overseas Pioneer Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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