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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]

Benjamin Gordon Glennie

Born 1887

Royal Navy 222838

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Alfred Frank Trinder

Born 1886

Royal Navy 223395

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Gilbert Vivian Glazbrook

Born 1887

Royal Navy 225702

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John Waitman

Born 1886

British Army 8579 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 35690 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 276755 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Newman

Born 1897

Royal Navy J22643 Able Seaman HMS INDOMITABLE

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Henry Arthur Smith

Born 1887

Royal Navy 226395 Leading Seaman HMS BROKE

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Arthur Dyce Duckworth

Born 1896

Royal Navy Paymaster Lieutenant

Royal Navy Clerk HMS Birmingham

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Frederick John Russell

Born 1885

Royal Navy 308379 Stoker 1st Class HMS INFLEXIBLE

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Richard Alfred Martin

Born 1899

Royal Navy J31686 Boy 1st Class HMS THUNDERER

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John Joseph Neat

Born 1898

Royal Navy J55780 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy J55780 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy SD 5111 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Edith Blanche Yaxley

Born 1896

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

British Army 38871 Wheeler Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Albert Doherty

Born 1899

Royal Navy J35446 Boy 1st Class HMS WARSPITE

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William Victor Betts

Born 1894

Royal Navy J9457 Able Seaman HMS Nomad

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Wilfred Edward Bownas Smith

Born 1867

Died 1942

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Major Lincolnshire Regiment

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William Evlyn Oliver

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 23429

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Cyril Balcombe Gascoine

Born 1878

Died 1969

British Army CMT/1857 Private Army Service Corps

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Morden Maxwell Mowat

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 11 Squadron

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Constance Macnaughton-Jones

Born 1870

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Reginald Sidney Allison

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 46775 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 305993 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 305993 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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Alfred Robert Tyler

Born 1897

Royal Navy F4201

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