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Willesden, Middlesex [299]

Willesden, London, Middlesex [181]

Willesden, Middlesex, England [33]

Willesden Green, Middlesex [13]

Willesden Green, London, Middlesex [6]

Willesden Middlesex [5]

Harlesden, Willesden, Middlesex [3]

Willesden Green, Middlesex, England [3]

St James, Willesden, Middlesex [1]

Willesden Middlesex [1]

Willesden Hendon,Middlesex. [1]

Willesden Park, Middlesex [1]

Willesden or Kilburn, Middlesex. Registered at Hampstead, London [1]

Willesden, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Willesden, Kensal Rise, Middlesex [1]

Willesden, Kilburn, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [39]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Captain [5]

Gunner [5]

Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Bombardier [2]

Rifleman [2]

2/am [1]

2nd Lieut. [1]

2nd Supervisor [1]

3/am [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Serjeant [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

a/M3 [1]

am/2 [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [10]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

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

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry [1]

38th Field Ambulance [1]

Airships [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Customs Preventive Service [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS DERWENT [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS LION [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Indian Army [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

London Regiment (The Rangers) [1]

London Yeomanry [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queens Royal West Surrey [1]

RASC [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [348]

Royal Navy [105]

British Army [65]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [66]

C [63]

W [48]

S [47]

H [41]

M [37]

R [32]

P [29]

L [23]

T [23]

A [22]

D [20]

G [20]

J [17]

F [16]

E [15]

K [9]

N [6]

O [6]

Y [5]

V [3]

I [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [512]

Merchant Navy [34]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Turkey [1]

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People [551] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Willesden, Middlesex [299] Willesden, London, Middlesex [181] Willesden, Middlesex, England [33] Willesden Green, Middlesex [13] Willesden Green, London, Middlesex [6] Willesden Middlesex [5] Harlesden, Willesden, Middlesex [3] Willesden Green, Middlesex, England [3] St James, Willesden, Middlesex [1] Willesden Middlesex [1] Willesden Hendon,Middlesex. [1] Willesden Park, Middlesex [1] Willesden or Kilburn, Middlesex. Registered at Hampstead, London [1] Willesden, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Willesden, Kensal Rise, Middlesex [1] Willesden, Kilburn, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [39] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant [8] Captain [5] Gunner [5] Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [3] Bombardier [2] Rifleman [2] 2/am [1] 2nd Lieut. [1] 2nd Supervisor [1] 3/am [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Officer [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Serjeant [1] Sister [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] a/M3 [1] am/2 [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [10] London Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Essex Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry [1] 38th Field Ambulance [1] Airships [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Customs Preventive Service [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS DERWENT [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS LION [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Indian Army [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] London Regiment (The Rangers) [1] London Yeomanry [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queens Royal West Surrey [1] RASC [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [348] Royal Navy [105] British Army [65] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [66] C [63] W [48] S [47] H [41] M [37] R [32] P [29] L [23] T [23] A [22] D [20] G [20] J [17] F [16] E [15] K [9] N [6] O [6] Y [5] V [3] I [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [512] Merchant Navy [34]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Turkey [1]

Henry James Brown

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217901

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Stanley Ernest Pearman

Born 1900

Died 1989

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181636 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Robert Cook

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28110

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Frank Samuel Collins

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283637

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Albert Edward Lowry

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189104

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Thomas Cunningham Cramond

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204258

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George Stanley Sims

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217181

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Arthur James Batchelor

Born 1862

Died 1918

British Army SS/12537 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 304192 Private Labour Corps

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Harold Colbourne

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2362 Private Sussex Yeomanry 1st Battalion

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Charles Wilberforce Townsend

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220520

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Sydney Tyrrell Goodall

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225323

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Edward George Wimpey

Born 1888

Died 1929

British Army R5298 Warrant Officer Class 2 King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R5298 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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John Trude Fripp

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 422 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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George Thomas Summers

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 315949 Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

British Army 260197 Private Border Regiment

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Stephen George Ward

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10525

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Oliver Cromwell Wilder

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220273

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Thomas Rivers

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21463

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George Sidney Sparrow

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39420

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Robert James Shard

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208890

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Harold Albert Goodall

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215890

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