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Willesden, London [566]

Willesden, Middlesex [299]

Willesden, London, Middlesex [181]

Willesden, Middlesex, England [33]

Willesden [22]

Willesden Green, London [21]

Willesden England [14]

Willesden Green, Middlesex [13]

Willesden, Middx [7]

Willesden Green, London, Middlesex [6]

Willesden Middlesex [5]

Harlesden, Willesden, Middlesex [3]

Willesden Green, Middlesex, England [3]

Willesden London [3]

Willesden, North West London [3]

Willesden Junction, London [2]

Willesden, Brent, London [2]

Chaplin Road, Willesden, London [1]

Hendon, Willesden [1]

Kensal Rise, Willesden [1]

Kings Willesden Town, South Africa [1]

Portland House, Belton Road, Willesden, Middx [1]

St James, Willesden, Middlesex [1]

Stanley Lodge, Willesden Green [1]

Stonebridge, Willesden, London [1]

Willesden Middlesex [1]

Willesden London [1]

Willesden Middx [1]

Willesden Green [1]

Willesden Green England [1]

Willesden Green,Hendon, London [1]

Willesden Hendon,Middlesex. [1]

Willesden Junction England [1]

Willesden London England [1]

Willesden Middsex. [1]

Willesden Park, Middlesex [1]

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

Willesden, Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Willesden, Hertfordshire [1]

Willesden, Kensal Rise, Middlesex [1]

Willesden, Kilburn, Middlesex [1]

Willesden, Lydney, Gloustershire [1]

Willesden. London [1]

willesden london [1]

Rank

Private [86]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Corporal [9]

Gunner [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Serjeant [8]

Captain [7]

Rifleman [7]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Able Seaman [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Sapper [4]

Bombardier [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Driver [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2/am [1]

2nd Lieut. [1]

2nd Supervisor [1]

3/am [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Unit

London Regiment [24]

Middlesex Regiment [18]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

South Wales Borderers [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

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

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS QUEEN MARY [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [2]

London Regiment (The Rangers) [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

15th Hussars [1]

19th Hussars [1]

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

38th Field Ambulance [1]

Airships [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Australian Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [674]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [350]

British Army [137]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [137]

C [124]

S [108]

W [107]

H [106]

M [76]

P [75]

R [67]

L [55]

D [49]

T [49]

A [44]

F [43]

G [39]

E [29]

J [29]

K [26]

N [16]

O [12]

V [7]

Y [7]

I [4]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1167]

Merchant Navy [34]

Country

United Kingdom [72]

Australia [1]

Turkey [1]

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Willesden, London [566] Willesden, Middlesex [299] Willesden, London, Middlesex [181] Willesden, Middlesex, England [33] Willesden [22] Willesden Green, London [21] Willesden England [14] Willesden Green, Middlesex [13] Willesden, Middx [7] Willesden Green, London, Middlesex [6] Willesden Middlesex [5] Harlesden, Willesden, Middlesex [3] Willesden Green, Middlesex, England [3] Willesden London [3] Willesden, North West London [3] Willesden Junction, London [2] Willesden, Brent, London [2] Chaplin Road, Willesden, London [1] Hendon, Willesden [1] Kensal Rise, Willesden [1] Kings Willesden Town, South Africa [1] Portland House, Belton Road, Willesden, Middx [1] St James, Willesden, Middlesex [1] Stanley Lodge, Willesden Green [1] Stonebridge, Willesden, London [1] Willesden Middlesex [1] Willesden London [1] Willesden Middx [1] Willesden Green [1] Willesden Green England [1] Willesden Green,Hendon, London [1] Willesden Hendon,Middlesex. [1] Willesden Junction England [1] Willesden London England [1] Willesden Middsex. [1] Willesden Park, Middlesex [1] Willesden or Kilburn, Middlesex. Registered at Hampstead, London [1] Willesden, Hendon, Middlesex [1] Willesden, Hertfordshire [1] Willesden, Kensal Rise, Middlesex [1] Willesden, Kilburn, Middlesex [1] Willesden, Lydney, Gloustershire [1] Willesden. London [1] willesden london [1]

Rank

Private [86] Second Lieutenant [13] Stoker 1st Class [11] Lieutenant [10] Corporal [9] Gunner [9] Lance Corporal [8] Serjeant [8] Captain [7] Rifleman [7] Ordinary Seaman [6] Able Seaman [4] Boy 1st Class [4] Sapper [4] Bombardier [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Deck Hand [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Driver [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2/am [1] 2nd Lieut. [1] 2nd Supervisor [1] 3/am [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Boy [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Flight Officer [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Mechanic [1]

Unit

London Regiment [24] Middlesex Regiment [18] Royal Field Artillery [8] South Wales Borderers [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Labour Corps [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Engineers [5] Army Service Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [3] Essex Regiment [3] HMS QUEEN MARY [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS Powerful [2] HMS VALIANT [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [2] London Regiment (The Rangers) [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] 15th Hussars [1] 19th Hussars [1] 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry [1] 38th Field Ambulance [1] Airships [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1] Australian Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [674] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [350] British Army [137] Australian Imperial Force [18] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [137] C [124] S [108] W [107] H [106] M [76] P [75] R [67] L [55] D [49] T [49] A [44] F [43] G [39] E [29] J [29] K [26] N [16] O [12] V [7] Y [7] I [4] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1167] Merchant Navy [34]

Country

United Kingdom [72] Australia [1] Turkey [1]

Frederick John Ortweiler

Born 1898

Died 1922

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Herbert Henry Cherry

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 181158 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) "H" Training Battalion

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Morton Hollinshead Craufurd-Stuart

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Robert John Cork

Born 1883

Died 1947

British Army 1174 Saddler/Serjeant West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 916271 Saddler/Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Berkeley Thomas Tivey

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army SD/741 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Alexander Tunbridge

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 6045 Private London Regiment

British Army 392501 Private London Regiment

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Cecil S Mower

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1799 Lance Corporal London Regiment (The Rangers) 12th (County of London) Battalion

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Thomas Wlliam George Lovejoy

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army G/17811 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Ernest Ramus

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1599 Private London Regiment

British Army 1599 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1599 Corporal London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th (County of London) Battalion

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Arthur Kerridge

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1489 Private London Regiment 13th (county of lond Battalion

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Henry Grant

Died 1918

British Army GS/15732 Private London Regiment 24th battalion, royal fusiliers (city of lond Battalion

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Albert James Holland

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/11183 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Alfred Richard Key

Born 1889

British Army 9346 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 88240 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 9346 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Richard Frederick Cumberland

Born 1900

Died 1973

British Army C/4254 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 17th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156055 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156055 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Alfred John Bailey

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 10192 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 10192 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10192 Bandsman South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Walter Henry Gurney

Born 1888

Died 1976

British Army 4855 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 260066 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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George Robert Adams

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51741

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Ernest Henry Cooper

Born 1891

Died 1971

Royal Navy K7619 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy K7619 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy K7619 Stoker 1st Class Queen

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Frank Joyce Moon

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6820

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George Frederick Waterhouse

Died 1914

British Army 10863 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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