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Woking, Surrey [371]

Woking, Surrey, England [15]

Chobham, Woking, Surrey [6]

Knaphill, Woking, Surrey [4]

St Johns, Woking, Surrey [4]

Woking Surrey [3]

Brookwood, Woking, Surrey [2]

Byfleet, Woking, Surrey [2]

Horsell, Woking, Surrey [2]

Pirbright, Woking, Surrey [2]

Pyrford, Woking, Surrey [2]

Ripley, Woking, Surrey [2]

Bisley, Woking, Surrey [1]

Chertsey, Woking, Surrey [1]

Cobham Woking, Surrey [1]

Littlewick, near Woking, Surrey [1]

Mayford, Woking, Surrey [1]

Old Woking, Woking, Surrey [1]

Send, Woking, Surrey [1]

West End, Woking, Surrey [1]

Windlesham, Woking, Surrey [1]

Woking, Surrey [1]

Worplesdon Woking, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [12]

Able Seaman [9]

Serjeant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Captain [4]

Boy Telegraphist [3]

Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Gunner [2]

Gunner 2nd Class [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftsman [1]

Bdr [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain and Acting Serjeant [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Yeoman Signaller [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

Gnr [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Signaller [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Cook [1]

Signaller [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Yeoman Signaller [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [6]

HMS INVINCIBLE [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

London Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

23rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1]

8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars [1]

8th Hussars [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS Courageous [1]

HMS Danae [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Greenwich (HMS Vendetta) [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS King George V [1]

HMS NARBOROUGH [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS PORPOISE [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS SUPERB [1]

HMS Spitfire [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Irish Guards [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [1]

Queen's Regiment (West Surrey) [1]

Reserve of Officers [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS ST VINCENT [1]

Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Ajax [1]

Service

Royal Navy [262]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [120]

British Army [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [50]

S [43]

C [34]

H [33]

P [30]

W [30]

M [29]

R [25]

D [23]

G [23]

T [19]

F [16]

L [15]

J [12]

A [11]

K [10]

V [6]

E [5]

I [4]

N [4]

O [4]

Contribution

Military Service [407]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Woking, Surrey [371] Woking, Surrey, England [15] Chobham, Woking, Surrey [6] Knaphill, Woking, Surrey [4] St Johns, Woking, Surrey [4] Woking Surrey [3] Brookwood, Woking, Surrey [2] Byfleet, Woking, Surrey [2] Horsell, Woking, Surrey [2] Pirbright, Woking, Surrey [2] Pyrford, Woking, Surrey [2] Ripley, Woking, Surrey [2] Bisley, Woking, Surrey [1] Chertsey, Woking, Surrey [1] Cobham Woking, Surrey [1] Littlewick, near Woking, Surrey [1] Mayford, Woking, Surrey [1] Old Woking, Woking, Surrey [1] Send, Woking, Surrey [1] West End, Woking, Surrey [1] Windlesham, Woking, Surrey [1] Woking, Surrey [1] Worplesdon Woking, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [12] Able Seaman [9] Serjeant [6] Stoker 1st Class [5] Captain [4] Boy Telegraphist [3] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant [3] Gunner [2] Gunner 2nd Class [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftsman [1] Bdr [1] Bombardier [1] Captain and Acting Serjeant [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Yeoman Signaller [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Driver [1] Gnr [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Signaller [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Cook [1] Signaller [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Transport Corporal [1] Yeoman Signaller [1]

Unit

The Queen's Regiment [6] HMS INVINCIBLE [4] HMS IRON DUKE [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS Good Hope [2] London Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] 23rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps [1] 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars [1] 8th Hussars [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS Courageous [1] HMS Danae [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Greenwich (HMS Vendetta) [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS King George V [1] HMS NARBOROUGH [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS PORPOISE [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS SUPERB [1] HMS Spitfire [1] HMS TIGER [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Irish Guards [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [1] Queen's Regiment (West Surrey) [1] Reserve of Officers [1] Royal Fleet Reserve [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS ST VINCENT [1] Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Ajax [1]

Service

Royal Navy [262] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [120] British Army [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [50] S [43] C [34] H [33] P [30] W [30] M [29] R [25] D [23] G [23] T [19] F [16] L [15] J [12] A [11] K [10] V [6] E [5] I [4] N [4] O [4]

Contribution

Military Service [407] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [21] South Africa [1]

Henry Francis Paice

Born 1886

Died 1921

British Army T4/211123 Driver Army Service Corps 351st Auxillary Company

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Albert Enos Dyer

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 48248 Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 15th Battalion

British Army 48248 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 48248 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 'A' Battery

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Ernest James Harding

Born 1892

Died 1943

British Army T/1277 Private Queen's Regiment (West Surrey)

British Army T/1277 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

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Henry Trusler

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy PO/17183 Private Acting Serjeant Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Owen William Wellspring

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 5099 Sergeant Irish Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 5099 Serjeant Irish Guards

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John Thomas Bayles

Born 1865

British Army 1458 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 935368 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Urpeth Rastrick

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Royal Fusiliers Militia Battalion

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William Frank Sweet

Born 1900

Died 1975

Royal Navy J46354 Leading Signaller HMS Greenwich (HMS Vendetta)

Royal Navy J46354 Chief Yeoman Signaller HMS Danae

Royal Navy J46354 Yeoman Signaller HMS Courageous

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Victor Arthur Stanley Ryan, Msm

Born 1881

Died 1968

British Army 6046 Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major West India Regiment

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Richard Raymond Willis

Born 1877

Died 1966

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Cecil Grove

Born 1893

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96655 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

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David Walter Orr

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 372770 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5543 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Horace John Daborn

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army L/7933 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 7933 Private Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 1st

British Army L/7933 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Frederick George Brotherwood

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208201

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William Harry Smith

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J35756 Boy Telegraphist HMS INVINCIBLE

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Alfred George Etherington

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238122

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Frank Bower Hanwell

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) SR15

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George Arthur Gunner

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281548

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George Hillier Hutton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79064

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Fred Hampshire

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263795

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