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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]

Harry Jackman

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275366

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Thomas Henry Adams

Born 1875

British Army 908 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 785113 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 908 Bdr Royal Field Artillery 1/3rd West Riding Brigade

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Walter William Spooner

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82653

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James William Knott

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 613

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Leslie Harry Dowden

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2664 Lance Corporal Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army T2664 Lance Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army T2664 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Horace Brotherwood

Died 1916

British Army M2 105154 Private Army Service Corps

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Bert Kates

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77218

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Freeman Victor Mitchell

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164331

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Fred Beaumont

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28872

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Sidney Nunn

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108432

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Herbert George Vincy

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47250

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Charles Simpson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297511

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Frank Stonard

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306581

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Richard Coward

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 22774 Transport Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 22774 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Alfred George Simpson

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205472

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Leonard Ratcliffe Rose

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314716

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Henry Harding

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 241961 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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John Charles Rose

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227182

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Percy Walder Pratt

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235833

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Gilbert Paul Macdonald

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 536682 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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