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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]

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People [426] Stories Communities

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]

Christopher Clarence Victor Fagence

Born 1892

Royal Navy J1068 Able Seaman HMS INDOMITABLE

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George Aubrey Budden

Born 1895

Royal Navy L5189 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS TIGER

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Percy Hugh Beattie

Born 1896

Royal Navy J22270 Able Seaman HMS Princess Royal

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Jacob Kurn

Born 1880

Royal Navy 357264 Acting Stoker Petty Officer HMS King George V

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Kenneth Harcourt Paine

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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Stanley Thomas Plumridge

Born 1885

Royal Navy 220144 Leading Seaman HMS CANADA

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George Edwin Hole

Born 1897

Royal Navy J20844 Able Seaman HMS NEPTUNE

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Charles William James Chaplin

Born 1897

Royal Navy J28948 Able Seaman HMS SUPERB

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Herbert Walter Clarke

Born 1892

Royal Navy SS3274 Able Seaman HMS IRON DUKE

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William Edward Baker

Born 1893

Royal Navy L7956 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS IRON DUKE

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George Devereaux

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6138

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George Freeland

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190715

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Albert Stonard

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314878

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Sydney Thomas James

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62004

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Manford Lewis Jerrett

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242994

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William Dawson

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277445

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Frederick William Cooper

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294574

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Albert Edward Glover

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298470

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Percy Harold Peto

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221125

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Norman Harry Boylett

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232676

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